Kishimoto, a word with you.
Or your editors; I'm not too picky about who I complain.
First, let us discuss Kabuto. According to all the wikis and character biographies that I've found on-line. Kabuto is officially 23 years old. That's fine.
Yamato is also officially 26 years old. Now, I have basically figured out that Orochimaru actually left Konoha and became a missing nin before Naruto was even born - a year before Itachi was born, see, because Yamato is six years older than Itachi. Yamato was discovered when he was only five years old, having been the one out of sixty children who survived Orochimaru's experiments.
Are you still with me? See, this is where it gets complicated.
According to canon and official biographies, Orochimaru wasn't yet a missing nin when he and Danzo met Kabuto at the Konoha orphanage. Five years after that meeting in the orphanage, things went to hell in a handbasket in Iwa when Kabuto attacked Nono, and Orochimaru revealed Danzo's machinations.
Kabuto started doing his spying and infiltration for ROOT when Orochimaru not yet a missing nin.
Kabuto is three years younger than Yamato, who was five when he survived the experiments.
ACCORDING TO CANON, KABUTO WAS TWO YEARS OLD WHEN OROCHIMARU BECAME A MISSING NIN. I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT KABUTO WAS THAT PRECOCIOUS A TODDLER TO ALREADY DEVELOP HIS MEDICAL SKILLS BEFORE BECOMING A PROFICIENT SPY.
Admittedly, when I realized that Kabuto was only seven years old when he attacked Nono, those chapters became really trippy.
But wait - Kabuto would've have to be younger than two years of age when he met Orochimaru, unless Orochimaru became a missing nin one week later. :O
OKAY. IT'S OFFICIAL. I HAVE DECIDED THAT THE ONLY WAY THIS WORKS IS IF KABUTO IS THE SAME AGE AS ANKO. WHO WOULD'VE BEEN SIX YEARS OLD WHEN OROCHIMARU BECAME A MISSING NIN, WHEN SHE WAS STILL HIS APPRENTICE. Except that Anko got the Curse Seal after she went through her Chuunin exam, which would've been when she was twelve years old...
I think my brain just broke.
*sobs*
First, let us discuss Kabuto. According to all the wikis and character biographies that I've found on-line. Kabuto is officially 23 years old. That's fine.
Yamato is also officially 26 years old. Now, I have basically figured out that Orochimaru actually left Konoha and became a missing nin before Naruto was even born - a year before Itachi was born, see, because Yamato is six years older than Itachi. Yamato was discovered when he was only five years old, having been the one out of sixty children who survived Orochimaru's experiments.
Are you still with me? See, this is where it gets complicated.
According to canon and official biographies, Orochimaru wasn't yet a missing nin when he and Danzo met Kabuto at the Konoha orphanage. Five years after that meeting in the orphanage, things went to hell in a handbasket in Iwa when Kabuto attacked Nono, and Orochimaru revealed Danzo's machinations.
Kabuto started doing his spying and infiltration for ROOT when Orochimaru not yet a missing nin.
Kabuto is three years younger than Yamato, who was five when he survived the experiments.
ACCORDING TO CANON, KABUTO WAS TWO YEARS OLD WHEN OROCHIMARU BECAME A MISSING NIN. I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT KABUTO WAS THAT PRECOCIOUS A TODDLER TO ALREADY DEVELOP HIS MEDICAL SKILLS BEFORE BECOMING A PROFICIENT SPY.
Admittedly, when I realized that Kabuto was only seven years old when he attacked Nono, those chapters became really trippy.
But wait - Kabuto would've have to be younger than two years of age when he met Orochimaru, unless Orochimaru became a missing nin one week later. :O
OKAY. IT'S OFFICIAL. I HAVE DECIDED THAT THE ONLY WAY THIS WORKS IS IF KABUTO IS THE SAME AGE AS ANKO. WHO WOULD'VE BEEN SIX YEARS OLD WHEN OROCHIMARU BECAME A MISSING NIN, WHEN SHE WAS STILL HIS APPRENTICE. Except that Anko got the Curse Seal after she went through her Chuunin exam, which would've been when she was twelve years old...
I think my brain just broke.
*sobs*