Shueisha announced when the one-shot Naruto manga starring the Narutop99 worldwide character poll winner Minato Namikaze will appear. It will show up in the July 18, 2023 Weekly Shonen Jump issue. That will be number 33. It is only confirmed for a Japanese release so far. The official site didn’t note a worldwide launch for the story, which is called “Naruto Gaiden: Uzu no Naka no Tsumujikaze.”
The announcement did offer some details about the story. It will be a prequel, as evidenced by the “gaiden” in the name. The art suggests it will also follow him when he was younger and about the age of Naruto during his storylines. It will be a 55-page one-shot with color pages as well.
There’s also a new piece of official art of Minato Namikaze as he will appear in this Naruto prequel manga. Here’s the new Masashi Kishimoto image.
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- Image via Shueisha
As a reminder, the top five characters in the Narutop99 poll were Minato, then Itachi, Sakura, Shisui, and Kakashi.
The “Naruto Gaiden: Uzu no Naka no Tsumujikaze” manga will appear in issue 33 of Weekly Shonen Jump. Viz Media handles the Naruto and Boruto manga and light novels outside Japan. The anime is available to stream on Crunchyroll.
