Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31099706-20170409163202/@comment-28247797-20170504025208

Naruto wins with mid-difficulty. His taijutsu is better in SM so in an upfront confrontation, he'd be superior. The only chance Danzo has is getting him with the suicidal seal but even that is unlikely, or perhaps the very first time or two he uses izanagi to reappear behind Naruto and try to stab him by surprise but I'm certain Naruto could react and sense it in time. Also Naruto summonings > Danzo summonings. Danzo is outmatched here.

Also regarding Naruto vs Pain, Naruto did get lucky. He had intel on Pain, created 3 SM clones to extend his SM uses and still lost. He only got redeemed/had a second chance by Hinata, and even then when he transformed nearly into the nine tails Pain still had him entrapped inside of CT so he still had a fair bit of control.