This is a world of ninjas. In the world of Naruto, being a ninja is just like being a Hunter in "Hunter x Hunter" or a pirate in "One Piece" - it's the dream of young boys! However, this time around, the protagonist Naruto is different from Gon who is self-taught and Luffy. Naruto is a graduate of the Ninja Academy in the Konoha Ninja Village (although he graduated with great difficulty and was known as the perennial underachiever, sweat). Since childhood, the evil Nine-Tailed Fox has been sealed within him, and being an orphan, Naruto has endured the cold shoulder of the villagers. However, he doesn't know the reason and tries hard to attract everyone's attention through various pranks, but people instead keep their distance from him even more. Fortunately, there is still Iruka-sensei who cares for him, which prevents Naruto's personality from becoming distorted. He is always full of energy, cheerful, and extremely optimistic. To gain more recognition from others, Naruto's goal is - to become the Fifth Hokage! This is quite a high goal, as the Hokage is one of the five strongest ninja titles in the world and also the leader of the Konoha Ninja Village. Naruto doesn't care about the difficulties; he is super confident that one day he will become the Hokage. Go for it, Naruto!
Naruto's companions are classmates determined by the teacher. At first, they didn't get along well with each other, but through joint battles, although they still have some competition on the surface, they eventually became good partners who recognize and trust each other. Among the companions are the cool handsome guy Sasuke (who bears the mission of revenge) and the smart and cute girl Sakura. Among the opponents are the cunning super boss Orochimaru, the lonely killer Zabuza, Gaara who is bloodthirsty and unwanted... There are also other classmates from the Konoha village who have both competition and mutual assistance. Although it's a traditional setting in shonen manga, the characters and stories are all very exciting!