About Naruto Failing the Genin Exam

[Ganesh]

ok, in the anime and manga it says that naruto failed the genin exam many times (cannot remember exact amount atm, i think it was like twice) now what i want to know is howcome the other students of the ninja academy, like sasuke or sakura, didn't move on to become a genin while naruto stayed in the academy? did they attempt to become a genin later than naruto or something. because if they didn't and giving that we know that naruto got "kept down" then they should have moved on while naruto stayed in the academy.

so what is the deal with this? did naruto start a few "grades" earlier than sasuke etc.

ok thanks

[KakashiSensei]

The topic is a major spoiler for those who have yet to see episode 80. if you going to make topics like this do it in the open discussion forum. Thanks, Topic moved.

[XwingRob]

Most likely he started several years before Sakura and Sasuke started attending.

Also, it might just be my manga reader-ness, but what spoilers are in this topic??

[avalon]

i think you have it a little backwards kakashisensei. Naruto is taking the chuunin exam right now, the gennin exam was the first episode of the series.

about that ganesh, it's a know plot hole. no one really knows how to explain it. why is naruto the same age as the people on his team and why doesn't people like rock lee and neji know about naruto if he's failed the year before.
Why would he have started earlier than someone like sasuke who is a genuis ninja? doesn't make a lot of sense

just sorta a detail of the series

[XwingRob]

I don't think its that big of a flaw. It might just be possible that Naruto was never in the same class as Rock Lee and the other older gennin. As for why Naruto started earlier, maybe he just wanted to master ninjustu so he can be recognize. Sasuke might only have started going to ninja academy because he realized that was the only way he would get at Itachi. And Sakura probaly only started attending for some girly reason.

[NM]

Originally posted by: avalon
i think you have it a little backwards kakashisensei. Naruto is taking the chuunin exam right now, the gennin exam was the first episode of the series.

about that ganesh, it's a know plot hole. no one really knows how to explain it. why is naruto the same age as the people on his team and why doesn't people like rock lee and neji know about naruto if he's failed the year before.
Why would he have started earlier than someone like sasuke who is a genuis ninja? doesn't make a lot of sense

just sorta a detail of the series

Avalon, he's talking about how Naruto always failed the exam at the Ninja Academy to become a Genin. Naruto always said that the final exam was to create a replication of his/herself and he always sucked at that.

[Stoopider]

Maybe even if they fail they still would keep on going to the next grade. Until the final graduation exam.

Or it's just Kishimoto made a mistake writing that.

[PSJ]

thinking about stuff like this is what reveals you. i say get a life and think about other stuff for a change.

[avalon]

Originally posted by: NarutoMaster

Avalon, he's talking about how Naruto always failed the exam at the Ninja Academy to become a Genin. Naruto always said that the final exam was to create a replication of his/herself and he always sucked at that.[/quote]

thats exactly what i'm talking about. the first episode is the gennin exam. he fails it because he cant replicate. but the question is, if he has failed many times, why is he the same age as people like sasuke who passed on the first try.

like i said its a known plot hole, and i believe that it's said that he's been in the same class as sasuke and sakura since the start.

hiten mitsurugi

kiba was in the same graduating class as kiba. i dont remember neji recognizing him though. that was that in the anime?

[Mut]

i think naruto entered the school earlier than others since he had no parents to give him advice.

[yami saru chan]

.......narutos ambitions and his attention span....could that be the cause?

[Ganesh]

omg, i was just asking a general question about the show and it has turned into a spoiler?? how is this a spoiler topic, i have not even watched episode 80.. so it has nothing to do with 80 from what i know.
lol didn't know it had a deeper meanin, i just thought it was probably a hole in the story. oh well time to read all your comments. hopefully they won't spoil too much for me lol

[Ganesh]

ok ok i just read all your replys. ok thanks, that kinda justified my thoughts on this question. hmm yah so either he started earlier cuz he had nothing else to do or the exam is held like more than once a year.. probably very frequently. ok ok thanks

[jing]

i belief naruto started earlier too, thats the only makes better sense right now. i dont see a spoiler?

[Knives122]

he did start earlier it took him three years to pass that final exam to become a genin and every time he took it he always made that dead looking thing on the floor( sorry if its a spoiler)

[XwingRob]

Yeah, that's some spoiler, Knives122. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

[Mut]

everyone should stop saying spoilers in the naruto open discussion forum. before you enter, it reads: VIEW AT YOUR OWN RISK. SPOILERS ARE ALLOWED HERE.

so don't worry about being sorry for spoiling or anything like that. if people stumble on here and cry about reading a spoiler then sucks to be them.

[xTrunkZx]

This is what i think happens...


if you think about itachi... he graduated at a young age... so im thinking maybe you can take the exam at your request... or if the teacher selects you and thinks you are ready. Hey may have failed to become gennin but was still in the class with those who weren't lucky enough to be selected for the gennin exam

[Raven]

If Naruto entered the academy 3 years before the others, he'd have to have been about 2 when he entered. Konohamaru and co. are in their first year, right? And they're about 5? So if they entered 3 years earlier they'd still be babies.

I might be wrong about the ages though. Lol, just the thought of a little ninja baby... XD

[lasaire]

you're right, this is a plot hole.

Sasuke is stated to be older than Naruto by several months in the official character stats, yet how has Naruto failed and Sasuke has not? My guess is that Naruto just started earlier, as a better form of daycare.

If Kakashi could be a chuunin at 6, he would have had to have been in the academy around 4 or 5.