Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki
Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring

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So basically this is just more Naruto! This time the war is over you get some nostalgia with all the new children. 5 chapters in and I am pretty sure I can predict what enjoyment I will get out of it.

Story: 7
I mean when they finished Naruto I thought it was over, but really anything at this point is stretching the drawn out timeline, so it really doesn't deserve more than 7. But who came here for the story? Lets be honest this is the amazing Naruto kickstarted again

Plot Preview: (NOT REALLY SPOILERS but you need to know at-least the start of this new arc) ...
Just some new guys with sharingans are messing with all 5 villages and they are the new Akatsuki. Sasuke is not in the village but he is protecting them remotely by tailing new threats.

Art: 9
It is the same quality as Naruto. But the new characters (children of the old characters) seem a little bit forced in terms of looks, because they had to mashup the ships.

Character: 8
Same characters bro. The new children ones are well they are still like 9 or 10 so they really only possess childish stereotypes.

Enjoyment: 10
More Naruto = Better Life (If you can't tell by now I really like Naruto) Still exciting it hasn't lost its edge if you bought all of that stuff at the end of the original Naruto series.

Overall: 10 (This should be 8.5, but Naruto is what started my love of Anime so I weigh enjoyment much higher than others)
The Manga picks up where it left off, and it does a good enough job to continue reading Naruto.

But this is basically more Naruto, I mean who doesn't love that?

Let me get straight to the point...
Only sasuke sakura fanboy/girl would find it worth watching...

Reason:It does nothing else but..

Expectation: The Next gen.. Wow what abilities, what personalities? What quirks....?

Outcome: Justify Sakura character, Give her a reason To be the MVP.. Give her a happy family with a bit of feelings for her with Sasuke having to leave for a mission...
All the villains are just to feed Sasuke , Sakura love story and Sarada feel good....
The antagonists almost defeats the Op Naruto leaving him licking his wounds with everybody lamenting how weak he has become and Then comes the Mvp....
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Enough with the hate

Here comes the final ratings
Story:5
started with a bang ended with a puff....

Art:7
what is expected of Naruto the series

Character:3
Nothing more than ever contradicting character outline

Enjoyment:1/9
Varies on what you wanted from the series

Overall:5
No comments.. Judge yourself

I'm disappointed with this whole spin off / sequel ( I don't even think if you can even call this crap a sequel).

I only read this spin off because i did like part 1 and 2 in some parts but this...it throws logic out of the window, already established by kishimoto himself. We got introduced with the new k11, which i was happy to see what's up with them, but no... kishimoto only focuses on chocho, trying to be funny but she isn't, and sarada with uchiha family all over again!

I thought we're going to see at least 2 volumes about the new k11 ... doing the gennin/chunnin exams. To see their abilities and personalities and compare them with their parents. In the gennin/chunnin exams we could get a villain like garaa, you know the ''cool!'' kids that believes they're better than others, coming from different villages and i was hoping to see something besides UCHIHA. I was left in disappointment.

The villain that we got in this spin off was terrible. Oh my god, if we compare shin with kaguya, I would freaking choose kaguya any day of the week. His reasoning about revenge is stupid and it doesn't make any sense to have a revenge at this point of time / timeline, which he could have done it when naruto and sasuke fought and were in their weaken state (He was in the fight watching from far away, there's a scan that it shows a person seeing the fight but never participated...)

Let me finish my review of this spin off with sarada and this whole pointless drama. She's a sakura v2, let's just state that she's no different than her mother. This whole drama or plot that we got in 10 chapters was pointless. We got barely character development in my opinion.

The only good thing that I found positive was to see the new kids, that's it!

Overall this manga was a 4 out of 10.