Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30736821-20170426173032/@comment-734582-20170524115209

User 102030 wrote: Ugh not this again. They implied Naruto is dead so that viewers stay. If he actually dies it would probably be because he sacrificed himself for Bourto. Besides 17 year old Shippuden/Part ll Naruto is probably stronger than Hokage Naruto. 17 year old naruto didn't have to protect a village in his major fights. He only ever had to look out for himself. Just look at the Boruto movie: in stead of the fight with Obito where he just fires a gargantuan Bijudama to knock an equally-sized bijudama out of the way, he's forced to sit tight and take every shot Momo throws at him. Why? because he's close to the village, close to people he's supposed to protect. Using his power without care will cause FAR more damage than any enemy can do.

Because that's essentially the level naruto (But in a sense, also Hashirama) is at: he can't go all-out when anyone he cares about is around. The trick with spreading chakra won't always work either, as any enemy with some sense would shoot down those tactics.

So no, i put my money on Naruto being forced to take some special jutsu for the village, which sends him to some dimension he can't easily come back from.