Raruto

Raruto is a Spanish webcomic created by Jesús García Ferrer, known as Jesulink, that serves as a parody of the Japanese anime and manga series Naruto. It first appeared online on 30 October 2005 and ended on 6 June 2008. By 2008, roughly 40,000 people in Spain were reading the comic. Jesulink’s fame on the internet grew partly because of Raruto and other manga-inspired Spanish works. The comic has been translated into Catalan, Chinese, English, French, Italian, and Portuguese. The first six English chapters were translated by Rik, with later chapters handled by Leecherboy. Jesulink won an award for Best Spanish Artist at an ExpoManga event. Raruto has also been featured at Spain’s "Salón del Manga" events.

The project began as a hobby for Jesulink, but over time he felt it became a responsibility, making him careful about how he portrayed characters to satisfy readers. The comic was created to satirize existing anime and manga properties.

The main character, Zumomaki Raruto, parodies Naruto Uzumaki. He is a boy from Torroja village who carries a demon fox inside him. Jesulink named him "Raruto" after the character Laruto (called "Sage Raruto" in Japanese) from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, his favorite video game series. In Spanish, "raro" means "weird," so the name can be read as "Weirdto." The family name "Zumomaki" is also a pun.

Kuchilla Saske parodies Sasuke Uchiha. He claims to hate "everything, white rice above all." The name "Saske" sounds like the original "Sasuke," while "cuchilla" means "knife" in Spanish.

Margarina Flora parodies Sakura Haruno. "Flora" refers to plants and "flor" to a flower, echoing the original name "Sakura" (cherry blossom). "Margarina" means margarine, and a Spanish brand is called Margarina Flora.

Kagate Kakasi (also written Kágate Kakasí) parodies Kakashi Hatake. "Caca" means feces and "sí" means yes, so the name roughly translates to "yes, poopoo." "Cagate" means to defecate.

The village Torroja parodies Konoha. It is an abbreviation of "toda" and "roja," meaning "all red." The translator admits it makes no sense but sounds funny. "Ja" is pronounced like the "ha" in Konoha, and there is a real Spanish town called Torroja. The Rave Country parodies the Land of Waves.