Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20150628110710/@comment-26521674-20150628112516

He just didn't anticipate the sword coming for him. That's why he focused his defense, if anything, on Kurama's cloak around them, because he never thought that an attack could come from such short proximity. He thought about bringing Sarada to safety at that time, not about needing to defend himself from an attack any second. Back then against Orochimaru, Kurama was in control of Naruto but this time, it was Naruto controlling the power between offensive mode and defensive mode. That's the difference, the red cloak Kurama gave him in the past was raw, uncontrolled TB-chakra, the Kyuubi mode however is a more controlled version of the chakra distribution.