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Naruto: Minato manga is set to release officially on Monday, July 17, 2023. However, before the manga's release worldwide, the manga panels for the same leaked online as they gave fans a preview of what they could expect from the upcoming one-shot manga.
The NARUTOP99 Worldwide Character Popularity Poll voting started on December 17, 2022, and the results were declared on April 13, 2023. Minato won first place with a staggering 792,257 votes, reaffirming his position as the all-time fan favorite in the franchise.
Following Minato Namikaze's win in the NARUTOP99 Worldwide Character Popularity Poll, the Fourth Hokage is set to receive a one-shot manga created by the series mangaka Masashi Kishimoto. Until now, the manga has only revealed the manga's base plot, which states that the story will be based on the protagonist's jutsu.
Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from the Naruto: Minato one-shot manga.
Naruto: Minato manga spoilers show Team Jiraiya going up against two Tailed Beasts
As per the spoilers for Naruto: Minato manga, Team Jiraiya is set to go up against Four-Tailed Beast Son Goku and Five-Tailed Beast Kokuo. Considering that the panel that has been leaked for the same is a colored panel, it is to be expected that this happens at the start of the one-shot manga. Fans might probably see Team Jiraiya work together for the first time as they fight the Tailed Beasts and Shinobi from Village Hidden in the Rocks.
Given that the team members have been shown for only the second time in the series, it is to be expected that fans will finally get to learn something about them.
There is also a hospital scene similar to that of Sasuke and Sakura's in Naruto. While the manga's protagonist seems injured from a battle, the Jinchuriki can be seen meeting him and hugging him, being glad that he is okay.
The leaked manga panels also showed scenes focusing on Kushina Uzumaki. She is seemingly set to lose control over the Nine-Tailed Beast. Thus, the beast tries to take over her. That's when the Fourth Hokage will come to her aide and help her seal the beast back inside her body.
The leaked manga panels also show Minato Namikaze using his Rasengan against Kurama. However, it is yet not confirmed if Kurama will come out of Kushina or if the fight is just a projection of how Minato hopes to seal the beast back inside the Jinchuriki.
Upon seeing Masashi Kishimoto's illustrations again, fans were convinced he was better at drawing than Mikio Ikemoto. Ikemoto is the person Kishimoto picked to create Naruto's sequel series, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. That said, fans have almost always been disappointed by Ikemoto's art as it is often lackluster.
The worst part about the situation is that Boruto is a monthly manga, yet happens to have poor art compared to most manga series appearing in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. Due to this, after seeing Masashi Kishimoto's work in the new Minato manga, fans want him to work on the Boruto manga as well.
While this seems improbable for now, there remains a possibility that after the response to the new one-shot manga, mangaka Masashi Kishimoto could be convinced to work on the Boruto manga alongside his former chief assistant.
Be sure to follow for more anime updates and manga news as 2023 progresses.
This article was modified on Monday, July 17, at 3:00 pm.
