Naruto's arsenal

[ZakuHan]

Lesse.. He used it the initial time charging off the wall, then again so he could cut his arm out of the sand shell.. Then once in an attempt to kill Gaara in the woods (which missed and he merely split the sand arm down the middle, which regenerated), then he did a last-ditch one involving the cursed seal which completely cut off said sand arm (just watched that epsisode too, coincidentally).

I know some people debate whether he actually used the Chidori getting his arm free, but if you watch, while his arm is inside the shell and his hand is on Gaara, he clearly is not using it.. Until you see him futiley trying to pull his arm out then finally starts the Chidori up again to cut it out.

[Mut]

Originally posted by: ZakuHan
Lesse.. He used it the initial time charging off the wall, then again so he could cut his arm out of the sand shell.. Then once in an attempt to kill Gaara in the woods (which missed and he merely split the sand arm down the middle, which regenerated), then he did a last-ditch one involving the cursed seal which completely cut off said sand arm (just watched that epsisode too, coincidentally).

I know some people debate whether he actually used the Chidori getting his arm free, but if you watch, while his arm is inside the shell and his hand is on Gaara, he clearly is not using it.. Until you see him futiley trying to pull his arm out then finally starts the Chidori up again to cut it out.

that's a continuation of the first chidori. after the initial strike, the chidori gradually dies down but sasuke fired it up again to pull it out. it counts as one.

the entire point of kakashi telling sasuke that he shouldn't use chidori three times and sasuke needing to use the curse seal for the final chidori is good enough support to tell us that sasuke used chidori 3 times.

[ZakuHan]

that's a continuation of the first chidori. after the initial strike, the chidori gradually dies down but sasuke fired it up again to pull it out. it counts as one.

the entire point of kakashi telling sasuke that he shouldn't use chidori three times and sasuke needing to use the curse seal for the final chidori is good enough support to tell us that sasuke used chidori 3 times.

I can see where you'd get that, but if you recall while he's fighting in the woods there's atleast one point you can watch Chidori die down as you describe it. This isn't something we see though in the arena. He cuts through the sand shield, and it stops. I don't know how long it took for Gaara to flip out over the wound and get over the initial shock, but he didn't try to pull his arm out again until after that.

If he did have the Chidori still running (if not visible) during all that time, I think it's safe to say he used up enough Chakra to have used it twice anyway.

[wirm]

Once again, this is a timing issue. All that mental anguish could have happened in an instant. Plus, Sasuke's hand was inside the shield (possibly even inside Gaara), so we can't tell if the chidori completely died down. In any case, if Kakashi said it was two times max (safely), and Sasuke was debating whether or not to use it the third time, I think it's safe to say that he used it three times, with the seal on the last.




As for the old "you have to have the sharingan to use chidori", I'm pretty sure that the sharingan is there to read movement and adjust one's aim. You can still use chidori without sharingan, but since it's just a straight thrust, you'll probably:

1) Miss
2) Get hit with a counter-attack

[ZakuHan]

Once again, this is a timing issue. All that mental anguish could have happened in an instant. Plus, Sasuke's hand was inside the shield (possibly even inside Gaara), so we can't tell if the chidori completely died down. In any case, if Kakashi said it was two times max (safely), and Sasuke was debating whether or not to use it the third time, I think it's safe to say that he used it three times, with the seal on the last.

You get a shot of Sasuke's hand on Gaara's shoulder, where he wounded him. There's clearly no chirping or sparkling Chakra anywhere.

[kooshi]

Maybe Sasuke just did a mini Chidori to get himself out. That shouldn't waste too much chakra to limit him to only 1 Chidori.