Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-25093611-20160821131910/@comment-734582-20160903113626

8Gates wrote: There was never any "power creep". I'm sorry but that's a laughable statement. Just look at Orochimaru v Hiruzen, how strong the reanimated Kage were and how strong they later were. It gets an explanation tacked on, but if you can't see that Naruto was first about ninja who use occasional Ninjutsu, and turned into a series where a character casually throws kiloton-level nukes, then i'm not sure there's any point having a discussion.

Naruto was always going to be strong as a jinchuriki, i don't deny that. But there definitely was powercreep.