Quick Facts
| Volume | #1 |
| Released | 2003-08-16 |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 9798855157772 |
| Official Title | Naruto, Vol. 1: Uzumaki Naruto |
| Story and Art | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Publisher (EN) | VIZ Media (Shonen Jump imprint) |
| Release Date (JP) | March 3, 2000 |
| Arc | Introduction Arc (Prologue — Land of Waves) |
| Age Rating | Teen |
Inside this volume
Twelve years before the story opens, the Village Hidden in the Leaves was devastated by a nine-tailed fox spirit, an attack that claimed the life of the village's leader, the Hokage, along with countless others. The village has long since returned to peace. Living in it is Naruto Uzumaki, a loud, prank-obsessed boy who is struggling to graduate from the Ninja Academy and who insists that he will one day be named Hokage himself — though the destiny waiting for him turns out to be far more complicated than the title he is chasing.Twelve years ago the Village Hidden in the Leaves was attacked by a fearsome threat, and today a troublemaking kid named Naruto struggles to graduate from Ninja Academy with the goal of becoming the next Hokage
As the opening volume of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto, it lays down the foundations of the series: the hidden-village system, the ranks and techniques of the shinobi world, and the loneliness that drives its protagonist. It closes with the formation of the three-man squad that the rest of the series is built around, and their first test under a new instructor.
The volume opens on the aftermath of a catastrophe: a nine-tailed fox spirit once tore through the Village Hidden in the Leaves and was stopped only at enormous cost. Twelve years later, the orphan Naruto Uzumaki is the village's most persistent nuisance, defacing monuments and disrupting classes at the Ninja Academy, largely because negative attention is the only kind he receives. After failing his graduation exam yet again, he is manipulated by the instructor Mizuki into stealing a forbidden scroll from the village archives — a scheme that ends with Naruto learning a difficult technique in a single night, and learning something far more consequential about himself.
Now a ninja in training, Naruto is sorted into a three-man squad alongside Sakura Haruno, the classmate he has a crush on, and Sasuke Uchiha, the top student he regards as his rival. Their assigned instructor, the perpetually late Kakashi Hatake, is unimpressed by all three and sets them a survival exercise with only two bells at stake, warning that whoever fails will be sent back to the Academy.
Each of the three approaches the test alone and is comprehensively outmatched. The volume ends with Kakashi's verdict on their performance, delivered as a judgment none of them expected.
Chapters in this volume
View more- Ch. 1Uzumaki Naruto!
- Ch. 2Konohamaru!!
- Ch. 3Enter Sasuke!
- Ch. 4Hatake Kakashi!!
- Ch. 5Pride Goeth Before a Fall
- Ch. 6Not Sasuke!
- Ch. 7Kakashi's Decision
Major events
Characters introduced
MAINNaruto Uzumaki
NarutoBorn in Konohagakure, a ninja village hidden in the leaves, Naruto Uzumaki was destined for greatness. When born, a powerful nine-tailed demon fox attacked his village. With a wave
MAINSakura Haruno
NarutoSakura is the only female ninja of Team 7. When she first meets Naruto she is physically weak and has an immense crush on Sasuke. She dislikes Naruto as well. The only thing she's
MAINSasuke Uchiha
NarutoWhen Sasuke was young his clan was murdered by his older brother, Itachi. With his parents and family now gone his brother spared him and left him to survive by himself. He told Sa
MAINKakashi Hatake
NarutoKakashi Hatake is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Hatake clan. Famed as Kakashi of the Sharingan and the Copy Ninja, he is one of Konoha's most talented ninjas, regularly looked to for
SUPPORTINGIruka Umino
NarutoIruka Umino is an instructor at the Ninja Academy, characterized by the distinctive scar across his face that he has had since childhood. The name "Umino Iruka" can be taken as "um
SUPPORTINGHiruzen Sarutobi
NarutoThe Third Hokage is a former student of the First Hokage and Second Hokage. Because of his surname, Sarutobi, the First and Second called him "Saru". He is the father of Asuma Saru
SUPPORTINGMizuki Touji
NarutoA Chunin level ninja, Mizuki was a former teacher at the Ninja Academy. After Naruto fails to graduate from the Academy, Mizuki tells Naruto that there is another way to graduate,
SUPPORTINGKurama
NarutoThe Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, whose real name was recently revealed to be Kurama, is the most powerful of the tailed beasts, also considered the "King of the Tailed Beasts". Its power
SUPPORTINGKonohamaru Sarutobi
NarutoKonohamaru named after the village he lives in: Konoha, is the grandson of the Third Hokage and by extension the nephew of Asuma Sarutobi. Konohamaru usually hangs out with his two
SUPPORTINGEbisu
NarutoEbisu is an elite Jounin tutor; he also serves as the personal tutor to the Third Hokage's grandson Konohamaru. Like many in the village Ebisu saw Naruto as the Kyuubi himself. Ove
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