Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20150219132354/@comment-26132305-20150222043337

BlueLantern1995 wrote: Elveonora wrote: In term of power, Sasuke was at least Chunin level during the exams, he didn't get promoted for lacking other qualities though, like cooperation and so on I guess. If I remember correctly they said because the exams weren't completed, people said no one should pass except for Shikamaru as he was the only one who showed enough qualities of a Chunin before it abruptly ended. Thus I have always assumed that if the exams had continued Sasuke, Naruto, and Neji would have definitely made it. Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji(RIP) were all strong enough to become chunin, but I don't think any of them had other qualities needed. Sasuke wasn't big on teamwork, Naruto was too likely to rush into things and danger his team, and Neji was very condescending to many of his comrades then (Hinata, Naruto, Lee).