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.
Kakashi lightning blade hand signs.
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.
Also known as raikiri.
The high concentration.
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.
This means it can be seen in sparky ninja like kakashi or sasuke and also grounded ones like hiruzen and hashirama.
Lightning blade this is a much more powerful version of the chidori.
The hand seals are the same as with sasuke s 2nd stage chidori.
The chidori is kakashi hatake s first original technique though he more frequently uses an s ranked version known as the lightning cutter.
When it comes to nature transformation the serpent hand sign is most versatile.
The amount of chakra is so great that it becomes visible.
Kakashi sasuke uses chidori.
The user shoots a bolt of electricity from their hand to strike a target.
Kakashi s chidori gained the name lightning cutter when he used it to split a bolt of lightning.
Its essentially the same as chidori except lightning blade hurts considerably more.
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.
This technique channels a large amount of lightning chakra to the user s hand.
Both concentrate lightning.
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.
The lightning cutter is the special name for kakashi hatake s chidori.
While other hand signs mostly only focus one style serpent features heavily in earth lightning and wood releases.
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.
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.