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Comparative size of fandom based on archive sizes from November 2006

Same chart as above only including Quizilla totals from December 2006

Anime and Television categories with most stories added on FanFiction.Net in 24 hour period December 29 to December 30, 2006

[edit] Introduction

Based off a popular Japanese manga, which was later animated, by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto is the story of an outcast boy who wants to grow up to become a respected ninja. The story mostly centers around the main character, Naruto, but there are a slew of other characters that also get showcased.

The fandom for Naruto is a very mixed bag. The categories and genres range all across the board. Het and yaoi are featured prominently, while yuri seems to be rarer, possibly due to the fact that a significantly larger proportion of the characters in the series are male than female. Because of the large cast of characters for this series there is a wide and seemingly limitless array of pairings and ships.

Since the premier of the Naruto anime on Toonami in 2005, the fandom has received a flood of Mary Sues and self-inserts.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

Akatsuki: A criminal organization that wants to take over the world. Made up of renegade ninja from different villages. They are featured heavily in Naruto Shippuuden and in fanfiction.

Dattebayo: A mostly-meaningless Japanese phrase often added to the end of sentences by main character Naruto. Also the name of Naruto fandom's most popular and well-known fansubbing group.

Hyuugacest: A pairing involving members of the Hyuuga Clan. (commonly Neji and his cousin Hinata - NejiHina or Neji and his cousin Hanabi - NejiHana}

Rookie Nine: The nine members of the main character's graduating class. They include, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame.

Shippuuden: Also called by its translated name 'Hurricane Chronicles'. The second part of the Naruto anime/manga. It occurs two and a half years after the ending of Part 1.

Uchihacest: A pairing involving members of the Uchiha Clan. (commonly Sasuke and his brother Itachi - ItaSasu)

Pairing names are portmanteaus based on, generally, the first two syllables of each name (most names divide neatly into syllables as all characters are named in Japanese; the smallest unit in the Japanese language is the syllable rather than the letter). Ex.: Some of the most popular pairings in the Naruto fandom are SasuNaru (Sasuke x Naruto), KakaIru (Kakashi x Iruka), NaruHina (Naruto x Hinata), SasuSaku (Sasuke x Sakura), ShikaTema (Shikamaru x Temari), NaruSaku (Naruto x Sakura), and NejiTen (Neji x Tenten).

Most of Naruto fandom favors "Character x Character" over "Character/Character" when indicating pairing names, as the animanga fandom standard of seme x uke has a wide following in Naruto fandom.

[edit] The Fandom

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Gender

Membership at the NarutoFan forums is overall slightly dominated by males, while females make up a larger portion of membership on chuunin.

In December 2007, more females than males were searching for information on Naruto.

[edit] Fan fiction

In December 2007, more males than females were searching for Naruto fan fiction.

[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 2001

On November 17, 2001, Shiruka yo by Ruaki was posted on FanFiction.Net. It was the first Naruto story posted to the site. [1]

[edit] 2002

On August 2, 2002, the LiveJournal community chuunin was created. This community remains the largest general-discussion Naruto forum on LiveJournal.
On October 3, 2002, Naruto premiered on television in Japan. [2]

[edit] 2003

On May 8, 2003, the LiveJournal community ame_soeur was created. [3] Posted to the community was fan fiction from some of the following fandoms: Black Cat, The Cell, Chronicles of Chrestomanci, The Faculty, Firefly, Full Metal Alchemist, Good Omens, Harry Potter, Kill Bill, King Arthur, Naruto, Space: Above & Beyond, Wicked, X-Men.
On May 12, 2003, Blanche by Canelle was posted on FanFiction.Net. It was the first French language Naruto story posted to the site. [4]
On July 23, 2003, the LiveJournal community beta_search was founded. [5] It was created so people could find beta readers. Fan fiction communities represented by this community included this one.
In October 2003, The Original Naruto Fanfiction Archive (TONFA) opened as a rec site. [6]
On October 23, 2003, the video game Naruto: Narutimetto hîrô was released in Japan. [7]
On November 3, 2002, Cosas de niños by norit was posted on FanFiction.Net. It was the first Spanish language story posted on the site. [8]
On December 4, 2003, the video game Naruto: Gekitô ninja taisen! 2 was released in Japan. [9]

[edit] 2004

In July/August 2004, The Original Naruto Fanfiction Archive (TONFA) debuted in its current format. [10]
On November 17, 2004, the LiveJournal community sonps, Shinobi of Naruto Protection Society, was created. [11] It was created for badfic mocking, goodfic praising, snark, MSTing, concrit, and betaing.
On December 14, 2004, the LiveJournal community naruto_addicts was created. [12]
On December 16, 2004, the LiveJournal community stop_plagiarism was created. [13] This community was set up to help identify, investigate, and list known plagiarists in a variety of fandoms including this one.

[edit] 2005

On February 12, 2005, the LiveJournal community lethal_empathy was created. [14] This community is focused on anything having to do with the het pairing Gaara/Sakura.
On May 15, 2005, the LiveJournal community naruto_betas was created. [15] It was created to help writers find betas for their fics, and to get some honest critique.
On June 8, 2005, the LiveJournal community naruto_rants was created. [16] It was created as a place for Naruto fans to complain about the series and fandom.
On August 6, 2005, Naruto Movie 2: Gekijyouban Naruto daigekitotsu! Maboroshi no chiteiiseki dattebayo! was released in Japan. [17]
On August 18, 2005, the video game Naruto: Uzumaki ninden was released in Japan. [18]
On September 10, 2005, Naruto premiered on television in the United States. [19]
On November 22, 2005, the LiveJournal community narutofic was created. [20] It was the precursor for The Original Naruto Fanfiction Archive (TONFA).
On December 2, 2005, the mailing list narutosplace was created. [21] As of Augsut 25, 2007, it had 485 members.

