“The end of the first episode won me over - and Naruto became my greatest passion”
(Auto-translated from Japanese)
My Story
I don't know exactly when I first heard of Naruto, because here in Brazil Naruto is extremely popular. It's practically part of Brazilian culture, so it's almost impossible to grow up without at least having heard of it. My story of how I became a Naruto fan began when I was in seventh grade. I heard a lot of friends talking about it and they always spoke highly of it, praising the story, the characters and the fights. Having heard so much about Naruto, I became curious and decided to try watching it. But, oddly enough, I didn't like it right from the start. In fact, I couldn't even watch the first 10 minutes of the first episode. I think this was because Naruto was the first anime I tried to watch, and I didn't even really know what "anime" was. To me, it was just a different cartoon, and the style was very different from the cartoons we were used to seeing here, so I found it quite strange at first. Even so, Naruto never left my head. I always thought I had to give it another chance, because everyone spoke so highly of it. I tried to watch it a second time, but I couldn't continue because I ended up going out to play with my friends. But the truth is that I kept putting off watching it because I was afraid of not liking something that everyone loved. Deep down, I also wanted to be a part of it, I wanted to understand why people liked Naruto so much. Then came the pandemic, during which time I decided that I would finally give it a real chance. I made a promise to myself: I would watch at least three episodes, and if I didn't like it, I would just stop. When I watched the first episode, I watched it with the aim of at least finishing it. And when the end of the episode came, everything changed. I simply loved it. The end of the first episode was perfect and really moved me. It was at that moment that Naruto won me over. After that, I liked it more with every episode. I got involved with the story, the characters, the messages of the work, and before I knew it, Naruto had become my favorite work. Today, my relationship with Naruto is one of enormous love. I have the complete collection of the first part of the manga and I intend to complete Shippuden as well. In the future, I want to buy the volumes of Boruto, the novels, databooks, artbooks and everything that is part of this world. I've really become a big fan of this franchise. Naruto was the first anime I watched, it was the first work I watched subtitled, and because of Naruto I started to enjoy reading manga. When I read the manga for the first time, I simply fell even more in love with the story. Naruto was also the first show that made me cry watching it. For all these reasons, Naruto is a work that has left a deep impression on me and will be part of my life forever.
Favorite scene / line
There are so many incredible moments, but the moment that most marked me was Naruto's farewell with Minato. That was the first time I really cried watching something. I'll never forget that moment.
Stories I'd love to see
I'd like small stories, like the one Kishimoto made about Minato. He could make stories about the day Hashirama died, the childhood of the Three Legendary Sannins, the story of Kakashi's father and why he was as respected as the Legendary Sannins. This incredible universe that is Naruto could be developed even further.
My NARUBORU experience in one line...
“Naruto grew out of a curiosity and became the greatest passion I've ever had for a work of art.”