NARUTO: Summarized (By SimoTheFinlandized - 2022 CE)

NARUTO: Summarized (By SimoTheFinlandized - 2022 CE); Naruto (ナルト) is a Japanese manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. It follows an orphaned ninja boy who dreams to become the "Hokage". The Hokage is essentially the strongest ninja and the leader for the village, which the village in question is called Konoha (meaning "leaf" in Japanese). As the series progresses, Naruto and his friends begin to solve the ancient history of the ninja world. His friends include Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. Their teacher is Kakashi Hatake. The manga was first published in 1999 in a Japanese magazine called Shonen Jump. It was also translated into English. The anime series premiered in Japan in October 2002. In the United States, it started in September 2005.