Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20171025100708/@comment-6036561-20171025125749

GodlyHades wrote: I got very strong Mary Sue vibes from Sarada this episode. Like holy shit, copying a technique that only works with the Kiba swords? And still being able to use it?

Not to mention 1T Genjutsu? LOL Sp

I may agree with the genjutsu part (we have never seen anyone fight with a one-tomoe sharingan, true, but the genjutsu used by Sarada seems a bit too powerful), but not on the copy part. I quote directly from the Kiba page:

In the anime, they allow the user to transform and manipulate lightning freely, even perform their Lightning Release techniques without hand seals

This seems to imply two things:
 * The user imbues Kiba with his own chakra, and Kiba "automatically" converts it into Lightning chakra
 * The user still has to mold the chakra to perform the jutsu, but Kiba eases the process

The last part is also hinted in this episode: Raiga never waved any hand sign to use its jutsu (as far as I remember), while Buntan had to wave hand signs to use the Lightning Ball - and that's when Sarada copied it