Growing up, Naruto was ostracized from his fellow villagers for containing that monster, inspiring him to dream of leading the Hidden Leaf and forcing everyone to recognize him. On the night of Naruto's birth, the fearsome nine-tailed fox, Kurama, was sealed inside his body, right before it could destroy the village completely. The hero, Naruto Uzumaki, was born in the Hidden Leaf Village in the heart of the Land of Fire, and from the start, he knew only suffering in this shinobi world. Ninjas have taken the place of soldiers and armies in this world, operating in small teams to get the job done with stealth and trickery rather than cannons and explosions. Characters like protagonist Naruto Uzumaki live in rustic, pre-industrial nations like the Land of Fire, undergoing risky missions for any client who will hire them. Naruto has remarkable worldbuilding with well-written international politics, a world map, and rich history that's slowly revealed over time.
While One Piece is all about pirates on the high seas and Bleach is a partial isekai story with swords, Naruto is all about fantasy-style ninjas in a unique world of Masashi Kishimoto's invention.
