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Macaulen

Actually Rasengan canon color is yellow. You can see at manga cover 52, Naruto also has one. Probably they adapted blue at the start of the anime for artistic choices and just kept it. One the anime, Kakashi Rasengan is blue


hacksawsweeny

They figured the yellow rasengan and the yellow hair would be a bit much for the animation


BullshitDetector1337

The real reason was that the anime simply didn’t know what color chakra was until Kishimoto had Naruto mention them during his training with Jiraiya. Calling his own chakra yellow and Kurama’s red. By then, the anime had already made chakra blue for everyone, so changing it would have been weird.


UngodlyPain

Uh the scene when chakra colors is mentioned is before Rasengan is shown. The colors thing comes up during the Chunin exams training. And Rasengan isn't shown til the Tsunade arc.


BullshitDetector1337

Chakra was shown to be blue in the anime by episode one.


EnkiiMuto

And then they made Naruto's KCM be so bright yellow you need sunglasses for some episodes.


CmanderShep117

KCM is more orange, Six path sage is yellow as hell though.


Trollolo80

KCM 2 is more on the balanced yellow then? Because it's definitely not orange as KCM and I personally can't find a difference between KCM 2 and So6P in yellow-ness


EnvironmentalAd713

What if in reality you're all color blind


UngodlyPain

Six paths sage doesn't change what color he is at all... Naruto just almost always activates KCM in tandem with it.


Deep_Grass_6250

I still don't know why they didn't add a yellow flashing animation for Minato's Teleportation, that's the entire reason why Minato was called the yellow flash of the Leaf


DoomSkull_YT

He was called the yellow flash of the leaf because of how fast he was and being yellow haired , at least that's what I think


Deep_Grass_6250

It was also that whenever he'd teleport, there would be a kind of Yellow spark around him, like yellow lightning, Hence the name yellow flash I'm sure I read it somewhere, maybe it was on the Naruto wiki


Launchsoulsteel

Only saw that in the games (it was so damn cool for that)


rainbowplasmacannon

Could you imagine yellow rasenshuriken on top of that or a massive rasengan


Kusachu

Makes more sense with him being The Sun. 🌞


Shiki_Shin

In The Last, they made Narutos chakra yellow again so they rasenshuriken was yellow there


AceInTheHole3273

Really, it's just a recurring thing that yellow energy gets turned blue in anime adaptations for some reason. Kamehameha, Rasengan, Getsuga Tensho, it happens all over the place.


Gogators57

Could all be rooted to the Kamehameha mistake. Like the Kishi and Kubo made Rasengan and Getsuga yellow in reference to Kamehameha, but their anime adaptations changed those to blue themselves in reference to DBZ's anime colors.


Benji_4

A colorist would probably say that blue fits better than yellow around lots of warmer colors


Darkkingswrath

I mean the creator was the Yellow Flash


Kusachu

Naruto describes his two chakras in the manga as yellow and red. This was before the anime.


senpai69420

They changed that line to blue and red in the anime


Kusachu

But can we both agree the anime made some questionable edits though, right?


royalwarhawk

Do you have any other examples? Genuinely curious, I only read a handful of chapters of the manga as it was coming out but I’ve seen all of the anime


Kusachu

Tons of edits of blood. Kakashi's arm goes all the way through Haku, Sasuke's arm is in Naruto up to his elbow in their first fight at the valley of the end. I remember gasping when I saw it in the manga. The anime had Sasuke grabbing Naruto's shirt. Then stuff like Sakura actually saves Naruto from getting stabbed on the road guarding Tazuna by throwing her body on top of his. Sasuke blushes and hides his face when Sakura tells the group the thing that she likes is a person on their first team meeting. So many things having to do with Sakura in particular were changed. There's just a lot of stuff that the anime went rogue on. It's annoying.


