Kishimoto, Masashi. Naruto! Volume 1. Viz Media, 2003. 4Q5P
Naruto, a troublemaking orphan, and last in his class at Shinobi school is trying to be the greatest Hokage (best of the shinobi’s) ever. What he doesn’t know is the evil nine tailed squirrel that terrorized the village lives within him. Although Naruto has gotten better at the ninja techniques and graduated Shinobi school, he is still not a match for his master who at the end of the story declares he will never be a master Shinobi.
Although I’m aware that graphic novels/manga are a popular form of entertainment among teens, I just cannot get into them. I had a very hard time reading this book, the story jumped from one thing to another, and half of the time there was so much detailed drawings in the scene that I had no idea what was going on. I’m sure if I were to read more of them I would get the hang of it, but I probably won’t be doing that. Other than Sakura’s annoying obsession, the story was interesting enough and pretty funny at times. The drawings were awesome, I can appreciate the time that was put into them, I just can’t get into the format. The cover art is busy to say the least, but it ties in everything from the story, with a picture of the squirrel in the background and Naruto in the foreground.
