When Naruto’s Episode 24 first aired in Japan in 2003, adapting the 2000 release of the manga’s 40th chapter ... the written first part of the Chunin Exams. Unlike traditional written tests ...

Kishimoto didn't want to draw the Chunin Exam arc due to his original idea for Naruto's story. Kishimoto's editors suggested the introduction of Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams arc. Orochimaru ...