Originally posted by: avalon
i think you have it a little backwards kakashisensei. Naruto is taking the chuunin exam right now, the gennin exam was the first episode of the series.

about that ganesh, it's a know plot hole. no one really knows how to explain it. why is naruto the same age as the people on his team and why doesn't people like rock lee and neji know about naruto if he's failed the year before.
Why would he have started earlier than someone like sasuke who is a genuis ninja? doesn't make a lot of sense

just sorta a detail of the series
Avalon, he's talking about how Naruto always failed the exam at the Ninja Academy to become a Genin. Naruto always said that the final exam was to create a replication of his/herself and he always sucked at that.