by now we've all heard the misconception that Naruto and Sasuke are weaker and bored so because they aren't using giant flashy Jutsu however did you know not only is this false but the scaling down of the fights was actually suggested by Kishimoto himself in December 2016 in a sit down four weekly Shonen jump at Jump Festa Kishimoto stated that due to how strong Naruto and Sasuke have gotten the battles need to be larger but the fights need to be scaled down so fights don't feel lacking whenever the children fight so power has to be expressed
differently now this is why Miko ikimoto the illustrator for the board to manga said that he draws fights heavy on taijutsu and references Dragon Ball to make fights feel like more part 1 Naruto it's basically containment and control at work here it's the same logic of how Goku a universal threat can shoot a key blast and not blow up the planet it's a testament to his skill it's the same thing when it comes to Naruto and Sasuke hater to love it they didn't grow weaker their powers just being expressed differently now because Kishimoto requested it