This CANNOT be a coincidence.

Vilvake

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Hunter x Hunter plot details:

1. People from a certain clan have special eyes, which turn red whenever they are really angry/emotionally riled up. One of the main characters is the only surviving member of that clan; everyone else was killed in an attack by members of the "Phantom Troupe", a group of powerful hunters that do evil/nefarious jobs (Akatsuki) . He vowed to do whatever necessary to get revenge on this group, and he successfully obtained great power to further his ambitions. This led him to fight one of the most powerful members of the Phantom Troupe, and he won. I haven't seen all the episodes yet, but currently the troupe is trying to get him to join.

2. At the beginning of the series, there was a hunter exam. This required an aptitude test beforehand. The second to last stage is as follows:

Examinees are taken to Zevil Island. Each one of them is given a card with a number that represents the badge number of his target. Every one of the applicants must get the badge of his target while protecting his own.

Second to last stage of the Chuunin exam-

They are also required to obtain two different scrolls: Scroll of Heaven (天の書, Ten no Sho) and Scroll of Earth (地の書, Chi no Sho) in order to move on to the third stage, forcing them to fight one another and hold on to their own.

The final stage involved 1 vs. 1 battles (so did the last stage of the chuunin exam). In this time one of the main characters (and the protagonist's best friend), Killua, is influenced to kill by his brother. He then leaves under his own volition, towards a life where he is surrounded by death and has no friends. The protagonist then goes after him, because Killua was his first friend and he refused to abandon him to his fate. It is also learned at this time that the protagonist was Killua's first friend as well.

Later on in the story, Killua learns an attack where he wields lightning on his arm (chidori).

I'm tired, so here's a quick summary/additional details:

Famous family/clan that everyone knows about (Uchiha Clan and Zoldyck Family)
An exam arc (Hunter exam and Chūnin Exams)
Inner energy (Chakura and Nen)
Dead clans (Uchiha Clan and Kurata Clan)
Infamous groups (Phantom Troupe and Akatsuki)
Special eyes (Sharingan/Byakugan and Scarlet Eyes)
Lost friend (Sasuke and Killua)

Hunter x Hunter came out before Naruto, by the way.

Quote from article:

Masashi Kishimoto openly admits he was heavily influenced by Hunter x Hunter in creating Naruto.

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When did he say he was influenced by Hunter x Hunter .. He said his main influence was DBZ :| .. Though I believe Naruto > Hunter x Hunter U_U
 

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Never heard of Hunter x Hunter, but I'm sure it's not as old as Naruto: 1995 chapter 1
 

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I hate hunter x hunter with a passion what a load of shit
 

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Maybe Part 1 Naruto but not Part 2
 

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He ripped off his own brother, too.

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Remind you of something?

P.S: He didn't actually rip off his brother, but he probably did get inspiration from this
 

Vilvake

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He ripped off his own brother, too.

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Remind you of something?

P.S: He didn't actually rip off his brother, but he probably did get inspiration from this

Hmm, I wonder what THAT could be... :snick:
 
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