These Characters Never Got Promoted to Jonin - But They Deserved It

[@DygoKnight]

Who should have been Jonin and wasn't?

[@junior523]

Tenten

[@SunlightGwyn]

Naruto. He should have been immediately promoted right after the Pain arc without any testing required.

[@ReKailem]

Hey can you do this video idea? What if healthy/unnerfed rocklee fought nerfed kimimaro during the sasuke retrieval arc?

[@shodore]

Genma for sure

[@Suto_Ko]

Tenten, Kiba, Shino, Choji, and Ino.

[@Khan-rz8qi]

Don’t let this video distract you from the fact that it was a couple of genins(technically) who won the war and saved the world.

[@motherplayer]

Real inspirations for the next generation who can only hope that their bloodlines give them the kind of benefits that makes proper rankings unnecessary.

[@BitchChill]

Narugoat and Godsuke

[@basedcommentor]

Didn't know Sakura and Kakashi were genin

[@MarquosXoloVanda]

​@@basedcommentor couple means roughly just two, so @BitchChill is correct.

[@divineeternity7268]

Naruto should've been promoted the very day he mastered the Rasengan. You can argue he wasn't mature enough yet but Sauske was chunin level after he mastered Chidori.🤔

[@angelbarrera3890]

Shino got so little screen time I legitimately thought I missed an episode where he died.

[@JoeLikesBlue]

They had to, because if they gave Shino screen time, the opposition would always be dealt with the in a couple minutes. 🗿

[@captain_unhinged4372]

Kishi was too much of an afraid wimp to kill off characters he didn’t wanna write about anymore

[@genocidalyoukai7890]

@@captain_unhinged4372Yeah, kishi was very scared to kill characters off for some reason. Kankuro, Lee, Guy, Orochimaru, Tsunade.

[@krilc]

@@JoeLikesBlue Much like Tenten

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@captain_unhinged4372also, some of them have broken abilities, like shino, and kishimoto never put any thought into them how some of them were absurdly broken

[@isaacvale918]

Hiruzens last words: "Don't promote Genma"

[@brendonohagan1946]

Hahaha

[@antoniomcneary]

Lmao that's horrible!

[@antoniomcneary]

Imagine Orochimaru left a forged fake note on top of Hiruzen and it said that and to promote Kurenai to Jonin instead.

[@BrenoGF144]

@@antoniomcneary Kabuto: Sir this dude was on our asses throughout all of the chunin exam Orochimaru: Say no more fam

[@attache675]

Shino not being a Jonin is pretty annoying to his character. Like he was the team lead on Kurenai’s team, skilled tactician, has arguably one of the most destructive and invasive (literally) abilities with his bugs, being not being to use them to suck out and destroy enemy chakra but using them for covert ops to gain intel and spy. This guy is one of the last greatest ninjas that actually deserves way more respect and credit.

[@Fuchsfeuer]

Kurenai team is not jonin material unfortunately^^ sad that none of the three jonin managed to do it like Kurenai himself. With Hinata you can still say that she wasn't interested. She was very intelligent and wasn't that weak either. Kiba is probably simply a weaker ninja than others due to his clan, but he is still a genius and is one of the strongest ninjas ever. And Shino was clearly the strongest and smartest. He should have been made a chunin just like Shikamaru. The only excuse was that they probably didn't realize how strong and good he was. He was actually better than Shikamaru when it came to tactics and options. You saw in his fight that he won where Shikamaru lost.

[@tgjyattem]

@@Fuchsfeuer Hinata became a Jonin in Boruto so with no Shino?

[@halofean]

He legit been doing s ranks before being a genin

[@millasboo]

11:22 That’s actually false he’s a jonin in boruto

[@widdershyn5714]

Yeah, the genin teams are just terribly unbalanced, like why would you put three ninjas with tracking abilities together. It not only Kurenais team, Gais team is unbalanced too. Three taijutsu type ninjas in a team? All you need is a ninja who’s proficient in genjutsu to counter team Gai.

[@SunlightGwyn]

Naruto should have been promoted to a Jonin immediately after the Pain arc. He was Kage level at the time and literally saved the entire Leaf Village. Making him retake the Chunin exams would be ridiculous. He was already tested way more than any Chunin exams would test him.

[@BitchChill]

"Kage level" is vague btw

[@justinarzola4584]

He may have been promoted had Tsunade not been in a coma and the war beginning,him having to retake the chunin exams by the end is still very laughable but I don't think it was confirmed he retook it and most likely was ranked Jounin before becoming Hokage.

[@SunlightGwyn]

@@BitchChill Kage level means you are skilled enough and strong enough to defend the village from threats. Naruto was strong enough to defend the village from Pain who was the leader and defender of the Rain village. There is nothing vague about this at all.

[@BitchChill]

@@SunlightGwyn Naruto was level in part 1 because he defeated Gara

[@giannixx]

@@SunlightGwyn I mean, technically the Kage is supposed to be the strongest shinobi of the village. "Kage level" to my knowledge is only a fan term used in powerscaling.

[@edwardnowakowski5990]

Holy crap, I always assumed “special jonin” was ABOVE jonin. My mind is blown right now And yeah, might Dai deserves at least a posthumous promotion

[@NameUserOf]

That's like someone can say "You're my special boy", a kind way to say someone is a human being even if he is disabled.

