Also more questions he answered.
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Did you ever think that Naruto would last this long?
- Actually I never imagined it, I actually thought it might be canned after the 10th week. That's actually a regular occurence at Jump, after episode 10, 'THE END'.
Did the editors of Shonen Jump want you to continue NARUTO?
- Well I'd be lying if there wasn't some pressure from mangement. But I had a pretty clear idea how I wanted to the series to end, but I put my foot down and said "this is when I want it to end, this is it"
You said you had the Naruto ENDING perfectly visualized in 2006. Did you end the Manga how you wanted to back then?
- Actually it was all in my end. I had envisioned that Naruto and Sasuke would make the sign of recoliniation in the Valley of the End.
You've been working on a lot of stuff; Naruto Gaiden, Boruto Movie, etc., how is your work load?
- So um, yeah life got a little bit easier when I finished drawing Naruto. It might not be obvious to the fan's, but literally as I was drawing the last chapter, I was told I was going to write the script for the Boruto Movie. It was just recetly that I finally got time to relax and spend time with my family. After the scree play.
Other than Naruto, who is your favorite character of the series?
- Jiraiya
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