Ok the Naruto manga it's a masterpiece -
from my perspective - not only because it's so popular, or that in most of the sites it's No.1, or that he has won many awards, but because it's so awesome and even the way it's drawn it's so cooool.
Masashi Kishimoto is a master genius, even though I curse him every week for the shortness of the chapters, but he knows what he's doing!
So now I'm reading it every week and now I'm at chapter 526 and it's in the middle of action.....but I'm not commenting anymore until someone else post on the topic
Another technical informations: The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still being serialized with fifty-one tankōbon volumes released so far.
Naruto premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 1999. The first 238 chapters are known as Part I, and constitute the first part of the Naruto storyline.
Manga chapters 239 to 244 comprise a gaiden series focusing on the background of the character Kakashi Hatake.
All subsequent chapters belong to Part II, which continues the storyline in Part I after a two and a half year time gap. Besides the regular Naruto manga, a spin-off series focused in the character of Rock Lee started being published in Shueisha's Super Strong Jump since December 2010.
PS: Sorry for posting so many info.....if you're not going to read it then it's fine, you don't have too. Only if you are an otaku like me