In the manga, we don’t meet a lot of the characters until chapter 34. These three get tossed together into a team with the elite ninja, Kakashi (all above). We meet Sasuke, Naruto’s rival, and Sakura, a Sasuke fangirl with a giant crush. Of course, the audience knows the truth, that Naruto is the orphaned son of a great leader, and that he has the powerful Nine-Tailed Fox trapped inside of him.
He’s a practical joker, unpredictable and sort of a loser. Naruto’s epic story starts so low and humble, that people don’t even bother to give it a name - it’s just the prologue. Which are the best Naruto story arcs, and which are not-so-good? Here are all the story arcs in both Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, in chronological order. In these stories, Naruto goes from ‘number one hyperactive, knucklehead ninja’ to a great hero of the Fourth Shinobi World War and beyond.
Along with the series came many story arcs. It makes sense, since the anime and its sequel Naruto Shippuden ran for 15 years from 3 October 2002 to 23 March 2017. Naruto is an extremely long anime with many, many story arcs.