[edit] 2006

On March 30, 2006, a wiki about Naruto was created on Wikia. [22]
On May 29, 2006, The Original Naruto Fanfiction Archive (TONFA) was created at its current domain. [23][24]
On June 26, 2006, the video game Naruto: Narutimetto hîrô was released in the United States. [25]
"Posting date: before July 23, 2006: On Naruto Central, TenTen has a copy of Big Bad Hinata [26]. ( Screencap clip 1, Screencap clip 2.) From what Inuyonas states below, this version was up prior to writing his version of Big Bad Hinata." [27]
"July 23, 2006: At Anime Spiral, Syrus Magistus has a copy of Big Bad Hinata. [28](Screencap, clip 1,
On August 5, 2006, Naruto movie 3: Gekijyouban Naruto daikoufun! Mikazuki shima no animal panic dattebayo! was released in Japan. [29]
On November 14, 2006, the video game Naruto: Uzumaki ninden was released in the United States. [30]
"December 12, 2006: On Ficwad, Inuyonas began a fic also titled Big Bad Hinata. (Screencap here.) He states here that he got the idea from Naruto Central (where Ten Ten’s version is posted). (Screencap here.) The very first part has similarities, including Hinata waking up in an odd mood, dunking her sister’s head in the toilet, and chocking Neji. However, the dialog is done in the writer’s own words. (Other than the line "Remember Neji you are my bitch!!" being remarkably similar to Kagezuchi’s "Remember, Neji, you’re my bitch." Well, similar minus the proper punctuation.) However, after that, the story appears to go its own direction." [31]
On December 9, 2006, the mailing list FSAR_22695 was created. It represented several fandoms, including this one. [32]
Around December 21, 2006, Hiirowing, a well known furry yaoi Naruto author posted and kicked off another ship war in the Naruto fandom. [33][34][35]

[edit] 2007

Chart generated August 14, 2007 comparing discussion of Harry Potter, CSI and Naruto fan fiction in the past six months.

Google Keywords: FanHistory WebMaster Tools: Period: December 15 to December 21, 2007 for all Google searches.

On January 21, 2007, the Naurto mailing list bingobook was created. As of August 25, 2007, it had 15 members. [36]
During 2007, Naruto fans gave MediaMiner.Org administrators some problems with their behavior which was a result of various cultural things in the fandom like the influence of BNFs.
Tekko, an anime convention, was held April 13 to April 15, 2007. Naruto cos-players were represented but they were described as being "well, really halfhearted. Or scary." [37]
On June 1, 2007 the InsaneJournal community Naruto_Asylum was created for the discussion and posting of anything dealing with the series, and to give fans leaving Livejournal a place to start out in. [38]
On October 31, 2007, a Spanish language wiki about Naruto was created on Wikia. [39]
On November 22, 2007, a Slovak language wiki about Naruto was created on Wikia. [40]

Keyword search information for Naruto for December 2007.

On December 7, 2007, a Hungarian language wiki about Naruto was created on Wikia. [41]
On December 23, 2007, a German language wiki about Naruto was created on Wikia. [42]

[edit] 2008

In the beginning of 2008, the Naruto fandom on FanLib continued to grow.
On January 18, 2008, a Catalan language wiki about Naruto was created on Wikia. [43]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential fanworks

Stories influential to the Naruto Fandom are often those the most people have read, i.e. the most popular. The most popular Naruto fanfiction stories are mainly hosted on fanfiction.net, and often, stories with high numbers of reviews are held in high regard. There is a C2 at fanfiction.net that contains nearly all of the most influential Naruto Stories. It is titled, "1,000 PLUS: Extraordinary Fics with Extraordinary Reviews." [44]

According to the C2, the highest reviewed, and some of the most influential stories are these:

(in the C2/found so far as of 11/2007)

Most Reviewed Naruto Fic: Team 8 by S'TarKan
: For the Love of my Friends by Foxie-sama
: The Mating Frenzy by MSkyDragons
: Lost soul by LD 1449
: Naruto of the Shikon by LD 1449
: The Window by SilverShine
: Legacy of the Rasengan I: Naruto by Tellemicus Sundance
: Door Number Two by Reaper Nanashi
: Mizukage by Dragon6
: Neo Yondaime Hokage by Psycho G
: A twist of fate by LD 1449
: The Uchiha Couple by asashouryuu
: Neji and Tenten: 100 Moments by Serenity Silence

(Bolded stories have over 4000 reviews)

[edit] Fandom Members

This section needs more information.

[edit] Fandom Size

[edit] November 2006

In November 2006, FanFiction.Net listed 53,431 stories for this fandom. The fandom had added approximately 38,000 stories since July 2005. [45]

[edit] December 2006

As of December 2006, membership at the fandom's largest LiveJournal general discussion community, chuunin, numbered 2887 members and 2113 watchers. (Many watchers may also be members.) Also as of December 2006, membership at the internet's largest Naruto discussion forum, NarutoFan, numbered 74,968.

Membership at the NarutoFan forums is overall slightly dominated by males, while females make up a larger portion of membership on chuunin.

[edit] December 2007

As of December 1, 2007, there are 110,386 stories on FanFiction.Net. [46]

As of December 18, 2007, there are 1,843 pieces of Naruto fanworks on FanLib. [47]

[edit] External Links

[edit] Discussion

A summary of Naruto

[edit] Fanworks

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[edit] See also

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[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

Gray, Lisa. "The Fangirl's Crush." Houston Chronicle 12 Mar. 2008. 18 Mar. 2008 <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/5611220.html>.

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