Everytime Naruto fights sasuke, he's underpowered and weakened yet still manages to hold his own. The only times they have ever fought under equal terms was before sasuke left the village. (naruto tied sasuke up, sasuke would beat him in spars at the academy, hospital rooftop ect) VoTe was when sasuke was trying to kill Naruto and Naruto wasn't trying to kill sasuke(plus kimmimaro helped weaken naruto), when Naruto found Sasuke after Naruto had just got done fighting Orochimaru(to the point where orochimaru couldn't fight anymore), When Naruto got poisoned by Sakura after the five kage summit, and now Naruto in a sense lost the tailed beast + all mankind (he still has their chakra). The recurring theme though is sasuke is less and less successful with every attempt at fighting someone in a disadvantaged state. I just don't understand why Kishi turned sasuke into a sucker punch character who can only beat weakened opponents/opponents who run away (sometimes). Examples are Naruto, Itachi(sick with illness), Danzo (no MS), Killer Bee (ran away after sasuke couldn't fight anymore so he could vacation), Orochimaru (sick with no jutsu or anything, heck even sasuke states he couldn't kill orochimaru if he wasn't sick). What makes it even worse, is that most of his powers were inherited. MS was given to him by itachi, EMS by itachi, (apparently the imaginary power of hatred created more power for sasuke too), Rinnegan by Hagoromo, Cursed Mark by Orochimaru, Sage Mode by Jugo, ect. I don't count the sharingan cause that's something you're born with you just have to unlock through emotional experiences. It's like Naruto having the Kyuubi. He's always had it whether it be inside him or right next to him, only separated for a few hours of his entire life. It seems sad that Kishimoto purposely bashes on Sasuke and makes him look weak. Guess that's what happens when you're not the main character.
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