Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25343176-20141217153708/@comment-5936871-20150501150146

@Thekillman That isn't true. Naruto was in TBSM when fighting Toneri and was dramatically stronger than when he fought Madara (I mean regular Rinnegan Madara and when Naruto only had TBM). Not only did he have both halves of Kurama but he also added Sage Mode to it and naturally he was stronger than he was 2 years ago. So the comparison isn't fair, regular Rinnegan Madara never did anything on the level that Toneri did. Toneri and Naruto's fight ripped the Moon apart and Toneri's strongest attack cut the Moon in half and the power of the Tenseigan itself allowed him to control the Moon and crash it into the Earth. The only form of Madara that compares to that is TTJ Madara. He would get annihilated by TCM Toneri in an instant if he wasn't a jinchuriki, and you also can't forget that Madara had wood release which is super effective against tailed beasts and thus wouldn't be as effective against Toneri.

On a side-note, I do agree with the Kurama explanation. Naruto and Sasuke both still have their respective power-ups from Hagoromo. Naruto had SPSM and Sasuke had Rinnegan. Naruto didn't use SPSM in The Last because he projected Kurama from his body and thus his power was divided between himself and Kurama, preventing him from using his full power. That sounds like a pretty logical conclusion to me and also where was it mentioned in The Last that Naruto still had SPSM SwordSlayer? Just curious.