Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34938099-20180521045158/@comment-34938099-20180527152323

@ BlazeRelease

You are comparing Naruto from the Pain Arc to the Naruto from the War Arc. Naruto's skills drastically improved over time. Naruto going toe to toe with Sasuke made 100% sense as they were only fighting with base taijutsu. And the same would also happen in the manga if it did. Sasuke is only somewhat stronger than Pain in Taijutsu. You are comapring Sasuke as a whole to Pain. Obviously, Sasuke would SHIT on Pain if that's the case. If it comes down to ONLY normal taijutsu match, Sasuke would only be somewhat stronger than him.

Ano no. Sage Mode Naruto instantly shitted on pain in Taijutsu. Pain was no match for him. By the way, Naruto was really exhausted after using a lot of chakra earlier, when he fought in Base for a few seconds. You could easily see the exhaustion on his face.