Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33553317-20171103104130/@comment-734582-20171112151425

Ancladar wrote: Naruto started out about being about hard work overcomes talent and all that. Not really. Naruto only overcame talented enemies with sheer power. He could only stand up to Sasuke with Kurama's chakra, he could only defeat Neji with Kurama's power, he could only defeat Gaara with Kurama's power. Hard Work is superior to someone who doesn't work hard. But if you have talent AND work hard, you beat just hard workers. And if you have genes AND talent AND work hard, nothing can stop you. Naruto never overcame an enemy who worked hard and either had genes or talent, without himself using Kurama's chakra and his own talent (namely, a talent for unconventional tactics).

The only part 1 person he beat purely by his own strength was Kiba, and Kiba wasn't noted to be a genius or genetically blessed, but he was a hard worker.

Lee worked hard, but he couldn't beat Gaara (sheer power + talent) and he couldn't beat Kimimaro (Talent+Genes).