Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-33485854-20180606215933/@comment-24824859-20180608200852

Thekillman wrote: Design wise? Yea. Feat-wise, it seems to me like it was simply meant to be SPSM, but they lacked the final designs when they went in production. Naruto was only shown easily interacting with TSB's (e.g. kicking them) in SPSM. I find it more believable he tanked that giant golden sword in SPSM (where he has aforementioned resilience against TSB's ) than KSM. Similarly, it makes no sense that he whips out SPSM at every point since then, even against the comparably weak Shin, yet resorts to an inferior form for a fight against a nigh-god-like entity.

Hence my earlier comment: The Last's mode is supposed to be SPSM, even though it's not drawn that way. What evidence do you have that they lacked the designs for SPSM? Countering/resisting TSBs is not exclusive to those with SPS, you need at least standard senjutsu. We've seen how a younger and weaker KSM Naruto (with only half of Kurama) dealt with TSBs. Here, in The Last, Naruto is much much stronger and has a complete Kurama and a mastery fo SM. So doesn't it make sense that he has a better time dealing with TSBs? Not to mention, aside from the Golden Reincarnation Wheel, Toneri's use of the TSBs were not that impressive. Naruto using SPSM in the Boruto movie/manga/anime is irrelevant.