How was she nerfed when that was her first introduction? You had absolutely no idea what she was capable of in that time as she was literally a new villain.
Madara's body turned into Kaguya. Kaguya is basically Madara's power + chakra from everyone trapped in Infinite Tsukuyomi + Black Zetsu's intelligence + Byakugan. The feats she displayed put her well above N/S and Madara, e.g speed blitzing Naruto, shattering Susano'o with ease, not being affected by extreme gravity etc... The Sage of 6 Paths himself needed several months and his brother's help to seal her away. Not to mention that she is the final villain, Madara's superior, who was Obito's superior, who was Pain's superior etc... She is supposed to be the strongest character by authorial intent. So, yes, when someone relatively weak and slow like Sakura can manage to punch her, I dare say she was nerfed. And that is not the only instance of her being nerfed.
How were they rusty against Shin, they barely even tried.
Check Gaiden chapter 6, page 15. Naruto and Kurama themselves admit that Naruto has become rusty. I don't know why you would argue that they didn't even try when
- Naruto used his chakra shroud and Sasuke his eye powers, kenjutsu and ninjutsu
- that'd make them look even worse because it means they needlessly put the children's lives at risk.
You're fine with a nobody whose main schtick is a shit tier Mangekyou Sharingan, a power level that was left in the dust 200+ chapters ago, stabbing Naruto and Sasuke?
Vs Momoshiki, they actually stomped him so hard (an actual Alien like Kaguya) who ended up absorbing his partner to get stronger only to get stomped there too.
In the Boruto anime maybe. In the movie, Sasuke lost in kenjutsu and got his Susano'o and face burned. He was pretty much used as a tool to help Boruto deliver the Rasengan. And when Momoshiki destroyed the arena it didn't even cross his mind to absorb the jutsu using his Rinnegan?
It makes absolutely no sense to bring up Kaguya yet forget these guys in their adult form were able to beat Momoshiki rather easily.
You mean Boruto beat him rather easily. The truth is that the fights and power scaling stopped making sense a long, long time ago but people didn't give a F because their favorite characters ended up winning and/or the animation was great in Momoshiki's case.
In this fight like I said, Naruto barely used anything in his repertoire aside from those you could get from asking people what Narutos most powerful Jutsu are.
He did more than in the Shin Uchiha or Momoshiki fight.
vs Jigen
Naruto: Kurama Sage Mode, Taijutsu, Rasengan, Shadow Clones, Kurama Avatar
Sasuke: Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Susano'o, Sharingan's Kinetic Vision, Amaterasu, Teleportation
vs Shin Uchiha
Naruto: Kurama Sage Mode
Sasuke: Kenjutsu, Susano'o, Teleportation, Fireball Jutsu
vs Momoshiki
Naruto: Kurama Sage Mode, Taijutsu, Kurama Avatar
Sasuke: Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Susano'o, Teleportation
Yet you are arguing those fights were better. So let's be honest for a second and think about what exactly is it that made those fights better
for you. Is it the flashy animation? Is it the fact that N/S won? It clearly cannot be the variety or number of jutsu used by N/S.
