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Very cool Obito chapter! I've never been a bigger fan of his.
I think the explanation for Minato not using Sage mode before now may be pretty simple. Naruto spent his whole life with the Kurama's chakra. And if you recall it was the fox's chakra that disrupted even Pa & Ma Frog's ability to help Naruto control senjutsu like they did with Jiraya.
Perhaps it's that Minato had never used the two together, or in fact can't, because of the degree of control required to balance the Nine Tails' chakra and Sage chakra, and that's just something he had/has not acquired yet.
Now that Kurama's chakra has been removed, he can freely use senjutsu again.
Might not be the real reason, but seems plausible to me.
Oh, and don't say that Minato could have handled both at the same time. Jiraya couldn't even handle Sage mode solo, and he was a Sannin.
Naruto's time with the fox and having used it briefly "against" Pein seems to have made a difference there.
I knew obito was going to be the one to save the day.... This is his redeeming moment where he takes kurama out of Madara and puts the full 100% version inside Naruto showing he has put all his faith in him. And possibly gives up his eyes to someone in need?.
Very reminiscent of the Nagato outcome.