Originally posted by: AssertnFailure

and the "double edge sword" factor with regards to chidori would be the fact that your hand gets all ripped up in the process
really? I thought that the 'double edge' was becuase you had to be an Uchiha to use the chidori, and that means thay you're either dead, or that you're Sasuke...

that sure does sound like a drawback to me, doesn't it?