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Masashi Kishimoto, the creator ofNaruto, is one of the finest mangakas in the industry. But that doesn’t mean he never had a learning slope. In an interview, the author confessed how he hadn’t planned a lot of Naruto elements in the beginning and just made them up as he went.
As a result, many elements remained underdeveloped or unused inNaruto. In fact, even Sasuke’s Sharingan, a crucial power in Narutoverse, was not properly developed at first.
Masashi Kishimoto Slowly Developed Sharingan
Inan interviewwith Kobayashi,Masashi Kishimotoaccepted that back when he had introduced the Sharingan inNarutofor the first time, he had not developed it to its full extent. Back then,the Sharingancould only be used to copy the moves of other shinobi, and the power later developed to include many more abilities.
I introduced the Sharingan as being able to copy moves, the premise on what the Sharingan could do changed drastically over the course of the storyline.
After the concept of Sharingan was fully developed, its users could detect irregularities in the chakra flow, have predictive capabilities in combat, and copy any jutsu. Advanced users can also hypnotize people or suggest them to do specific actions.
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According to the author, he had come across an old story in whichthe main character had a power similar to Sharingan. Thus, Kishimoto took the concept of the power and created the Sharingan. He then later assigned the power to the Uchiha clan. He even gave Kakashi a Sharingan so that readers could stay more invested in the series to knowwhy Kakashi has onedespite not belonging to the Uchiha clan.
Masashi Kishimoto Explains Why He Rushed Everything in the Beginning ofNaruto
Masashi Kishimoto introduced a strong villain like Zabuza at the very beginning ofNarutoand it has made many people question why such a powerful antagonist had arrived so early. According to the creator, this was done in order to put things into perspective for the audience as well as to show off Kakashi’s strength at the very beginning.
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Next, Kishimoto admitted that many of the things he had introduced at the beginning ofNarutowere not well-thought-out. At the time, he kept making up new additions just for the excitement and suspense but didn’t pick up on the loose threads until much later. So the author just kept inventing things as he went.
The same is true for Sasuke’s backstory. Kishimoto had only planned that Sasuke would havea brother who had done something terrible. However, by the time Itachi was introduced, he decided to secretly make Itachi a good guy who had done something bad due to his circumstances.
you’re able to readNarutoon Viz Media and watch the anime on Crunchyroll.
Aaheli Pradhan
Anime Content Writer
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Aaheli is an Anime Content Writer at FandomWire with 1300+ published articles. With five years of experience under her belt, she is a living, breathing encyclopedia for anime and manga. From Shonen and Shojo to the most niche anime, nothing escapes her radar. Her poisons of choice are Assassination Classroom, Gintama, Ouran High School Host Club and every Ghibli movie ever. She believes in living a slow life, surrounded by incomplete art projects and her beloved cats.
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