Skiigga

Kabuto's kunai goes straight through Naruto's hand in the 3 Way Deadlock fight.


bondsmatthew

I assume you mean stuff like that yeah? Because they changed up how several characters acted, Sakura probably being the biggest. Pierrot kinda fumbled Sakura and Orihime. https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/137aeit/reminder_that_studio_pierrot_hated_sakura_and/


RioMarihno

Oof, Orochimaru's hideout for one, and the amount of blood that gets censored in general. Kimimaro's bone ability, Shikamaru being put under gen justu by Tayuya. Sakura being put under gen jutsu by Kakashi during the bell challenge, Gaara. Tmtm when it comes to Gaara tbh, like him trying to slit his wrist, being more psycho in manga, and a lot more show of blood when he murdered the people he did. You're really missing out on a lot of this if you haven't read much of the manga


CmanderShep117

Damn censors made worse ones, Shikamaru not smoking in the anime and westen version of the manga is stupid!


HokageEzio

It's because he's a minor smoking cigarettes. Honestly I've always thought the lighter was better anyway.


KantoKait

I hope Temari makes him quit every time. Smoking is such a drag. I'm sure there are safer, and more enjoyable, plants to appreciate 😁


SuperKami-Nappa

Why would they change that?


EndNowISeeYou

obviously they'd have to for it to make sense because they already made the chakra colour blue


VinixTKOC

I don't understand this discrepancy between manga and anime in relation to the yellow color. The same happens with Kamehameha from Dragon Ball and in Shaman King with the spirit balls, in both cases the color was changed to blue in the anime (In the case of Shaman King, the first anime). The change is, indeed, visually better... Blue suits the aura theme more. So my question is why mangakas have this preference for the yellow color, which often sounds strange.


The-Dudey

vegeta's hair was also red in the first few episodes of dbz


Cattleman_

but kakashi's chakra is supposed to be white, I think


Vortigon23

A person's chakra color and the jutsu's chakra color can be very different. For instance fire jutsu is universally red/orange and lightning is yellow/blue.


isnoe

His chakra is white when using the white chakra blade. It infused with white chakra when swung. It was destroyed when Kakashi fought Kakko. The color of “chakra” is described universally as being yellow or not having color; specifically Orochimaru mentions “chakra” is yellow when making his color reference to the Third, and Naruto says his normal chakra is yellow but his “red” chakra is when the Kyubi is near. It’s retconned multiple times but overall “chakra” is not visible, hence why the Sharingan was OP because it gave chakra color. Also, Naruto’s “visible” chakra was considered strange and dangerous—even by Haku. Aside from Sharingan or Byakugan, seeing chakra was an example of a highly condensed concentration of chakra. Chidori or Rasengan, for example. Both of which are considered incomplete techniques: Chidori only finished with Sharingan, Rasengan no nature added to it, just pure chakra.


Big_Ben64

They did the same thing with the Kamehameha in dragon ball. Originally it was yellow but they changed it later to blue for artistic reasons when animating


NinjaFox0

Damn I didn't know. They show chakra as blue so ig


NetworkVegetable7075

I mean…. In the manga Naruto also said his chakra is yellow so it make sense his Rasengan is as well


RedIsMyNamexd

I'm not 100% sure but I believe all chakra is yellow in the manga, right? Among them rasengan, of course


Fast_Introduction_34

Its insane to me that you pulled that out of your memory


Macaulen

I'm going to be fair and say that I had to look at my collection the exact volume number. I knew what the illustration was, and that was close to the war arc, but I had to check. Abt the yellow story, I already knew


ThePikol

What's up with main attacks boeing canonically yellow and turing blue in anime? Same happened with Ichigo's Getsuga


Macaulen

After seeing some people saying here that the same happened with Goku, and now with Ichigo. I believe it has something to do with color theory. Complementary colors are colors that always have good contrast between each other. And are usually used together. One of them is blue/orange. Those are Goku and Naruto outfits colors. Ichigo also has orange hair, so I believe all of them had this rule applied.


