His first version of naruto drawn in 1997 was a one shot story about fox spirits his final version which debuted in weekly shonen jump in 1999 quickly became the most popular ninja manga in the world the series would also spawn multiple anime series movies novels video games and more. Narutos allies and enemies take center stage in these fast paced adventures with each volume focusing on a particular clanmate ally teamor villain two years after the great ninja war shikamaru spends his days racing around hands full as one of konohas key protectors. Shikamaru nara nara shikamaru is a shinobi of konohagakure s nara clan though lazy by nature shikamaru has a rare intellect that consistently allows him to prevail in combat. The world of naruto has been expanded upon via a number of different novels focusing on the likes of naruto sasuke sakura and other heroes of konoha and shikamarus story mourning clouds is