Naruto is, at its core, a battle shonen anime and manga franchise rooted deeply in its depictions of friendship, yet one bond stays criminally underrated.

While Shikamaru and Naruto are deemed best friends by most fans, this glaring detail proved that Masashi Kishimoto was fooling us all along.

I expected the crowd to be primarily parents with younger kids. The new generation of Naruto fans. When we walked into the theater, instead of kids in outfits or teens looking for a way to pass an ...