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Elveonora wrote: Of course Naruto used Kurama's chakra for the thousand clones against Gaara. A little bit of Kurama's chakra always mixed with Naruto's own, more so while in emotional turmoil, no way that was his own thing. That's not what i meant. He couldn't summon Gamabunta without Kurama. he specifically trained to do so. By which i mean Jiraiya threw him into an abyss to do so.

Jakefirestorm wrote: Naruto can deal with "geniuses" (see NEJI) Naruto got his ass handed to him by Neji. He was literally completely unable to hurt him. it wasn't until Kurama's chakra was unleashed that he could do anything. Something that Neji could've avoided if he simply would've dealt a finishing blow rather than raving on about fate and destiny and how weak he was.

Naruto without Kurama is genin-level, at best. According to Kakashi, Naruto only has 2-4 times as much chakra (depending on translation). Meaning that without Kurama, he can't even make a thousand clones. And before people mention Ch1, he was emotional and angry back then which fits the requirements, and we've seen before that he can get Kurama chakra without any physical changes.