A thunderclap rang out in a clear sky, and a baby dropped down from above.
Naruto's birth had no effect on Konoha's peaceful life. The day he was born was quiet. Never mind Makoto Uchiha-Chihane had not even seen a little bird.
The newborn was named Naruto Uzumaki. Minato had borrowed the name Naruto from the protagonist of Jiraiya's book, "The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi."
According to Minato, he hoped Naruto would have the same strong will and never-say-die spirit as the novel's protagonist.
Chihane found that baffling. He had read the book too, and it was full of tacky clichés.
The hero rescued beauties, and a loser rose to greatness.
The protagonist had a childhood sweetheart who was sweet, obedient, and never clingy, petite and adorable, and knew how to act coy.
After war killed his parents and destroyed his home, he wandered the Shinobi World with his childhood sweetheart.
Along the way, he learned that a great demon king was responsible for all the wars in the Shinobi World and had even kidnapped a princess.
The protagonist would not stand for that, so he set off to defeat the demon king for the sake of world peace.
He encountered all sorts of hardships along the way, but they all followed the same pattern: an enemy appeared, the protagonist could not win, a flashback kicked in, he powered up, and the enemy died.
The main villain had countless chances to kill the protagonist, but instead kept sending his lackeys to their deaths so the protagonist could level up. Even in the final battle, when he could clearly kill the protagonist, he simply refused to do it. He just toyed with him.
He spewed all kinds of trash talk and nonsense until the protagonist powered up again and