Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20161215125344/@comment-25122992-20161216191553

GreatestSin wrote: @raven

actually i cant remember a single time a chakra-cloak mode naruto was ever attacked without him knowing at leastthe rought direction of the attack, even "suprise" attacks like sasuke VOTE2 chidori attack was at least recognised by naruto,

i really cant remember a single time where he was truly caught off-guard at all, so the idea of naruto actually only being incredible durable if he is "concentrating" on the general direction of the attack does make sense, it would also explain why madara and naruto got actually pierced by a freaking sword, they had been both caught 100% off guard :o Well, that could be true, but Naruto was using not only chakra cloak, but also SPSM back then, and since the increased durability of usual SM doesn't seem to require concentration, SPSM, a more powerful form of it, should provide even a greater defence, even if chakra cloak fails.