I’ve come to understand that being entirely obsessed with engrossed with Naruto anime, is becoming normal. It even happened to me.

It all started with my friend, who came back from Japan recently, and kept going on about the Naruto anime series, and about how popular it was over there. He’s even been showing off all of his manga books. I have to admit - I began to feel a little jealous.

He told me that the Naruto anime series is almost as popular as the Dragon Ball Z series is in Japan. I found that hard to believe, but then I started flipping through the manga books, and I could definitely see how that might be possible.

There came a point where jealousy and shame completely took over. That’s when I decided that I wouldn’t be ashamed or jealous anymore. Eventually, I went home and did some research on my own about the Naruto anime series, so that I could hold my own when he started talking about it again.

Basically, I wanted start by looking into the story outline and the Naruto anime series characters, which of course, are an important part of any anime phenomenon. In hopes of keeping up with a Naruto anime series conversation, I checked out the Wikipedia, for a crash course in the Naruto anime series.

What I have found, is that there are five main characters in the Naruto anime series, namely Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Kakashi Hatake and Sai. It took me a while to remember the Naruto anime series main characters names, but eventually I got the hang of it. I didn’t tell my friend that I was learning about the Naruto anime series because I didn’t want his help. I wanted to figure it out for myself, and then I’d sneak attack him with all my Naruto anime knowledge.

He mentioned earlier that his favorite character in the Naruto anime series was Sakura Haruno, so I started learning a little about her. In the beginning of the Naruto anime series, Sakura is a student of Kakashi Hatake’s. Her strengths lie in her smarts and her intense control of chakra, meaning a life force energy.

It’s just like my buddy to have the smart girl be his favorite character in the Naruto anime series. He also usually likes the good guys in a story, and Sakura Haruno is definitely one of the good guys. As for me, I usually root for the villains in manga books.

After I read about all of the main Naruto anime series characters, just to keep up with my buddy, I started reading about the villains for my own personal enjoyment. I read all about the crime organization, called Akatsuki in the Naruto anime series, and that was that – I too was hooked. These are great bad guys! No wonder everyone’s so obsessed with Naruto anime.

I haven’t read up on all of the Naruto anime series characters, because there are so many. I do, however, feel like I can keep up with my buddy now, because I’ve learned the basic story and many things about all the important characters. Most of all though, I’ve learned quite a bit about the villains – because in my world, there’s no characters more important than the villains.