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Elveonora wrote: I see. Is the coloration done by Kishimoto? That should be checked out first, otherwise a purchase would be an absolute waste. @Beyond, Kishimoto draws Naruto's Rasengan yellow because his chakra is of yellow color, so is Hashirama's we know now, since it was Ashura's too :P But I'm puzzled about this myself, because it has been yellow in all instances but one, having been drawn blue on Volume 67 cover instead. Although he is drawn there using the Rasengan together with Minato. So not sure what to conclude of that.

It's also been blue on several Weekly Jump covers in the last couple of years, but not sure who colours those. Nine-Tails Chakra Mode also changed to look more like the anime's orange version on the Volume 64 cover, like Kishimoto or whoever colours the covers is finally just giving in to the anime's changes.