Volume: 3 (of 6) - Sakura's Story - Love Riding the Spring Breeze
Creator: Masashi Kishimoto & Tomohito Ohsaki
Format: Flipped
Original Publisher: SHUEISHA Inc.
US Publisher: Viz
Release Date: 5/3/16
Pages: 192
ISBN: 1421584425
MSRP: $10.99
Genre: Shonen Jump
Rated: T (For Teens)
Description: A new series of prose novels, straight from the worldwide Naruto franchise. Naruto’s allies and enemies take center stage in these fast-paced adventures, with each volume focusing on a particular clanmate, ally, team…or villain.
The Great Ninja War did not only harm adults, but left many damaged children behind. Medical ninja Sakura travels the land, opening clinics dedicated to healing children of the mental trauma they experienced. She learns of a series of attacks against Konoha, and her investigation leads to an impossible conclusion: Sasuke is the terrorist mastermind behind them all! Using her skills and her heart, Sakura strives to clear Sasuke’s name and bring the real perpetrator to justice.
Contains 9 Chapters:
- Reminiscing
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
Review:
Cover:The cover for this volume features a sketched image of a much more mature Sakura. The background used this time is a pink and black frame like border, with a beige color for the center where the main image is focused. The series title is towards the bottom, followed by the novel's title. There is also the original Japanese title imprinted on the right side, which can only be seen if you move it through the light.
The spine from top to bottom contains the Shonen Jump brand logo, the series title, the manga title, the writer, an image of Sakura (from the front cover, and the VIZ company logo.
The back cover uses the same kind of pink and beige background. The center has the Novel's title and subtitle, followed by the description.
Still absolutely loving the way these novels are handled. Love the imaging used for each character and how they are actually sketched pictures. Love how they included the original title on the cover in the original Katakana and Kanji. Everything is just amazing!
The spine from top to bottom contains the Shonen Jump brand logo, the series title, the manga title, the writer, an image of Sakura (from the front cover, and the VIZ company logo.
The back cover uses the same kind of pink and beige background. The center has the Novel's title and subtitle, followed by the description.
Still absolutely loving the way these novels are handled. Love the imaging used for each character and how they are actually sketched pictures. Love how they included the original title on the cover in the original Katakana and Kanji. Everything is just amazing!
Translation: Lot's of errors in this volume, which is probably the worst thing I can actually say here. First off the translation is pretty soft translated, so there is room for a lot of improvements in terms of the grammer. There are also a lot of character names switched which at times could get really confusing, especially when Sasuke and Sakura's name get swapped multiple times over a single page and its not who they are referring to.
Content (Warning: May Contain Spoilers):Continuing forward from the previous Novel, this volume is the third in both chronological order in the timeline and release order. This one also takes place after Naruto The Last, the final movie in the Naruto Shippuden Movie series, so some events are mentioned throughout the entire course of the novel. Is it worth reading even though you have not seen the movie? Well let's find out shall we!
Sakura and Ino are helping Tsunade open up new hospitals through out the world, specifically for helping the children that were effected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi. While on their journey they come to find out that Sasuke has been seen and is trying to revive the Akatsuki to basically start a new project to collect the beasts once again.
Now it is up to Sakura and Ino, with the help of Sai, to try and figure out if it is really Sasuke doing this. In the end they find out that it is actually a warlord named Kido who had collected DNA from the final fight with Naruto and Sasuke at the Valley of the End and is trying to create drugs to reproduce the world's greatest ninjas in other people to make an army for himself. It is now up to our three heroes to find a way to bring down Kido before he fulfills his ultimate goal and creates a nine tailed beast drug that anyone can basically use freely just by taking a single pill.
Not going to give away the whole story this time since this may be the last volume of the Hiden series since VIZ has not actually released any info on the final three volumes. All I can tell you is yes, if you have finished the manga, it is a good idea to read this even if you have not seen Naruto The Last. There are a few flashback scenes kind of in the novel that give enough info to not really a person needs to see the movie. It has lots of character development and it was great seeing Sakura really in action as she is the third member of Naruto's team and has the least amount of time of the three members to actually be given a lot of growth. I for one was extremely pleased with this story and I hope the next novel does get released as these have great potential and a fulfilling gap between the original manga and the current Boruto series.
Content (Warning: May Contain Spoilers):Continuing forward from the previous Novel, this volume is the third in both chronological order in the timeline and release order. This one also takes place after Naruto The Last, the final movie in the Naruto Shippuden Movie series, so some events are mentioned throughout the entire course of the novel. Is it worth reading even though you have not seen the movie? Well let's find out shall we!
Sakura and Ino are helping Tsunade open up new hospitals through out the world, specifically for helping the children that were effected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi. While on their journey they come to find out that Sasuke has been seen and is trying to revive the Akatsuki to basically start a new project to collect the beasts once again.
Now it is up to Sakura and Ino, with the help of Sai, to try and figure out if it is really Sasuke doing this. In the end they find out that it is actually a warlord named Kido who had collected DNA from the final fight with Naruto and Sasuke at the Valley of the End and is trying to create drugs to reproduce the world's greatest ninjas in other people to make an army for himself. It is now up to our three heroes to find a way to bring down Kido before he fulfills his ultimate goal and creates a nine tailed beast drug that anyone can basically use freely just by taking a single pill.
Not going to give away the whole story this time since this may be the last volume of the Hiden series since VIZ has not actually released any info on the final three volumes. All I can tell you is yes, if you have finished the manga, it is a good idea to read this even if you have not seen Naruto The Last. There are a few flashback scenes kind of in the novel that give enough info to not really a person needs to see the movie. It has lots of character development and it was great seeing Sakura really in action as she is the third member of Naruto's team and has the least amount of time of the three members to actually be given a lot of growth. I for one was extremely pleased with this story and I hope the next novel does get released as these have great potential and a fulfilling gap between the original manga and the current Boruto series.
- Language: No
- Violence: Yes
- Nudity: No
- Sexual Situations: No
Score:
- Cover: 10/10
- Translation: 4/10
- Story: 8/10
Overall Rating: 7/10
Where Purchased: Barnes and Nobles
Original Review Date: 9/20/16
Where Purchased: Barnes and Nobles
Original Review Date: 9/20/16
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