Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27717552-20160513151229/@comment-734582-20160607070500

ThrowingHands wrote: Wait, are you guys saying that the Chidori is derived from the rasengan? Or am I misreading something? No, you are reading it correctly. During Rasenshuriken training, Kakashi admits he could never add Lightning release to the Rasengan and so had to develop Chidori. In how far this counts as "derived" is a debate in itself, but practically, the Rasengan led to Chidori.

HahmezHiraishin wrote: I think kishi killed him off because he didnt know what to do with him lol, similar to itachi He was literally dead before the series started.