I started watching Naruto back in 2003 and fast forward 5 years to 2008 and the whole Narturo thing is still running. Comics and anime are still released every week without no sign of stopping and god knows whether there will be any official dates or plans that this story will ever end.
Most of my friends of the same age started watching while they were in university. Most of us think that 2003 and 2004 were the really good years for the Naruto franchise, where the anime storyline followed pretty much what the comics were doing. 2005 and 2006 were a bit terrible where the anime creators decided to branch out from just following the comics and have their own take in pursuing their own storyline, which I personally think sucks big time.
Things got a bit better in 2007 and 2008 when Naruto finally came back to life with Naruto Shippuden. Although I occassionally still take a peep while my housemates are watching it, but too bad, it doesn’t feel the same while I was watching it back in 2003. I’m not the same young kid back in those days anymore. We grew up.
However, there’s definately one thing that I don’t want to miss. The ending. There were several versions of predictions of the ending that I’ve read long long time ago. Who knows, it may take another 5 years before it will ever have an ending.
willchua says
I always follow up Naruto from manga. But I think there should be some different story line between manga and anime.
Steve Yu says
ya this year before naruto shippuden was really damn boring. Lol…. still long to end lo..
sparky says
Well i do keep track of both the naruto manga and the naruto shippuden series from what i have seen and read both seem to be going in the same direction towards the same outcome. manga 440 naruto finds out the 4th was his dad and ,thus reseals the nine tails returning to his normal self. however standing upside down in/on the stubakiomai (false moon/gravitational distortion) naruto looks like he had never been in any type of a fight even though previously he had been beaten down sevearly while taking out 5 of the 6 paths of pain with pain and nagato being the last left. from what i have read about tobi being madara uchiha , and sauske killing off his brother leaving only sauske and tobi/madara as the two people with sharingan left. with the revelation that tobi was the one controlling the 9 tails when it attacked the leaf village leads me to the conclusion that the shippuden episodes will either end with a battle of naruto vs tobi sauske will loose both of his eyes to tobi and naruto will become so strong that he will be able to controll the 9 tails chakra with such skill and power that tobi will be outmatched. it will probably end with tobi and naruto being sucked into the god realm world trapped for all of eternity cause without the tailed beasts there would be a chance for peace that could be one way in wich naruto finds to bring peace to everything
David says
It’s been like soooo long since I follow Naruto, and I think it’s time to maybe start looking back at it again ๐
C.B. says
Personally I hope the series never ends. But we all know the saying โall good things must come to and endโ. I donโt know how it will all end but it deservers a happy one to inspire hope. I do hope that Naruto realizes his dream of becoming hokage and convinces Sasuke to return to the village. My prediction for the future is Naruto convincing Sasuke to turn from the path of vengeance and they both defeat Tobi / Madara together.
connie says
Omg i hope naruto ends soon! i love it but i dont want to grow out of it before it ends you know? i started watching it when i was 13 or something but when the fillers started i stoped because they’re pretty stupid and 3 yrs later i started again lol it kind of worked out well, prt 2 is way better now that they’re older….
but i read the manga online this time because the internet runs to slow to watch the program…manga is soooo much better!!!
ive caught up with it now tho and have to wait 4 each new chapter…so annoying…
i really want to know what happens..so i hope it ends soon :/
alot of people who used to love naruto are just to old for it now and thats sad coz its just getting good?
im 17 now iand i friggen know i wont be able to read it when im 20 sooo please end soooon
Marin Vasilev says
Well i think that , in the end Naruto and Sasuke the Prophecy children will end up fighting , and after one REALLY awesome fight sasuke will truly find his enemy – MADARA, and with the help of naruto they will kill him, but i also think that in the end naruto will die, and sasuke will leave up to his dream – being the new Hokage,
And my second guess is , sasuke will die by giving up his Eyes to naruto and that way naruto will have the body and the eyes of his Ancestor (for those who don’t read the manga this will be really confusing)!
