Because the historieta is pure. It is unfiltered Kishimoto.

Furthermore, the historieta respects your time. There is no "filler arc" in the comic. When you read the black and white pages, the pacing is brutal and perfect. Naruto as entertainment is a giant. It is a theme park in Universal Studios Japan, a line of sneakers, a trading card game, and a meme generator. But Naruto as a historieta is the foundation.

When most people think of Naruto , they think of the anime: the iconic orange jumpsuit, the thunderous "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," and the emotional score that made us cry over a fictional raven-haired boy named Sasuke.