<p>It may not have been rasengan, but just gathering chakra and rotating it for more power. My defense of this would be Indra's using a similar jutsu to chidori in this filler arc. Both jutsus are similar to the modern day jutsus we know, but not quite the same</p>

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2016-08-01T02:46:58.250Z
also, Key word is Filler. Animation studio does whatever they want in a filler arc, whether it breaks continuity or not.
Ryan
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2016-07-31T22:18:53.067Z
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D. Haleem
<p>I think it was just to show how Indra and Ashura are similar to Sasuke and Naruto. Like how Indra's sharingan is the same as Sasuke's. And that Ashura inherited the Truth Seeker Orbs like how we see Naruto with them.</p>

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2016-11-27T08:04:17.957Z
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Neil
<p>I think there are different variations and people just didn't know about the original origins of the Chakra so alot of information must be stored somewhere unknown or lost in time explaining alot of the past wish it was kept to humans and the ninja world instead of aliens etc though</p>

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London Link
<p>In Naruto anime episode 468, Asura is shown to be using a Rasengan based jutsu against Indra. If I'm not wrong, the Fourth Hokage Minato invented Rasengan several years later. Am I missing something here?</p>

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2016-07-31T12:46:02.920Z
It's a filler episode, so any plotholes created from it can be disregarded. This question can still be answered, but I just wanted you to keep this in mind.
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How is Asura using Rasengan?
# How is Asura using Rasengan?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-07-31
In Naruto anime episode 468, Asura is shown to be using a Rasengan based jutsu against Indra. If I'm not wrong, the Fourth Hokage Minato invented Rasengan several years later. Am I missing something here?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's a filler episode, so any plotholes created from it can be disregarded. This question can still be answered, but I just wanted you to keep this in mind.  
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## 3 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2016-07-31. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
It may not have been rasengan, but just gathering chakra and rotating it for more power. My defense of this would be Indra's using a similar jutsu to chidori in this filler arc. Both jutsus are similar to the modern day jutsus we know, but not quite the same
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2016-08-01): also, Key word is Filler. Animation studio does whatever they want in a filler arc, whether it breaks continuity or not.  
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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-11-27. Score: 3
I think it was just to show how Indra and Ashura are similar to Sasuke and Naruto. Like how Indra's sharingan is the same as Sasuke's. And that Ashura inherited the Truth Seeker Orbs like how we see Naruto with them.
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### Answer by username_5 on 2022-02-04. Score: 1
I think there are different variations and people just didn't know about the original origins of the Chakra so alot of information must be stored somewhere unknown or lost in time explaining alot of the past wish it was kept to humans and the ninja world instead of aliens etc though
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