Unpopular Opinion: Naruto lost to pain and sasuke in the first final valley fight. For some reason most of the fandom has just rewritten history.

It's honestly just as simple as the title makes it. For some reason, a majority of the fandom has made it sound as if Saskue never stood a chance against naruto in any of their major conflicts and Naruto has never really lost a fight. Even though there are clear examples to the contrary.

I guess he's the main character, so the plot is always in his favor But it is really frustrating, always hearing. Oh well, he was holding back. Or he wasn't fighting to his full potential in every major conflict that he has just to justify the loss and paint it as a win in realityhe did almost nothing himself and gets saved just as much as his counterpart saskue.

Don't get me wrong I love naruto but the fandom glazes him way too much.