Konohagakure no Sato, the Village Hidden in the Leaves, is one of the five great ninja villages of the world. Uzumaki Naruto, a boy who lives in the village, struggles after repeatedly failing the ninja academy final exam. Unbeknownst to him, he holds within his body the spirit of the nine-tailed fox that destroyed the village twelve years prior; because of this, he is despised by the villagers and lives a solitary life. However, he dreams of one day becoming Hokage, the respected head of the vi...
still is very cute, this volume had a bit more wordplay variety (one character that speaks only in katakana), but the difficulty hasn't changed much, and there's some really pretty panels in this one, some really cool fights and iconic 術s were being cast in this volume ^^
still pretty basic Japanese though: doesn't get into many dialects and is straightforward with the labels, and furigana makes it easier to absorb vocab like a sponge ^^