Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180117113430/@comment-30323490-20180118174208

The rasenshuriken can easily kill. Hell, the basic rasengan can kill almost anyone. Naruto with the rasenshuriken easily killed a path of pain. Actually, the rasensuriken is that powerful that it killed Kakuzu almost twice with one hit. Both of his mask broke and Kakashi only had to finish him off for good.

The fact that it cuts your chakra network is just a bonus. It's for when you are facing an opponent that strong and durable that can't be killed with one hit.

I doubt that the rasenshuriken only cuts the chakra network. It most definitely retains the original rasengan effects as well.