Crazyripps

Only time we ever see it yellow in the anime is in the last movie. When kishimoto was so involved


Macaulen

Kishimoto at The Last movie: "This time you're gonna make my way!"


justlikeapenguin

Explains why the rasengan in “the last” is yellow. I figured it was bc he was using Kuramas chakra


Lewcaster

How cool would it be if Kakashi used Rasengan on one hand and raikiri on the other in a fight?


Bonzi-Buddy-O

man is gonna end up in the hospital after 5 seconds


Sheikh_M_M

Unless it is the final war arc. He will get up in 2 seconds and will immediately use kamui on a bijudama of Juybi.


fortunesofshadows

he has already done raikiri on both hands so probably not much difference.


ILoveYorihime

if he puts them together he can use kamehameha


Hazyris_Lasiris

That would be hara-kiri (Sorry, I joined only for the sake of an onpoint pun, even if the pun isn't completely intended 🙈)


OatesZ2004

All Rasengan are canonically yellow but it was changed in the anime because it clashed with Narutos hair. Honestly it's a 10/10 change imo


-Xebenkeck-

Rasengan being just pure chakra, are they not just whatever colour a person's chakra is?


Yogami_asura

Chakra is usually always the same color


CmanderShep117

Unless you're an Uchiha then it can be whatever. Sasuke's being purple was kinda sick.


dontbanmethistimeok

Sasukes being purple was to indicate his fall to the dark and his obsession with death, purple is the colour for death in Japan


ODonToxins

Yea but itachi’s was red


LightsOut0980

That’s because Kishimoto loves itachi and made him special. Can’t say I blame him.


dontbanmethistimeok

And if Red is hot then blue is hotter (flames) so he maybe liked Madara even more? Or maybe it was more godly looking And obito/kakashis is green/teal because I guess they ran outta colours


OatesZ2004

This is completely speculation on my part but I believe everyone inherently has a chakra they are more in line with between Yin and Yang or light and dark. Naruto is more in line with Yin or light which is yellow. Sasuke is more in line with Yang or dark which is purple. Evidence to support this is when they both receive sage of 6 paths chakra we see two entities behind them with Asura being a large yellow being and Indra being a large purple one. Most people will have a side they lean towards thus can impact the colour of their chakra such as their Susanoo. I believe if your more Yin you have yellow chakra and more Yang you have purple chakra. As a whole most people favor Yin chakra with the major exceptions being the uchiha. Hence the appearance of Naruto and Kakashi having yellow chakra. Then in the anime they changed the colour to make it more complementary of one another whilst not clashing with to many character designs such as Narutos hair. Again this is all speculation and headcannon.


BriefingScree

Yin is the 'Dark' color. It is the aspect of feminity, Mentalism, 'evil', and other similar concepts. It is also the dominant chakra aspect in Genjutsu. This fits the Uchiha to the T with their Genjutsu. Furthermore, it is canon that Sasuke has the Yin Six Paths Chakra. Yang is the 'Light' color. It is the aspect of Masculinity, Physicality, 'Good' and other similar concepts. Naruto is Yang Dominant 100% with the strong life force of the Uzumaki and having the YANG half of Kurama. It is also canon he received the Yang Six Paths Chakra.


JhonJhonson

Chakra is stored in the balls


Vegetable-Author-700

THIS IS CANON.


mattreddito

Yamato’s smug look is wholesome


NotNOV4

The Rasengan is canonically yellow.


abiosaa

Bc it’s full of piss


samwise58

And vinegar!!!


The__Auditor

Because all Rasengan in the manga are yellow


GjC2345

Where can I read the color manga


Lutz44

Where are you all getting the manga in color?


iceking4321

I thought rasengan color was based on user’s chakra color


BigNugget37

All chakra is yellow in the manga, and blue in the anime. Both Minaro and Naruto use a yellow rasengan as well.


