Masashi Kishimoto
For the ninth "Naruto" film, "", Kishimoto was responsible for both the story planning and characters' designs. To promote the film, Kishimoto worked in "Motion Comic Naruto" a DVD that shows scenes from the manga in 3D that was given to the first 1.5 million people who went to the cinema. Regarding "Naruto"s publication Kishimoto told Tetsuya Nishio in July 2012 that the series would take over a year and a half to end. However, Kishimoto admitted that it now appears that the manga will continue beyond that timeframe. In April 2012, it was announced that Kishimoto would publish a one-shot version of his long-postponed mafia manga, "Mario", in "Jump Square", based on the rough, 160-page manuscript he began working on before "Naruto" became serialized.
Mitsuki (Naruto)
The anime series of "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" (2017) shows how Mitsuki enters the ninja academy and befriends Boruto as well as other children training to become ninjas. During the series, Mitsuki helps Boruto find the criminal behind the attacks meant to contaminate people's chakras. In a following arc, Mitsuki goes on a trip to Kirigakure where he joins the Mist ninjas and his allies in trying to stop a rebellion led by seven swordsmen. Following this arc, Mitsuki declares he will become a ninja to keep track of Boruto, feeling his encounter with him has changed his way of seeing life. After this arc, Mitsuki and his friends become ninjas after passing a test, and he, Boruto, and Sarada form the new "Team 7" under the leadership of Konohamaru. In the anime, Mitsuki disappears to from the Leaf Village and his friends go on a mission to prove his innoncence over their superiors. They learn that Mitsuki is catching up with ninjas from the Stone Village who confront Mitsuki's teammembers. Mitsuki interrupts the battle and takes down Boruto. Mitsuki allies with a group of artificial humans known as a Fabrications to perform a coup on the Stone although Mitsuki is later revealed to be an agent. He once again joins his team when defeating their leader, Ku.