David says
It has been a really long time since I’ve read a naruto manga! You have some good imagination there though.
3rdman says
I reckon that Naruto will realise his dream and be the first to jump from genin to hokage without ever being any of the inbetweens.
shinigami says
Dude, Naruto has already surpassed every previous Hokage including the fourth. In the manga that is. The only ones who are a match for naruto are currently madara and sasuke.
hadioden says
the best carachter is orichemaro and i didnt like it when he was killed , i hope the writer revive him back
shinigami says
Well I think the writer is planning a revival. But more of that when the anime catches up.
Marin Vasilev says
HAHA about Oruchimaro … I read the manga but i watch the anime too , so i don’t know how many of you watch it but Orochimaro’s assistnat Kabuto grafted one of orochimaros hands to his body (instead one of his) and he is even by now slowly consumed (in the manga) so Orochimaro will return ๐
But there is one thing that i can’t get… See Sakura is Tsunade’s apprentice , Sasuke is Orochimaro’s and Naruto is Jiraya’s (as you all know) so if by the end Tsunade wake up from her current coma (in the manga) and if Orochimaro consumes entirely Kabutos body … how will Jiraya get back .. after all nobody found his dead body.. maby he used some kind of ULTRA MEGA SAGE techinque and he is still alive ?? I don’t know but i bet it will be really cool ๐
shinigami says
That is true, maybe they would maintain the symbolizm and bring Jiraya back, however I doubt it. It would destroy the focus of the new generation of Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura. One Naruto theme which has thoroughly progressed, is that the older generation is replaced by that of the newer generation. Kakashi himself said this. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura have all surpassed the previous Sannin already.
Marin Vasilev says
It is not about surpassing the elder ones , it’s about having the elder ones to pass down their knolwedge to the young ones, Sakura Sasuke and Naruto are heading for the Best Ninjas in the world (we are talking about the manga after all) and being the best they should carry some weight on their sholders , probably in the end 1-2 or all of them will die and there comes Jiraya to tell their life stories in his Books …
shinigami me and you we can talk about naruto for like months ๐ but we are not the ones to decide the end of this Incredible Anime , so we can only make guesses ๐
I guess what i wanted to say is that the Anime is about Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura but that doesn’t mean that after they deal with all of the evil in their world they should stay alive , most likely the old characters will be the survivours :/
ARgh i can’t stop my self so i will wait for your new post ๐
Squeak says
I think the franchise will not end until several mysteries get patched up (if ever, but most probably they will be, eventually):
As of Naruto Manga Chapter 477:
(1) How did Kakashi get his Mangekyo Sharingan?
(2) Who was Kakashi’s father and what is the story behind him (the White Fang)? What was the relation between the White Fang and elder Chiyo?
(3) How did Minato (Naruto’s father) seal the nine-tailed fox exactly and how did he perform such a powerful sealing jutsu?
(4) More information on Naruto’s mother (only shown once) and how Jiraiya trained Minato.
(5) The love triangle that might ensue between Naruto, Hinata and Sakura.
(6) How will the Sakura-Sasuke relation end up?
(7) What does Sakura intend to do with team 7? Capture Sasuke or kill him by herself?
(8) Does Sai have another ulterior motive due to this affliation with root?
(9) What is Danzou’s power?
(10) What exactly does Danzou want and why does he hate Tsunade?
(11) When will Tsunade wake up from her coma?
(12) Why did the Third Hokage (Sarutobi) keep his title when there was already a Fourth Hokage? Is it due to Minato’s death?
(13) Is Orochimaru and Kabuto still alive in some way? Will Kabuto and the remains of Orochimaru’s parts become a more powerful villain?
(14) Are there are any more legacies behind Jiraiya’s death? As in, to what extent will the Frog Sage’s prophecy be like? Is Nagato’s death just a catalyst for more revolutionary change or does it simply end there?
