Originally posted by: AmP
Originally posted by: Mut@t@
ok... if naruto is able to learn it, kakashi would have no problem with it. he is a SUPER GENIUS.
That leads to the question whether he can.

This may sound a little out there but reading quotes from vol.19 ch166 page3 where kabuto hinted at some relationship between jiraiya and naruto, and vol.18 ch159 page6 where tsunade talked about only the 4th and jiraiya being able to perform the rasengan - they made me consider if the rasengan is something of a bloodline limit type of technique. This would mean that the 4th, jiraiya and naruto would be related in some way of course, but it makes sense once you think about how orochi, tsunade and kakashi cannot perform the rasengan simply because they are not from a bloodline which has the potential this ability.

The meaning of naruto's name also hints at this (taken from narutoinfo.com):
"Uzumaki is a very known and basic word. It means 'spiral', and it is also used for things like cyclones and whirlpools."

coincidence about the name and the whole 'wind', 'cyclone' technique?? i dunno [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

That sounds very very very very very very unlikely, I doubt if their related or it's a bloodline limit.

It's just molding chakra and spinning it violently. I would think it would require a great ammount of chakra and concentration. It takes alot of time to learn it, it took the 4th 3 years.. Naruto's a genius for learning it so quickly. It isn't a jutsu or body specially functioning different.

Why don't Kakashi learn RAsengan? Maybe the fourth just never taught him it. Or the chidori is maybe a modified version of the Rasengan, which fits his style of fighting better. Because Ninja's aren't suppose to reveal their secrets to each other.

And I'm getting quite sick of the bloodline thingy.