Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26145872-20160224202704/@comment-27660682-20160302232136

@Killman ok, him starting in sage mode helps alot. Naruto also prepped a good number of shadow clones in advance, but that was more so because he couldn't fuse with the sage frogs. But if we are gonna make that comparison, you have to remember that naruto still couldn't win with all that help without the ninetails taking over him, and the deva path wasnt useable for the first half of the fight. And also nagato is restricted as his goal was not to kill naruto. Not saying naruto didnt do well, but that makes a big difference. Naruto is pretty smart, I can't really say whose smarter based on all the feats. But still, the genjustu takes prep and he needed to retreat to prep. With bansho tenin I dont see that happening.