User blog comment:Real Godisme/Chapter 481/@comment-5894890-20160411134433/@comment-26389992-20160411160356

^what FTF said. Naruto is the first thing that comes to our minds but this concept has been used not in just anime, but shows like "The Walking Dead" and stuff... I'm positive Hiro and Kishi are tight cnba, but I realllllly doubt he's paying homage to anyone, just doing his own thing