Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3568954-20150628110710/@comment-25093611-20150628130516

Actionmanrandell wrote: ultimately it doesn't matter if he was aware of it or not. the fact is that the chakra alone is supposed to add a level of durability that borders on insanity no it doesnt, where was it shown that the modes/chakra cloaks protect naruto without him (or kyuubi) knowing/being conscious of the attack?

this is simply what fans guessed, the chakra around sasuke before he creates the susanoo bones are also not adding anything to his defense, only after it is made solid it has any use, in narutos case the chakra is more felxible because it is another enititiys "body" but still, without consciously causing the chakra to "harden" it wont protect its user...

like i said, if you can point out one time where naruto was in a mode, was attacked, was unaware of that attack (the kyuubi too), and was uninjured than you are right ^_^