Continuity mistake: Throughout the entire show, the stone faces of the Hokages change, whether it is up, down, facing to the left, facing to the right, facing forwards, etc.
Naruto (2002)
Episode list - season 3
Starring: Kate Higgins, Laurent Vernin, Chie Nakamura, Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Tony Beck
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
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Trivia: ANBU members are the equivalent of the secret service. The company ANBU also produce the show along with Anime.
Question: Why were the preliminary trials for the Chunin exam done as single elimination? It would not really cause the best of the best to be chosen because when two strong Ninjas fight (like Gaara and Rock Lee) one has to lose, while when two weak ninja (Sakura and Ino) fight, one gets to go through, only to be guaranteed failure. How is that fair?
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Answer: Out-of-character, because single elimination is the most exciting format for the viewers of the anime. In-character, a possible reason is that the failure of single elimination to correctly identify the second and lower places was only recognised relatively recently - there is an essay by Lewis Carroll (yes, that Lewis Carroll), describing the problem in detail, written in 1883. Ninjas were around in about the 1300's, so it probably hasn't been discovered yet. Of course Naruto's history might not match real history but if you depart from reality then there can be no answer but the out-of-character one.
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