Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-36780105-20180831201857/@comment-734582-20180913181104

BlazeRelease wrote: The Kote was planned to be another military weopen, one that will given to even non shinobi people, so it's pretty much equal to the pill, if you think about it. The pill can only augment what strength you already have. The Kote, on the other hand, can use any kind of jutsu at no cost.

In addition, the point of the Exams is to nurture shinobi. Letting them use the Kote completely nullifies that idea, whereas the pills very much are within the spirit.

In other words, the Kote is a league of it's own (when it comes to the Chunin exams).