Manga: Mini-Series 'Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki' Release Date Announced (CONTAINS MOVIE SPOILERS)

According to Anime News Network, Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will announce on Monday that the spin-off manga mini-series, Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki, will start on April 27.

Hanatsuzuki is a month in the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, falling around late March to early May. Naruto, by Masashi Kishimoto, ended on Nov. 10 and the magazine teased that "a newly budding Konoha story" will start in the spring, along with an art exhibition and a stage play.

The next movie in the series, "Boruto - Naruto the Movie," is expected in August.

**WARNING: SPOILERS **

According to Anime News Network, the sequel to "The Last - Naruto the Movie" will tell the story of Bolt (Boruto), Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyūga's son. Bolt appeared in the final chapter of the manga.

"I conceived a story in which Bolt and (Sasuke's daughter) Sarada appears," Kishimoto said, according to Anime News Network. "Sasuke and Sakura also appear." Bolt's special fighting move has also been determined.

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