Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-43689784-20200520151938/@comment-9782468-20200524172506

@Babyfriend

I mean I guess the Naruto and Neji fight is open for intepretation, but it looked to me like Neji was pretty close to winning, and even so again, Kurama's chakra didn't just boost him way beyond his opponent like Momoshiki did for Boruto

Yeah, so Naruto literally almost died against Kabuto. Kurama couldn't save him. And Naruto had no guaranteed help from Tsunade because of her phobia of blood.

Again, Naruto still couldn't just use Kurama's chakra to win whatever fight was in front of him; he couldn't use a lot of it at a time, and the amount of chakra didn't make him way overpowered against his opponents.

You didn't stay silent on this issue, you said

"The situation with the chunin exams and the jonin being there to make sure naruto doesn't die is really just a microcosm of boruto's fights after becoming momoshiki's vessel, regarded collectively. I don't know what your reasons are for finding the safety in one to be acceptable but not in the other but the comparison was made without knowing about whatever reasons you apparently have for that so try not to act like there's an obvious issue with it. True, the jonin aren't always the reason naruto wouldn't die."

I'm not saying he was only protected from dying for one fight, I'm saying that situation where he was protected is not the situation that was going to save him during any other fight. As in, situations varied, and he might save himself in one fight and some other circumstance may save him in another, it's more organic storytelling than just having the ultimate power come out before you die.

Well yeah, just preference, you right

Tension is good, and while the stakes may be lower in Naruto than in Boruto, the stakes were more personal in Naruto, which is why they tended to have more impact in my opinion. This is my own opinion, but fighting for something personal like your life or your beliefs is more compelling than fighting for everyone. I'd assume why that's why the final fight in Naruto wasn't vs Kaguya, it was Naruto and Sasuke having a battle of personal beliefs and putting their lives on the line for it.

@Ravenlot Idk who is saying that Boruto's struggles are meaningless but I haven't. I did say that in the end, his fight with that Kara member (idk if it's clear to anyone, but I forgot his name lol) was kind of meaningless because Momshiki cleaned it up for them after they all would have died. Now, I didn't facter in the opponent being weakened; beyond losing his healing, he seemed as fast and as strong as ever. But he could have been weakened, so I concede there.

It's true that Momshiki needs chakra to operate, but didn't he easily blow back the opponent before getting anymore chakra? Seemed like he only needed chakra to perform the last jutsu. Though my memory on the fight is hazy, I could be wrong.

And yes, the last bit of Kama eating away at Boruto is a good weakness imo, but I still don't like how OP it was depicted to be in the first place lol