
The series would also spawn multiple anime series, movies, novels, video games and more. His first version of Naruto, drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits his final version, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in the world. After considering various genres for his next project, Kishimoto decided on a story steeped in traditional Japanese culture. After spending time in art college, he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his story Karakuri. Like many kids, he was first inspired to become a manga artist in elementary school when he read Dragon Ball. This fight closes out the events of Naruto Shippuden and ties things off in poetic fashion.Author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The flashbacks continue showing the pair doing battle during the original series until episode 260.įinally, the last battle between them takes place at the end of Naruto Shippuden beginning in episode 476 and goes through episode 478. We see a flashback of the pair doing battle as students in the Academy during episode 257. The next time the two ninjas do battle is during Naruto Shippuden episode 215, which finishes up in episode 216. It’s also the longest battle in the original Naruto series and runs until episode 135.

This clash influences the rest of the events in the series and ultimately leads to their next fight, which begins in episode 128, “ A Cry on Deaf Ears.” This is the iconic battle that takes place at the Valley of the End.

The first time is on the hospital rooftop during episode 107, a fight that literally lasts for two episodes.

In the original Naruto series, you can see these two shinobi clash twice.
