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Ravenlot 27 wrote: Well, I'm not actually very able to imagine the exam with this bunch of Sharingan-wielding kids participating, they'd simply swarm it. Maybe, they can be allowed, but not all of them in one exam simultaneously. I don't think that's the problem. The problem is that to be a ninja, you need to pass the Academy. And while the Shin would probably excel in ninjutsu, there's no guarantee they'd excel in the rest of the curriculum (like teamwork for instance). Plus they only recently got admitted to Konoha (judging by the Manga, maybe a couple of weeks?), so i doubt they'd be allowed to participate that soon.

Essentially, being recent converts, i don't see why Konoha would trust them enough to participate in such an event, nor do i see why they'd be expected to be Chunin rank already since it's not based on power.