Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26107879-20181004003653/@comment-26107879-20181008055948

@Combat

Except for the fact people can react to Chidori, plenty of people see it as it occurs. Especially those with the Sharingan. But with Flicker, everyone can dodge with ease, replace themselves almost instantly, or/and get away. Gaara was able to get away from Lee's overwhelming speed and power in an instant with it. I've never seen Kakashi move as fast as he does, when he uses Flicker. Bee was able to escape Sasuke and his Sharingan with it. Is there a single Chidori speed feat that triumph over Body Flicker? I don't recall there being one.

Also, Sasuke while barely moving could kill someone with Chidori. He literally just swung his arm at Sakura when she leaned over Karin and Kakashi intercepted it and stated "He really meant to kill her". So that alone disproves the speed boosting theory. It's clearly an attack that increases in power with more momentum.

Then the design. If it was a speed boosting technique for the entire body, why is it only shown surrounding the arm?

Then the collision with Rasengan aspect. If it's just a speed technique, there'd be no energy collision between the two. There certainly wouldn't be an explosion of energy that destroys people's arms.