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—Masashi Kishitroto, 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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Twelve years ago, a destructive nine-tailed fox spirit attacked
the ninja village of Konohagakure. The Hokage, or village

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champion, defeated the fox by sealing its soul into the body
of a baby boy. Now that boy, Uzumaki Naruto, has grown up

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to become a ninja-in-training, learning the art of ninjutsu with
his classmates Sakura and Sasuke. Tired of easy exercises,
Naruto and his classmates make the mistake of asking their
teacher, Kakashi, for a really hard assignment... and find @
themselves in the Land of Waves, protecting a bridge-builder
named Tazuna. But the job turns truly dangerous when the
notorious assassin Zabuza shows up. While Kakashi holds off
Zabuza and Sakura protects Tazuna, Naruto and Sasuke face
Zabuza's assistant Haku. In the battle, Sasuke sacrifices
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himself to save Naruto from Haku's deadly throwing needles. i)
Now, watching his classmate fall, Naruto feels something
terrible stir within him...
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NUMBER 28 NINE TAILS...!!

NUMBER 29 SOMEONE PRECIOUS TO YOU

NUMBER30 NOUR FUTURE IS...!!

NUMBER 31 TO EACH HIS OWN STRUCCLE...

NUMBER 32 THE TOOLS CALLED SHINOBI

NUMBER33 THE BRIDGE OF THE HERO!!

NUMBER 34 INTRUDERS?

NUMBER 35. IRUKA VS. KAKASHI

NUMBER 36 SAKURA’S DEPRESSION

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FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WAS
SUMMARILY REJECTED.

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THEN, EVEN GETTING MY FIRST
REJECTION SEEMED LIKE A BIG
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FOR KIOS THAT ... WERE MY
YOUNG TO BE STUDENTS
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ARE SENT FROM
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OUR HOME AND YOURS
TO COMPETE AGAINST
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THE SAME HIGH LEVEL
OF EXCELLENCE. ALSO
TO FOSTER FRIENOSHIP
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MY HIGH-SCHOOL DAYS, BUT |DIDN'T
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ACTUAL MANGA.
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CLAIMED HE HAD DRAWN AUTHENTIC
MANGA BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL. |HAD
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TIME, AND |TREASURE HIS MANGA TO THIS
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