Naruto's Forgotten First Manga Appearance Still Has His Grossest Moment
It's well known that Naruto spent much of his life as an absolute nuisance to Konoha. Between graffiti, reading books he shouldn't, and his general attitude as a loud-mouth, the future Seventh Hokage was anything but disciplined as a child. Despite all of the shenanigans Naruto would get up to though, his original manga pilot showed a side of him that was far darker and far grosser.
Beginning in 1999, Naruto has become a global sensation and it's undeniable that part of the reason is Naruto himself. Far from a selfless or moral hero, Naruto starts out as an absolute brat who can't stand the thought of working with others. As an orphan with a village-destroying demon trapped inside of him, Naruto was almost destined to be an outcast, leading him to act out for attention. As annoying as many of these actions were to the adults in his life, it's difficult not to sympathize with him at least a little. However, Naruto's first appearance was a little less sympathetic.
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In 1997, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto released a pilot for the series that was much different than the elaborate ninja world which premiered two years later. In this first draft, Naruto isn't a boy with a nine-tailed fox demon trapped inside of him, but the son of that demon. The pilot opens with Naruto having trapped a classmate in a hole. The classmate threatens to snitch on Naruto by revealing that he had actually defecated on the village leader's desk. This does nothing to persuade Naruto, who then proceeds to pee on his classmate, much to his absolute horror.
The world presented by the Naruto pilot manga is very different from the one fans are used to and this even extends to
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