As soon as the next arc began everyone was back to bickering with one another with Naruto being an annoying clown, Sasuke just telling people he's going to kill them, and Sakura doing nothing. There are moments in the first few arcs that are nice, seeing the trio of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura grow together during those arcs' endings felt like character progression beyond their very surface-level personalities, but that's as far as I can compliment them. I realise I'm supposed to be a bitter dude in his 20s, cynical and angry at kids' media, but compared to the joy aand simplicity of Dragonball and the edgy teen angst and violence of Bleach, Naruto straddles an awkward middle ground between the two that I probably would have appreciated infinitely more were I between the 11-15 age bracket this was aimed at, but just can't get understand now.
The story, writing and characters however were incredibly frustrating. The characters themselves were drawn pretty decently, with that early 00s rough edges and sharpness to the inks but the level of detail on display in the backgrounds and environment shots were simply drop dead gorgeous at times, easily the standout feature of what I read. I'll preface everything else by saying the art was great. I just couldn't continue reading this series - after having recently read (and enjoyed) Shonen Jump legends Bleach and Dragonball in their entirety, I thought I'd give Naruto a whirl as I was completely unfamiliar with the story. In 1999, a serialized version of Naruto began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump and quickly became a hit.
In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. This was followed in 1997 by a pilot version of Naruto (NARUTO－ナルト－), published in Akamaru Jump Summer.
This earned him the Weekly Shōnen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri (カラクリ?), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. Two of his former assistants, Osamu Kajisa (Tattoo Hearts) and Yuuichi Itakura (Hand's), have also gone on to moderate success following their work on Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series O-Parts Hunter (666 Satan) and Blazer Drive. Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史 Kishimoto Masashi) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto.
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