Greetings.

With everyone's support,

my first comic has been published.
I'm ecstatic. Speaking of ecstatic,
the first time | won an award for one
of my manga, | was so happy | was
flying high. But this time is 10 times
better than that. | don’t know how
to say it, but this is the happiest
moment of my life. But | guess I'm
happiest Knowing that this comic will
be read and enjoyed. Yup, that's it!
—Masashi Kishirmoto, 2000

Author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural

Okayama Prefecture, Japan. After spending time in art college,
he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his
manga Karakuri (“mechanism”). Kishimoto decided to base his
next story on traditional Japanese culture. His first version of
Naruto, drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits;
his final version, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in
1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in Japan.
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NUMBER I UZUMAKI NARUTO!

NUMBER 2) KONOHAMARU

NUMBER 3 ENTER SASUKE!

NUMBER 4 HATAKE KAKASHI!

NUMBER 5 PRIDE GOETH BEFORE

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NUMBER 6 NOT SASUKE!

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editor and helped me
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that brings back a lot
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reader polls came in, its
popularity was rock
bottom! Still, this
manga also brings back
a lot of memories for
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