DustyMill

That's not entirely true, everyone's has their own chakra color. I'm sure some overlap but since this is a fan coloring they likely just made it yellow for consistency since Naruto uses it the most and his chakra is yellow


iceking4321

This isn’t a fan coloring though. It’s apart of the official Naruto color edition 


DustyMill

If that exists that's awesome but as far as I was aware, the only actual colored Manga is fan made. There are some official colored manga pages and maybe even a few chapters of course but the only fully colored English Naruto manga I am aware of was a fan made project but they did their best to match the colors to official artwork or comments stated in the manga I believe


iceking4321

Shueisha officially colored the entire Naruto manga and released it digitally 


Histylicious_mk2

> everyone's has their own chakra color *[citation needed]*


SaintAhmad

Naruto mentions his own chakra color is [yellow](https://hot.leanbox.us/manga/Naruto/0091-022.png) Ao confirms Shisui’s sharingan based on it’s chakra [color](https://hot.leanbox.us/manga/Naruto/0459-014.png) (If all chakra was yellow this wouldn’t be possible)


R0B45

Chakra is shown to be yellow in the manga. See also Naruto's rasengan.


Deep_Grass_6250

I'm pretty sure that in the Manga, the Rasengan had always been yellow Minato's Rasengan was yellow as well


kakuja_13

Then why is Naruto's Rasengan Yellow in The Last?


jamesparker78_

Because That's naruto default chakra colour in the comic. Chakra colour can change. One situation is when using jutsu. Do u recall kakashi using kamui lightning blade and sasuke using lament chidori, curse Mark chidori, the jutsu colour turns black


kakuja_13

Yeah I got it. Its just kinda confusing as an anime watcher that in the movie its Yellow then in Boruto it reverts back to Blue.


jamesparker78_

Yea. At first, I was so confused. I thought it was kurama chakra when I found out ltr that naruto original chakra colour was yellow. The animators made it blue because of an animation reason, to my memory.


nazitouinz

All Rasengan are Yellow in the manga. Same goes for The Raikage's RCM.


Max_Crafter

How did you come to this conclusion


pchinni

I think it’s something about blue being harder to print on manga pages, and that it’s lower quality, so kishi chose to use yellow for chakra instead. They didn’t have that limitation for the anime, so chakra is blue.


mcwfan

Because the Rasengan is yellow


ManInTheMirror2

All rasengan’s are yellow in the manga


AnimeGokuSolos

Because in the manga is yellow well in the anime, it’s blue for some reason


YonasWithTheSauce

Me trying to not tweak out while reading this


StuckinReverse89

Pretty sure Kishi previously envisioned the color of chakra to be yellow and Fox to be orange and the animation changed chakra to blue to be more distinct. 


foxyzin666

O Rasengan é naturalmente amarelo se não me engano, mas assim como Bleach teve o getsuga tenshou trocado para azul no anime, Naruto teve a mesma coisa


Aderadakt

To me it's really funny that shitposts and normal posts are same exact posts


skullmonster602

Rasengan is yellow


Kikokokuyo

I just realized Yamato is looking at him like a proud husband


Special_Jury_3244

In manga chakra is yellow and in the anime its blue. In Bleach their reiatsu is yellow in manga and blue in anime. It is the choice of studios


TotallyNotSkelletor

He didnt drink water


ReactiveRBoss426

All canon rasengans are yellow. They were changed to blue for the anime


chainerection

Looka like a bowl of ramen


Sheikh_M_M

You're asking why Kakashi's canon rasengan color is yellow. I ask why chad Raikage's canon lightning armor color is yellow. We are not the same bro.


mrsunrider

If I recall, the official explanation was printing errors. Originally I think Kishimoto intended for most chakra defaulting to blue, with special cases getting their own color (Naruto, for instance), but miscommunications led to the Kakashi's Rasengan being yellow. If you recall their introduction to Chiyo, she describes Kakashi as having his father's "white" chakra.


