leonheartmm
Senior Member
basically. raasengan is more pure POWER than chidori. however, if uve been paying attention, kakashi knew raasengan before chidori, and HAD to develop shidori because he cudnt put his lightening element in raasengan. chidori is weaker , but unlike normal raasengan, it carries the properties of lightening chakra which is extremely sharp in cutting power and has an advantage over earth element attacks{hence being super affective against gaara}. there is also the fact that nature manipulation can cause chidori to DISCHARGE and be channelled into shapes{sasuke creating swords etc} and be chanelled through special metal swords{kusanagi} as well as charging/conducting through a person's entire body. normal raasengan never had these.
normal raasenga=normal chidori{considering strengths and weaknesses}
form manipulation chidori>raasengan{tactical advantage}
great raasengan>raasenga{more power. he used it against itachi clone once}
great raasengan : form manipulation chodori{hard ot judge}
kyuubi chakra purple raaengan=black chodori>great raasenga/form manipulation chidori{it created a geofraphical cursed rainstorm and a cursed chakra shpere which destroyed a waterfall}
wind raasenshuriken>anything else shown thus far in these two technique variation
this is odd though, but ive always wondred, why the HECK doesnt sasuke just copy the raasengan and its variation from naruto with shaaringnan? and why doesnt kakashi copy the wind raasengan from naruto with his shaaringan?
as they stand, i dunno. but if the name SHIPPUDEN{hurricane chronicles} is any indication, if and when naruto completes his wind raasengan{its not even 50% complete} itll be sumthing else. unless the name is referring to "uzumaki" or thw "whirlpool clan".