Part 1 | Part 2 | < > | Part 4 | Part 5 Kishimoto: After I finished watching The Last: Naruto the Movie [Jump Festa Event, December 2014], right when it had ended, I couldn’t believe they actually used the Boruto concept design I gave to the editor. And even put out the sentence […]
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