YMMV / Naruto – Chunin Exams Arc

• Magnificent Bastard:
  • Ibiki Morino is the head of Konoha's interrogation unit and a master torturer so renowned that Kisame Hoshigaki killed his own Cipher Corps comrades rather than allow Ibiki to obtain information from them. Applying his talents to the Chuunin Exams, Ibiki crafts a masterpiece of psychological pressure for the students by forcing them to cheat on difficult questions and an unrevealed tenth question to first test the students' skill in spying. The tenth question is one where the students are given the choice between taking it or quitting with their team, the consequence being that they will never be able to be Shinobi should they fail. It turns out there is no tenth question and all who remain automatically pass, with Ibiki using his talents in psychology to test the students to see who has what it takes to be a Shinobi.
  • Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, was the more pragmatic of the two Senju brothers and tried to strike a balance between the idealism of Hashirama Senju and the ruthlessness of Madara Uchiha. Inventing many jutsu for pragmatic purposes, such as the Flying Raijin, Shadow Clones and the Forbidden Edo Tensei, Tobirama perfected the art of striking swiftly and pragmatically, leading to him being able to mortally wound the skilled Izuna Uchiha in battle. After the village was founded, Tobirama would develop the Chunin Exams, ANBU corps and Ninja Academy while utilizing the Edo Tensei in the first ninja war as endless bombers, knowing the constructs could never be destroyed. Tobirama also gave the Uchiha clan the role of military police, partially to direct their energies into productive means, partially to keep an eye on them and swiftly deal with any new claimants to Madara's legacy. Upon his revival in the Fourth Great War, Tobirama proves himself a brilliant and intelligent fighter, able to perform intelligent strikes even on the Ten Tails Jinchuriki and is able to briefly match Madara himself, almost killing the mighty Uchiha with a hidden strike.