
If the Baryon Mode took away chakra from a person it came in contact with, why did it not harm Boruto when Naruto decided to protect his son by placing him inside one of the Chakra Tails? Is Naruto able to choose when he wanted the Baryon Mode to take away a person’s chakra? Or is a person’s chakra only depleted when Naruto used his fists? Hmmm. There’s one thing that confused me, though. Even though Isshiki had 20 hours to live, he was down to only five minutes after his intense battle with Naruto. So, while Isshiki’s body was durable enough to withstand a beating from Naruto, the villainous Otsutsuki was unable to prevent his life energy from being drained away. Not only that, due to the Baryon Mode being all about consuming chakra, it was also able to shave off chakra from the opponent due to all chakra being connected. He even needed to keep frivolous thoughts out of his mind. Naruto had to be careful about his moments and make every action count in order to avoid wasting precious chakra. Naruto’s willing to die to ensure Isshiki’s defeat and protect everyone. The Baryon Mode would continue to function until Naruto or Kurama (or both) ran out. Turns out, the massive boost given to Naruto in such a mode was produced by consuming Naruto and Kurama’s chakra. In my opinion, it’s an entirely new powerup Kishimoto thought of later on to help Naruto stand a change against Isshiki in the Boruto franchise and to amp up the stakes.Īs for how the Baryon Mode worked, we got an explanation from Kurama. Of course, Sasuke would be surprised because, let’s be real, the Baryon Mode wasn’t a thing that existed back during the Naruto Shippuden years. Sasuke being surprised by Naruto’s Baryon Mode made me smile. The Baryon Mode gave Naruto the ability to easily throw away Isshiki’s heavy cubes and even keep up with Isshiki’s Chakra Rods (which Sasuke had trouble monitoring with his Sharingan). So many good scenes! ‘Decision’ will clearly end up landing quite high on the ‘Top Battles’ list for many in the fandom. The explosion from Naruto’s Rasengan was also pretty to look at. Another cool scene was Naruto stopping Isshiki with his Chakra Tails and landing a punch right in Isshiki’s face. The scene where Naruto unleashed a combo while Isshiki was midair made me remember the Tekken game series. I replayed a number of moments just so I could really take in all of the Taijutsu awesomeness. This week’s episode gave us a whole lot of that. In my opinion, the best fights in the Naruto/ Boruto franchise involve Taijutsu. He was able to dodge Isshiki’s attacks with ease and counter with some powerful hits.


‘Decision’ was a very action-heavy episode and I enjoyed every second of it. Also, kudos to the anime team for giving us some impressive fight choreography during Naruto vs Isshiki. Naruto beating up Isshiki in ‘Decision’ (Screengrab: Boruto anime episode 217) Boruto anime episode 271, titled ‘Decision’, was about Kawaki making an important decision to determine the future of the human world.
