The Ninja Academy entrance exam po restris osu applits could use.
In fact, the more advanced and impressive the jutsu, the better, as the examiners’ subjective judgment was also part of the assessment.
This subjective evaluation permeated the entire ninja system of the Konohagakure. For example, Might Guy and Rock Lee, despite failing to perform any jutsu during their exams, demonstrated exceptional physical abilities in subseques and were ultimately given special admission to the academy.
Simirly, graduation from the Ninja Academy operated on the same principle. Even if a student failed the exam, a teacher’s approval could allow them to bypass it and directly bee a genin.
Of the two paths fenin to be promoted to in, the in Exams focused not on pure strength but oher vague quality of "leadership and coordination." The other promotiohod was even more subjective: if the higher-ups deemed someone qualified, they would be promoted.
This subjectivity extended further up the hierarchy. A in could promote a Ninja Academy student directly to genin if they saw potential. Simirly, a jonin who believed their genin teammate had talent could reend them for in promotion. Ultimately, the Hokage’s approval would elevate a in to special jonin or jonin.
Given this system, it was natural that the exam criteria were not strictly rigid or impossible to overe.
Link silently pohese thoughts as someone called his name. Shaking off his distras, he walked into the exam room.
“Good m, examiners,” he said with a slight bow before standing upright to face the two examiners.
“You may begin,” one of the examiners instructed.
Link bowed again. In such a subjective exam, leaving a positive impression on the examiners was critical.
Then, he began f hand seals—
[Very precise and practiced hand seals. Not bad speed. A e Jutsu? A solid choice.]
Mizuki nodded slightly as he observed. So far, the boy’s performance was textbook. As long as he had no issues refining chakra, he should be able to release the jutsu, regardless of its success.
[Link... an orphaned child of fallen ninjas? What a shame.]
Just as Mizuki was about to ent, seeing Link fail to produce a e after finishing the hand seals—
“?!”
Mizuki’s eyes widened as Link calmly removed his own head, mimig his colleague’s earlier motion to disrupt his internal chakra.
“Release!”
The se before him remaihe same: the boy holding his detached head. Mizuki’s eye twitched as he g his colleague, who also looked shocked.
The two in exged looks, both seeing the astonishment mirrored in each other’s expressions.
“...?”
Their thoughts and faces were filled with fusion as Mizuki turned back to see Liach his head, thea arm and wave it around.
“Does this suffice?” Link asked.
“...”
[An illusion? A special secret teique? Or perhaps a kekkei genkai?]
Mizuki didn’t panic. After some thought, he marked “pass” on the evaluatio and wrote:
[Successfully performed ninjutsu. Demonstrates unique abilities.]
“Link, you’ve been accepted,” he announced.
…
“Phew...”
Walking out of the exam room, Link exhaled deeply, feeling a wave of relief. Being accepted into the Ninja Academy meant he would iably have a jonin or special jonin as his mentor.
Even if he didn’t bee a powerhouse, he could at least be from their guidance. And if he died, it wouldn’t be an unremarkable or pointless death—he now had a solid stepping stoo the future.
on the agenda: graduate as quickly as possible and turn “potential” into “reality.”
Holding his acceptater, Link weaved through the crowd of envious children and parents and sprinted home.
With a week left before the semester began, Link khe Ninja Academy was simir to Japanese schools in his previous life, with three terms per year and three retively short breaks.
He had seven days to prepare himself before starting his school life.
…
Bae, Link carefully stored the acceptater before heading out to buy supplies.
Iingly, the letter included a list of essential tools required for the academy—basija equipment.
The list included items such as:
A scroll case
Leg guards
Waist pouches
Holsters for shuriken and kunai
A set of shuriken, kunai, and other tools
Beyond these ables, other essentials like open-toed sandals, gloves, vests, and forehead protectors were typically issued after reag certain ranks. Forehead protectors, for instance, were provided upon being a genin, while vests were given to in.
While the items seemed trivial, the expenses added up.
Before his father’s death, Link’s family had plenty of such tools, but over time, they had been used up or sold to make ends meet.
If he weren’t pursuing the ninja path, he wouldn’t o buy these things. However, as an aspiring ninja and a soon-to-be student of the academy, these tools were noiable.
Ninja tool throwing art of the academy’s taijutsu curriculum and couldn’t be skipped.
…
The academy evaluated students based on five key areas:
Ninjutsu
Taijutsu
Individual performance (simuted bat)
Team performaeam bat simutions)
Tactics (bat strategy)
Additionally, the academy offered a wide range of foundational courses, including:
Physical training
Basiowledge and theory
Cultural subjects (team strategies, formations, code-breaking, nihics, etc.)
Specialized courses, such as herbal medie, astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, and history
Electives like flower arra for female ninjas
While these courses weren’t alart of exams raduation criteria, they were integral to the curriculum.
Just reading the course list in the acceptater gave Link a headache.
Having pleted his education in his previous life, he had little desire to study again. Now, as a transmigrator, he was faced with an overwhelming amount of material.
Fortunately, poor performan cultural subjects—or even skipping them entirely—didn’t prevent one from being a genin.
For example, Uzumaki Naruto, whose academic performance was abysmal, still became a genie g even basiowledge about chakra or its elemental nature until much ter in Shippuden.
It was ironic, sidering D-rank jutsu fenin often included elemental variations, such as those with “X-Release” prefixes.
Laughably, Naruto’s ck of uanding expined his proloatus as a genin.
