Ahhh, this is late for no good reason. I kinda crapped out on wanted to work on this chapter for a while, and the whole doing more illustration and not just production and design at work has kinda given me a lot of excuses. I’m very sorry!!! BUT we’re like two chapters away from the next story ark (so, at the rate I work, you’ll see that sometime next year). I’ve got two trips planned for August, so I doubt I’ll be getting the next chapter out soon, but I will try my best. Anyway, read up!

PS: Naruto’s wang is making a reappearence in this chapter, and it will probably be in the next (and other pepole’s naked bits will being appearing as time goes on). So, for those people who love gore and violance but can’t stand the sight of a (not quite grown) man’s wedding tackle than you might want to stop reading.

It’s done!! I’ve been working on this off and on for OVER A FRACKING YEAR. I’ve redrawn it THREE FRACKING TIMES. But it’s DONE. Yes, it’s the definitive vision of the original prologue chapter. The text hasn’t changed beyond some minor edits. However, the first chapter was drawn waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 2004 and I like to think I’ve gotten better since then. And since I often wind up seeing it over and over again (due to it being the chapter understandably I get the most comments as people start reading–not all finish) I decided I didn’t want to have to look at old, old, ooooooooooooold art anymore. You can read the new version here, and if you’d like to compare, the old version is still here.

I’ve also finished penciling up to page 7, with a good chunk of page 8 done of chapter 13. Hopefully now that I’m not dividing my attention I’ll be able to wrap it up that much quicker. Stay tuned, kids, stay tuned.