Naruto’s Brand New World

A guide to the world of Naruto after the series’ two-year time-skip.

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// –> January 11, 2008 – After 27 volumes of Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto thought his manga needed a little shaking up. Make that a lot of shaking up, actually – the series’ famous “time skip” or “time jump” affects nearly every single character, introduces new plotlines, and otherwise just about turns the whole works upside down.

All those different changes can be confusing, to say the least, which is the reasoning behind this handy guide to Naruto’s new status quo. Here we have a few handy character sketches to keep readers up to speed on who’s doing what and where, from the distant reaches of the Land of Wind to good old Konoha village.

Perhaps it goes without saying, but just as a reminder, this is going to SPOIL some of the events of the first part of the series. If you’re strictly following the series through its airing on the Cartoon Network – in which case you’re about 80 episodes shy of the TV show’s own time jump – it would probably be wise to wait and read this a little while later. Or you could get with the program, get some manga volumes and catch the heck up!

So. One more time – SPOILERS for events prior to the time jump. If you’re just looking to jump aboard though, here’s where things stand.

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