Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180307110859/@comment-33286580-20180307194452

Gagua2028 wrote:

Dude, naruto wasn't the only one who ever failed in the graduation exams and every kid who fails at basic graduation exams is going to be made fun of. So that's not particularly only naruto's story. It's basically the story of every character weak at ninjutsu in the academy.

I am sure naruto said that he's still a genin to make the environment a bit stress free and kinda encourage them and since it's a fact that he never completed the 'official' exam to qualify as a chunin.

i understand that Naruto wasnt the only one who failed. there are probably many more like him. i just wished they made somewhat of an effort to make Udon a bit different. udon was shown with the same failure at clone technique as Naruto. Iwabe is shown different. he is good at ninjutsu but lames at the theoritical side. even Lee, who no one understands how he could even have passed, was given a different sort of story. that is all i had to say.

i get the last joke of sorts. it was made to make the situatiion lighter. i too for fun pointed out that the final episodes where Kakashi allowed him a rank of jonin if he studied hard and just made a point that Naruto did compete in a Chunin exams. nothing else