[@edwardnowakowski5990]

@@NameUserOf I mean, I guess there’s an implication that it’s “specialist” or “jonin through special permission” But yeah, pretty much

[@pkj2148]

If it were, Kakashi would've been a Special Jounin

[@Fuchsfeuer]

I thought so too. I always thought they were jonins but they specialized in something special. if they are under jonin they should have been called special chunin.

[@pkj2148]

@@Fuchsfeuer Exactly. It's a more fitting term.

[@duelist4512]

Hold up, Shino was never a Jonin? Shino, same guy eho's said to be a prodigy of his clan Shino, who went on a Jonin level mission with his father at the time of the Sasuke Retrieval arc Shino? How? Just how?

[@oghaze9318]

Because if you are not Uchiha or the MC the author will forget about you

[@ayhamahmad2277]

​@@oghaze9318did you see what happens to hidan arc it's not kishimoto fault it's a weekly manga kishimoto can't focus on all these characters and draw at the same hidan arc was supposed to be longer but the editor forced to cut down because of time to dilver and kishimoto was in the hospital

[@GUYFROMEldos]

Kubo and oda who both have the same schedule and lots of health concerns but they were still able to focus on the side characters and main characters perfectly without downgrading and failing them in writing Naruto might be the most popular IP out of the three but its flaws are greater than both one piece and bleach we lucky Naruto and sasuke were carrying this series on its back It's still in my top20 not 10 and boruto unfortunately is in the top 70

[@ayhamahmad2277]

@@GUYFROMEldos kishimoto even worse because he didn't have freedom unlike oda and kubo kishimoto original plan was to have more arc before the chunin exam but the editor forced to cut down and hidan arc was supposed to be longer but the editor forced to cut down it's not a writer fault it's a weekly manga because when you write and draw you need time and shonan don't give them that even the page he can't control

[@GUYFROMEldos]

@@ayhamahmad2277 and that's the said part that Naruto was popular and generating alot of income so kishimoto had lost control on alot of things their is a reason he never wrote boruto cause it was just a money making scheme they probably had to pay him a bag to come and try to fix issues and retcons the series made to the franchise I wish he had freedom of defying the editors cause it would be a story masterpiece

[@Prince_Luci]

Adult Choji being a chunin is wild. That guy wrestled the ten tails husk at 16. He can turn into a mountain. Idc if his ability isn’t versatile If Lee can qualify then Choji should too.

[@shihoblade]

Depends on what the jonin exam tests. And its possible its not the same tests everytime, so people can luck out. Choji isnt smart, he isnt fast, and he doesnt have great stamina. His strengths are crazy but he has tons of exploitable weaknesses.

[@kingofgames6248]

@@shihoblade Jonin’s don’t require tests, you just have to prove in missions and other activities that you are skilled enough in every area to become a “jonin” and if you are just really really skilled in one area then you are a “special-jonin”

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

He mastered his butterfly mode without the pills, which was a crazy feat

[@kevaughnrichardson2216]

Didn't chouji and ino stated they had a genin team

[@kingofgames6248]

@@kevaughnrichardson2216 They did but they stated that they’re not officially mentioned as Jonin but can be assumed that they are Jonin.

[@ethanaguilera7522]

Anko should've gotten more development, like Anko should've tried to helped Sasuke to control the Curse Mark when Kakashi was teaching him shidori. Honestly, Anko should’ve had a bigger role, like she should’ve been like a mother figure to Sasuke.

[@NameUserOf]

So much this. Why didn't Kakashi ask her for help? It made no sense.

[@byronstone386]

She should've been present in every arc involving Orochimaru

[@Joshua_N-A]

As the sole survivor, she should have.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Caring about female characters? That's expecting too much from the author of Naruto 🙄

[@Author_SoftwareDesigner]

Or at least an older sister to her. Then when Sasuke went evil and vowed to destroy the lead she could have tried for talk him out of it and he could have killed her ti cement himself as evil.

[@yunue904]

I always said Genma should've been made a Jonin after the Konoha Crush arc. Not only did he stalemate with Baki, Baki is stated to be not just any Jonin, but THE strongest Jonin in the sand village. And fighting with 4 basically high Chunin level opponents who all have stupid hax while having no chakra and being outnumbered is pretty clearly a Jonin level feat.

[@chilli-boi]

Can he beat goku tho

[@pkj2148]

That just shows us how weak that village was.

[@micaelg4230]

that´s what made the series realistic I guess, the backbone of the organization going overlooked despite being fucking based! Also shows how overwelming konoha was compared to the competition.

[@vannieuwenbergwilliam7792]

Honestly, power-wise, Temari and Gaara were already higher than Baki in the chûnin exams. Temari's summon alone takes out most of Suna in one blow. Gaara is the only other powerful Suna character. I laughed at the 3rd Kazekage puppet, outside of Sasori's poison on the iron dust, it's super weak. Gaara was close to killing Deidara 1v1 while Sasori didn't even kill Sakura. Temari and Gaara>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the rest of Suna.

