People often get confused when us Naruto fans say he lacked killing intent vs sasuke in their final battle.
Naruto stated several times he didn't want to fight sasuke as he was(emo), sasuke himself noted Naruto was holding back/slacking due to no killing intent.
Now imagine Naruto decided to kill sasuke from the start, imagine Naruto went all out before sasuke absorbed the bijuu chakras via preta path/susanoo.
If Naruto decided to start the battle seriously it would've ended very briefly, sasuke would be dead.
Had Naruto started out like this, sasuke have absolutely no counters without the bijuu chakra.
Naruto stated several times he didn't want to fight sasuke as he was(emo), sasuke himself noted Naruto was holding back/slacking due to no killing intent.

Now imagine Naruto decided to kill sasuke from the start, imagine Naruto went all out before sasuke absorbed the bijuu chakras via preta path/susanoo.
If Naruto decided to start the battle seriously it would've ended very briefly, sasuke would be dead.
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Had Naruto started out like this, sasuke have absolutely no counters without the bijuu chakra.