(15) Will Naruto become more powerful? Will he get more training from the toads or learn more elemental affinities? If so, how powerful will he become?
(16) Same for Sasuke.
(17) Will Sasuke go blind from over-use of the Mangekyo Sharingan? Will he ever get an eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?
(18) What is the final jutsu unlocked from getting the eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?
(19) Will Naruto ever recover Sasuke?
(20) Will Naruto and Sasuke be destined (as stated by Madara) to battle? And what is the outcome?
(21) What will happen now that Konoha has been wrecked.
(22) How will the 5 kages work out together?
(23) What will become of the 2 remaining Jinchuuriki, Naruto and Killer Bee? Will they be prey or predators?
(24) What did Karin do for Sasuke in the past to account for their relationship at the present?
(25) What of Gaara and Konan? Will they aid Naruto in building a more peaceful world?
(26) Possible story of how Yamato (Tenzo) got his DNA.
(27) How was Danzou involved with Orochimaru’s experiments regarding the sharingans?
(28) More lore behind the Sage of the 6 Paths.
(29) Same for the 10-tailed. Will it ever be formed again and controlled?
(30) The genetic link between the Rinnegan, sharingan, bya-kugan and the ‘physical’ bloodline of the Senju clan in Konoha.
(31) What did the tablet of the 6 paths in the Uchinha clan secret room actually say?
(32) Madara’s true powers.
(33) The true intentions of Madara. Why did he declare a 4th Shinobi War instead of work in the dark? Was there a hidden benefit for him to do so?
(34) What happened to Kisame’s Sharkskin sword after it rejected him?
(35) Continued status of Kurenai after Asuma’s death.
(36) Will Naruto ever become Hokage?
(37) Who will act as the incumbent or temporary replacement Hokage after Tsunade went comatose?
(38) On jutsus to control the tailed beasts.
(39) Will Naruto independently develop unique and more powerful jutsus from his already known ones like sage mode?
(40) Will Naruto actually be able to fully control the Bijuu?
(41) What powers did Itachi bestow on Naruto? Some anti-Sasuke ability to protect Konoha and Sasuke?
(42) What other powers did Itachi give to Sasuke? He suddenly appeared in the last page of chapter 477 (the most recent one as of 26 Dec 2009).
(43) Will Jiraiya ever get a proper funeral now that Konoha has been about 80% destroyed?
(44) What is Kakashi’s true face?
(45) Why does Madara still wear a mask? Was he defaced from the injuries from the First Hokage? And how great were his injuries?
(46) What actually happened to the souls of the First, second and third Hokages after Sarutobi used the Demon God Sealing jutsu?
(47) Will Orochimaru ever get freed?
(48) Does Temari and Shikimaru have some form of relationship?
(49) How far will Konohomaru develop till?
(50) What happens to the dead in the world of Naruto? Where do their souls go?
(51) Will more good main characters (like Jiraiya, Asuma, Itachi) die?
(52) Will there be a Naruto part 3 after Shippuden ends?
(53) Can Gaara still use his transformations and sentient sands after the extraction?
(54) Why does Madara possess only 1 peeping hole in his mask? Were the injuries inflicted on him so severe that he lost the other eye?
(55) More information on the new characters since the 5 Kage Submit chapter.
(56) More information on Kurenai’s future child and Shikimaru as the master of that child.
(57) What is Zetsu’s true power, his agenda, and his role?
(58) Will there be any more powerful organizations than the Akatsuki?
(59) What other roles will the toads play in the future?
(60) Will there be more forms of technology? Like simple automobiles or even televisions (there are monitors and computers around at the moment)?
(61) Can Sasuke’s dream of restoring his clan ever come true?
@O@ SQUEAK!
David says
@Squeak
You must be a very passionate Naruto fan to list that much questions in a go!
narutoichigoluffy says
a devoted naruto fan..
its going to be a sad day when naruto finishes
Marin Vasilev says
LoL man , you’ve got a lot of questions , for now i can only answear ot some of them!
