Peter Leslie R. Salva

Naruto is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi
Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki,
an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition
and dreams to become the Hokage, the ninja in his villa
ge who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of
all. The series is based on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto
that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.