Did Naruto hold back in the final fight?

The one being hold back was Naruto with PoL and the promise to Itachi. Naruto had to save Sasuke by either killing him or bring him alive. Sasuke just gave up in the end after he lost his arm. If it had continue Naruto would have summon clones to replace his other arm to make signs and kill Sasuke.

Can Sasuke defeat pain?

Sasuke can’t beat Pain. Sasuke presumably doesn’t have the other circumstantial advantage that Naruto had, i.e. the fact that Nagato was unable to use Bansho Tein and Shinra Tensei for an extended period of time in the beginning of their fight. This allowed Naruto to quickly clear out the other Paths.

How did Naruto defeat Sasuke in the end?

Having stored sage energy through a shadow clone, Naruto was able to match Sasuke’s stolen power and fight him evenly despite holding back (as he didn’t want to kill him). In the end, both young men were so battered that the last moments of their struggle were a crude fistfight.

What is the relationship between Sasuke and Naruto like?

Rivalry has been a consistent theme of the Naruto universe, and the competition between the series’ two main characters is no different. Naruto and Sasuke have feuded since the series began, with their battles only escalating after the latter’s corruption.

What happened to Sasuke and Shikamaru?

As Sasuke is recovering in hospital, Shikamaru gets promoted to chunin by Tsunade. Later on, Tsunade performs surgery on Rock Lee. The injuries have rendered Sasuke completely weak, leaving him unable to defeat his brother Itachi. He also resents the fact that Naruto is growing stronger.

Was Naruto’s Rasengan more powerful than Sasuke’s?

In theory, this insinuated that the brawl’s conclusion was a draw since neither boy was knocked unconscious. However, it was later revealed that Naruto’s Rasengan caused far greater damage to his water tower than Sasuke’s Chidori did to his own.

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