(1) Probably killing someone verry important for the upcoming story (or just an unknown yet character with alot of importance for the story)
(2) That story was covered up already , a great ninja ,who fought in the great ninja war , and he killed the son of Chiyo..
(3) He was a Hokage after all … powerfull jutsu is not something we can pretend to accept that he did …
(10) He want’s total domination , and he hates Tsunade because she is the grand daughter of the 1 hokage.
(11) 100% – when “Taka” assault Konoha
(12) It’s because of Naruto , if Sarutobi left his possition to someone else who was not that involved with the “Naruto drama” , The main character could’t be pushed forwards in the storry.. It can’t be anything else …
(13) Orochimaro is slowly consuming Kabuto’s body :] soo he’ll be back .. for sure :]
(14) For me … Jiraya is not dead , or atleast if he died , he will be back !!
Tsunade will wake up from the coma, Orochimaro will consume Kabuto, it’s only fair that Jiraya will get back.
(18) THAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING!!!!! I searched for some clues aaand here it is –
“In Japanese Shinto-mythology, the primordial sky, the god of all that is light and heavenly. Izanagi (“the male who invites” and his wife and sister Izanami (“the female who invites” were given the task of creating the world. Standing on Ama-no-ukihashi (the floating bridge of the heavens), they plunged a jewel crested spear into the ocean. When they pulled it free, the water that dripped from the spear coagulated and formed the first island of the Japanese archipelago. Here the first gods and humans were born.
When his wife died giving birth, Izanagi went to the underworld to retrieve her, but she refused to come back with him and they parted forever. When Iganami returned from the underworld, he started the first cleaning rites. He washed his left eye and thus created the sun goddess Amaterasu. When he washed his right eye, the moon goddess Tsuki-yomi came forth. From his nose he created Susanowa, the god of the seas and the storms. ”
So basicly , there has to be another ultimate power !
(20) DEFINETLY
(30) There was a whole story about that man.. The great ninja who possesed the Ultymate eyes had 2 sons, 1 of them inherited the eye techniques and the other one , the body and the spirit .. these are the ancestors of the Uchiha clan and the 1st Hokage’s clan ….
(33) 2 goals – 1st To get revange on Uchiha clan (which Itachi did for him)
2nd – To get revange on Konoha (which he hopes that sasuke and “taka” will do)
(37) Hatake Kakashi
(41) PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME THE STORY BEHIND THAT … I’ve read it on several sites and i can’t understand it
I know that Itachi bestow his powers on Sasuke , but what is this thing about bestoling powers in Naruto ?!?! Did i missed something ???
(47) He is like Lord Voldemor (in Harry Potter) he’s soul was placed at several places , and i already answeared the question about taking over Kabuto.
(45 & 54) Same questions .. It’ll be interesting to see that :]
(61) His clan can’t possibly be restored , as for now there are porbably 3 Uchicha survivors – Sasuke , Madara and Itachi (judging by 477 manga chapter) , soo Madara as the bad guy will die for sure , and it leaves to Sasuke and Itachi . Itachi is probably the Niciest guy but his life is a mess so i guess he will die dramaticly … and for Sasuke , what can he do ? Start a family , and he’s got to do like 10 babies so that there is a possibilty to start a new clan … I don’t think that this is the main idea here ๐
(phew) now that was one hell of a message ๐
nOtisfy says
well, I just found a naruto manga in a japanese language (dont know what chapter is that) but i think its too far, it saids that konohamaru will be against with naruto because of choosing naruto as a hokagen and he will make a team which has a logo of red clouds using it against naruto
Marin Vasilev says
LOL man , you’re so far behind in the manga, and i am 100% sure that some of this story you’ve made up, the red clouds is called “Akutski” and the rest is just your imagination ๐
Dimka says
wow the story is amazing but you guys are waaaaay to passionate. but you do have some great questions and additions to the story. I dont read the manga so i really cant add anything myself
narutofan says
i think everyone in the ninja world will die and everyone will be in peace with together in the next world. i think jiraiya said something like that in the manga but i’m not sure. then naruto will meet his parents again and jiraiya.
