Naruto is a long-running Japanese anime and manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto, and the rivalry between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha sits at the heart of its story. Their clashes, from early sparring matches to the legendary battles at the Valley of the End, became some of the most rewatched moments in anime. Short clips of their confrontations circulate widely as meme sounds, with Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan and their shouted exchanges turning up in versus edits, TikTok trends and anime compilations years after the series ended.