Naruto

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Naruto is an anime and manga series that follows young ninja Naruto Uzumaki through a coming-of-age story. He learns how to become a masterful ninja from being under the tutelage multiple mentors, trial-and-error, and training to accomplish his life-long dream: become Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto grows alongside his fellow ninja Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and his many other ninja friends who come to respect him as they all begin to reach maturity. Started in 1997 as manga by author and illustrator Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto the manga series spanned for 72 volumes and the anime for 220 episodes (5 seasons) before it ended in 2007 and was replaced by the Naruto Shippuden anime and manga.

Basics of Naruto
For the starteriest of all starters, almost all of the main characters are a type of Asian fighter called ninja. These ninja all live in different villages that were built in varying biomes. The villages' names and physical appearance are based on the biomes that they're in. For example, Naruto's village, the Hidden Leaf Village, is located in a forest-like area, hence its name. Ninja also use abilities that are called jutsu and require chakra to work. Jutsu can range from healing allies to altering the terrain drastically. These jutsu are used commonly when ninja are in battle, but can also be used in everyday life.

Characters
The Edge - Sasuke Uchiha. This guy's so edgy, he might've cut himself... on himself.

The Girl Who's Actually A Guy - Haku. With his mask on, it's pretty much a 50/50 split what his gender could be as his face is covered. But with it off, just about anyone who first lays eyes on him would be quick to say that he's a girl. But no.

The Lamb - Hinata Hyuga. The only one who truly liked Naruto throughout the entire series. Ever since she was a little baby, she had interest in him. Romantic interest. Eww.

The Mentor - Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya. Kakashi was Naruto's first mentor, teaching him about the basics of the ninja world. Then Jiraiya taught Naruto more advanced topics like summoning and how to use Rasengan.

Misc.
Girl v Girl Rivalry - Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka. They both competed for Sasuke's affection when they're young, yet both agreed that they, along with almost everyone else in the Leaf Village, hated Naruto for being a jinchuriki among other reasons.

I've Got A Demon In My Soul - Jinchuriki. Jinchuriki are people who carry Tailed Beasts inside them. They may be shunned by society and forced to isolate themselves, like Naruto, or are used primarily as a force to be reckoned with, like Gaara.