[@yunue904]

@@vannieuwenbergwilliam7792 No shot you're giving Temari the weasel summon in the Chunin exams. She very clearly didn't get that until the Sasuke retrieval arc. Just like how Gaara got stronger with his sand manipulation. He has a ton of sand-based feats from before becoming Kazekage and none of them are better than after. What you have to realize is that Temari you're referencing straight up lost to Sasuke who was trying to save his chakra to fight Gaara. Sasuke literally could've just speed blitzed her with Chidori. Kabuto expected Baki to clear Hayate Gecko in no diff but commended his strength when he was fighting Baki. Even though he got cut, Baki took that pretty handily, didn't even seem to be sweating after that fight. That goes to show that the Leaf Village is incredibly strong, not that Baki is weak. Baki is literally just Temari without a fan. He has strong, lethal wind style usage and I really just can't stand the Baki downplay. If you think a full fledged Jonin loses to chunin exams Sasuke, or Temari go ahead but it's pretty narratively implied things would go the opposite. Massive Temari wank. I hate that they gave the strongest wind style feat in the whole series to this part 1 weasel that shows up ONCE. Here's how Baki vs Temari goes. Because he definitely has to know she has that summon, he may have even taught it to her. Temari reaches for fan or goes to summon. Baki speed blitzes and kills her with wind style. If she tries to counter him by using speed, he'll do the same. He actually has a very distinct advantage against her.

[@NlsnBckr08]

I literally always thought that Shino, Ibiki and Anko were Jonins

[@Suirioujin]

I'm traumatised by what they did to Anko in Boruto

[@brendonohagan1946]

Fatnko

[@Joshua_N-A]

I never watch Boruto but why. I saw the character design and just why. She's one of the hottest kunoichi babes. The Anko I know has one of the best BWH sizes!

[@abbemartensson3850]

No clue what you are talking about. What is this Boruto thing?

[@Memelord1117]

​@@abbemartensson3850Sounds like half assed sequel, where the son becomes the MC.

[@andreynadeinsberg7588]

Might Duy is the very freaking definition of special Jonin, as he is the freaking Ty jutsu

[@Paulomedi]

That's why shippuden is inferior than OG Naruto. after the timeskip, the character progression freezes for most of the secondary characters. So much potential for politics, promotions, demotions, etc.

[@ayhamahmad2277]

Most of these characters like neji and others there arc were done so they were supposed to die in the sasuke rescue arc but the wee pupuler and shino was very hard to draw so it's the editor fault for keeping them alive because kishimoto can't focus on all these characters and draw look what happens to hidan arc and Shippuden is not perfect but still great and would have been better if kishimoto was given more time

[@MardukCOFB]

Yep, Shino should’ve definitely gotten a promotion to Jonin. He also should’ve become the leader of Team 8 and been given a proper fight against an Akatsuki member.

[@tgjyattem]

Shino fought his Brother in filer. With is Danzo's right hand mare and won. pretty unfair.

[@oaken1233]

We know shino participate in S rank missions along with his clan ( at least in the anime, not sure it is canon ) which clearly indicate a certain skill level. Shino really is the definition of wasted potential by kishimoto.

[@Joshua_N-A]

Part of me wanna say that Kishimoto bit off more than he can chew by creating so many characters.

[@ayhamahmad2277]

​@@Joshua_N-Ait's the editor fault because he wanted to have more arc before the chunin exam like visiting each village and introduced each team but the editor forced him to cut down

[@Memelord1117]

​@@Joshua_N-AOda is proof that you can create lots of characters and still keep most of them relevant. Buggy's an emperor, crocodile's his right hand, and Don Krieg was spotted in Pirate island in Vegapunk's broadcast.

[@inesatt1313]

I love how you gave credit where credit is due Also we never got to see Mikoto shine as a Jonin and is stated in Itachi's books that she is one yet like Anko we don't see the full extent of it

[@Despot-vd3rz]

Yeah Shino def should have been a jonin. He had all the qualities

[@Folkeregor]

When in doubt, blame the 3rd Hokage

[@justinarzola4584]

Some of these characters were still kids while 3rd was alive or were still not promoted to jonin even after he died,I would blame Tsunade a bit more.

[@The-One-Eyed-Grim-Reaper]

Dygo: "Aoba can steal information about the War arc from Kabuto." me: This guy is gonna go for this in his rewrite just to get rid of izanagi

[@benjaminwinnick1051]

I get the feeling that updating the official rankings is something that Konoha doesn't get around to very often. Maybe it's usually at the bottom of the pile at the hokage's office since so many characters are doing jonin level assignments without being jonin. So the actual promotion would be more a formality than anything. Plus, with Naruto so in-demand, he probably never had time to take the chunin exam or finish his studies.

[@micah459]

I still think Kishimoto doesn't like Shino and didn't expect him to have a dedicated fanbase. The anime honestly was GOATED for giving him love but Kishimoto continued to disrespect him in Boruto

[@divineeternity7268]

Funny video 😂. 2 things. Neji wouldn't get stomped by Shino because his Byakugan could see where the bugs are coming from and his rotation would keep them from making contact. Also I have to disagree about Guy. Guy may have some goofy moments but he proved he's smart enough to be Jonin on more than one occasion. Dude have common knowledge about all kinds of justu and techniques.

