Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4271790-20141023105023/@comment-5407586-20141025123301

Blaezej wrote: Unless, of course, the countdown was from the very chapter #695. But I don't think so, personally. That's the point. The countdown was on the cover, so including the actual chapter of the issue. With this, it's obvious that 699 will be the last chapter of the Naruto series.