Shippuden enrich the story and offer deeper insight into fan-favorite characters, others are little more than time-fillers ...

One such example of Kishimoto’s utter mastery of contradiction is on display in this episode, where Naruto first meets his mother, Kushina. It goes without saying that, on the surface, these are ...

Naruto is infamous for the amount of filler and subpar episodes compared to its core narrative, which has some flawless gems that highlight what works within the shnen narrative. When Naruto is firing ...

The masked member of the Akatsuki was a long-standing question mark within the Naruto: Shippuden fandom, but that didn’t stop Obito from haunting the narrative and leaving fans with incredibly ...

Cathlyn Melo is an experienced anime writer from the Philippines with a Master in Business Administration. She was once a hospital employee before deciding to pursue her passion for anime and manga ...