seitora said:
ankokudaishogun said:
Ashaman said:
Did you know Naruto's first actual fight in Part 2 was against Kakuzu?
Had Kakuzu had another heart, Naruto was pretty much dead.
No one ever said or indicated he was running out of chakra, nor that he was slowing down in any way.
In that short battle, Naruto went for him twice.
Both times Naruto circumnavigated Kakuzu's defenses and would have landed a hit if he was using the rasengan instead of the Rasenshurikan.
On the other hand, Naruto was indicated to have been fatagued when he arrived, with Kakuzu observing that he was a mess as soon as he saw him, and Yamato later stating that he was pulling out the rasenshurikan more times than his prevous limit, and that it was heavily implied Naruto had come straight from harsh training.
Basically that fight was someone who had been fighting and still going strong vs. someone who had been training and still going strong, and Naruto came out on top twice in a row.
The two points of difference are could the rasengan pierce the earth jutsu that Kakuzu used to strengthen his body?
From what we've seen of the rasengan, 50/50. It would at least hurt him.
The second? Naruto wouldn't know about the Kage Bunshin trick, which he used to gather intel/experience on Kakuzu.