Naruto: Kakashi’s Story--Lightning in the Frozen Sky (Naruto Novels Book 1)

My daughter bought this. She loves it.

One of my favorite characters from the Naruto manga is Hatake Kakashi, and I was so glad to see Kishimoto write a book centered around him after the end of Naruto. It's not meant to be read on its own (the story even referenced a character from one of the Naruto movies) and longtime fans will find it nostalgic and heartwarming to read about the return of many other great characters like Shikamaru, Tsunade, Guy, etc... The story plot itself is exciting, cut-throat, and fast-paced, and it held my attention the whole way through. The only drawback was that it was easy to tell the story is a translation and not directly written from the author to English readers, but honestly I didn't care! Naruto fans don't miss out on this little gem!

If you are a true fan of the Naruto series, as a whole, I recommend you to read this book. Keep in mind there are six other books just like this with different characters set at different times in the world of Naruto. If you haven’t read the description on this book, make sure to give it a quick glance as I’d say that is pretty spot on. Kakashi finds himself at a point of low confidence in his strength and skills as a shinobi. This pushes him to put off officially becoming the sixth hokage. When faced with the constant questioning from close friends, comrades, and a difficult mission, he finds the source of what makes him proud to be a shinobi and fights to break the excuses of losing obito’s eye and the key abilities he fell back on in tough situations. In case you’re curious, I’m not entirely sure if this is cannon but there isn’t anything preventing this from being just that. It makes sense to actually fit in with the story as it does take place shortly after the ending to the fourth great ninja war. Between that and kakashi actually becoming hokage. I think I remember someone saying something about this book being filler in a previous comment but I disagree. I think this simply fills in the gaps between shippuden and bortuo. Give this a like so people can get the good information about this novel. I’ll be reading and doing the same with book two!

The story was engaging. Easy read. The only downside is the creator of Naruto didn't write this side story so its not true to the manga.

Let me start off by saying that I have been a fan of Naruto for the past eleven years; from the time I first witnessed it in the English Dub, to long after the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War. Having seen all of the latest films and kept up with anything that related to the story, I'd say I have a pretty firm understanding of the Naruto universe. With that being said, it should come as no surprise to the reader that I was waiting ever so patiently for this translation to be made available, so that I could learn more about Kakashi and what led to his decision to become the Hokage. I do not wish to give too much away for anyone that has yet to read the story, but I will say that anyone that's read the manga will enjoy this book. The action and sequencing is fast-paced, and the dialogue is exactly what you'd expect from a Naruto book: at times, witty and comedic, but then melancholy and a touch melodramatic, but in a very good way. The author does a phenomenal job of making the reader feel like they're actually there with Kakashi, spreading chakra throughout his or her body, narrowly avoiding danger right alongside the Sixth Hokage. If only for the story, this book is a perfect ten out of ten if you are a Naruto fan. I did, however, have one major concern with this book, and that was the translator's knowledge of the Naruto universe. Jocelyne Allen did a pretty good job of translating the book as a whole, but if a person has a full understanding of a language, translating a text to their native tongue should be a pretty straightforward task, so it's hard to get something wrong there. However, as a longtime fan of Naruto, I noticed a few things that were off, and because I am such a devoted fan, I was bothered every time I noticed them. Some Jutsu names were off, primarily Shikamaru's Shadow Strangle Jutsu (in the novel, "Suffocating Darkness"), and Choji's Human Boulder ("Human Juggernaut", seriously?). Ten-Ten was also, in the one line where she is referred to using a gender-specific pronoun, wrongfully identified as a " he." I myself had a profound issue with the translator constantly putting a character's last name before their first name, and while I understand that in Japanese the last name goes first, if a book is being written or translated into English, I would prefer it if somethings were kept right. Had the book been written out as though it were an episode from the English-Dubbed version of the show, I would have been much more pleased. There are still more errors within the text, but I do not wish to make the book seem bad. If the reader is as much a fan as I am, they might feel slightly bothered by the problems, but still, I cannot stress the importance of remembering that any errors a reader encounters should not be blamed on the book as whole, but rather the translator, who aside from the aforementioned mistakes, does a brilliant job bringing this story to life in the English language. If it weren't for the errors, this book would have a perfect five out of five from me. Overall, if the reader is a fan of the series and longs to find out what happened in the blank period between chapters 699 and 700, then they should definitely check out this book and the rest of the novels that will be released shortly in English. This is one experience no Naruto fan worth his salt should miss out on.

Good read.

