Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33788849-20180805201248/@comment-5085906-20180814140628

@BlazeRelease

I'm guessing you haven't seen Hunter x Hunter then, a show which Naruto pretty much ripped off. Though to Kishimoto's credit, after Part I, Naruto went on to become it's own thing, but the character backstories and concepts at the beginning are eerily similar when compared.

And while I agree with you that the series was rushed, it's preposterous to assume Kishimoto didn't take it seriously. The guy went on his honeymoon 9 years after being married because he had to constantly work on the manga. Furthermore, he had 5 days to draw a new chapter, 2 days to pen a script, while simultaneously combating exhaustion due to sleep deprivation. Being a mangaka is tough. Oda, creator of One Piece, has had health issues recently and Togashi, creator of Hunter x Hunter, hasn't launched a new chapter in a while because of his health issues and only has a job because he made it so he could take breaks anytime he wanted in his contract.