Author Masashi Kishimoto retired from drawing manga more or less ... and illustrating a brilliant one-shot about Naruto's father, the Fourth Hokage Minato, and his creation of the iconic Rasengan.

In Naruto, clan and family are often ... Kakashi earned the position of Hokage purely on merit. To be sure, drawing influences from his own experiences, Minato helped the initially shy and ...

Essentially, Naruto went on to jump ranks, and he went straight from being a Genin, all the way to being Hokage without ever becoming a Chunin or a Jonin. Now, Kishimoto, Naruto's mangaka ...