Manga vs. Anime Differences

There's not a lot of important differences overall as of Vol 19. Then the anime has a number of filler eps and scenes out of order from Vol 20.   Then the anime goes back on track with the manga.

Significant differences are in bold. Some differences may be due to translation (my anime fansubs are TW for early eps and then Anbu-Aone, then Aone, then Dattebayo. Manga are a mix at first, but mostly Inane, then Shannaro. Also included are some notes.

Volume	Description	Chapters	Episodes
1	Intro to characters, Kakashi's test	1-7	1-5
2	Mission to Wave Country	8-17	5-10
3	Mission to Wave Country 2	18-27	10-15
4	Wave Country Conclusion, Chuunin Exam nominations	28-36	16-21
5	Chuunin Test 1, start of Test 2	37-45	22-27
6	Chuunin Test 2	46-54	28-32
7	Chuunin Test 2 conclusion	55-63	33-36
8	Chuunin Test 3 preliminaries	64-72	37-42
9	Chuunin Test 3 preliminaries continue	73-81	42-48
10	Chuunin Test 3 preliminaries conclude	82-90	48-52
11	Naruto's training	91-99	53-60
12	Chuunin Finals	100-108	60-64
13	Sasuke vs. Gaara, Konoha is attacked	109-117	65-69
14	Orochimary vs. Hokage, Shino vs. Kankurou	118-126	69-74
15	Sasuke vs. Gaara, Naruto vs. Gaara	127-135	75-78
16	Funeral, Kakashi vs. Itachi, Jiraiya & Naruto trip	136-144	79-83
17	Sasuke vs. Itachi, Naruto training	145-154	84-88
18	Orochimaru and Jiraiya both find Tsunade	155-161	89-92
19	Sannins Fight	162-171	92-96
20	Lee's Dilemma, Sasuke and the Sound Four	172-180	98-100, 107-109
21	Sasuke leaves Konoha, Choji vs Jiroubou	181-189	109-113
22	Choji vs Jiroubou, Neji vs Kidoumaru	190-198	114-118
23	Tayuya vs Shika, Sakon vs Kiba, Kimimaro vs Naruto	199-207	118-122
24	Tayuya vs Shika-Temari, Sakon-Ukon vs Kiba-Kankurou, Kimimaro vs Naruto-Lee-Gaara	208-216	122-127
25	Gaara vs Kimimaro, Naruto vs Sasuke	217-225	127-131
26	Naruto vs Sasuke Concludes	226-233	131-134
27	Naruto returns to Konoha, Kakashi Gaiden	234-244	135+
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