[@almightyrasen]

the second Neji touches Shino, those chakra sucking bugs are on him,he can spin to win them off sure, but cause neji can’t use rotation forever, cause…takes chakra..see where i’m going with this? and shino can be ranged, and you saw neji vs kidomaru that range wasn’t his strong suit, it’d come to a war of attrition in which i believe still declares shino the winner. Neji strong as hell,but that’s a bad matchup.

[@divineeternity7268]

@@almightyrasen I said Neji wouldn't get stomped. I didn't say he would win but I think his Air Palm would give him an edge in the fight. If he can fire it in rapid succession he could keep the bugs off of him until he can get in close range for Tai Justu which Shino was weak in for the longest time until he trained up. If Neji could keep the fight in close while using Byukagan to watch for the bugs he could slightly pull it off. But I don't think he could beat Shino under normal circumstances.

[@almightyrasen]

@@divineeternity7268 my slow brain immediately thought of them fighting back in the chunin exams, in that case, i agree with your statement

[@yamyams8147]

I appreciate the love you give to my boy Shino Aburame I haven't seen many people give this man affection lol

[@justinscott9406]

Hey you killing it with hoe fast your cracking these videos out

[@inf.perkins]

Anko casually flashing everyone

[@martyer16]

I honestly believe Neji and Shino should have been special jonin/jonin post timeskip in the beginning of shippuden. Ive always felt that whenever I watched/read scenes with Shino and Neji, that they were already chunin level amongst the group in part 1. This would have shown just how far above they were as respective geniuses of their clans and in comparison to other characters. Seeing Neji in charge of his own team would not only serve as a display of skill for his character but also show him as a formidable rival to Naruto. Seeing Shino already achieve special jonin rank and conducting solo missions in the background would also have been a good excuse for why he hardly shows up throughout the story while also keeping him at a similar level of power to other characters in the story. This could also serve as a reason to create a new team later on for Hinata's squad once Kurenai was out of the picture. Kurenai could request for Shino or maybe bring back a fan favorite like Anko to take over as the new squad leader.

[@pkj2148]

Neji was a Jounin.

[@martyer16]

@@pkj2148 lmaooo you right, I forgot about that. They did not make that shit feel like it was important at all 😂

[@ayhamahmad2277]

​He should have died in the sasuke rescue arc the only reason he is alive just like guy because they were pupuler characters

[@justinarzola4584]

Shino was done dirty,only got two fights that weren't very important and now in Boruto he looks like a different character all together with that visor instead of those cool shades.

[@Enlightenment4035]

14:02 Shino appears in the Boruto series that is a fate worse than death

[@nimbus9954]

Boruto is lit now. Get over it. Timeskip better than 85 of shippuden and its rushed writing and fillers. ☹️ Go read.

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

​​@@nimbus9954 Boruto is LIT ?? It's just power scaling now, which is only looking good because of our nostalgia. The story has entirely lost its essence, full of plot holes and Deus-ex-machina . Only the Otsutsukis and Boruto+ Kawaki are relevant now , nothing else matters. Most readers are watching it for Naruto and Hinata's sake .

[@papipepino.]

Idk why people think you can just get promoted based on how strong you are. It’s clearly not the only thing you need

[@rhuonaChanel]

Aside from mastering 2 chakra natures and being strong, I wonder what other criteria is needed

[@papipepino.]

@@rhuonaChanel leadership skills which naruto did not have during shippuden

[@rhuonaChanel]

@@papipepino. that one has to be shown right from chunin exams. Naruto aside, a lot of chun8n characters mentioned in this video don't exactly lack leadership skills. Heck, I'd trust a lot of them more in leadership & decision making than some of the Konoha jonins the series gave us. 😅

[@anon2427]

Tell that to might guy who doesn’t meet any other requirement

[@サイヤ人の王子]

​@@anon2427 Because you said so?

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

Shino should have been an Anbu so Kishimoto would have a reason to not use him.

[@r.c.3813]

I think choji and Ini also deserve to be jonin . Choji is actually really strong especially with his butterfly mode and Ino is probably like the third or fourth most important ninja in konoha she is head of defence for crying out loud and she’s one of if not the best sensory ninja in all of konoha she is so good in her job that inojin at first didn’t even want to try to become a sensory ninja like it’s actually stupid that she isn’t. Also tenten has two legends ninja tools in her possession and knows how to use them that alone should make her a jonin if guy can’t become one by being a combat master tenten should become one for her expertise in ninja tools especially with how strong they have become in boruto if anything she should probably be a ninja tool instructor or something.

[@mangareader7474]

Oh yeah alba the guy who ran in the room with a sick kakashi and sasuke yelling itachi was in the village when kakashi, gai,and etc trying to keep a secret

[@thatguy5233]

it's crazy how this happens in every anime. someone weak defeats someone very strong (in a fair fight), and then the creator acts like this never happened and downplays his abilities to still be at medium at best.

[@Themfeels101]

In Shino's fight against Kankuro Shino dodged the Crow's blade only once, used an insect clone to tank a surprise attack, then finally jammed the Crow's joints with insects. Surprise attacks generally don't work well against Byakugan users, especially slow one like insects. We can see how neji would fare against bugs when he fought kidomaru and he fared well. Other than Sakon/Ukon, Kidomaru can be argued to be the strongest and most intelligent member of the Sound 4. Neji has that palms rotation shield too. As he got older he also got air palm and Gentle Fist Art One Blow Body. Neji's taijustu is also really good, so good that he can outright beat Lee, as Lee has never beaten him once and Shino not being a close-range fighter makes things even worse if he was to go against Neji.