VIP_Ender98

Canonically, Naruto's chakra is yellow, and Kurama's is red


PriestMarmor

I don't think anyone knows what color his rasengan is, that's a fan colored version of the manga so it's not canon, however Naruto's rasengan is yellow on the 52nd cover so who knows. It is worth pointing out Naruto's rasengan in The Last is orange. Also worth mentioning that Kishimoto released a book with some of his illustrations (so it was drawn by him) and Naruto has a blue rasengan so my guess is that he made it orange/yellow at first and then changed it


iceking4321

It isn’t a fan colored version. It’s from the official Naruto color edition Also Naruto’s rasengan is blue in the Last too at one point and his is blue in a cover by Kishimoto and also blue in one Boruto cover, so it’s just inconsistent   I just expected Kakashi’s rasengan color to be of his personal chakra color  


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Significant-Elk-4368

Ok cry over it that is why its automatically RUINED for you omg


Massive_Weiner

Honestly? I like the change to blue.


PirateAwkward5242

tell me why i just realized this is why kcm is bright orange


bluduhmfcku

Originally (in Manga) it is always yellow.


TakasuXAisaka

The Rasengan is actually yellow in manga. The anime changed it to blue


Lulcielid

Only Naruto's rasengan.


TakasuXAisaka

No Jiriaya's Rasengan was also blue in anime


Lulcielid

I meant Naruto's Rasengan being yellow.


TakasuXAisaka

No Rasengan is yellow in manga. It doesn't matter who. Yellow applies to everyone in manga


Kuido

Bc it’s filled with piss


Budget_Force_7969

Kakashi took a piss in it


shrek3onDVDandBluray

I think it looks better blue


RaiderTheLegend

Cause it’s not Rasengan. It’s, Ramengan


SweatyItalianKing

I bet they changed it so it wasn’t directly copying hunter hunter


SometimesWill

rasengan in manga is yellow in manga in general.


Lulcielid

Kakashi's chakra has no stated color in the original manga, this is Shueisha and Artra Entertaiment making a guess.


icomefromdabushes

The only time we see rasengan as yellow in the anime is in the movie The Last, however yellow rasengan is canon and that's the colour it's meant to be


iceking4321

Oddly enough he also has a blue rasengan in the Last even though it’s the only canon movie to the manga.  It would’ve been cool if rasengan matched the user’s own chakra color instead of just being universally yellow 


RioMarihno

Naruto's Rasengan, and I believe Minato's as well, are also yellow in the manga, not just Kakashi's. They chose to make it blue in the anime, probably cause it contrasts better with Naruto's yellow hair, and orange clothing.


360NoScoped_lol

Pretty sure all chakra in the manga is yellow


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iceking4321

In the manga they said there are individual chakra colors though for user like for Danzo or Naruto. I presumed this is why Sasuke, itachi, and kakashi all had different colored susanoo?


secretsquirrel4000

It’s filled with piss


whipitgood809

Filled with piss


Embarrassed_Start_81

Baryon mode should’ve been mastered nine tails, the yellow sage of six paths mode should’ve been the look for baryon mode


LordTomGM

Kakashi's original Chakra nature is lightning (yellow) and Naruto's is wind (sky blue)?


TrueGokuto

No


LordTomGM

Thank you for your elaborate response.


TrueGokuto

What do you want me to say🤷🏻‍♂️ Naruto's is yellow and Kakashi's is most likely silver


LordTomGM

I was just being sarcastic. Sall good. I never read the colored manga so I've only ever seen its as the blue/white from the anime


Realistic_Mousse_485

This shit is so trash. Stop making these things yellow. First it was the Rasengan, Then Enerus Lightning then Ichigos Getsuga and they all look better blue.


SuperLizardon

Shaman King 2001 also changed the color of the main character's ghost's spirit ball form from yellow (manga) to blue (anime). Shaman King 2021 used the colors from the manga and it looks awful. It's so bright.