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| Jiraiya's first book |
The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi was Jiraiya's first
book, written while training the Ame Orphans.
It sold poorly; nobody attended Jiraiya's book signing. Minato
Namikaze enjoyed it, however, enough to name his then-unborn
son after the character of Naruto in the story, in the hopes that his son
would to grow up to be just like the protagonist.
The story follows the adventures of a ninja named Naruto, a
name Jiraiya came up with while eating ramen. Minato notes that Naruto's
personality and some of his travels are very similar to Jiraiya's, thus making
it a sort of autobiography. Naruto never gives up and vows to break the "curse",
which represents the cycles of war, conflict, and hatred that occupies the
ninja world. As this is an idea Jiraiya first heard spoken of by Nagato, the novel
is dedicated to him.
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