Naruto and his squad start their first ninja missions with boring and menial tasks. Weary and angry, Naruto vents his frustration at the Hokage.

In the final match of the preliminaries, Choji fights against Orochimaru's minion Dosu. The preliminaries are finally over, and the Hokage reveals the third exam.

Naruto finally graduates from the Ninja Academy and claims to know it all.

Lee decides to use the forbidden move, Hidden Lotus, as a last resort.

Recuperating at Tazuna's house, Kakashi is dissatisfied with the outcome of the battle.

Lee uses the banned technique Primary Lotus to attack Gaara.

Protecting Sakura, who can no longer move, Lee battles the three Sound ninja himself.

Gaara finally appears in the ninth match, and his opponent is taijutsu (physical technique) specialist Lee.

Seeing Naruto furiously fight back against the Grass ninja, Sasuke realizes that he was wrong to think about fleeing the scene of a battle.

Hinata goes up against Neji, but he hits her pressure point by using his Byakugan (white eyes). Hinata's flow of chakra is stopped, and she almost loses consciousness.

The second exam starts in the Forest of Death. Sasuke notices that an enemy has disguised himself as Naruto.

Cousins Hinata and Neji of the Hyuga clan confront each other in the eighth match.

Konohamaru, the grandson of the Leaf Village's Third Hokage, shows up at the Chunin Exam site.

By consuming Food Pills, Kiba and Akamaru increase their chakra levels and start their counterattack on Naruto.

Naruto and his team begin the first exam, a written test. The exam proctor is a special jonin (upper rank ninja) named Ibiki Morino, who is an infamous expert in interrogation.

In the seventh match, Naruto clashes against Kiba, who brings along his dog Akamaru.