Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180307110859/@comment-33286580-20180307202540

@Vlado

yeah, other than SHikamaru and probably the Suna trio all failed the exam, but even as a joke they dont have to destroy canon... Naruto apparently mentions that he never took the Chunin Exams, which he clearly did, pass or not. the genin joke was good though.

@Gagua

yeah, the cliche got me down.

they already have someone like Iwabe and the other two twoo for it and the end actually focused on Iwabe so there was no need for Udon to have that cliche.

Udon could do prety good with how he probably was weak at ninjutsu and held back his team and so. it would have been enough to gain sympathy for him. he was the weakest and yet got around becoming a jonin. that would actually be a decent enough short back story for a side character

the main point here was about not being flashy, but having guts and Udon who was the weakest yet managed to a respected jonin actually fits good in the story