Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25343176-20141217153708/@comment-734582-20150501152934

Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 wrote: @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.

The moon is hollow, and judging from naruto's chakra blasting through, not all that thick (a few hundred meters?) That makes Toneri's cutting the moon in half more in line with Madara's Complete/true/full body Susanoo cutting mountains in half. Sure, he projected it over a larger range which itself is impressive. But in terms of power it's more like a focused Tailed Beast Bomb attack. So i actually think it's within Madara's reach, or at least not that far from his mountain cutting.