only for the pain fight. ill agree with u, if u can name another essential 'kurama moment' for me.

vs Neji as was described already, vs Toneri(he suddenly forgot he had chakra absorption abilities), vs Madara(plot demanded Naruto be saved by Obito of all people), vs Obito(Naruto had to rely on Kurama.. without Kurama he had ZERO chance)... he NEEDED Kurama to face them and live. Plot saved Naruto vs Kakuzu and it saved him vs Pain too. There are clear examples.

@QuakingStar

It's not like Sakura has been in many fights.

@Lorenzo

You are kidding me right. Almost the whole series, Kurama has been essential for Naruto.

He used it against Haku. He used it to summon Gamabunta. He used it against Neji. He used it against Gaara. He used it against Sasuke in Part I. But, at the time Sasuke used Cursed Mark so it's fine. He used it against Itachi. He used it Deidara. He used it against Orochimaru. He used it against Sasuke again in Part II. Though Sasuke shut that down real quick. He used it against Pain.

And this is just counting manga fights. Include anime and movies and boy oh boy. As for KCM, he fought to achieve it, although with help. Six Paths Sage Mode was handed out and he not only needed Kurama but a small portion of Biju chakra too. It's almost like Naruto has no identity without Kurama.

@rachin, pretty sure I said that Naruto can use some kurama's regardless if kurama is there or not, so haku's isn't one of these circumstances, but gama's case is, gaara's case is, sasuke' case isn't for one, itachi's case is/might be one (same for deidara), orochi wasn't even fighting them so its not like he needed it for one (with is the situation that im trying to implement here aka life ad death situations), so I put this one out for another time, and I already talked bout sasuke and pain. and by 'he fought', u mean he won against (he wasn't helpless though) kurama and stole his power right? and spsm wasn't handed out at all. he only got sp chakra. that's it. then he got some of the bijuu's chakra. that was also it. then he got sm's nature energy and mixed it with his sp chakra, and there u have the new and improved, spsm. then he got the bijuu's chakra from obito and mixed it with kurama's chakra cloak, and so on and so fourth, and that was also it.... and tbh, ur the one kidding me right? please tell me u have some sense of, well, common sense on, cuz if u did, u would know that just saying Naruto isn't useless without kurama, since he mainly used his own powers to win some fights, unlike some people may think and/or say.

@Rachin123 Jesus Christ...the whole plot of Naruto revolves around him and Kurama...of course Naruto would rely on him...that's the whole idea of the series...that's what the series was based on...that's what the series is. I really don't know what you understood from all of Naruto.It literally all started with the explanation of Naruto and Kurama, and it all ended with the conclusion of their relationship. Why are you so upset that Naruto would rely on Kurama is beyond me...This is his identity.

@Lorenzo

I never said Naruto was useless without Kurama. I know he has some fights, and by some I mean very few, without Kurama, like against Kiba, but even that was plot. Naruto has barely won any fights without Kurama and that is a fact. And if you had common sense you would know that.

@Vlad

The whole idea may have started with Kurama being sealed in Naruto, but that doesn't mean he needs too use his powers in almost every battle. And I'm not mad whatsoever. But, the fact that you just said Kurama is his identity pretty much shows that Naruto is nothing without Kurama, which is just sad.

Dude, the idea was always for Naruto to use Kurama.Kurama was always meant to be Naruto's main source of power. And honestly, you act like Naruto used the full power of Kurama right of the bat.When it truly wasn't like that. His power from Kurama progressed as the series progressed.It started small, by Naruto only receiving small parts of his powers, until the end of the series, when they pretty much became one. And ffs, we are talking about the main character of the show, of course he would come out as the strongest, and Kurama is what made him the strongest. So again, why are you so shocked that he got power from Kurama, when that was the plan of the series all along? The plot of Naruto and Kurama carried on even into Boruto , where it pretty much helped build the plot for the new series.Even if Kurama got some character development on his own (which was necessary), you are making the mistake of thinking that he and Naruto are supposed to be two different ideas.They were always meant to be one, and we were always supposed to think of them as one. There is no Naruto without Kurama, and no Kurama without Naruto. The whole concept of the series wouldn't have worked, and it wouldn't have made any sense otherwise.

@Vlad

It looks like you are getting upset. You might want to take a chill pill. I'm not shocked that Naruto used Kurama so much, but more disappointed. But, I honestly never even made this a big deal, but you. I literally only brought up plot being the reason Naruto beat Neji, than here you come defending Naruto and blowing things out of proportion and making things go off topic.

nut neji basically win. he won against a chakra clash which had both naruto's and kurama's chakra on one side and neji's chakra on the other, and he still won that clash. now, that is what u call plot. neji should've never been able to beat that clash.