Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-22498334-20160718022822/@comment-22498334-20160718203428

Dimension Creator wrote: Trying to pass early is something I can definitely see Naruto doing however I can see Sasuke doing that as well due to him wanting to kill Itachi and all graduating and getting a better teacher would be much more beneficial than staying in the academy, however nothing was stated about Sasuke failing twice or at all. It is still a plot hole in my opinion. There was nothing stated about why ALL of the Rookie nine graduated at the time they did when they could have graduated earlier, (as stated above Choiji and Shikamaru were in the same class as Sasuke when he started, plus Hinata and Naruto were in the academy when Sasuke spared with Naruto sometime after the massacre... Wait now that I think on it, wasn't there a shortage of Joinin and Chunin who could take students to form new teams until Kakashi, Kurina, and Asuma were available? (I think it was at the beginning chapters or so of the manga that the Hokage stated it... or maybe I'm confusing the chunin exam requirements with the team formation?)