NARUTO

Worldwide blockbuster Manga!!
“I’m not gonna run away and I never go back on my word, that is my nindō! My ninja way!”
Touching story of Ninja Drama.

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Naruto (ナルト)
Writer-Artist by Masashi Kishimoto.

 

STORY
In the Sengoku Period.
The greatest military power of each country is the “Ninja”, and the children born in the ninja line were aiming to become ninja by learning ninjutsu at school.

the Village Hidden in the Leaves was attacked by a fearsome threat. A nine-tailed fox spirit claimed the life of the village leader, the Hokage, and many others.
The fourth Hokage, the head of village sealed the nine-tailed to the baby at the expense of his own life.

Time passed, and the village was regaining peace.
Naruto who has a nine-tailed fox sealed in his body, is at the bottom of the Ninja academy, but he overcomes many challenges with his friends for becoming the Hokage.

 

OUTLINE
A battle action manga in which ninjas use their supernatural skills “Ninjutsu” to engage in flashy battles.

A world view that skillfully tackled folk tales and lore of various parts of Asia. “Friendship”, “Betrayal and Revenge”, and “Family Bonds” are mainly drawn. It is a multi-layered story development that includes the world of Ninjya and its origin and history.

From the middle stage, it includes elements that not like a boy manga, such as “dialogue” and “forgiveness”.

In the “Pain senses” that is highly supported by readers, the way of drawing “to talk to the enemy who killed Naruto’s master and reconcile” was “a way that boys’ manga would not normally do”, the author says later.

The popularity of Naruto grew steadily from the beginning of the series, and it was a nationally popular work of “Weekly Jump” alongside “ONE PIECE”.
“Ninja” is extremely popular overseas and is recognized as the successor work of “Dragon Ball”, which represents the 2000s.

Anime is broadcasting in over 80 countries, and licensed products are sold in over 90 countries.
Naruto, the main character, was selected as the only fictional character in “The 100 most respected Japanese in the world” in “Newsweek Japan Edition”.

 

Season 1, Boyhood Edition [Vol. 1 to 27]

Vol. 1 to 4 :
Mission the Land of Waves

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Naruto, Vol. 1: Uzumaki Naruto (English Edition)

Naruto who goes to the academy aiming to be a ninja is a troubled child who plays mischief every day.
Although he failed the graduation exam three times, he was admitted by the teacher Iruka and became Genin (low-ranking ninja).
Naruto is assigned to the Team 7 of Kakashi who is Jonin (high-ranking ninja), along with Sasuke and Sakura.

 

 

Vol. 4 to 16 :
Chunin Exams

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Naruto, Vol. 4: Hero’s Bridge (English Edition)

Team 7 group, which performed some tasks, participated in the Chunin Exams on the recommendation of Kakashi.
Including the Genin of Konoha, the Genin gathers from each village to Konoha village.

 

 

Vol. 16 to 19 :
Akatsuki and Orochimaru

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Naruto, Vol. 16: Eulogy (English Edition)

Two people suddenly appeared in the village, Itachi, who is a fugitive ninja of Konoha village, and Kizame, who is a fugitive ninja of Kirigakure village.
They were members of an organization called Akatsuki, which Orochimaru used to belong to, and they were aiming for Naruto who harbored a nine-tailed fox.

 

 

Vol. 20 to 27 :
Sasuke recapture mission

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Naruto, Vol. 20: Naruto vs. Sasuke (English Edition)

After Orochimaru was defeated and Tsunade became the fifth Hokage, Konoha village restore peace.
However, Sasuke who was cast a spell on by Orochimaru meets with The Sound Four who was an Otogakure team that served as Orochimaru’s elite bodyguards, and Sasuke is taken away.
Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Neji begin the battle with the Sound Four to bring Sasuke back.

 

 

〜 Kakashi Chronicles 〜 [Vol. 27]

Vol. 27 : Boys’ Life on the Battlefield

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Naruto, Vol. 27: Boys’ Life on the Battlefield (English Edition)

It was about a dozen years ago from season 1, It was in Third Shinobi World War.
Kakashi’s childhood story. The history of how he got the Sharingan is revealed.

 

 

Season 2, Youth Edition [Vol. 28 to 72]

Vol. 28 to 31 :
Kazekage Recapture Mission

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Naruto, Vol. 28: Homecoming (English Edition)

The story begins two and a half years after the season 1.
Akatsuki starts obtain the tailed beasts, Bijuu.
Akatsuki’s Deidara tried to defeat and take away Gaara, the Suna’s Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure village.

 

 

Vol. 32 to 34 :
New Team 7

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Naruto, Vol. 32: The Search for Sasuke (English Edition)

Team 7 has regained Gaara.
However, Kakashi has been unable to move for a while due to the reaction of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
It was a ninja named Yamato who is Special Assassination and Tactical Squad appointed as the captain of the Kakashi team.
In addition, a ninja named Sai who was dispatched as a substitute for Sasuke joined the Team 7.
New team 7 will come into contact with a spy who has invaded Orochimaru’s base on the information that Sakura has heard from Sasori.

 

 

Vol. 35 to 38 : East Blue

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Naruto, Vol. 35: The New Two (English Edition)

New Akatsuki members Hidan and Kazuto appear in the village of Kumogakure, and detain Yugito, who was made the Two-Tails’ jinchūriki.
In other countries, Deidara and Tobi, who became a new member of Akatsuki, succeeded in capturing the Three-Tail.

 

 

Vol. 39 to 45 :
Each searching

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Naruto, Vol. 39: On the Move (English Edition)

Konoha ninjya starts searching for Itachi.
Yamato’s platoon fights with Kabuto but fail in catching him.
Although Sasuke was attacked by Deidara and Tobi, he drives Deidara into self-destruction.
Sasuke heads to Uchiha’s hideout after encountering Itachi.

 

 

Vol. 45 to 54 :
Invasion of Paine

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Naruto, Vol. 45: Battlefied, Konoha (English Edition)

ein and Konan start an assault on Konoha Village to capture the Nine-Tail while Naruto is in training at Mt Myouboku.
They perform merciless destruction, hunt down villagers and ninjas one after another, and kill them.
Naruto quickly returns the village and battle to Pain alone.

 

 

Vol. 55 to 72 :
The Fourth Shinobi World War

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Naruto, Vol. 55: The Great War Begins (English Edition)

The final battle between Akatsuki and The Allied Shinobi Forces begins.
The powerful ninjas of successive generations are revived one after another by Kabuto’s Summoning, and each unit of the Allied Shinobi Forces battles fiercely.
On the other hand, Naruto, who had not been informed of the war, continued to train with Killer B to control the nine-tailed chakra, but realized that there was a war outside and escaped from the training island.