Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20151024114124/@comment-734582-20151024132456

Actionmanrandell wrote: many people have said on this board and other boards that with out kurama naruto would be nothing, i disagree. That depends on what exactly you mean by "without Kurama".


 * If naruto never became a Jinchuriki he would have significantly lower reserves. Probably on the level of Kakashi or your average Jonin.


 * If Naruto becomes like Gaara, he would still have massive reserves close to Biju levels.

The reason is explained by Jiraiya during his first training: Kurama and Naruto's chakra has been merging ever since birth. Naruto's body cannot handle that much and so is suppressing Kurama's chakra. When Naruto started using all his reserves during Rasenshuriken Training, Kurama's chakra was no longer being supressed and so leaked out. Once Naruto made peace with Kurama he could use both chakra's as one.

Therefore, in any situation where Naruto is a Jinchuriki (Or no longer one), he can use immense amount of Chakra. Only if he never became a Jinchuriki would his chakra levels drop massively. You can see the same with Gaara: despite no longer having Shukaku he still can perform his Sand Jutsu on the same level. Even without Shukaku he has biju-levels of Chakra.