[@grievousxxx]

This. Dude has some serious bias for Shino. Not to mention the bug clone wouldn't work since Neji can see that it's just a swarm of bug instead of human with chakra points and flows.

[@jaromeleslie2747]

Love your content - excited for the next rewrite episode. Definitely agree Shino is the most underrated character

[@AmashiYakashi]

I think the chunin exams are bullshit. How many people sit the 1st exam? 153 we get to the end of round 2 and there is no one left from grass, stone, cloud, rain, or waterfall (source I found on narutopedia claims there was no one from cloud or stone but I'm pretty sure were do see those headbands there so I'm counting them) they went six months without gaining any chunin? How many people would have passed if they weren't interrupted? Shikamau, I will die saying Shino, maybe Temari? Now keep in mind the WHOLE time everyone is saying "Oh soo many have made it this far, it's never like this, better thin it out." So 3 or four chunin are a tall order for any given exam. Double it to cover a year and we're saying it's a stretch to have 6 or 8 new chunin every year divided amongst NINE (if we wann include mist but I'm not sure where they sit internationally in PT1) villages?! I'm certain after a genin's 1st exam if they survived no one cares, they're sent on B's and A's and all the paper work is just "Yeah they're totally just genin doing normal genin missions." They probably just aren't given squad lead positions or instruction posts.

[@bananarnold1831]

If anything, Anko didn’t deserve to be dealt so dirty.

[@Jametsbond]

what hurt me the most how much potential Shino is. his dialogues, his personality and his "limited" power can sell more. Shino doesn't need to be stronger or even a fighter to be cool, it's even cooler if he just know his limit and still be helpful with his weak jutsu (compare to powerhouse on the verse). and it's suit with his cool personality, he can avoid fight but still do the objective

[@ryszakowy]

it's a setup of a century "here's this coolass ninja" "here's some maybe flashbacks to his life" "he's never going to show up again or will literally become a side quest character"

[@TheNotFamousYoutuber]

I still stand by the fact that Naruto should have become a chunin after the konaha crush arc. Think about it, he displayed all the qualities of a great chunin, mainly he got his team out alive, which was like the main point of being a chunin. He rescued both Sakura and Saskue while demonstrating some great battle iq during his fight with Garra. He might not show the characteristics of being a great leader like Shikamaru. However, they never gave him a chance to do so. If this kid came back and said yah I beat the unbeatable sand guy, I would've definitely questioned his squad and asked them what happened.

[@ElKabong3345]

Picking a fight with Might Duy ended up catastrophic for the seven ninja swordsmen Ego got to them and they paid the price for attempting to "not pick with someone their own size"

[@Sg190th]

If Anko had more screentime, I'd agree.

[@takeshikujo2909]

I actually like the idea of Naruto remaining a genin, because for one, it just shows that rank, though telling, isn’t always the go to. As we saw in the literal first chapter of Naruto, a Chunin can lose to an academy student, and if Haku’s skill set is anything to go by, even a Jonin-level threat can be tested by a pair of genin. Rank is rank; but what matters most is what you have under your belt. Secondly, it’s also really funny to know that so far, the strongest Kage ever… is a genin! That’s just perfect! 😆😂🤣

[@antoniomcneary]

New Head Cannon: DygoKnight is actually Shino and this channel is a way to vent his frustrations at Kishimoto. He wanted to the the Sasuke of the series but instead became a joke character, a very useful and powerful one at that.

[@Katsunai]

Naruto probably was still a genin cuz once you become a chunin or higher you would need to lead a team of fresh genin's and with how bad naruto is at raising kids himself and how childish he himself is, and as he is always busy kakashi probably thought it wouldn't be the best idea for naruto to lead a team. And leaving Naruto as a genin gave kakashi an excuse to keep a jounin on him to keep an eye on him in case he does something stupid. Like they can always have an excuse if naruto goes nuclear in another region like he's a genin still and he's not matured enough. If he was a jounin and went nuclear it would probably cause a lot of international problems and would hurt the leaf's reputation as to why naruto is leading a squad and doing things so recklessly. If he is a genin then naruto can leave the hard decisions to the team leader. Even as a hokage shikamaru is the actual true hokage doing all the decision making and political stuff.

[@turboace5595]

Like I respect that it had such a strict requirement for promotion in the leaf as it makes the rarity make sense But yeah characters like Shino not matching Kankuro after the timeskip And implying that Naruto never got “smart” enough to be a jonin and Lee did is kinda wild tbh

[@brendonohagan1946]

Shino,Shikamaru,and Neji from the start seemed a bit more skilled then the rest. Not counting Lee who was hands down in my opinion strongest in the exams at that point with feats in the Leaf. Weights off, blitzes all. Sand protected Gaara. Who else could have at that time withstood? Naruto with 9 tails going nuts of course. Sasuke ok with training yada yada ok maybe. Neji with rotation maybe but i think its too much for him. I could absolutely be wrong but ... 8:17

[@shikaru1730]

My theory on temari and konkoro becoming join is they were chunin level when they infiltrated the exams and that mission was a task for their promotion

[@VanLe-gk3ie]

You should make a video on which characters are “Kage Level” or who deserves to be a Kage.

