Naruto: The Best Sakura Story Isn’t From the Anime or Manga

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Naruto is a manga and anime juggernaut, and easily one of the most well-known franchises in the world. After running for fifteen years, the Naruto manga finally ended in 2014, putting an end to one of the most successful runs in Weekly Shonen Jump. The anime would end three years later, marking an end of an era, although a sequel series called Boruto: Naruto Next Generations would immediately appear to fill the void.

After the manga ended, a slew of supplemental material came out to fill the gaps between the end of Naruto and the beginning of Boruto. Included in these are the Naruto Hiden books, a collection of light novels that take place after the end of Naruto. Instead of focusing on main character Naruto Uzumaki, the novels instead on the many supporting characters that have appeared throughout the series. Sakura Hiden (known as Sakura's Story in English) is a novel that focuses on Sakura Haruno, Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha's teammate and close friend. As Sakura does not get as much attention in the main series as Naruto and Sasuke do, this novel gives her a rare chance to stand in the spotlight.

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As the story begins, Sakura is working on developing a therapy center for children's mental health. At the same time, she worries about her relationship with Sasuke, who is constantly on the move and rarely makes contact with her. When she goes to Sunagakure to explain her medical findings with the therapy center, she learns from Gaara that a man appearing to be Sasuke has been approaching people asking them to help him in overthrowing Konohagakure.

At the same time, mysterious attacks on high-ranking officials puts sixth Hokage Kakashi Hatake on alert. As these two