later at Jump Festa 2019 the series was formally announced as . Kishimoto will be handling the script and rough storyboards, while Akira Ōkubo, a former assistant on Naruto and brother of Atsushi Ōkubo, is responsible for illustrating the final manuscript. The series debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump on May 13, 2019, as the magazine's first new series of Japan's Reiwa period, following a 4-page preview chapter on April 27, 2019, marking the end of the Heisei period. The series however failed to find an audience and concluded a year later in the 17th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on March 23, 2020. In November 2020 it was announced that after 51 chapters and 13 volumes Kodachi would step down as writer of the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga, with Kishimoto assuming full writing duties and Ikemoto continuing as illustrator beginning with chapter 52 in the upcoming December issue of V Jump magazine, published on November 21, 2020. Works Manga Karakuri (one-shot) (1995; Hop Step Award winner, published in Hop Step Award Selection 18 ('95~'96) (1996) and Akamaru Jump Winter (1997)) Karakuri (December 21, 1997; debuted and canceled in Weekly Shōnen Jump #4–5, 1998) Bench (one-shot) (October 11, 2010, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump #45, 2010) Mario (one-shot) (May 2, 2013, published in the June 2013 issue of Jump Square) Boruto: Road to B (one-shot) (August 17, 2015, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump #36, 2015) — collaboration between Kishimoto and Kenji Taira (author of Rock Lee SD) Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru — creator, writer, storyboard artist (May 13, 2019–March 23, 2020; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump; debuted in issue #24, 2019) Naruto Manga Naruto (one-shot) (1997; published in Akamaru Jump Summer (1997) Naruto: The Official Fanbook (2002) Naruto (September 21, 1999–November 10, 2014; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump; debuted in issue #43, 1999) Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring (April 27, 2015–July 6, 2015; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, debuted in issue #22–23, 2015) Naruto: The Path Lit by the Full Moon (one-shot) (April 25, 2016, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump #21–22, 2016) Boruto: Naruto Next Generations — editorial supervisor (volumes 1–13; May 9, 2016–November 2020), writer (volume 14 onwards; December 2020–present) (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump (2016–19) and V Jump (2019–present); debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump #23, 2016) Motion comic Motion Comic: Naruto — 2012, designer Animated films Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie —