Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-3523655-20200802172018/@comment-3523655-20200803035232

Also, Shiki Fujin is a forbidden technique. If we're gonna speculate, I wouldn't compare it to chidori, which has been used and abused as a technique, I'd compare it to other forbidden techniques.

off the top of my head:
 * Chiyo's bringing-back-to-life technique was performed without her being cloned.
 * Edo Tensei has been performed by only one person, non-cloned.
 * Guy going into the 8th gate does so as a single person, doesn't use clones.

Just by doing that, we see Hiruzen using Shiki Fujin with cloning is an exception to a general rule.

so the general consensus seems to be that Minato takes it, yeah?