I remember back when OG Boruto was in the midst of its run there was a lot of fan theory regarding the nature of karma and Orochimaru's curse mark/Byakugou seal. Another really cool theory that was discussed years ago was the idea of the Reaper Death Seal ghost and Lord Jashin possibly being Otsutsukis. Hell Kaguya herself was introduced as an Otsutsuki at the end of Naruto.

We then get to Boruto and we're introduced to villains that appear from nowhere in terms of the narrative (e.g Momoshiki coming from outer space like Vegeta, Isshiki hiding during the entirety of Naruto) or villains that are produced by methods never previously discussed (e.g Jura and co. formed with claw marks). Do I have a particular issue with any of those villains? No. Does it feel very weird that Boruto makes very little effort to use any previous material to make villains feel like a part of the setting? Yes! In fact I find it very strange as a writing decision, one because tying villains to previously established lore can serve as effective build-up (see: Madara in the War Arc) and make a new entry in the series feel like a natural continuation of what came before it.

Like, let me see Kaguya in Boruto talk about how theirs this one dude she beat the hell out of that might come looking for revenge. Or have Amado mention he was a Sound Village scientist a long time ago and heard rumors that Lord Orochimaru wanted to take over someone's body, and how that inspired him to save his daughter. Lets get Isshiki talking about how a previous Otsutsuki came to Earth before him, some guy with long hair and a devilish appearance, but he mysteriously went missing. Maybe a Kara member has a flashback to when they tried to join the Akatsuki but were rejected. The details don't matter, it's the use of simple narrative building blocks that concerns me.

It's like there was a mandate by whomever to make Boruto stand on its own as a series but it ended up interpreted as "write whatever you want, no need to pay attention to the previous entry". Ikemoto is one of the OGs that's been there for Naruto's writing process but you would assume that he just got hired and vaguely heard of Naruto. I think that's why the jokes about Boruto being "non-canon" hit, because honestly it lowkey feels disconnected. Out of all the reasons Boruto gets hated on I find the lack of cohesion between Naruto and Boruto the oddest thing, like an itch I can't scratch. Anyone know what I mean?

I want to know what this community's minor pet peeves are for this series. I'm talking petty, small, and not even worth a second thought, but it still eats away at you. I want some real pet peeves, not some major, overly done complaints like how Kakashi got DMS or Sarada's MS. Give me some actual pet peeves

For me, I'd have to say that my main pet peeve is the fact that Mei's main style is water rather than fire. I get that affinities aren't a point system but instead your natural preference, but with two whole Kekkei Genkai revolving around fire, you'd think that her go to style would be fire, right? I get that culturally speaking, it would make sense for Mei to use water style since she was raised in the Hidden Mist, but like, realistically speaking, she should be the most comfortable with fire style. You literally need to make fire style chakra to use your damn Kekkei Genkai! If she actually trained to use fire style specifically on top of training her Kekkei Genkai, then she would be getting like 3 times the amount of training in fire style when compared to the other two base types! Dare I say, she'd be high tier Uchiha level in terms of fire usage!

It is common knowledge that if you write something on a block of papers, you will leave marks on the page immediately under it.

One would think that a ninja is automatically aware of that and have a more discreet way of writing down a secret message.

Not this ninja though. This ninja asked a notebook, wrote the message on in, ripped the piece of paper, then returned the notebook to its owner.

This ninja left a huge incriminating evidence around and forgot about it FOR DAYS.

Even if this ninja has the advantage of the all-seeing Kashin Koji warning him in advance that the higher-ups want to interrogate him and fire his ass, this ninja still did NOTHING to help his case.

And now this "little" mistake is going to cost him, the village and the whole nation a lot.

I see readers everywhere pointing out Code taking Ls all the time, or Sarada being a damsel in distress, but the real failure of a ninja is this ninja. And it's about time you all open your eyes and admit it.

I've managed crews for years and the guys who never take lunch, who skip sleep to finish a job, who treat rest like weakness, they burn out hard. Sometimes they collapse on site. Sometimes they just slow down until someone notices they're not pulling weight anymore.

Ever since late Next Generations, the idea of budget cuts has been mentioned a couple of times, and in Two Blue Vortex, we get to see a lot more of the internal political forces that seem to be pushing for the end of the Ninja village system.

Kawaki himself doesn't understand what it means to be a shinobi, takes shortcuts, and relies on scientific ninja tools openly tells Naruto that a Shinobi is just someone who dies needlessly, which is part of the reason he seals him away.

In the post-war society that Naruto helped bring about, the lords of these nations don't have any use for keeping around ninja, which is obviously foolish, but since they can't wage war against each other for greedy reasons, they can't just be funding them that much either. Naruto, as the world's hero, probably kept their ambitions in check, and the balance of power between the Daimyo lord and him was pretty balanced.

