damn people dont seem to understand the fact that that sword belonged to the 2nd hokage...of course it's gonna be elite and bust through chidori/rasengan. and it's not like sasuke and naruto are using those attacks to their full potential. sasuke's chakra level isnt high enough to produce a chidori that powerful (although it's evident he can raise the power of his chidori when you compare his first and second attempts) and we all know about the stages of rasengan and naruto's being the most basic version (and therefore the weakest).

and concerning why sasuke didnt use his speed to land his chidori...if you think about it aoi is damn fast as shown when he constantly keeps up with that runner from the other clan and he's not even winded. and again speed is relative in the anime. it might look like sasuke is running slow but he's actually going really fast. he's able to run and land his chidori so quick that aoi could only block it whereas naruto had to distract aoi with kagebunshin so he could make contact w/ his rasengan.

and the rest of you who hate this arc should really pay to attention to the posts in the thread that talk about how certain character's actions are furthering the continuity of what should expect from those characters. it makes this arc seem somewhat useful.

but yes, the sword looks retarded.