In an interview with Naruto Meigen Shu, he admitted that he intended Naruto to be a cooking manga… about ramen! “Naruto wasn’t supposed to be about ninjas, it was supposed to be about a teenager named Naruto cooking ramen.
Kishimoto admitted that he really loved ramen, and even incorporated his favorite ramen stall into his work.
But did you know that mangaka Masashi Kishimoto’s original plans about Naruto wasn’t really about ninjas?
Now, can you imagine what it would have been like if Naruto was about ramen, instead of ninjas?