Honestly I can't say I'm a big fan of how Kishi showed Naruto's progress, but you can't really deny that Naruto has gotten alot stronger, and that he is more powerful than Kakashi.
If anyone's IQ dropped for plot reasons it was Naruto's. Kishi felt it was important to show that Naruto was still Naruto, and made him mess up his first attempt. I really think Naruto should've just finished off Kakuzu on his first try. THAT would have been convincing. But Kishi felt this was more "in character", which is odd since we keep hearing about how Naruuto is now a "totally different ninja" now (from Yamato).
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