The plot focuses on this ninja named Naruto--who is a boss. Don't believe me? Go read it. It is a typical shounen manga in that it's about a young-ish boy who has to beat all the odds against him. This one really focuses on the proving oneself part, though. As well as friends. Like, you need good friends. Go read it, and tell your friends about its awesomeness.
As a LGBTQ youth, it helped me through a lot. At one point, I remember saying that it was the one thing that gave me hope to continue on. It's actually one of the reasons I still continue on. If the mangaka behind Naruto--Masashi Kishimoto--died, I would also die. We are intertwined.
At the beginning, it is a bit slow because the main character IS moderately innocent and ignorant. But the first chapter itself is powerful. Like, it gives me chills to reread it. It is legitimately THE BEST manga out there. Nothing compares.
I honestly can't wait for every Wednesday update and it kills me if Kishimoto-san takes a week off. I have been reading/watching (I started out watching the anime) Naruto since 6th grade (2005/2006), and it is one of the best things in my life.
Saying that, I am not a very extensive manga reader. The only manga I have read completely (partly because many manga comics are ongoing things. Like, this one called Detective Conan--interesting mystery comic--has over 900 chapters and is still going) is called M.A.R. and it was also rather good but still not as good as Naruto.
Anyway, if you are an active Naruto reader, I would love to be a co-fan with you. If you have not tried Naruto before, try it. If you have tried Naruto before but dropped it for a while, I implore you to take it back up. It's super legit. Get to the current chapter and then we can talk about whether or not it is good. (btw, japanese names put the surname first; so where Westerners call Naruto "Naruto Uzumaki," the Japanese call Naruto "Uzumaki Naruto")
GOSH NARUTO AND SASUKE AND KAKASHI AND ITACHI AND TSUNADE AND NARUTO AND SASUKE AND ITACHI AND ROCK LEE. OMFG GO READ IT!!
Tried Naruto, not a big fan. I liked the first couple volumes (I actually have the first one when I stole it from some kid in 6th grade) but the ones where Naruto, the girl, the ink guy, and the wood guy are trying to find the emo kid after he went to go train the snake guy where pretty boring. Lots of talking, and it's not all good.
ReplyDeleteThe only manga/animes that I was ever really into was Dragon Ball/DBZ and One Piece, though I stopped reading after they were fighting the mermen underwater after the war.
You honestly haven't read a lot of manga out there if you think that Naruto is "THE BEST." Well, you did admit that you are "not a very extensive manga reader." Kishimoto already destroyed all the character development and plot with debased morals, so it's a shit story in the end.
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