[@fmabmiz_mid2563]

Your contents are interesting, but where are your boruto manga videos for each chapter? Were they copyrighted? Did you remove them or did someone complain because they couldn't take factual criticism? It's a shame a certain "company" couldn't handle criticism/reviews of their series because they care only about milking their brand to make money... In truth, their sales are extremely low compared to One Piece or Kingdom, the actual GOATS.

[@cheeher3212]

You forgot the Eternal Genin. He was told to be a Jonin but refused to become one. Outside from that, he is as strong and as qualified as any Jonin according to the 3rd.

[@antoniofernandesmarchetti1097]

That Guy from the fillers? Yeah he's cool!

[@antoniofernandesmarchetti1097]

@otdreamer193-xy1uc no, its not Guy's father, IS that old Guy from the fillers. The also called him eternal genin.

[@zankanotachi5894]

Yosuke Maboroshi

[@zeveria7206]

So...how did Lee and Guy become Jonins exactly? With Guy you can argue that he has other skills (summoning) even if we almost exclusively only see Taijutusu. But Lee? Lee can *only* perform Taijutsu effectively, no? This isn't to diminish his power as a Shinobi, but doesn't this fit the definition of Special Jonin, regardless of battle strength?

[@elijahfrancisrabor1388]

Lore wise it turns out Kakashis generation was the weakest since Hashirama and Madara. They never reached the strength of any of the Sannin. Guy is a rare exception but I'd discount him as his 8th gate is basically a suicide move.

[@kylestakes1439]

wait Naruto becoming a Jonin via studying was only an anime thing? the part wer he studies with Iruka late at night and sees everyones favorite swing?

[@99jean88]

I think the plan was to make the jonin hyper elite, however the narrative progression made these categories weird. Or, maybe the initial plan was to make the series about Naruto grinding for the ranks, but then kishimoto saw that this didn't had potential, so he dropped for other things.

[@lapplandkun9273]

That was also because Naruto and Sasuke became so powerful and left the other cast in the wayside that he most likely dropped it altogether

[@rhuonaChanel]

Yes, and aside for making jonin super elite, the expectations for what a jonin could do dropped a lot starting from the fight of Kurenai & Asuma vs Itachi. I think kurenai was meant to be more but what we see shows her to be weaker than a lot of special jonin.

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@rhuonaChanel female characters being terribly written. Also we learn nothing about the other jonins minus Kakashi and guy. People only cried because shikamaru cried. Let’s face it. We learn jack shit about asuma and kurenai was tossed aside after her fight with itachi. That was the only thing she was known for

[@grievousxxx]

Idk if it wasn't also because the editor. They forced the chuunin arc to start so early and also so much less death in the original cast. The series could've had more weight to it if they let more people die but no. Instead they just got done dirty and forgotten.

[@gregparker8604]

So now I understand. 15:37 explains why the other characters were not promoted.

[@SNKLuffy]

« Neji doesn’t have range » ever heard of Hakke Hasangeki pal ? « Neji can’t hit a billion ant at the same time » What about the Hakkesho kaiten ? I mean it was considered like the ultimate defense in part 1 (apart from gaara’s sand.) what the hell were you cooking with that matchup

[@Tungdil_01]

For your mental health well-being, skip from 14:18 to 15:10. You're welcome

[@LegendaryCaptain]

I love how we all agree on Shino -if his Kankuro battle was witnessed he would've became Chunnin with Shikamaru -he would've made the sasuke retrieval arc a success -he would've been an ideal candidate for bridge mission since his bugs could split up and find sasuke Dude was massive wasted potential

[@Jose-lf1gs]

I have always wondered what are the perks of going up in the ninja ranks. Do you earn more money per mission? Do you get assign to higher rank missions and therefore more money? Or is it only a pride thing?

[@Vibrantly_Monochromatic]

It's a job so it's possible

[@JoGoat20]

It's explained in part one before land of waves arc mission. Higher rank means you get priority for higher ranked missions and higher ranked missions means more money.

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

Yes !!! They gain more money per mission, they get a higher chance of getting hired by noblemen who pay a lot , or take on serious dirty jobs or dangerous roles ( read : S rank mission) which pays more . The Genin will still be paid equally if they complete an S rank mission by himself ( like Naruto did) but Jonins get hired a lot . All the missions team 7 accomplished, Kakashi will get a higher cut of money for leading the kids .

[@xHASSUNAx]

It makes a lot of sense when you consider just how high quality Fire Nation ninjas are. It increases their standards for sure

[@Matheuslung]

14:10 Jesus Christ Neji’s picture 😂😂😂😂

[@t-masterrules5085]

To be honest, I seriously thought jounins is just a category of ninja allowed to train upcoming ninjas in a four man team😂. Think about it, what do the jounins do that the special jounins don't? 🤷 Also the category of "Special jounins " makes it sound as though they're above regular jounins, not the other way around, until I saw ebisu😂

[@basedcommentor]

Shouldnt Guy have technically been A Tokubetsu Jounin since he specializes in Taijutsu? And Kurenai in genjutsu?

