“Naruto is the main character, so there’s similarities between us.
I love ramen. I didn’t do well in school and felt a sense of inferiority.
When Naruto said “I’ll become Hokage!” people around him made fun of his dream.
When I was a child, I said “I’ll become a mangaka!” without any basis. People told me “there’s no way that’s happening!”
But unlike Naruto, I didn’t have the confidence to respond with “it definitely will!”
instead, I just whispered to myself “But, it might actually happen…” — Kishimoto