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 m1 | love movies, so | go see them pretty
UiETL often. And since | watch movies
often, | decided to spend what little
money | had to purchase a DVD player.
Ho ho ho...now | can enjoy movies with
incredibly high image quality and Dolby
Digital sound! Or so | thought, except
that the movies | wanted to watch
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—Measashi Kishitnoto, 2000

Author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural

Okayama Prefecture, Japan. After spending time in art college,
he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his
manga Karakuri (“Mechanism”). Kishimoto decided to base his
next story on traditional Japanese culture. His first version of
Naruto, drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits;
his final version, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in
1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in Japan.
 NARUTO VOL. 5
The SHONEN JUMP Graphic Novel Edition

This graphic novel contains material that was originally published

in English in SHONEN JUMP #19-23.

STORY AND ART BY MASASHI KISHIMOTO

English Adaptation/Jo Duffy

Translation/Mari Morimoto
Touch-up Art & Lettering/Heidi Szykowny
Design/Sean Lee
Editors/Shaenon K. Garrity and Frances E. Wall

Managing Editor/Elizabeth Kawasaki

Director of Production/Noboru Watanabe
Vice President of Publishing/Alvin Lu
Vice President & Editor-in-Chief/Yumi Hoashi
Sr. Director of Acquisitions/Rika Inouye
Vice President of Sales & Marketing/Liza Coppola
Publisher/Hyoe Narita

NARUTO © 1999 by Masashi Kishimoto. All rights reserved.

First published in Japan in 1999 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo. English
translation rights in the United States of America and Canada
arranged by SHUEISHA Inc. The stories, characters and incidents
mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional.

No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any

form or by any means without written
permission from the copyright holders.

Printed in the U.S.A.

Published by VIZ Media, LLC

P.O. Box 77010
San Francisco, CA 94107

SHONEN JUMP Graphic Novel Edition

109876543
First printing, November 2004
Second printing, April 2005
Third printing, July 2005

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J |A PARENTAL ADVISORY
NARUTO is rated T for Teen and is recom-
mepia mended for ages 13 and up. This volume
C=3ey contains realistic & fantasy violence.

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classmates, but she’s con- imprisoned inside his body. comes from the presti-
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. His
stantly distracted by her Spurned by the older vil- gious Uchiha clan. His
Sharingan (“Mirror-Wheel Eye’)
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allows him to reflect and mimic
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One of the many student ninja from foreign villages who have traveled to
Konohagakure for the Junior Ninja Selection Exams. What does this creepy kid
have in mind when he challenges Sasuke to a duel? Sasuke is about to find out!

THE STORY SO FARR...

Twelve years ago, a destructive nine-tailed fox spirit attacked the ninja village of
Konohagakure. The Hokage, or village champion, defeated the fox by sealing its soul
into the body of a baby boy. Now that boy, Uzumaki Naruto, has grown up to become
a ninja-in-training, learning the art of ninjutsu with his classmates Sakura and Sasuke.

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura have been nominated by their instructor Kakashi to take
the Junior Ninja Selection Exams, which they must pass to advance to the next level of
ninja training. The village is crawling with student ninja from villages near and far, who
are all determined to ace the exams. On their way to turn in the applications, they
observe their fellow students’ advanced skill and training, and Naruto and his class-
mates begin to suspect that they’re in way over their heads....
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NUMBER 37 A TOTAL MAISMAATCH!!!

NUMBER 38 ON YOUR MARK

NUMBER 39 THE CHALLENGERS!!

NUMBER 40 CHE FIRST, TEST

NUMBER 41 THE WHISPER OF DEMONS

NUMBER 42 TO EACH HIS OWN

NUMBER 43 THE TENTH QVESTION

NUMBER 44 THE TALENTS WE TEST FOR

NUMBER 45 THE SECOND EXAM

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HIDING-IN-SOUND!
FIRST EXAM, YOU CAN'T CARRY
ANDO WE GOT ON ANY WAY YOU
PLEASE WHEN
 AND EVEN THIS POINT
IF THAT FORWARD,
THEN IT’S
PERMISSION THERE WILL HIGH TIME
IS GRANTED, mebeedc SOMEONE
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OUT ALL WORST
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PAPERS | DION’T
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GIVE THE
SIGNAL.

AREGULAR
INVISIBLE

QUESTIONS?!
WHY

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ON THE BLACKBOARD AREA
ANO EXPLAIN THEM ALL, FEW BIG
BUT I’M NOT TAKING RULES THAT
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WE TAKE YOUR PERFEC T SCORE
TOTAL POINTS
TEN POINTS...
REMAIN AT 10
SUBTRACT

Ree EXAMPLE 2.
WRONG ANSWER.. 3 ANSWERS WRONG
DROPS DOWN TOTAL POINTS
TO SEVEN. ARE REDUCED TO 7 POINTS

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FASSING OR NUMBER aie
FAILING WILL THIS
BE DETERMINED WRITTEN
BY THE SUM TESTIS
OF THE POINTS
HELO BY ALL
THREE MEMBERS

QUESTIONS J
WRONG,
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THE
CONCEPT
OBJECT
OF THE STARTING
IS FOR EACH
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TEAM TO HAVE
DEDUCTIONS IS HARD
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AS POSSIBLE
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FROM ITS
YOU'RE TALKING
JOINT
THIRTY-POINT
TOTAL.

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UP AND HEAR THE
LISTEN. FART
YOU ABOUT “NO
MIGHT QUESTIONS’?
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NEXT SOMETHING. OUR
BIT REASONS.
IS
CRUCIAL.

