Set in an environment for supernaturally gifted youngsters, Naruto is heavy on character conflict, including romance, rivalries, and combat. Like Potter, Naruto has a large cast of colorful characters, both adults and teens. Rowling's Harry Potter, but that would be a start. I don't know if I'd exactly call this a ninja version of J.K. It's ninja for kids, eschewing the kind of dark, murderous ninja of which many Americans are familiar, such as in comics (Frank Miller's Daredevil), novels (Eric Van Lustbader's The Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle), and films (Menahem Golan's ninja films such as Enter the Ninja). It's a martial arts comic with big fight scenes and sorcery, but done for young readers. Examining the property's status as a pop culture smash begins with the shounen (comics for teenage boys) Manga. Naruto is a hit Anime (the English dub plays on Cartoon Network, as I'm sure many of you already know), and the comics also generated a hit toy line. 1 reprints the English language translations of Naruto that appeared Shonen Jump #2-5. When the three of them are assigned to be in the same 'cell,' for training purposes, the squabbling escalates, but they find their new teacher, Hatake Kakashi, to be a bigger problem to them than they are to each other.

Sakura, however, hates Naruto and instead loves Naruto's school rival, the class heartthrob, Uchina Sasuke. Naruto is also in love with Haruno Sakura, a female ninja pupil. Still, he has the potential to match his youthful arrogance and hotheadedness. Uzumaki Naruto is a struggling ninja pupil with his eyes on the prize: becoming the Hokage, the village champion, but the people of Konohagakure hate him. The village may also be the home of the world's most dangerous ninja - a boy who holds within him a terrifying demonic force. In a world where ninja are the ultimate power, the best ninja live in the village of Konohagakure.

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