Board Thread:Naruto News/@comment-945885-20150119163247/@comment-8284722-20150119214316

I'd heard that Blade of the Immortal had some influence on him. Might try getting into it; it looks pretty good.

About the key points:


 * He thought he wouldn't compete with Blade of the Immortal. Boy, was he wrong.


 * Never heard of CodeProvider, and don't really care.


 * Cool to know about the designs. Might give us some insights as to what Kakashi looks like under the mask...


 * Of course he looked at the hands, OF COURSE!!! Also, how would the pinning work?


 * Well that explains a lot. All I gotta say is: YOU @$$#&^%$!!!!!


 * That's actually something I've been curious about. When Naruto started off, Kishi's use of villains was to make them completely antithetical to the heroes. After Orochimaru, though, we hardly got any of that, and got the tragic backstory thing. I love both of them and it's heavily influenced my own writing, but this shift is somewhat unexpected.


 * I'm thinking of making a thread involving what Kishi would do next based on what he's already done. Monthly sounds good if it's to improve art, and shorter is fine I guess. Never read his oneshots, but I would love to see them expanded on, and am actually the most interested in Mario. I understand Samura's logic though. For example, Akira Toriyama created the wildly popular Dr. Slump, then was asked to do another long series - Dragon Ball.


 * Kishi's art looks great. Samura's? I'm sorry, it doesn't click.