Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-25442710-20150123230316/@comment-1512913-20150125204023

They are supposed to be equal. The only reason Asura defeated Indra was because of power-up from Hagoromo. Hashirama was also stronger than Madara just because of his Wood Release. I'd say Naruto and Sasuke are the most equal of the bunch.

There are those who argue that Naruto wasn't fighting to his fullest because he didn't want to kill Sasuke, this is most likely true, but the same holds true for Sasuke going easy on Naruto. He had many opportunities to kill him, like when he teleported behind and used Chidori. But Sasuke being one handed is handicapped right now, so dunno.