The game does its best to follow the anime, but not exactly.* I think we should give Bandai Namco credit that they made the game as close to the anime as they could and also keep it from steping too far away from the characters as demonstrated in the show.* Hell, while practicing Shadow techniques with Shikamaru does seem a little far fetched (seeing as him and practice/work don't go well together) training with Rock Lee and Might Guy fits right to their character.* Even that weird posing contest has Guy's character nailed.