Can someone help me understand Naruto?

[Astarlessnightsky]

There are about a 1000 episodes, ... but i can try.

First the world of Naruto consinsts of 5 (could be 4 or 6, but doesn't matter) great nations, each of them having their own hidden Ninja village, where ninjas are trained to fight in the many wars.

Ninjas are people with the ability to use chakra (magic powers) to enhance their bodies (Tai-jutsu) and being able to manipulate elements (Nin-Jutsu) as well as bend the mind of their oponent (Gen-Jutsu).

Besides regular Ninjas there are the "Jinchuriki", people fused with one of the nine great beasts, legendary creatures (similar to a pheonix). Those jinchuriki are valued as a super weapon but often despised and excluded as a human being.

Naruto is one of these Jinchurikis, fused with the nine tailed Fox demon after birth, and growing up as an orphan in the hidden leaf village.

The first series is the story of Naruto struggeling to fit in, and graduating from ninja academy. With his dream to becoming the "Hokage" the village chief, beloved and respected by all of the citizen.

Sasuke Uchiha, one other student is his "brother" as he is also an orphan.
But as Naruto is more of a clumsy dumb guy, Sasuke is a genious when it comes to the art of the ninjas. And they both are more rivals than friends.

There is also the love triangel, with Sakura, Natuto loves Sakura, Sakura loves Sasuke, and Sasuke loves nobody, but only wants to find the one, responsible for murdering his clan (family.)

In Naruto Shippuden, about teenage boy Naruto, there is the secret organisation called "Akatsuki" hunting down and extracting the Tailed Beasts within the jinchuriki to use their power for an ultimate spell.

Naruto tries to end the war and put past differences among the great nation beside to unite them against the akatsuki threat.

I guess these should cover the general storyline without any spoilers. There are probably ten other groups and their sidestories. Unless you really don't like it, i advise you to watch the show, or read the Manga.

[Madhatter920]

Maybe you should just watch the show with him?

But for a quick overview: The show takes place in a fictional world where magic is real and people who use that magic (chakra) are called ninjas. With chakra, ninjas can create illusions (genjutsu), cast spells (ninjutsu), or enhance their physical body in hand-to-combat (taijutsu).

The titular character Naruto is an orphan. When he was born, his nation was terrorized by a demon, the nine-tailed fox. In order to save his village, the demon was sealed away inside of Naruto when he was a newborn baby. Because of this, he was hated and feared by everyone around him. In order to get attention, he acted out, being the class clown or vandalizing property. He never had any friends, but he had a dream: To one day be Hokage. The "Hokage" is the leader of the village. The most skilled and powerful ninja. He wanted to become Hokage so that people would have no choice but to respect him and pay attention to him.

But Naruto actually wasn't a very good ninja. The show follows his journey to become the greatest ninja in the village, finally making friends and finding his place in the world along the way.

[R3DthatDude]

Omg this question is so broad. Your asking for a ten page essay lol. But I got you, this is for people specifically like you that just want a run down : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6eqGxR_6ls

[pinudown]

There's a ninja village
And there's naruto who has no natural talent
He work hard to be the best ninja aka hokage.
And there's a beast inside his body who destroyed the ninja village.

[LazarusTheRisen]

Just watch it