Naruto: Sasuke’s Story – The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust (Manga) Vol. 01

Naruto: Sasuke’s Story – The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust (Manga) Vol. 01

Sasuke and Sakura take on ancient secrets, deadly conspiracies, and even dragons in this manga adaptation of the novel.

Years after the great shinobi war, Naruto is struck with a mysterious illness. Desperate for a cure, Sasuke and Sakura embark on a dangerous undercover mission in the distant land of Redaku. Together they discover a nefarious plot of life-and-death proportions and a battle that will test this husband-and-wife team till death do they part.

Sasuke Uchiha heads for the isolationist land of Redaku, where he’ll need to infiltrate an astronomical observatory that’s being operated as a prison for deadly criminals. There he has a rendezvous with none other than his wife, Sakura, and together they dive into an investigation to uncover traces of the Sage of Six Paths! With danger lurking around every corner, what fate lies in store for the ninja couple?

Biographical Notes:

Shingo Kimura

Shingo Kimura launched onto the manga scene immediately after finishing college in 2018 when his graduation project “Kuimodoshi” was a runner-up for the 95th Tezuka Awards. The one-shot was published in Jump Square later that year, and in 2022 Kimura became the artist for Naruto: Sasuke’s Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust: The Manga.

Masashi Kishimoto

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 Shonen Jump in 1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in Japan.

Jun Esaka

Jun Esaka, blood type O, was born on February 13 in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from Waseda University, he began working as a writer.

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