Kishimoto rejected the idea and proposed artist Mikio Ikemoto , who had been working as an assistant for Kishimoto ever since Naruto 's early chapters , to draw it instead .
When the Naruto manga ended in 2014 , the company Shueisha asked Masashi Kishimoto to start a sequel .
Masashi Kishimoto rejected the idea and proposed artist Mikio Ikemoto , who had been working as an assistant for Masashi Kishimoto ever since Naruto 's early chapters , to draw it instead .
When the Naruto manga ended in 2014 , the company Shueisha asked Masashi Kishimoto to start a sequel .