Kishimoto reveals how one piece influenced the way he wrote Naruto

This article contains spoilers for the Naruto Shippuden series.



Key takeaways

  • Kishimoto changed Naruto's darker tone compared to One Piece for uniqueness.
  • Kishimoto's writing style paid off, creating a lasting impression on fans.
  • Oda and Kishimoto influenced each other, with both series becoming masterpieces.

Naruto After some time its serialization started a pieceAnd since then, these two series have continued to dominate shonen jump, consistently being two of the most popular manga of all time. It's no surprise to learn that Oda and Kishimoto have a lot of respect for each other and have sometimes commented on each other's series.

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Kishimoto has spoken a piece On several occasions, and, interestingly, he has already revealed that a piece How Oda handled his writing influenced his storytelling quite a bit, and made him add a unique twist to his story in a slightly different way. Naruto more popular.



How Oda Influenced Kishimoto's Writing Style

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  • Oda does not like to kill his characters
  • Kishimoto wanted to make Naruto blacker than a piece

It should come as no surprise to learn that Oda and Kishimoto maintained a friendly rivalry over the jumps for many years. These two stories ran together for nearly two decades in Shonen Jump, and during this time both were trying to one-up each other. Of course, in the end, a piece Jump retained its dominance for many years to come, while Naruto became more popular overseas. Still, Kishimoto admits that the ceiling of One Piece was too high for him to reach, and that he's certainly respecting what Oda did. Meanwhile, Oda has said in the past that there is no other work like Naruto and that it is unique in its own way. Apparently, the two of them have used each other for inspiration at times, and Kishimoto has even revealed that he took note of how Oda approaches his story and decided to do the exact opposite, just to be more unique. Here's what Kishimoto had to say in 2013:


One Piece is basically a light-hearted story, so I always think of Naruto going the opposite way. I try to make Naruto a more serious fight by killing characters, since Oda doesn't kill many characters. Otherwise, Naruto will not be popular enough. – Kishimoto (2013)

Obviously, Kishimoto Oda had a lot of influence on how he wrote a piece. According to Kishimoto, One Piece is a light novel, which may be an oversimplified definition of the series. A piece is far from being a light story. However, many fans may interpret this as Oda not liking to kill off characters. In the past, Oda has clearly said that killing off characters makes it difficult for him to host large parties, and the fact that he wants to end a piece with a big party certainly plays into how he writes character deaths. If Kishimoto did things like Oda, fans would accuse him of copying, or in other words, saying there's nothing unique about his manga. Kishimoto decided to kill off his characters more often than Oda and, at the same time, thickened his story.


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This is clearly shown in the Naruto Shippuden series, where the story continued to take a dark path. Of course, there are some instances in which this dark path works and others in which it simply doesn't.

Did Kishimoto's writing make sense?

Kishimoto came up with an unprecedented story


Knowing that Kishimoto changed his writing style, even if only slightly based on how Oda wrote his story, fans naturally wonder if the change was worth it. It has paid off in a way. Fans often make comparisons between One Piece and Naruto, and one of the main points fans have going for Naruto is that it's a darker story. Sure, on the surface level, Naruto may seem like a dark story, but it's definitely not. One Piece is very dark in its own way, and the complexities that Oda shows in his story are profound. That said, Naruto is also a very dark and scary story, which has sometimes made readers lose faith in the world's justice system.

Obito's rage after Rin's death and the destruction of Konoha, as well as many other examples throughout the story, highlight this. It's safe to say that Kishimoto's writing style paid off because Naruto definitely built his own identity based on this writing style.

That said, Kishimoto's decision to bring characters back from the dead, and at the same time, make Kaguya the ultimate antagonist of the series did not sit well with fans. This Oda is fundamentally disagreeable. Oda has previously stated that he doesn't like the idea of ​​officially killing off characters. And, this is another point where these two authors differ.


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Regardless of how Naruto ended, it's safe to say that the story is a masterpiece and one that will be remembered for generations to come. Even a decade after its conclusion, fans still talk about Naruto every day, and its popularity has stood the test of time. Naruto, even without its sequel series, Boruto, will remain relevant, such is its popularity, and this is the biggest proof anyone could need of whether Kishimoto's writing style was a failure or a success.

The truth is that Kishimoto does some things better than Oda, while Oda does many things better than him. While One Piece is, in general, considered a good story, Oda himself has also taken a few pages from Kishimoto's book, such as when he clearly based an illustration of Shiryu's invisibility technique on the shinobi of Iwagakure from the Kakashi Chronicles.

Both One Piece and Naruto are masterpieces in their own ways

Both One Piece and Naruto defined an era


a piece and Naruto They are two of the most popular pieces of fiction in existence at the same time, and since the stories run in the same magazine, comparisons are inevitable. Fans will always debate which story is superior, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. Naruto fans know a piece A fantastic story and it is definitely something that they should give a chance.

likewise, a piece Fans should know Naruto What is this and also give Kishimoto his flower. Both of these manga are geniuses in their own ways, and have influenced Shonen Jump in many ways. They have inspired people all over the world, including young and aspiring jump artists, some of whom have serialized their manga in Weekly Shōnen Jump, such as Gege Akutami, Kohei Horikoshi, and Yuki Tabata. Just as writers develop great relationships with each other and have immense respect for each other's work, fans should remember that and take a respectful approach to another story with their thoughts at heart. At the end of the day, these stories are for fans to enjoy, and to bring people together while having fun.


Naruto

Studio
Pierrot

Number of episodes
220

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