Novel Adaptation Differences

This page lists the differences that occurred during the transition from novel to anime.

Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness

 * In the novel, Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno are among those sent as reinforcements to the Land of Silence. Sakura would assist in helping subdue a brainwashed Sai with Chōji Akimichi and heal Temari, who was injured by Sai during the fight. In the anime, Naruto and Sakura were not sent to the Land of Silence and Ino Yamanaka had helped bring Sai back to his senses.
 * The entirety of Chapter 4 was not adapted in the anime, which contained the following:
 * Kakashi Hatake gives Shikamaru Nara time off after the completion of the mission. A week later, he gives Shikamaru another assignment, which he turns down due to his date with Temari.
 * The story ends with a flashforward a few years later to Shikamaru and Temari with their newborn son, deciding what to name him.

Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding

 * Previously in the Shikamaru Hiden novel, Shikamaru and Temari had begun dating. In the anime, the events of Konoha Hiden take place shortly after; Shikamaru and Temari had yet to go on their first date.

Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light/Book of Dark Night

 * Both novels were very loosely adapted in the anime, major events that were excluded are the following:
 * Team 2, containing new members Yōji Aburame and Himuka Suzukaze, participating in the Chūnin Exams.
 * Itachi Uchiha's mission to assassinate Mukai Kohinata.
 * Itachi's mission in the Land of Frost.
 * Gozu and Mezu, who were impersonating Kagen Uchiha, monitoring Itachi.
 * In the novels, Tenma Izumo and his friends Hagiri and Katsura had bullied Itachi because they had accused the Uchiha clan for being involved with Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack. In the anime, Itachi had not met Tenma until joining Team 2 and the other bullies were replaced with Dokan, who instead challenged Itachi for defending other students.
 * In the novels, Danzō Shimura had taken Shisui's eye with the assistance of Sugaru. In the anime, after a short scuffle, Danzō had used Izanagi and then taken Shisui's eye.
 * In the anime, Fugaku Uchiha's motivations to conspire a coup d'état are further explored, revealing he had partially deciphered the  stone tablet with his Mangekyō Sharingan. This did not happen in the novels.
 * In the novels, Izumi Uchiha is killed by Itachi's Tsukuyomi. In the anime however, Izumi is killed by the masked man.

Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise

 * In the novel, Amuda was sent to Konohagakure by Chino with a group of human bombs but was captured. Amuda did not appear in the anime.
 * In the novel, Chino, Nowaki and Amuda are freed from their imprisonment by Kakashi in exchange for rooting out injustices that they were once victims of. Chino's first act was freeing the slaves from the Coliseum. In the anime, the pair is freed by the Fifth Mizukage, but it is Sasuke Uchiha who raids the Coliseum.
 * In the novel, the slaves from the Coliseum were taken in by Konoha after they had been freed. In the anime, they were instead taken in by Kumogakure.

Konoha Shinden: Steam Ninja Scrolls

 * The events of the novel begin in Naruto chapter 700 and during Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring. In the anime, Konoha Shinden takes place at a later time.
 * In the novel, Mirai Sarutobi, Kakashi and Might Guy meet Tatsumi at their last inn stop. In the anime, they meet her at their third stop.

Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day

 * In the novel, the thief steals the Kurama doll from Kiba Inuzuka's bag. In the anime, Kiba's bag is swapped with one containing a hamburger.
 * The entirety of Chapter 2 and the Interludes were not adapted in the anime, which contained the following:
 * Hinata and Hanabi Hyūga spending the holiday with Hiashi Hyūga.
 * Shino Aburame's activities during the festival. While they were mostly cut, Shino's possession of the Kurama doll was retained in the anime.
 * In the novel, Sasuke had returned to Konoha to discover the wreckage of his house after locating the address from Sakura's note, assuming it is a genjutsu. Sarada Uchiha would run into her father shortly after and tells him about Parent and Child Day. In the anime however, this is cut and it is Boruto Uzumaki who informs Sasuke of the holiday.

Anime novelisations
These are novelisations of arcs from the anime released after their airings.


 * In novelisation of the School Trip Arc, Buntan Kurosuki and Sarada meet a day earlier than what happened in the anime. Buntan picked up the handkerchief that fell from Sarada and noted that she was from the Uchiha clan.
 * In addition, before their fight, the girls talked a lot about Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and Yagura Karatachi.
 * After the battle, Buntan talked about Sasuke's technique called Kirin.
 * It was mentioned that Buntan's mother died before the beginning of this arc.

Trivia

 * While Shikamaru Shinden: A Cloud Dancing in Forlorn Falling Petals was not adapted, in the anime, Ōnoki had died before the timeframe that the novel takes place in.