Kakashi Lightning Blade Hand Signs

Its essentially the same as chidori except lightning blade hurts considerably more.

Kakashi lightning blade hand signs. The chidori is kakashi hatake s first original technique though he more frequently uses an s ranked version known as the lightning cutter. He created it around the time he was promoted to jōnin and later taught it to sasuke uchiha. Also known as raikiri. The level one and two chidori wont be on here as it doesn t make sense to learn a weak jutsu when you can learn a stronger one.

The chidori appears as simply a mass of white electrical chakra in the user s hand while the lightning cutter is more focused and blue in the anime. In kakashi hiden kakashi typically uses purple electricity to strike targets from a distance though he does sometimes use it through direct contact as when he places his. Kakashi s chidori gained the name lightning cutter when he used it to split a bolt of lightning. The hand seals are the same as with sasuke s 2nd stage chidori.

Both concentrate lightning. This means it can be seen in sparky ninja like kakashi or sasuke and also grounded ones like hiruzen and hashirama. The high concentration. While other hand signs mostly only focus one style serpent features heavily in earth lightning and wood releases.

Although this indicates greater finesse with kakashi s lightning cutter than exists with the standard chidori it isn t clear how they differ because they are performed in fundamentally the same way. Also see the original. When it comes to nature transformation the serpent hand sign is most versatile. Instead of a forming a surge of lightning around the user s hand this technique concentrates it into a ball placed in the palm of the person using it.

The lightning cutter is the special name for kakashi hatake s chidori. Kakashi sasuke uses chidori. In part i kakashi is limited to using it four times in one day 3 but by part ii he can use it at least six times in one day. This upgraded version of an already powerful technique takes great chakra control and as such younger shinobi will be unable to use it.

It was invented by kakashi hatake as a replacement for the lightning cutter which he could no longer safely use after the loss of his sharingan. This technique channels a large amount of lightning chakra to the user s hand.