Done with the first arc, on with the second 
Go go go!! I need to finish volume 5 
Chapter 41
Okay I wasn’t expecting them to actually have to take a written test, but now they actually have papers and pencils for testing?? I keep expecting the written test to be a fakeout and the actual test is battling to the death
Chapter 42
Hehe the little ninja
Chapter 44
Oh, it was a trick question test. I guess the fighting to the death will come later.
Best reaction:
I’m so unclear about the number of people we’re dealing with here because every time it shows a shot of all the students it’s like 5 people:
Ah yes, clearly a room filled with 78 ninjas.
Me when I read 立入禁止 flawlessly because it’s a wk vocabulary 
Ok volume 5 finished! This one was a little slow with the pacing and I found the first exam kind of boring but I have a good feeling about this forest battle royale situation coming up.
Or what does 人生色々 mean?
Volume 6 finished!
I finally picked vol 5 back up 
Ch 43 reply
Imagine if it was like a break room at a regular workplace 
Ch 54 reply
COLD AS HELL
Ch. 44
kishimoto must really love this trope, this is basically how the bells training ended with kakashi
i like to think that there was some guy taking the test who studied really hard for years because he knew the questions would be ultra difficult. and then at the end he’s like “wait you guys were cheating the whole time? and that was the point?? 
”
vol 6 stream of consciousness reactions
So first of all, this has been my first time ever seeing Orochimaru’s name written in kanji. “Big snake guy” 
Like!!! Lmaoooo
This panel goes hard as hell. I have a lot of respect for Kishimoto’s eye for extremely cool panel composition
omg the squirrel saga I was dying the entire way through this 
HE SAVED HIM
AHHHHHH
i love how necessary the squirrel is for establishing lee’s character
goodbye little squirrel… one final look back…
and scene 
ending the chapter with this absolute star
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED
cannot be understated how insanely cool this setup is for her
VOL 7 SOON