

I started to watch Naruto and I didn’t read the manga. Some people told me
that they have so many differences and its even like a separated version. Why
is it like that? I searched it on Google but couldn’t find anything.


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Why does Naruto’s anime and manga have huge differences?


Yes, there are indeed some differences, but to call it a separated version? I
think not.

In most anime, 1 episode tries to cover around 2-5 chapters of the manga.
Quite often there is too much information or things going on in the chapters
to properly cover in 1 episode of ~19 minutes. This means they have to 'cut
down' some of the manga's content. Cutting the content as such often leads to
lacking some build up, or additional information. Which, especially if you did
read the manga before, makes it feel like a whole different story. Or a
lacking story.

Besides these differences, Naruto also features quite a few fillers. As [Aki
Tanaka](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2516/aki-tanaka) mentioned in
the comments as well: [Which episodes of the Naruto anime are core plot and
which are filler?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/213)

However, those fillers can be considered as additional content, as this does
not _replace_ content. But more about that is explained in [Why make filler
episodes?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/24283)


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