Naruto fans, good news! Naruto: Sasuke’s Story The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust (Sasuke Retsuden) is a story that focuses on Sasuke’s journey to save his best friend.
The story takes place after the events of Naruto: Shippuden and before Boruto: Naruto Next Generation.
The plot of the story goes as follows: Uchiha Sasuke heads for an astronomical observatory, far from the Land of Fire.
There, he syncs up with Sakura, and together they dive into an undercover investigation in search of traces of the Sage of Six Paths! They discover a plan that goes beyond life and death, and a battle that will test this husband-and-wife team till death do they part.
Naruto: Sasuke's Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust: The Manga, Ch. 1: Sasuke goes undercover in a dangerous prison! Read it FREE from the official source! https://t.co/rxEWzpSkxn pic.twitter.com/2FSt5fMyXt
— Shonen Jump (@shonenjump) October 22, 2022
Interestingly, Sasuke and Sakura’s much-anticipated pairing will also appear in this comic. Since they were both on Team 7, the two have shared a particular kinship. As they became older, they developed affection for one another.
Initially appearing to be rather one-sided, with Sakura being fascinated with Sasuke and him showing little interest. This manga will fill in the blanks that Kishimoto left and give depth to an already gorgeous, complicated relationship.
Jun Esaka wrote the original light novel and illustrated by the legendary Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto’s creator). However, Shingo Kimura penned the manga adaptation.
Naruto and Sasuke fans’ love for the beloved manga has surely not dimmed. As of 24 October, the manga adaptation App alone! Not only that, it is currently in 6th place on MangaPlus. How amazing!
Still can’t believe Sasuke Retsuden hit over 1.5 MILLION views JUST on the Shonen Jump Japan App in a DAY😭 pic.twitter.com/plBU7t333z
— CR: SASUKE RETSUDEN MANGA!!❀ ◓ (@uchihassasusaku) October 24, 2022
The first few chapters of the manga will be free to read on the Shonen Jump+ app and on MangaPlus.
Sources: CBR, Game Rant, @uchihassasusaku
