Naruto/Naruto Shippuden
By: Jacinda Davis
When I ask some of my friends if they’ve seen the latest Naruto Shippuden episode, they look at me as if I’m crazy.Naruto Shippuden is the part 2 to the original Naruto series created by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto Shippuden started in January 2009, Naruto started November of 1999 which was where it all began. The main character,as you can tell from the title, is Naruto Uzumaki who was orphaned by the nine tailed fox’s attack that had killed his father who sacrificed his life by sealing half the nine tails demon(Yin) inside of him and the other half (Yang) inside of his new born son. Three years after the attack is when the story actually takes place. As a young boy,Naruto was a trouble-making attention seeker who was singled out and made fun of by,not only the children of the hidden leaf village, but the ADULTS too!! he also attended the villages’ ninja academy and lived alone in his own little apartment and was checked up on by the fourth Hokage,or the villages’ elder or leader. It was at the academy he met Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha, his teammates he would go on missions with, and the team leader,or sensei, Kakashi Hatake. The thing that makes the series so good is the fact that Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto’s rival and best friend, has a secret that he likes to try and hide behind his amazing abilities,charming good looks, and enormous ego. Kakashi Sensei,as he is referred to as often in the book/show, also has a secret that is both highly tragic and interesting. So if yo want to understand the Shippuden series you have to start from the bottom and work your way up to the good stuff. Good luck and have fun with it!!
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