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This article is about the novel written by Jiraiya. For chapter 416, see The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi.

The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi was Jiraiya's first book, written while training the Ame Orphans. It sold poorly; nobody attended Jiraiya's book signing. Minato Namikaze enjoyed it, however, enough to name his then-unborn son after the character of Naruto in the story, in the hopes that his son would to grow up to be just like the protagonist.

Plot in the Anime and Manga

The story follows the adventures of a ninja named Naruto, a name Jiraiya came up with while eating ramen. Minato notes that Naruto's personality and some of his travels are very similar to Jiraiya's, thus making it a sort of autobiography. Naruto never gives up and vows to break the "curse", which represents the cycles of war, conflict, and hatred that occupies the ninja world. As this is an idea Jiraiya first heard spoken of by Nagato, the book is dedicated to him.

Plot in the Novelisation

Note: The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi was adapted into a real-world novel written by Akira Higashiyama and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It was released in Japan on August 4, 2010 (ISBN 978-4-08-703229-1).

Naruto Musasabi (Musasbi Naruto) tries to track down his former comrade, Renge Momoashi (Momoashi Renge), and unravel a mysterious conspiracy involving the destruction of a nearby village.

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Trivia

In the anime, Jiraiya's fight with the first Animal Path may have been the inspiration for the Evil Ninja and his fight with the character named Naruto in the book.
After Pain's Assault was over, Naruto left a copy of the book, along with the bouquet of paper flowers that Konan gave him, at a rock, as a tribute to Jiraiya.^[1]
When Nagato used the Deva Path to use Shinra Tensei on Naruto, Nagato, ironically making himself to be the Evil Ninja, told Naruto to just give up, only for Naruto to use Naruto's (the character in the book) line he should give up thinking Naruto would give up.

References

↑ Volume 48

[1] Volume 48

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-The '''Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi''' was [[Jiraiya]]'s first book, written while training the [[Ame Orphans]]. The story follows the adventures of a ninja named Naruto, a name Jiraiya came up with while eating ramen. The main character, Naruto, never gives up and vows to break the "''curse''" that was mentioned in the story. The mentioned "''curse''" represents the 'vicious cycles' of war, conflict and hatred that occupies the ninja world that [[Nagato]] once spoke to Jiraiya about.
+The '''Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi''' was [[Jiraiya]]'s first book, written while training the [[Ame Orphans]]. It sold poorly; nobody attended Jiraiya's book signing. [[Minato Namikaze]] enjoyed it, however, enough to name his [[Naruto Uzumaki|then-unborn son]] after the character of Naruto in the story, in the hopes that his son would to grow up to be just like the protagonist.
+== Plot in the Anime and Manga ==
-Because of this, the book is dedicated to Nagato. [[Minato Namikaze]] notes that the Naruto in the story is very much like Jiraiya. For this reason he thought it was a very good book, though Jiraiya pointed out that it didn't sell very well; he even had a book signing which not a single person showed up to.
+The story follows the adventures of a ninja named Naruto, a name Jiraiya came up with while eating ramen. Minato notes that Naruto's personality and some of his travels are very similar to Jiraiya's, thus making it a sort of autobiography. Naruto never gives up and vows to break the "''curse''", which represents the cycles of war, conflict, and hatred that occupies the ninja world. As this is an idea Jiraiya first heard spoken of by [[Nagato]], the book is dedicated to him.
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-Because he enjoyed the book so much, Minato chose to name his [[Naruto Uzumaki|then-unborn son]] after the character of Naruto in the story, in the hopes that his son would too grow up to be just like the protagonist. Even though [[Naruto]] was not aware of this until sixteen years after his birth, he nevertheless is just like the protagonist. When he points this out to Nagato during the [[invasion of Pain]], Naruto convinces him to abandon his goals of war and believe in breaking the curse like he once did.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 448</ref>
+File:Dokonjō Ninden Protagonist.png|Naruto as the gutsy shinobi.
+File:Nagato Gutsy Shinobi 3.png|Nagato as the gutsy shinobi.
-== Characters ==
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-File:Dokonjō Ninden Protagonist.png|[[Naruto]] as the gutsy shinobi.
-File:Nagato Gutsy Shinobi 3.png|[[Nagato]] as the gutsy shinobi.
 File:Dokonjō Ninden Antagonist.png|The evil ninja as imagined by Naruto and Minato.
 File:Gutsy Shinobi Evil Ninja 3.png|The evil ninja as imagined by Nagato.
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+== Plot in the Novelisation ==
+[[File:Real Gutsy.png|thumb|The cover of the book.]]
+:''Note: ''The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi'' was adapted into a real-world novel written by Akira Higashiyama and illustrated by [[Masashi Kishimoto]]. It was released in Japan on August 4, 2010 (ISBN 978-4-08-703229-1).''
+{{translation|Naruto Musasabi||Musasbi Naruto}} tries to track down his former comrade, {{translation|Renge Momoashi||Momoashi Renge}}, and unravel a mysterious conspiracy involving the destruction of a nearby village.
+{{stub}}
 == Trivia ==
-* When [[Naruto]], [[Nagato]], and [[Minato]] read the book, each students of Jiraiya, they each imagined themselves as the protagonist, "''Naruto''" in the book.
+* In the anime, Jiraiya's fight with the [[First Animal Path (character)|first Animal Path]] may have been the inspiration for the Evil Ninja and his fight with the character named Naruto in the book.
+* After [[Pain's Assault]] was over, Naruto left a copy of the book, along with the bouquet of paper flowers that [[Konan]] gave him, at [[Jiraiya's Memorial|a rock]], as a tribute to Jiraiya.<ref>Volume 48</ref>
-*Minato noted that it reads almost like an autobiography of Jiraiya in his early travels.
+* When Nagato used the Deva Path to use Shinra Tensei on Naruto, Nagato, ironically making himself to be the Evil Ninja, told Naruto to just give up, only for Naruto to use Naruto's (the character in the book) line he should give up thinking Naruto would give up.
-* The enemy in the novel, an unnamed ninja from an unspecified village, represented by a question mark, is also envisioned differently by the characters; Naruto and Minato imagines the character as wearing clothing similar in style to that worn by both [[Sasuke Uchiha]] and the members of [[Akatsuki]], while Nagato imagines the character as wearing a uniform similar to that of a [[Konohagakure]] shinobi.
-* In the anime, the first Animal Path and his fight with Jiraiya may have been the inspiration for the Evil Ninja and his fight with the character named Naruto in the book.
-* After the [[invasion of Pain]] was over, Naruto left a copy of the book, along with the bouquet of paper flowers that [[Konan]] gave him, at [[Jiraiya's Memorial|a rock]], as a tribute to Jiraiya.<ref>''Naruto'' volume 48</ref>
 == References ==
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