Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20160421111843/@comment-4912646-20160422003949

NeedleJizo wrote: I believe it was implied (during that horrible Chunin Exams Arc) that Ame was so secluded and secretive that it was believed Hanzo was still in power for a while after his death. Danzo was the first to guess that he was dead after he stopped receiving secret correspondence from him. That's true in the manga as well, since Jiraiya was surprised to learn he was dead when he infiltrated Ame. But I think that filler had Konan or Pain say that Oboro's team were sent to the exams under Hanzō's rule. Doesn't make much sense for Pain to have been screwing around for more than a decade while Hanzō remained in control though.