Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20170809100834/@comment-2112031-20170810173355

Sarutobii2 wrote: Between the Kage Summit (that was in chapter 700) not being featured right before this arc started and no mention of the graduation exam being a week away, i have a hunch the anime is in the process of screwing over the timeline. They did mention the Kage Summit last episode, specifically that it was approaching. At the moment, it seems they've skipped Chapter 700. However, it's apparently been announced that they're gonna do Chapter 700 soon, I'm really hoping that it's gonna be either a flashback or the lead up to the events of Konoha Shinden, because it's really unnecessary to mess with the established timeline.

Vandiir wrote: Ok I'm confused. So have 5 years passed since the academy arc? Because they all look the same, and this arc is supposed to be set months before the movie, when they are all around 12. But Konoha Shinden apparently retconned the timeline so that Gaiden took place around the same time as chapter 700. It's safe to say that a timeskip has occured between episodes.