Warning: Contains spoilers from issue #1 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto.Several months after the original revelation, narutoThe incredible crossover with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto, It’s finally here. As with others Ninja Turtles crossovers, the story sees the Ninja Turtles‘ myths reshaped into the world of another story, in this case, the iconic ninja franchise narutoand has the heroes of both worlds teaming up to deal with their respective villains.
With naruto and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles officially crossing over, it raises the question of what the timeline should be. Details about the crossover were mostly vague until its official release, but now that it’s finally out, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto finally confirms when it should happen inside narutotimeline. The timeline placement is still somewhat complicated because of some notable details, but even so, these complications are still set to allow for a truly inventive story.
Naruto’s TMNT crossover officially takes place near the end of Part 1 (sort of)
Does Naruto’s TMNT crossover work on Canon?
Too early in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue #1, Tsunade is established as Hokage, something that didn’t happen until the end of part 1 of narutoand since Sasuke is still around, that means he hasn’t yet left Vila da Folha to receive training from Orochimaru, the event that ended the story of part 1. Based on this, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto should occur shortly before narutoSasuke’s recovery arcwhich works as a point to make Team 7 a little mature without putting them into the status quo of Naruto: Shippuuden.
There are some complications with the timeline placement, however. Sakura, for example, is already training with Tsunade and has medical ninjutsu and super strength, all of this only happened after Naruto left to train with Jiraiya, and Naruto knows that Kurama is called the Tailed Beast, even though he canonically hasn’t learned that. terminology until the beginning of part 2. Because of this, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto I can’t work in narutoof the canon thanks to how certain naruto characters are portrayedand that would be true even if the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their world weren’t involved.
Naruto’s TMNT crossover works better by not trying to fit into Canon
As strange as it may be for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto have so many inconsistencies in naruto side of things is ultimately for the benefit of the story. Since the comics are just a limited series, there is only so much each side of the crossover can be used for, so Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto picking and choosing what to do with narutoThe story allows for more creativity with its limited runtime. This type of writing is common in comic book crossovers, so it makes sense that it would be present here as well.
The benefits of this type of writing can already be seen in the way Sakura is being treated. Sakura is famous for what little she contributed to the plot of part 1, but she already has the skills from part 2, so the changes in Sakura’s character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto are a perfect way to allow Sakura more agency when she originally had very little. If there are more changes like this, then Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto It’s definitely going to be great, so it’ll be interesting to see how things develop.