This article contains spoilers from the Naruto series.
Masashi Kishimoto Naruto the series is absolutely incredible in terms of character writing, and fans have seen that in many characters over the years. Kishimoto is a great writer of compelling characters and some of his most incredible writing has come whenever he touches the Uchiha Naruto series.
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Among the powerful Uchihas, Itachi is one character that fans have always loved with an incredible ferocity. Although Itachi was initially seen as a villain, his true noble goals were revealed to fans at the end, and that's exactly what makes everyone love him so much more. While Itachi was absolutely brilliant, the biggest downfall of his character was the fact that he didn't last long. Itachi was taken out of the plot fairly early onand fans were unhappy about it. Now it seems that Itachi is about to returnif Kishimoto's own words are to be believed.
Masashi Kishimoto wants to bring back Itachi Uchiha in a new side story
Since Naruto ended, Masashi Kishimoto has been involved in several interesting projects. Immediately following the Naruto series, he wrote a miniseries called Naruto Gaiden and still oversees Boruto to this day. However, the most interesting project that Kishimoto has undertaken came recently in 2023, namely Minato one-shot after the Naruto Global Popularity Poll.
Each of us lives dependent and bound by our individual knowledge and our consciousness. We call all this “reality”. However, both knowledge and awareness are ambiguous. One person's reality may be another's illusion. We all live in our own fantasies. — Itachi Uchiha
Last year, Kishimoto was specifically asked to write more one-shots, and it seems he wants to do one on Itachi Uchiha. Since Itachi is a character that most fans of the series adore, Kishimoto bringing him back would be absolutely brilliant for the franchise.
It should be noted that when Kishimoto commented, he had not yet decided what exactly he wanted to do with Itachi's character in the future. But he's certainly already thought about it and fans could finally see the return of this legendary Uchiha through a new oneshot.
Here's what Kishimoto had to say about Itachi's return:
Yes, I would like to do others, but I am taking time to think about it. I actually used a reader-made ranking of the characters. Minato was the first. The other is Itachi… I say this half jokingly, but you never know. — Masashi Kishimoto
Kishimoto will eventually draw new stories
Itachi Uchiha aside, Kishimoto still wants to do more stories. He has already expressed his desire to continue writing the manga, either as a continuation of Naruto through a sequel or prequel series, or a completely new manga.
His plan was to make another long-running manga, but that fell through with Samurai 8. Since then, Kishimoto spent a lot of time with his family. He has previously mentioned that he wants to return to drawing manga, but has not given any specific date to fans.
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At this point, that's what all the fans are hoping for Kishimoto returns to the Naruto series in a way that doesn't apply to the Boruto series, which most fans consider a failure. There is still a lot of potential in the Naruto franchise, especially considering the blank period between the end of Naruto and the beginning of Boruto.
Itachi Uchiha's story breathes new life into the Naruto franchise
So far it looks like that Kishimoto plans to do some one-shots on a few select characters such as Itachi Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki and even Sasuke Uchiha.
Appearance and prejudices tell you nothing. You assume I am very patient and underestimate me. Clan…clan…You keep bringing it up, mistaking the size of that vessel and underestimating the size of mine. That's why you're here now, sneaking around. — Itachi Uchiha, Naruto
If Kishimoto makes good on his word, there's a chance these characters will be reworked in greater detail than ever before. Then again, there is no confirmation that will write one-shots about all the characters in the Top 10 Popularity poll.
to say the least itachi's side story looks like it will happen sometime in the future. When that happens, it will breathe new life into the Naruto franchise that was drained by the Boruto series. Most fans agree that Naruto is in desperate need of a reset and the Itachi one-shot could pave the way for that.
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