01 How to Read Naruto Manga

PAGE TITLE Read Naruto Manga
DIFFICULTY Moderately Easy
INTRODUCTION Manga, which is Japanese for comics, have grown steadily as a Japanese publishing phenomenon over the past half-century. Naruto, a very popular current manga series, has spread around the world. Author Masashi Kishimoto created the series in 1999 with a loud but likeable adolescent ninja in the title role. These manga, in the original Japanese and later English translations, are the key to events that occur in other Naruto media.

SECTION TITLE Unlock the Secrets of Naruto With Naruto Manga
STEPS
Step 1: Learn the whole story of Naruto and his fellow ninja Sasuke and Sakura by reading the translated English versions of the original manga as they appear in your country.
Step 2: Check your local public library or school library for the early volumes of Naruto manga, beginning with "Naruto, Volume 1: The Tests of the Ninja." If your librarian has not heard of the word manga you may want to refer to the title as a graphic novel.
Step 3: Purchase volumes of Naruto as you are ready to read them or order the boxed set of the first 27 volumes on Amazon (see Resources below). The boxed set is printed in hardcover and is sold at a savings of nearly half what you might pay for all 27 paperbacks if you bought them one at a time.
Step 4: Keep a checklist showing which Naruto manga you have read, which ones you have and which ones are available but not yet in your collection. This will keep you from duplicating purchases or reading the manga out of order, and may also help provide you with a ready answer if someone asks you what you'd like for a gift.
Step 5: Find friends at school or in your neighborhood who are also Naruto enthusiasts. One of the pleasures of reading a manga series like Naruto is the opportunity to talk with friends and compare notes about past mysteries and future possibilities in the ongoing saga.

SECTION TITLE Follow Naruto Manga From Back to Front
Step 1: Begin reading Naruto or any true manga at the back cover. Even English translations follow the back-to-front and right-to-left flow of the Japanese originals. If you open the manga at the front as you would for most books in English, you'll probably find a headline on the inside page that says, "You're Reading in the Wrong Direction!"
Step 2: Read the comic panels on each manga page from right to left, and top to bottom. Fortunately, within each panel you'll find the English letters and words arranged from left to right.

RESOURCES
1. Order the Naruto boxed set of 27 volumes on Amazon
OVERALLWARNINGS
1. When buying Naruto manga volumes online be sure to specify "book" in your search so that you find and purchase manga rather than anime episodes, profiles, collectible cards or video games.
OVERALLTIPS
1. Unless you read Japanese, you will have to wait for English translations of each manga volume to become available for purchase. These books are the best source of Naruto information and story that is also reflected in other media such as collectible cards, video games and the television and full-length film anime.