Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27202380-20151112185408/@comment-734582-20151114195826

Rmstorm1 wrote: The movie villians were essentially fodder Having finally gotten a chance to watch the Boruto movie, i disagree and agree.

Momoshiki had the ability to absorb Ninjutsu and throw them back ten or hundredfold. Naruto tanked what was a Biju Bomb beyond the power of the Juubi, contained it entirely, and survived. A small note, the Four Hokage Barrier only redirected the power of the Juubi Bomb. Naruto fully and completely contained it.

Naruto does use his extreme healing. repeatedly. He gets Sasuke's Godsword through his chest and he walks away without any scratch. He gets repeatedly impaled with Black Rods from Kin-momoshiki and walks away.

And lastly, yes Momoshiki and Kinshiki would've been defeated easily. Except that Momoshiki can absorb any ninjutsu. Human Path is still Ninjutsu. Deva, Asura, Human, Animal, Preta, Nakara. It's all Ninjutsu. The first fight at the Arena they had no idea of his powers. But when Sasuke goes to rescue them he already figured out a plan. He brought Boruto because his Rasengan looks like a failing Jutsu, which caused Momoshiki to drop his guard. Naruto enhanced his Rasengan but it might as well have been Naruto's own. But even that would not have worked if it wasn't for Boruto being small enough to slip through and jam a Kunai in his absorption Rinnegan.

So in the end, the conclusion is simple. Gaiden did not require the kind of power they possess. They fought kids being misled and suppressed by an adult. They had all the power in the world to kill but they didn't, because they didn't want to. Sasuke and Naruto survived fine, it didn't even take that much effort. and in Boruto, Momoshiki's ability prevented them from using Ninjutsu, which includes just about all their Six Paths power. Sasuke does also not possess god-like levels of Chakra like Naruto and Momoshiki. He can not absorb these kind of Ninjutsu with Preta because he'll overload. Quite frankly, he doesn't need Preta. It's not even his style. Naruto is a cannon, a piece of artillery that destroys. Sasuke is a knife, and strikes with no more and no less force than required.

So in the end, all this lack of God Powers is frustrating, i get that. But it also was either unnecessary (Gaiden) or impossible (Boruto The Movie)