[@chopgangtgunzz4178]

Not necessarily, im guessing guy was able to raise his other stats to somewhat jonin level. He does have a 3 for everthing that isn't related to physical ability. And Kurinai is said to also have decent speed as well as taijutsu and ninjutsu too. Difference between them and special jonin is they are more well rounded on paper but choose to stick to their specialty, special jonin are only skilled in their specific specialty.

[@pkj2148]

​@@chopgangtgunzz4178This doesn't make sense. Gai is supposed to suck at Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. I don't buy him having Jounin level abilities in those areas.

[@chopgangtgunzz4178]

@@pkj2148 he only suckered at ninjutsu as a kid, you really think in 30 plus years of training with nothing slowing him down except the literally brink of death and permanently being crippled that he wouldn't get over that? Did u just think he'd suck at ninjutsu forever? Believe it or not don't matter to me because that's literally the case in the show since he's infact a full-fledged jonin same as Kakashi.

[@pkj2148]

@@chopgangtgunzz4178 The problem isn't that he sucked, it's that he is untalented at it. He cannot get good at it. I can see him getting the basics down, but being so good that he is elite at it? Not realistic

[@chopgangtgunzz4178]

@@pkj2148 bruh tf are you talking about? That's not how Naruto works😂Both guy and lee sucked at everything including taijutsu in the beginning. It's just that taijutsu has a shorter learning curve then ninjutsu and genjutsu so they focused on that the most. If you not strong enough to brake a board you can simply work out to for a weeks to months and get stronger naturally, but how does a normal person train chakra control who don't have Uzumaki chakra reserves? Years of practice and again guy has 30 + years of it as well as all the motivation to get as strong as possible meaning strengthening his weaknesses at some point

[@Lennyraptor13]

I think the reason why the Suns siblings became Jonin is because there are generally not so strong ninjas in Suna and therefore it is easier to become a Jonin

[@T0rdal]

Imagine Kakashi actually telling Naruto to do tue shunin exams again 😂. If he wasn't nice he would oneshot all the genin with a Massive tailed Beast ball 😂

[@addictedtomelody799]

Shino was such a cool character at naruto part one like having wisdom on the level of shikhamaru along with the strength to back it up.. he was really done dirty by kishimoto.

[@BigGoronSword]

Anko vs Shizune vs Dekai. The three unimpressive students of the legendary Sanin.

[@PrinceOfKings55]

I can see Naruto and Sasuke doing finding cat missions while only seriously being utilised during village or world crisis level threats 😂

[@Vad-x2h]

13:05 wait, kankuro had his puppets destroyed because he was facing the creator of them

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

It hurts so much that Hinata didn't keep on pushing for the Jonin title . Never did we see her becoming one , ever . ( Correct me if I'm wrong). She gave up on her Ninja way and became just a housewife who doesn't even look remotely happy. ( Even Sakura has a life besides being a married single mom) .

[@adrianxx22]

naruto was her ninja way, no need to be a ninja anymore once she got him

[@Fabio-zc7bs]

If anko is not a jounnin because of she having proficiency in only one or two areas, why is guy a jounnin? I mean, Guy is a Taijutsu user, basically. He never mentioned being able to use genjutsu or any meaningful ninjutsu

[@junior523]

When are you posting the next episode of the Naruto Rewrite bruv?

[@ashram12]

I didn’t know most of the Konoha 13 never made it to jounin… I feel like either the ranks are meaningless or they just mean the types of mission the person is willing to do. Like, if jounin’s absolutely have to tutor a team of three genins, and maybe most of the Konoha 13 thought “I don’t want to tutor kids”… although Neji was a jounin and he was still part of team ten… so yeah, the ranks truly are meaningless.

[@kingofgames6248]

Rotation = insects dead, gentle fist = Shino done. insects need a specific chakra flow to contain properly if it’s disrupted shino loses which is what the gentle fist does. Let’s not even talk about the “body blow” that will counter any insect that tries to crawl on him (it literally countered kisame’s water prison jutsu), he has the “Hazan strike” which will one shot shino, he also has the air palm and the stronger version the “wall (vacuum) palm” that is literally a range attack that can also one shot shino. Also the Byakugan sees through shino’s attacks and spots slight openings for an attack. Temari’s one of the strongest wind style users in the series and can create the “wind style sea dragon” that can decimate cities. Konkuro got way stronger in the time skip and also later got access to Sasori as a puppet and possibly had the 3rd kazekage too lol. Shino should’ve been a jonin but don’t shit on other good characters to prove ya point.

[@totalCoolerUsername]

So you think the guy who didn't do the needed study for the rank should get it, because he get's a higher rank, which he isn't suited for also and has even more study requiered, later?

[@edricknievesnieves7364]

Not all of them remain chunnin, ino might have achieve the rank of jounin or special jounin's because she is the head of the sensory division of konoha. tenten also became a jounin, this was confirmed on naruto x boruto storm 4, even if this games arn't considered "cannon", she was the chunnin exams proctor on boruto's generation which give some credibility to this as well.

[@sparkzero1574]

I feel like Ibiki couldve been easily promoted, but i feel like he wanted to stay low rank and teach young ninja. I dont remember if it was filler or not but the backstory with Ibiki and his younger brother, i wouldnt be surprised if he blamed himself for what happened and wanted to protect young ninja by teaching them instead of ranking up.

