As a gamer who has grown up with Naruto, I can’t help but feel a pang of nostalgia as we celebrate its 20th anniversary. The franchise has been a significant part of my childhood, and it’s fascinating to delve into the creator’s thoughts on how it all unfolded.
Naruto, originally airing its anime adaptation 20 years ago, is currently celebrating this milestone, and Masashi Kishimoto, the series’ creator, has shared that Sakura Haruno’s role in the story is his biggest regret when reflecting on the series. Although Naruto continues with an official sequel, it remains a cherished period for original fans as Kishimoto shares insights about the series’ development. Looking back, he also expresses what he would have done differently.
Masashi Kishimoto, creator of Naruto, and Mikio Ikemoto, writer and artist of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, have been making special appearances in France alongside fans. They’ve been dishing out fascinating insights into the creation process. Reflecting on the series, Kishimoto once admitted that Sakura was one of his biggest regrets due to her role in the storyline. During a recent event covered by La Nouvelle Republique, Kishimoto elaborated further on his disappointments concerning Sakura’s development.
Naruto Creator‘s Big Regret for Sakura
Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, earlier admitted that he regretted not delving deeper into Sakura’s background, such as her family and upbringing, similar to how other characters like those from Team 7 and many others in the series were developed. However, in a recent update, Kishimoto expanded on this statement, expressing that his regret extends beyond just Sakura’s backstory. He explained that he struggled to fully develop Sakura as a character, saying, “She was a character I didn’t know how to grow as she deserved…It was challenging for me to grasp the emotions of a young woman, so I didn’t focus on it.
Compared to Ikemoto’s recent work on “Boruto: Naruto Next Generations” and “Boruto: Two Blue Vortex”, Kishimoto commended how these spin-offs have developed Sarada as a significant character, stating, “What Mikio Ikemoto has done with Sarada, the main female character in ‘Boruto’, is something I find particularly successful visually.” Essentially, Kishimoto is pleased to notice that while Sakura wasn’t as fully developed as he envisioned in the original series, her daughter seems to be taking center stage and excelling in the sequel.
Naruto Creator On Its International Success
But in writing the characters or the increase of popularity through the manga and anime’s run, Kishimoto revealed that he didn’t really change how he approached the manga despite how big of a deal it became outside of Japan, “We do not change our way of doing things according to international success,” Kishimoto began. “Personally, I had heard a little about the success of Naruto outside the borders of Japan but I never measured its extent.” So it’s not like the creator was altering things on the fly just because it was successful.
As Naruto commemorates significant moments, its creator has been transparent about the series and it’s evident that he remains deeply connected. He’s not only engaged with the latest chapters of “Boruto: Two Blue Vortex,” but also shows eagerness to extend the original storyline, potentially through additional one-shots or further narratives for characters yet to fully develop. This could potentially lead to more opportunities for Sakura in the future.
HT – La Nouvelle Republique
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