if Naruto failed the exam 3 times already and yo have to wait 1 year to take the exam over, is he 15 now instead of 12? was he just a child prodigy and started to take the exam at 9? if he did start at nine then thats pretty good to do everything in the exam and only have trouble on the replication technique.but im pretty sure i read somewhere that they were all twelve. so why did he start so early or why did everyone elese start so late?