| Long ago, a demon fox with nine tails appeared. His tail was powerful enough to cause mountains to crumble and tidal waves to form with only a swing. The Shinobis fought long and hard to contain the demon until one Shinobi, Fourth Hokage, sacrificed his life to seal it. Onwards to the present: Naruto is the mischievous orphan of the Hidden Leaf Village who holds the dream that one day he will become greater than all the Hokage of the village. He seeks out attention wherever he can find it, but he is met with hostility by most of the villagers. Only Iruka-sensei shows him kindness, although Naruto is probably his worst student and is in danger of failing his graduation exam for the third time. On the day of Naruto�s graduation, Mizuki-sensei contrives a plot to steal Hokage-sama�s Scroll of Seals which includes several forbidden ninja techniques. That plot requires Naruto to break in and steal the Scroll and give it to him. When the villagers learn that Naruto has taken the scroll, Iruka-sensei goes after him and finds himself in the middle of the plot, where it looks as if Mizuki will take Iruka�s life to get his hands on the Scroll. Luckily Naruto has mastered one of the forbidden techniques and can use it to not only defeat Mizuki, but also graduate from the academy. Soon, Naruto is well on his way to becoming a full-fledged ninja. And because ninjas work in teams, Naruto finds himself partnered with the girl he has a crush on, Sakura-chan, and the boy she has a crush on, Sasuke-kun. Of course, he and Sasuke soon become rivals and their sensei, Kakashi, must go to great lengths to teach his young Genin the value of teamwork. Naruto starts off pretty cute, but quickly falls into the realm of intense. This is one anime where they aren�t afraid to show blood and several people die during the course of it. The fight scenes tend to range from typical punch/kicks to special technique moves, so there is a decent variety of moves � and of course, everyone has their own preferred style of fighting. It's definitely an anime worth your time if you like the fighting/ninja genre. |
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