[@JoGoat20]

Shino deserved the promotion during timeskip. Naruto should have been promoted to jonin after taking down pain or chunin after beating kakazu and should have officially took over konohamurus apprenticeship post war - becoming hokage. Sasuke should have became Anbu after the war and have lead team taka during his time outside the village in boruto. Rest of konoha 11 should have been promoted between timeskip and wedding arc instead of just shimakaru sakura and rocklee.

[@overthrone3494]

0:50 “she had a NINTERESTING character arc”

[@musoehcr]

Poor anko got so depressed by not being Jonin she became tanko

[@destroyeranmol1124]

Hey your sasuke utreeha video got taken down or something? I came back to watch it... But itz missing Edit: just checked it was copyright claimed by some nobody named itsbunnyyt...i checked him and it seems he is a boruto fanboy... Man i understand if people leave hate comments on ur video coz they don't like ur content,but copyright claiming tf man

[@vsm448]

He was stealing art goofy it was deserved

[@Vibrantly_Monochromatic]

So that's what happened

[@GamerSlayer-yt4iq]

This Mfb loves stealing acts, just like he did in this video. And deserve everything bad that happens to his channel

[@Danny_Deleto]

Honestly, Shino would have been one of the coolest characters, it blows my mind he was sidelined. Maybe Kishimoto just didn’t like drawikg bugs or something.

[@damellwatts9793]

Agree about ibiki because even kisame was spooked about Ibiki

[@isaacreyes2954]

It's time i say this since we are talking about the badass Ibiki. Where is my man in Boruto? Not that it matters anymore because of the time skip but Ibiki should have revealed every secret hidden within Amado. Every detail of his life could have easily been brain scanned out by ibiki from the beginning.

[@Joshua_N-A]

Ibiki looks like a person who would suiton boarding someone for info.

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

He is in the intel department. In the Mujina bandit arc , he was torturing Shojoji . He still handles sensitive information , witnesses, secret codes along with the Yamanakas and sometimes Sasuke joins him .

[@machr01]

Ankos you know what is at least a hokage level xD

[@Majinbeck_exe]

Aint no way Ankobwas never a jonin. She was Orochimaru’s student. Honestly someone who was the same aspect as minato (student of Sanin) should have been better

[@kotoamatsukami6899]

All these years I thought that Raido, Genma and Aoba were jonins...

[@william97able2]

i think jounins r not just a title, but also depending on their portfolios as well.... Ibiki & Anko are exam proctors, Shino decided to become a teacher, compared to the rest who held even bigger titles. Sakura is the Head of Konoha's Medical Unit, while Shikamaru is the Hokage's right hand man, effectively making him kinda the second-in-command of Konoha. Rock Lee, definitely deserved to be jounin, being easily the top 5 strongest konoha shinobi at that time.

[@brendonohagan1946]

Shinos problem is he tells you what and how he will do what he does before he does it

[@GazBC4U]

Lol

[@dusttoh8927]

Naruto uses sage mode to find the cat and then use talk no jutsu to convince the cat to come back.

[@The2010DC]

I think the rank just gives specialization. I do not think it necessarily has everything to do with skill. Genma and Raido were able to use the flying thunder god formation and thus were a special unit for transportation. Aoba was highly skilled in all but not at peak like other specializations. My guess was due to his high level in all random specializations like infiltration(crows), interrogation, genjutsu and Taijutsu, he was like a 5th wheel for random special missions without drawing away from main forces. Ibiki is the hidden leafs most renowned interrogation specialist. Anko was a forest of death proctor most likely due to abilities she learned from orochimaru. Nature, espionage, poison, the whole snake shit etc asspull.

[@attache675]

1000% agree that Shino was done dirty. Think about his ability with bugs, tiny enough to infiltrate and do covert ops at high level considering his proficiency of using them from a young age already. So as a spy he would be highly valuable, his close combat skills are high and if you get too close his bugs will infiltrate and drain your chakras same with medium range as he can send bugs towards people as well. His intelligence as well is high as well and battle iq is well above a lot of other characters. Also Tobi/Obito would’ve been finished by Shino in a single move had Obito not have the OP Kamui.

[@B2Bloodsplosion]

most people dont wanna watch gross bugs, thats my theory why they couldnt give him more screen time

[@charlest7962]

They did dai dirty in the anime. He killed 6 of the 7 swordsmen in the Manga. The only one who survived was the previous wielder of samihada

[@DygoKnight]

That's not confirmed though

[@BitchChill]

He died

[@charlest7962]

@@DygoKnight yes it is.. In the manga. He killed 6:7

[@ToughNut]

4 out of 7 is still really good, I wouldn't say that's "doing him dirty". The only reason it's 4 in the anime and not 6 is because the 2 of them got their own stories

[@サイヤ人の王子]

​@@charlest7962No, it's not comfirmed. We don't know if he ever killed on of them, the whole fight was offpanel...

[@shinneneguns4815]

when it comes to different villages they almost certainly have different standards for ranking up. its shown or stated that hidden leaf ninja on average are more powerful than others or at least they hv more talented ninjas than others, so they are going to have different standards for sure

[@davidbojtor7051]

Did the video before this get removed?

[@daiblo.dshadow]

Boruto probably forgot that they promote him to jounin