@ slim: If you're looking from it at that perspective, then yeah, sure, but it's not like you can separate Naruto from the Nine-Tails at this point, to say he's barely improved in any other areas of combat is exaggerating things, and what Kakashi said (at least the "we're equals" part) does has some verity to it. The guy was trained by the Fourth; I don't think Kakashi has any reason to pull something like that out of his ass, especially after how his mostly Sasuke-only focus in Part I backfired spectacularly.
And another psychedelic music video.
"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar@ Garcon: I'm sure that was prevalent in the pre-Shippuden days, but it starts to die down over time post-Time Skip, even though Naruto tends to be taught jutsu that is specifically catered towards his large chakra reserves some of which, IIRC, isn't due to the Nine-Tails, if his maternal family into be taken into account. Heck, the final two battles of the manga are won partially due to Naruto going back to basics. He's not a specialist in anything, really, but let's give the No. 1 Knuckleheaded Ninja some credit here.
@ slim: Yeah, it was so ingrained into him, Naruto didn't even realize the subconscious reason for his pining for Sakura. It was weird how Sakura had to spell that out for him, but Kishimoto made it rather believable.
Man, the arm on Garp. He should do shot-put for the Olympics.
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"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar

"Your stronger than me." Bullshit, he got 1 new jutsu that just happened to be a 1 hit killer but hes barely improved in most of his other physical abilities. 9-tails powers dont count either. Hes still out of his league compared to everyone else.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."