narutofan says
or he wil make a jutsu that wil revive everyone in the ninja world. and he wil kill all bijuu with his nine tails and then kill the nine tails too(with help from 1,2,3,4,5 hokage and jiraiya, kakashi, sakumo(white fang),…) and he will bring peace in the ninja world(do not know how) and become hokage in front of all his friend, his parents, teachers, and all villagers. that would be a nice ending
narutofan says
he will become hokage because he is the 4e hokage’s son and apprentice of jiraiya(he trained 4 hokage and was trained by 3e hokage), kakashi(who was trained by 4e hokage and is sakumo’s son) (kakashi wass almost the hokage because of his teachers and his father. all hokage have some connection with eachoter. lik 1e hokage brother 2e hokage and 1e hokage teacher 3e hokage 4e hokage apprentice of jiraiya trained by 3e hokage, 5e hokage granddaughter 1e hokage and probably naruto 6e hokage blablabla the rest you can figger out yourself.
narutofan says
and here am i again. i hope naruto could learn the justu from his father you Flying Thunder God Technique aka konoha’s yellow flash and then i would be called konoha’s
second yellow flash hahah
Ally says
Awsome predictions on here, me my self prefer spoilers…i keep up wid all the anime and manga but im always searching the internet for spoilers on whats gonna happen next, (im soo wiered..lols), i do read alot of predictions but it confuses me with what has actually happend and what sombody has just made up.
I realy dont have an idea what gonna happen but i think there should be some massive twist at the end or something, hopfully somthing to do with kushina his mum.
I do hope naruto doesnt die…things like that will make me cry, although it would be an awsome ending if he did.
I think hinata will die..just got that feeling, and maby konahomaru will aswell, (I realy hope he doesnt). oh well, just have to have patience:)
Al says
Damn. It is August 1, 2010 and even now it looks like Naruto is nowhere close to the end! After all, the next war is yet to start. It will probably take another 5 years. It will most definitely hold the record of the longest manga series!
Narutomadness says
Well, It is nice to know so many questions and stuffs from this website.
As for me, I personally kept watching Naruto again and again.
I loved both the manga and anime.
From the latest manga itself, we already knew a lot about Naruto, he already mastered the 9 tails chakra. He met his mother while beating the 9 tails and get to know a whole lot of what happened back then.
Then, after he got out, he activated his 9 tails chakra and was able to detect the shark guy actually hiding in the sword that killer bee was carrying. From there also, it shows that Naruto actually using his father’s yellow flash technique. It’s just that he’s not used to it just yet. To top it off, unlike his dad, he actually uses the technique without using a kunai like his father did, which means he surpassed his father’s ability already.
I think Naruto already surpasses all the hokages before him.
As for the ending, I would say Naruto will end up convincing Sasuke in a fight. Sasuke will use some technique on Naruto but failed due to some power given to Naruto by Itachi. Then both of them will team up to kill Madara. Sasuke will come back to Konoha, and Naruto will be the new hokage.
NarutoFan#1 says
Danzou is the temperarly hokage till Tsunade wakes up
Gabriella says
I think Sasuke will die at the end…Naruto may also but definately Sasuke, he’s too skrewed up to have a normal life in the end
azumi says
it’s been a long time since i last watched naruto… and i can’t believe it’s not yet ended! naruto’s still my favorite anime though… but, i think i have a lot of catching up to do… the last episode i watched was when team 7 met sai? i’m really far behind!!!! am i???!!!! it’s just that i’ve been really busy at school… ๐
Marin Vasilev says
Man (spoil) The story is on it’s final battle , sai is still a figure in the battle but he did his part in the anime long time ago ๐
Alonzo says
The thing is that Naruto, like other manga/anime series, is way too long of a series, not because the story is long, but because they take too much time to tell it.
