The Ascending Colors

The Ascending Colors is a Manga written by Sannoto Senju. According to Sannoto, he first started it during his training with and  but stopped due to their death, but finished it a few months after the Fourth Shinobi World War. This manga follows the adventure and life of two people, a male and female. The male main character, Kiyoshi, is born as a prodigy and the top of his generation. Despite his status as a genius, and the respect he gets from others, this male only wants to earn the respect and attention of the female main character, Mitsu. Mitsu on the other hand is simply an average kunoichi who desires to be something greater than her nature would allow. Despite this, she continues to fight and fight until she becomes the strongest kunoichi to ever live, but multiple obstacles get in both character's along the way.

In a private conversation with Asami, Sannoto notes that this manga is dedicated and follows the life of Minato and Kushina. However, in public, Sannoto simply claims that the manga is about two random people, who he imagined. His reasons of concealing his true feelings about the manga is still unknown.

Almost as soon as the manga is released, it sells immediately and becomes a worldwide manga. The first two volumes, out of three volumes, are made into movies several months after the manga is released.