Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170417081438

Stevemagegod wrote: Make Naruto a Saiyan. Seriously the Golden Nine-Tails Chakra Mode just screamed Super Saiyan. And we all know kishi took some elements from DBZ. I want to point out that DBZ itself very liberally borrowed many elements from many places. It's simply the most well-known so it's what people point to, but it's not like DBZ is the first to do all these things.

I think he went with the golden mode for a number of puns and themes unrelated to DBZ. IE the "sun" theme when he and Bee talk to Tsunade and the Raikage, a new dawn, Naruto guiding the way, and the fact that gold is a sign of divinity in just about every religion ever. Edit: Son Wukong receives a golden suit of armor from the gods.

Elements, disguises, the Chakra fruit, Sarutobi's staff, Shadowclones, etc. Just read the wikipedia page and you can already see it's many connections. Also, you can see One Piece and DBZ connections.