Except for the international Chuunin Exams, which is more of a pageant than a test, promotions are done differently in each village. In Konoha, it’s at the discretion of the certain key individuals–the Hokage, rank commanders and captains, and heads of departments. Of course, field promotions can be done by anyone of superior rank, but those always have to be justified later on to stick.
Konoha, in a position of power and a great many resources, has the luxury of adding a little… pageantry to their own promotions. Even the ANBU are not above their own little ceremonies, though theirs involve a little more cloak and dagger–literally. It’s not such a surprise that different departments have unique methods of internal promotions. The laziest–or they would argue, the most efficient–department is Torture & Interrogation.
To be fair, they’re already in charge of putting on the spectacle that is the international Chuunin Exam. That on top of their actual job of maintaining Konoha’s information network– via espionage, counter-espionage, and good old-fashion data collection–is a lot of work. They don’t have the time or resources to plan parties and initiations… but they are rather fond of mind games and it’s a good opportunity.
Just like how there’s an increase in skill between genin and chuunin, the difference between chuunin and tokubetsu jounin is distinct. It’s why the Chuunin Exams are unofficially and secretly considered to be the Tokubetsu Jounin Trial.
It’s how Morino Ibiki and Mitarashi Anko got their rank. It’s how she’ll be promoted, too. Well, it’s a littler more complicated than that.
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A/N: I did want to continue, buuuuuut deadline. So, here’s a little preview, I may go back to it eventually. The context is particularly headache inducing, so I won’t get into it here. If you want to wade through it, you can check it out at my livejournal here. It should be under Externality.
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