The Start of Uzumaki Naruto

Naruto is a complex and delightful story of a difficult child who wants to
be the greatest Ninja ever. Like many of the anime that were derived from
their manga, it has developed a great and loyal following, not merely
because of the complexity, but the intense emotions and deep motivations.
Uzumaki Naruto is a child that many children his age can identify with. It
is a story of heroes and challenges, with just the right amount of
silliness, humor, and budding romance.

In the beginning, Naruto is a noisy, arrogant, troublesome child, who
performs disrespectful pranks around his village. He thinks he is going to
be the greatest ninja ever, yet when he is tested, cannot perform even the
simplest of techniques which all the other students have mastered. Alone,
without any parents to look after him, he is identified with by his teacher,
Iruka-sensei, who has also been alone since he was a child. It is known to
everyone in the village, but not to Naruto, that he has a monster
nine-tailed fox sealed inside of him. Twelve years earlier, the demon fox
had attacked the village, destroying it, and killing Iruka's parents. But
the village recovered, and the demon fox was neutralized by sealing it
inside the newly-born child, Uzumaki Naruto. It was forbidden for anyone in
the village to ever reveal the truth to others, especially to the child
himself.

Alone, unrecognized and despised by everybody, Naruto performs his pranks to
try to gain attention. In the end, when another final exam comes by, all
the students are given the chance to demonstrate their developing ninja
powers. Everyone passes, except Naruto, who attempts to create a
replication of himself, but only succeeds in creating an absurd, weak,
useless replication. Iruka, his teacher, has no choice but to fail him.
Naruto is depressed, seeing everyone else graduate and acquire the symbol of
graduation, a metal plate with the village symbol that they wear as a
forehead protector.

Fate and an evil force conspire to give Naruto a second chance. A sly and
untrustworthy teacher, Mizuki-sensei, befriends Naruto and convinces him
that he can graduate if he steals the Scroll of Sealing and uses its immense
and dangerous powers to learn impressive techniques that will allow him to
pass. Secretly, Mizuki manipulates Naruto for his own ambition to steal
the scroll. He is prepared to kill Naruto in the process.

Naruto steals the scroll and learns one primary and powerful technique. The
head of the village, the Hokage-sama is angry by the theft, and sends the
village ninjas out to find the childish thief. They are angry, saying that
this was no mere prank, but a very dangerous act. Even Hokage-sama
realizes that Naruto can cause great damage, and may even be able to
unwittingly unseal the demon fox within him.

When Iruka has found Naruto, the boy is confused and exhausted. He has
practised over and over one of the forbidden techniques. The teacher and
student are set upon by Mizuki. The traitorous sensei injures and disables
Iruka, ready to take the next step and steal the scroll and kill both
witnesses. Iruka protects Naruto, who runs away, scampering off on all
fours just like a fox. Mizuki pursues and catches up, but Iruka appears and
is able to protect his student once more. When Naruto finds out the truth
about the demon fox sealed inside of him, he realizes that Iruka is a loyal
teacher and friend, who has only ever tried to help him. Mizuki attacks, but
Naruto, still just a boy, unleashes his newly-developed technique of
multiple shadow replication. The astonished Mizuki is beaten up by the
hundreds of Naruto duplicates. Iruka is impressed, deciding then to
graduate the boy. He gives Naruto his metal forehead protector as a symbol,
and the boy is pleased and proud. But the wise Iruka-sensei warns the boy
that the path of the ninja is just beginning and it will be a lot harder
from here-on. Episode one ends on a note that is upbeat and with the anticipation of
many adventures and lessons to come.

Uzumaki Naruto
Uzumaki Naruto
Uzumaki Naruto