Honestly I think they may have backtracked on the anime being canon.
Have they?Honestly I think they may have backtracked on the anime being canon.
Have they?
From what i read at the Naruto section, the mango does reference anime filler arcs from time to time
Funny thing is, the anime apparently also canonized some filler from the OG anime as well lol
It happened to the Dragon Ball Manga too. It referenced the Bardock Special in the Freeza Saga—then Toriyama retroactively made Dragon Ball Minus.Have they?
From what i read at the Naruto section, the mango does reference anime filler arcs from time to time
Funny thing is, the anime apparently also canonized some filler from the OG anime as well lol
Re-reading the CE arc, it's interesting that there's already some implication of Gaara being ~ Jonin level, with the exam proctors stating his feat's beyond any Chuunin
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Could be loosely supported by him killing the Kazekage's guard (i.e his aunt) + Sasuke stating he was as stealthy as Kakashi.
To be fair, it's hard to really say considering most unnamed Genin and Jounin are fodder(And ANBU even moreso) but then you have the Special Jounin Raidou and Genma was able to hold off the Sound 4 in Cursed Stage 2 BEFORE they was later on retconned to be the bodyguards of Minato.
Pretty sure those two were also tasked to fight 50% Muu in the war lolTo be fair, it's hard to really say considering most unnamed Genin and Jounin are fodder(And ANBU even moreso) but then you have the Special Jounin Raidou and Genma was able to hold off the Sound 4 in Cursed Stage 2 BEFORE they was later on retconned to be the bodyguards of Minato.
Not so sure about thatHell, it was implied they likely would have straight up beat the sound 4 if they weren't exhausted from doing back to back missions.