Naruto (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 9 Includes Vols. 25, 26 & 27

The epic ninja adventure that became a global phenomenon!

Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world’s greatest ninja!

As the battle between Naruto and Sasuke grows even more heated, Sasuke delves deep into the past to recall how his brother Itachi became such a feared ninja. Unwilling to do what Itachi instructs he must do in order to obtain the power of the Mangekyo, Sasuke flees the site of battle.

Author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural Okayama Prefecture, Japan. After spending time in art college, he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his manga Karakuri (Mechanism). Kishimoto decided to base his next story on traditional Japanese culture. 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 Japan.