This book is great (I've read it from fan-translation). See the note below. ***Please aware of supported device for this content My Kindle Keyboard can't download this book at all. It's kind of disappointment that a Kindle device can't read Kindle Edition book. Of cause, It can be read from Kindle Application or newer device. But at least, please make it readable in KINDLE device. Text only should be fine! I'm not gonna rate this book badly despite disappointed Kindle Edition. I love it. Great to read the story of Kakashi. I'm a huge fan of him.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. The story takes place AFTER Shippuden, but before Boruto. I was looking forward to reading about the interim of the Naruto world. I enjoyed it.

Aos fãs de Kakashi Hatake, essa novel é de leitura essencial. Vemos o futuro Hokage duvidando de suas próprias capacidades, temendo não proteger a aldeia como deveria sem seu Sharingan (perdido durante a Quarta Guerra Ninja). A aventura segue Kakashi junto de Guy (e sua cadeira de rodas) dentro de um dirigível que está sendo atacado por uma gangue de ninjas patifes que estão contra o sistema político atual das Grandes Nações Shinobis. Temos um grande desenvolvimento do personagem, que antes duvidando de suas capacidades, no fim, percebe o quão essencial é naquele momento, e também, que seria um bom Hokage a sua aldeia natal. Temos momentos hilários e fofos com seu aluno, Naruto Uzumaki também. A novel se passa poucos meses após a saída de Sasuke de Konoha em busca de redenção. Infelizmente, outra novel maravilhosa que não foi adaptada no final de Naruto Shippuden. Gostaria de aproveitar para agradecer a Amazon por trazer as novels em inglês pela editora Vizmedia para que nós brasileiros possamos adquirí-la com mais facilidade.

As always the best written character in NARUTO... He's my favourite character because of his life story and in the story...the journey before becoming hokage is the best...once again in the book we got to see his actions, intelligence and his kindness and empathy... that's what makes him the best character for me in the entire series...like he lost everyone who was important to him and even after that he never once choosen wrong path or became evil...and same thing we got to see in this book...I loved to read it...and I will purchase for of it from this book series...I wish that it got animated some day......

Although I think that the story could have developed more, it was a nice read. Wonderful to witness that Kakashi has found a woman he likes and gets flustered by the kids’ merciless blessings.

A gift for my 13 year old son, he enjoys reading it. Good quality, fast delivery.

Ein MUSS für jeden Naruto Fan. Die Geschichte ist meiner Meinung nach unlaublich fesselnd geschrieben und ich habe das Buch wort- wörtlich verschlungen! Zusammenfassung (SPOILER): Der Plot setzt direkt nach dem 4. Großen Ninjakrieg an, nach diesem Tsunade Kakashi zu ihrem Nachfolger als Hokage ernannt hat. Kakashi ist sich, aufgrund seines nun fehlenden Sharingans, unsicher, ob er die nötigen Fähigkeiten besitzt sein Dorf ausreichend zu schützen. Bevor er jedoch die Zeremonie antritt, um auf dem Hokagestuhl platz zu nehmen, erhält er eine letzte, wichtige Mission - Den Jungfernflug eines riesigen Luftschiffes überwachen. Dabei gerät er allerding in einige Schwierigkeiten. Zusammen mit Might Guy, der sich durch die Hilfe von Lee auf eben besagtes Luftschiff schmuggeln konnte, muss sich Kakashi einer Bande stellen, die einen besonderen Eis-Kekkei Genkai Nutzer in ihren Reihen haben. Diese haben das Luftschiff gekentert, und fordern Konoha daraufhin auf, ihren Anführer freizulassen, der in Hozuki Castle, dem Gefängnis aus dem 5. Naruto Shippuuden Film, von den Konoha 11 festgehalten wird. Kooperiert Konoha nicht, stirbt alle 10 Minuten ein Passagier. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt, und Kakashi findet heraus, dass die Bande noch einen weiteren Trumpf im Ärmel hat: Blaues explodierendes Pulver, mit dessen enormer Kraft der Feind das Gefängnis in die Luft zu sprengen versucht, sollten die Kooperationsversuche mit Konoha vehlschlagen. Tsunade weigert sich, den Anführer der Bande freizulassen, und gibt das Schiff zugleich zum Abschuss frei. Guy und Kakashi besiegen die Bande gerade noch rechtzeitig, und bringen das Schiff, druch die Hilfe der Eis Kekkei Genkai Nutzerin, sicher zu Boden. Nachdem Kakashi das Luftschiff verlassen hat, nahm er das Amt des Hokage an, da er durch den Kampf auf 5000 Metern Höhe gelernt hat, dass er auch ohne sein Sharingan großes vollbringen kann, und diejenigen beschützen kann, die er liebt. - Zusammenfassung ENDE -