“Naruto: The Story” is a re-imagination of the events that occurred during the battle between Team 7 and Kaguya in “Naruto: Shippuden” that leads to the construct of a mirror world that is both within the context of the existing anime but also separate from it. This is not an altered story ending. It is a plausible storyline that does not change the canon outcomes of Shippuden while also allowing for completely different relationships, characters, and events in the mirror world at the point of its demarcation following Naruto and Sasuke’s battle in the Final Valley. “The Struggle,” the second volume in the “Naruto: The Story” saga, is a continuation of the lives and events from the first volume, “The Past Future.” The struggles of the past become a struggle for the future…in a world with a shadow.