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SUBTRACT WORDS,
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POINTS THAT LEADS
FROM THE PROCTORS
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OF THE SHE HAS BS) ANYTHING
CHEATER'S CHEATED... fag-\ OUT OF THE
TEAM.
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% SOME OF YOU
WILL RUN THROUGH
YOUR ENTIRE
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TEST. IF SO, YOU'LL

BE FAILED AND
ASKED TO

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LOOKING
OVER YOUR
SHOULDERS

ASPIRE TO
BECOME
CHUUNIN... LET THE
PROCTORS

IF YOU WANT CATCH YOU

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BEST SHINOBI
YOU CAN BE... YOURSELF
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POINTS, THAT EAN
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OF HOW THE OTHER
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TO KILL ME
ALREADY!
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UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH ILOVE MANGA" REJECTS CORNER...
THE MANGA FAGE ABOVE IS A REJECTED FAGE FROM NARUTO. THIS FAGE
HAO BEEN THUMBNAILED, BROKEN DOWN IN PENCIL, AND THEN FINISHED
IN INK... BUT | STILL REOREW IT, BECAUSE | JUST DION'T FEEL IT WAS UP TO
SNUFF, THE LAYOUT WAS TOO STATIC, AND THE FANELS WERE TOO SMALL
FOR THE KINO OF DYNAMIC, IMPORTANT ACTION THIS SEQUENCE CALLED
FOR. TRYING TO MAINTAIN A WEEKLY PUBLISHING SCHEOULE LEAVES ME
VERY LITTLE TIME FOR THE LUXURY OF FUSSING OVER ART, SO IT’S PRETTY
RARE TO REDO ANYTHING ONCE IT’S DOWN ON PAPER... BUT IF SOMETHING
FEELS SO WRONG THAT | KNOW IT NEEOS FIXING, THEN | COMMIT TO THE
CHANGE, NO MATTER HOW SET IN STONE | THINK MY STORY OUTLINE ANDO
THUMBNAIL ORAWINGS ARE, AND NO MATTER HOW FAR ALONG I'VE GOTTEN
IN THE FINISHED ART. IF SOMETHING REALLY FEELS WRONG, I'VE GOT TO
RESPECT MY OWN CREATIVE GUT INSTINCTS. YOU KNOW... SEEING IT IN
WRITING... |THINK | MAY HAVE JUST FIGURED OUT WHY | SOMETIMES HAVE
TROUBLE MEETING DEADLINES!
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RULES FOR FART ONE etfs
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SCORE OF TEN POINTS. THERE ARE TEN
QUESTIONS WORTH ONE POINT APIECE.
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INCORRECT ANSWER. THE GRADING SYSTEM
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Whisper
IS ENTIRELY BASED ON A PRINCIPLE
OF PENALIZATION.

of
THE EXAM IS A TEAM EVENT.
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NINJA CELL CAN COME TO RETAINING ITS
INITIAL THIRTY POINTS.

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AIDING ANO ABETTING A CHEATER WILL LOSE
TWO POINTS FOR EACH OFFENSE.

ANYONE WHO HAS NO POINTS LEFT AT THE

TEST’S ENO-- WHETHER CUE TO BEING
CAUGHT CHEATING OR TO AN INABILITY TO
ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY--
WILL AUTOMATICALLY FAIL; IF A SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL FAILS, THE REMAINING TWO
MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S CELL WILL BE
FAILED AS WELL.
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FIRST CHIEF
EXAMINATION
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MORINO
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IT HAVE
TO BE
IBIKI?!

KURENAI,
YOU'RE STILL
A NEWBIE
TO THE
JONIN ELITE,
SO YOU
HAVE NO
WAY OF
KNOWING.
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AND
INTERROGATION!

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NO DOUBT THAT PRESENTLY
THE APPLICANTS UNDERWAY...
ARE BEING WHILE THERE
SUBJECTED MAY BE NO
TO THE PHYSICAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE...
PRESSURES
THAT MAKE HIM
INFAMOUS AS AN
INTERROGATOR.

HAPPENS ACCEPT
IF SOMEONE OR
REJECT...?
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REJECT THE
QUESTION
AND DON’T
EVEN TRY TO
ANSWER IT,
ANO BOTH YOU'LL LOSE
OF YOUR ALL YOUR
TEAMMATES POINTS
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RIGHT
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THEN
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THAN ONCE
ALREADY!!
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THERE ARE!

JUST YOUR
ROTTEN LUCK.
| WASN'T
MAKING THE
RULES IN
PAST YEARS.

ANYONE
WHO HAS UP FRONT
COME DOUBTS
BACK AND BA WITH YOU.
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SMART APA yO U CAN TAKE A
FAILING GRADE
NEXT YEAR, TO REJECT
AND THE THE TENTH
NOW, ANDO
YEAR AFTER QUESTION TRY AGAIN
LATER.
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LEVEL FOR eTHEN ALL
THREE TEAM
MEMBERS
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LEAVE THE

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GRADE ROOKIE
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HIS FOES...
BRINGING
THEIR HUMAN
WEAKNESSES
TO THE
SURFACE...

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SKILLS AS AN
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WHAT
ABOUT
THE TENTH
QUESTION?!
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THE WHOLE

HEY! THEN
WHY DID WE
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POINTS-- \ CONCLUSION... a EXPECTED TO
BY
CHEATING.
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my!
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BY LITTLE,
TIME ANDO
TIME AGAIN,
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LIVES HANG
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