Now that Naruto is gone, they see an opportunity to replace the villages with Scientific Ninja tools, and since Shikamaru understands that there is still a very real threat from the Shinju and Otsutsuki, they want to replace him with Konohamaru too, leaving the village unstable. Part of the blame also lies with Shikamaru for not taking the 9th Hokage title officially.

At this point, he’s The Immortal (Invincible) of the Boruto series

I made it in flipaclip and chose to keep it messy.

What if what Koji said about Momo coming out happens during or maybe after the fact that Boruto has to choose between saving Sarada or Sasuke?

I doubt saving Sarada (again) will be a piece of cake this time. I feel like after Hidaris thorn bulb is up for grabs, Jura takes it and on the other hand, Code kidnaps Sarada. Which leads Boruto to decide who to save, Sarada or Sasuke..

he looks so happy that he gets a chance to take over LOl

Being Hyuuga & Uzumaki, what abilities should we hope to see either posses/unlock?

What would Himawari pull from Minato?

He said he felt bad for Sarada . It's actually interesting that he's having character development, I hope he delivers a good fight also .

All he does is appear on screen to take an L, goes back in hiding to scheme some more then comes back to take another

How these modes work:

Naruto converts that chakra into his own:

Why Minato has the same thing because they are father and son:

Naruto chakra has been described as Yellow from the beginning:

Same thing with KCM 2 it still Naruto's chakra just more of it this weird avatar has nothing to do with Yin or Yang Kurama:

Same thing with Minato, people miscontrue this moment as representative of Yin and Yang Kurama:

When here is Naruto recieving chakra from Yin Kurama to form the Avatar shouldn't his Avatar be dark if it had anything to do Yin or Yang Kurama???

Final nail is after extraction and he has Yin Kurama this is how his Avatar still looks like:

For any copers that "Kishi forgo he had Yin Kurama" No he didn't forget anything. The Kurama after extraction being depicted in a darker shade check:

He does it in like every arc of NNG that he's in, and he's not even speaking to anyone most of the time, just rambling to himself. Code's honestly one of the few villains that would do stuff like this in Boruto, that's why I love him.

I was thinking if kawaki never sealed naruto .will naruto be alive at this point because there are too many threat code momoshiki jura other divine tree and naruto will face them without kurama powers also he will keep boruto and kawaki out of fight so he will fight alone what do you think will naruto be alive or dead

Hey guys, Im pretty sure you all Know that Naruto has some of the best antagonists in all of anime, from ppl like Sasuke, to Itachi and pain or Obito and Madara etc etc..

The main turn off i always got from Boruto wasnt the main cast, but it was always the villains..

Ive only seen the first arc where they fight momoshiki, but ive never Felt any interest toward him at all.

Ive seen Jigen alot but from all the scenes ive seen of him he seems kind of Dull and Boring...

Ofc there is Kawaki, he feels like a replica of Sasuke... I know that his story is much more different than sasuke, but im pretty sure hes like on our side? i dont know much but ive heard that even in this timeskip that kawaki is actually a good guy, so technically he isnt a villain?

Who is the main villain of boruto tbh, is it Kawaki? im kinda going off topic lol, i heard the name Code alot but i keep hearing mixed opinions on him..

What about Momoshiki? is he gonna be Like Kuruma again where boruto befreinds the inner demom? Or is he Like Sukuna where The inner Demon is actually evil

to be fair tho, i barely know much about the story currently and maybe there are villains that are even better than the akatsuki.. From what ive seen online tho it looks like a bunch of Alien versions of Sasuke and other characters?

Anyways, whats your opinioons on the boruto villains? are they good? are there any villians on the level of Someone like PAIN or ITACHI? or even better?

I’ve been thinking recently about the defining moments in OG Naruto and Shippuden. I’m talking Garra vs. Lee, final Naruto vs. Sasuke or Hidan vs. Shikamaru, Sasuke vs. Itachi. Scenes that carry a lot of narrative weight as well as being absolute bangers to watch.

For you what’s your equivalent in Boruto? Which scenes are you replaying over and over? For me it’s Kawaki vs. Garo.

Which Boruto manga do you prefer and why? I know there's a bit of bias comparing a completed series to an ongoing one, so feel free to judge NNG off of its first half or so. I personally prefer NNG but I think TBV will come out on top when everything Ikemoto is building up pays off

We all know that momoshiki has some form of future sight, and that Boruto is now 100% otsutsuki. I feel like there’s a chance that Boruto himself has some kind of future sight he’s hiding and he’s playing 4d chess along with Amado and kashin koji, an example being he somehow knew that Kawaki had limiters on and that he could get Kawaki to help him even when kashin koji himself had no idea Even with his 10 paths. I think this would be a crazy plot twist, and fits very well in the current story, and if he makes mistakes we can attribute it to the fact that momoshiki himself could accurately see the future only glimpses, and boruto therfor could only see glimpses but use that to piece together a plan that lets him win everything.

what do you guys think? Just popped randomly into my mind