I used to follow every 17 page chapter that was released every week. C’mon… I know where the story is at right now and definetely, the ending will take another 2-3 years. I’m not kidding. There’s way too many things to happen…
I mean, 17 pages every week. This sucks big time. What a lazy author! I mean, he must be getting a lot of money and all he draws are 17 non-colored pages every week… It can`t get easier than that.
I should`ve become a manga writer.
Al says
I can’t help but agree with the above comment. The dude says it all.
saood says
its 2011 now and i started watching naruto in 2003 or 2im not sure but im in grade 7 now and im sure that its nearing the end since the 3rd ninja war has started and naruto mastered the 9tailed fox power most of the old enimes are back but im sure after this war either naruto will fallow a brand new storyline or will finsh up although i dont want it to end i know it has to some day also for the comment above this 17pages might not seem like alot but he has to think and fit the plot in perfectly but anyway im sure in 10 or 15 years some other kids will look at this page and wonder what naruto was and maby never find out but atleast we got 1 great anime in this life time
Marin Vasilev says
naruto and bleach are the only 2 one of a kind best animes ever made and i don’t think any story will even come close to even have the chance to be put in the same league as they are .
Naruto is in it’s end ( I mean for this story , if they decide to continue with another plot that’s another thing..) which i regret , but we can only do so much ๐ Enjoy those misirable 17 pages a week … cuz that’s all you’ll get ๐
steveo says
i think a good ending will be if in a couple of years naruto somehow convinces sasuke back to the good side and they both fight madara. which results in naruto giving his life for sasuke while defeating madara, and behalf of naruto sasuke becomes hokage
narutofan says
I started naruto in 2004 i think and reached till the middle of season4 where Tsunadae will become the new Hokage, then after a gap of 7 years I’ve again started naruto and ‘ve finished a few eps from season4, yet to catch up to where I had left. I checked some websites and the naruto wikia, and now I’m all spoiled xD. I’ve watched till season4 and I already know naruto is the son of the fourth hokage, his ancestors are somewhat related to the uchihaas, Orochimaro is dead, Toad sage dead too, i think , hahahaha, yeah i read somewhere tsunadae is dead too, and itachi uchiha gave some power to naruto, omg I’m spoiled and now no way it will be the same fun for me. It seems naruto will be on for a couple more years more but still, it is no fun since i already no its itachi the villain and it will end something like sasuke/naruto defeating him and maybe someone will die in the end as well, Anyway, I shall do my best not to be spoiled anymore and try to enjoy the rest of the series.
narutofan says
haha couldn’t stop myself from doing another google search and seems sasuke kills itachi and naruto gets some of his power afterwards, atleast this seems more like a fan’s prediction rather than what has been shows in anime or in manga. Anyway I leave off now determined not to digg up more spoilers.
By the way if somebody reads my comments, please tell if I’m severely spoiled or can i still enjoy the series?
Ally says
Don’t worry to much about spoiling the series for yourself. I always kept up to date with the anime, but alass…I discovered the Naruto manga. Alot of the information you have their is inaccurate, but don’t use that as an initative to go surfing the internet for more crazy spoilers, If your that desperate…Read the Manga! It’s more accurate than any info you’ll find anywhere else. Of corse if you do what I did and read the most recent 10 volumes of manga then you’ll find yourself very confused of what’s going on…I read the manga and watch the anime which follows closely behind, so all the info I missed out when I started reading the manga have now ‘eventually’ been filled in by the anime. And yes, prehaps I don’t get as giddy as my sister who doesn’t read the manga does when I watch the anime, but although the animes not as accurate as the manga…It’s still better and well worth watching. I sugest you get upto date with the anime before attempting to read the manga, I went spoiler hunting out of boredom of waiting a week for a new episode to be released. And no, you’re not to spoiled…alot of the info you have is just wrong.