i agree.. everyone keeps tryin to take back history back b4 the fox attacked.. bcuz they know deep down inside naruto is nothin without the fox.. and u cant say sasuke is nothin without the sharigan bcuz its his GK the fox is a whole nnother being.. its like givin sasuke a tailed beast then say who would win.. but then its pretty obvious that sasuke would be wayyyyy too powerful for naruto if he got a tailed beast
ok, shawnd...last time I defended you in another thread. This time, I disagree with you saying Naruto is nothing without the fox.
Lemme ask you, what exactly does the fox do for Naruto?
1. Provides great stamina and even more chakra
2. Keeps him alive(which is really big), but I hardly think Shippuden Naruto needs that much help staying alive anymore, he's not as dumb.
So, Naruto, even without sage mode or the fox still knows alot. Clones, Rasengan, Taijutsu, Oodama Rasengan, Rasenshuriken (which alone would beat Sasuke down), it's the truth.
Now, Sasuke without sharingan knows lighning style, mainly Chidori and Kirin. So sure, he CAN use it without sharingan, but it would be no where NEAR as effective with it. So do you see why I'm saying that wouldn't be a staple in this fight for him? And yah, he's got fire style to burn clones, and some taijutsu.
Now for the summons(you said they don't get them), but, how many times have you seen a toad lose to a snake summon? Gamabunta would just stab Manda in the mouth again if Manda were still alive, and Naruto's got a few toads to use.
which brings me to sage mode....even if Naruto means to miss Sasuke on purpose, remember in the Pain strike, it still connected to that one and that Pain got punched mega hard anyway? Naruto doesn't have to land a hit for it to work.
Also, you can't state that sasuke would be WAYYYYYYY better at being a jinchuuriki than Naruto. Naruto's had the fox ALL his life and would be better off than Sasuke, who would have to find how to deal with a biju without sharingan in your battle.
Bottom line, some of your reasoning worked in the early posts of this thread, but please don't hate on Naruto as much as you do. He's much better than you give him credit for.