but that ' s so boring . I like to group people up . <| sep |> Excuse me , can I intercede ? What TheOneAndOnlyMesa is trying to say , is that Gai , in this strip , didn ' t say that Kakashi actually did something special in order to cut that lightning . It is the same exact jutsu . It ' s just an event that didn ' t happen to Sasuke , but he didn ' t say that Sasuke couln ' t do it either . In that same trip , they also say they also call it Chidori because it makes the sound of a million birds . Actually , I ' m french , so that ' s the only version I know , but I ' m sure that ' s the same in Japanese , because the word for bird in japanese is tori , and the word for million is sen but it becomes chi when before another word . So I can tell , for sure , that chidori means a million birds . minor spoilersWhen a shinobi does a raikiri or a chidori , that ' s the same , a mass of chakra in the hand . Later , both Sasuke and Kakashi have been able to improve it . Sasuke can ' t extend it as a blade and Kakashi could create a thunder hound , etc . That ' s what you call an improvement . I hope I was clear , sorry I am french .