Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30168130-20170420215833/@comment-734582-20170422201224

JouXIII wrote: @Thekillman I have Japanese version of chapter 315 in front of me, and Kakashi says this: "" Interesting. Thanks, because i've seen a number of versions ranging from 2-4 times.

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: @thekillman, he actually can do more than 100 in base, even in shippuden's first few arcs. for one, he did 100 on his first try vs mizuki (a battle which didn't involve kurama's chakra at all. that was all him) But those 100+ clones don't use chakra-heavy abilities. We've seen kakashi use a clone plus a number of Raikiri and Kamui without dying. And we know that both Raikiri and Kamui use up considerable fractions of his chakra.

So even Kakashi can make many clones, it's just that he would instantly die if he tried to use a jutsu, and what's the point of many clones if you're exposing yourself to such risks? Besides, it's not like Naruto is at risk of dying from a lack of chakra. We've seen that if he's at risk of becoming low, Kurama's chakra leaks through. So he can in fact make thousands and use them for say Taijutsu because each still has a humongous repressed reserve plus a humongous amount of Kurama chakra.

He can't however safely use them for powerful jutsu, as we saw Naruto do with the Rasenshuriken training (where Yamato had to regularly suppress Kurama)