Naruto Franchise Gets 3 More Novels

The official website for Shueisha's Jump J Books label of novels announced on Thursday that the Naruto franchise will receive three more novels. The novel Naruto Dojunjō Ninden (Naruto: The Tale of the Utterly Purehearted Shinobi) is slated to ship in Japan on August 4, and the novels Itachi Shinden (The True Legend of Itachi) and Sasuke Shinden (The True Legend of Sasuke) are slated to ship this fall.