Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20170816102343/@comment-5085906-20170816220106

UntappedRage wrote: I guess from Naruto's standpoint, going into SPSM was completely rational. For all he knew, Mangekyou could mean Susanoo might've been his next trick. Naruto can't afford to take a chance. That's what this is. He probably could have solved the Nue problem before that thing had a chance to detonate, but he didn't because it was near the village. Same principle applies to this fight - his extendable chakra arms allowed him to provide protection to the two girls that were apparently left in his care and go into offense without having to move away from them and leave them potentially vulnerable. And that was for the best. That genital-looking creature that Shin has could have easily teleported the girls away if Naruto actually engaged the Shin clone into hand to hand combat.