Naruto Has 1 Fight That Changed the Entire Franchise Forever

Some fights leave even the bitterest of rivalries at a painful stalemate, or even worse, a one-sided disaster. But not all fights that cause budding resentment and pending status quo changes are quite as felt as Naruto'steam battles. It's easy to fixate on the early days of Konoha's Team 7, their discord and mismatched disdain getting in the way of good teamwork. But the pivotal fight that changed their dynamic forever, and essentially for the worse until their reunion in the Fourth Great Ninja War, was not the Valley of the End fight which ended in Sasuke Uchiha's defection, but rather, the seeds of self-doubt and division planted in the Forest of Death.