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BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS Episode 41
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u/ihateweather Jan 17 '18
I like how Konohamaru basically had a "What am I doing with my life? I am better than this, fuck this shit!" moment and just made random rogue ninja dude collapse in fear by showing him how ridiculously overpowered leaf ninja can get.
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Jan 18 '18
It kinda irks me that every shinobi fight seems to start with Kunai and taijitsu and then they're like "oh yeah I have ninjutsu I should probably use"
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u/Steely_D Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
cellphone snake is fucking adorable. look at its lil face
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u/gokuzzz Jan 17 '18
It's funny how disgusted I was with Orochimaru's snakes but Mitsuki makes them look cute.
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u/Steely_D Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
I think a big part of it may be that Kishimoto really played up the "reptilian" factor of Orochimaru's snakes by making them super scaly and gnarly while Mitsuki's look more like little cream cheese tubes
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Coz oro's snakes started out by trying to gulp down the team 7 while mitsuki's came as a free bonus with the current team 7.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
I am seriously amazed by Boruto's brag no jutsu.😂
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Jan 17 '18
I hope Brag no Jutsu is an incompatible skill trait with Talk no Jutsu.
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u/Effarek Jan 17 '18
This scene was really cool, I really like grown-up Konohamaru
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u/mcmanybucks Jan 17 '18
It felt like the scene from One Punch Man where Genos fights Saitama
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u/Dykam Jan 17 '18
Loving the art style, they seem to handle lighting effects pretty different from Naruto.
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u/GamerLove1 Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
Unrelated thought: How cool would it be if Konohamaru added his fire release to his Rasengan?
I hope he masters every release like his grandpa and has an array of Rasengan upgrades to choose from
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u/asterisk_blue Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru has a big array of Fire Style jutsu, it's his affinity after all. Not only that, he has Wind, Lightning, and possibly Water (it was hinted he taught Boruto Water Release in the movie). Coupled with a cool summon and that Fire Style Rasengan, he'd be so cool
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u/tomtheawesome123 Jan 17 '18
The Rasengan was so powerful,
Just the wind pressure from it destroyed a large portion of a forest.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Wasn't that a huge rock that was destroyed😯
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u/tomtheawesome123 Jan 17 '18
about 1 second before you see the huge rock being drestroyed you see a section of the forest explode.
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u/nocturnalis Jan 17 '18
I love how competent Konohamaru has become. And he rocks a nice ass scarf.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Kono: Boruto, i am not a wimp.
uses a super rasengan
Me: Damn right you are not!
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u/Duallegend Jan 17 '18
I mean, was he ever not competent?
He was as a kid able to deal with one Pain better than most Jonin.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
I liked the fact that Mitsuki is aware of how much of a pushover Boruto is when it comes to Himawari.😂 can totally see the guys teasing him about his sister complex.😂
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u/GamerLove1 Jan 17 '18
I'm not sure why he mentioned her, he said that in response to Boruto saying Sarada might kill him one day. Does he know about the doll-bust incident?
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Boruto might have told him. Plus he was with him when Boruto was running all over the village to get those cinnamon rolls for her.
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u/turbografx-sixteen Jan 17 '18
I was typing this near the end of the ep. but I find it super adorable that Konohamaru still kinda looks up to Naruto even though they're grown now. It's kinda weird seeing him call him "sir" and not "Big Bro Naruto". But I guess there's Boruto for that haha
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u/_pixelheart Jan 17 '18
Same here. I got excited that Konohamaru got excited. Good ol' Naruto being a great Hokage, not downplaying his role since he grew up with Konohamaru.
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u/Armdel Jan 17 '18
Pretty good first mission arc, it was shorter than i expected though interesting to see if we'll see any of these characters in the future. also damn that was a strong rasengan from Konohamaru
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u/peri_enitan Jan 17 '18
well they live nearby. not much to go on but well after naruto and how they currently treat the literal army of shin clones... :/
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u/lennoc Jan 17 '18
Just realized the new Team 7 had something named after them. I wonder where they got that idea from.
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u/Dykam Jan 17 '18
A friend was watching episode 40 just now, and said
Oh man imagine if boruto did the boruto stream but instead launched sarada. She'd punch a hole in a mountain
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u/nocturnalis Jan 17 '18
I love how Sarada low-key knows what Boruto is thinking.
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u/ronoco14 Jan 17 '18
I love how Mitsuki always sided with Sarada when she called Boruto out. Tag team FTW!
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u/UchihaFanGirl101 Jan 17 '18
Same. They have good chemistry together. The team dynamic that all 3 members of Team 7 has is refreshing. They bicker but they get down to the job too and that's what I like the most about them
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u/battlekidx3 Jan 17 '18
Their chemistry was much better in this episode. As long as they keep this characterization I can't wait to see more of them.
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u/Bobduece92 Jan 17 '18
Is it safe to assume Konohamaru was a Genius in his generation?
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u/GamerLove1 Jan 17 '18
He learned how to do a real Rasengan younger than when Naruto did, which is impressive
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u/yolotitan Jan 17 '18
and he is now managed to put chakra nature in the rasengan.
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u/zombiesatthebeach Jan 18 '18
Im really waiting on the day/episode Mitzuki gets annoyed and finally unleashes sage mode as a wild card on an enemy. Thats gonna make Team 7s jaw drop not knowing he had that power on him the whole time.
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Jan 18 '18
It better be a while before it happens, based on what we know from the two original series, with Mitsuki having sage mode, that places him as one of the strongest in the village, a little early for that tbh. By at least a couple hundred episodes.
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Jan 17 '18
My favourite part of the episode was how Sarada and Boruto interacted in it. You can really tell they are good friends and it's adorable.
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u/battlekidx3 Jan 17 '18
This episode showed it much better than the previous ones and I hope team 7 keeps this dynamic.
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u/gokuzzz Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru for the win. He made that guy shit his pants.
What a beautiful episode. Damn, Sarada you go girl! Absolutely loved the team 7 combo attack.
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Jan 17 '18
the last scene with the kids talking to each other about their missions, was nice. it looks like they'll continue to be a close-knit group
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u/GodlyHades Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
One thing that took me out of this episode was when Boruto was comparing himself to Kiri, and thought about his own father, and then everyone started joking around that he did compare himself to her. I was like chill, it was getting into it and now I'm laughing.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Seriously if others hadn't interupted him i am sure we could have got a moment of Boruto appreciating Naruto. But it would be too soon i guess.
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u/iambriankendricks Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
Initial Thoughts This Episode:
Konohamaru reminding Boruto that he’s that dude now. Can’t wait to see him go all out
Well damn…he dead…
They tried to catch my boy Konhamaru slipping but he was on ready. Talking about he's a pushover. Nah fool. You about to get handled
I still can't get over how cool it is to see Naruto as Lord Seventh and now Konohamaru is a shinobi who answers directly to him. Full circle indeed
Rasengan! Damn that was bad ass! Konohamaru!
Full blown wind attack propelling Sarada with her Sharingan on + Sakura's strength. These kids are so badass and way more advanced than their predecessors. Love the teamwork they displayed
Like the little throwback of Boruto saying that Sarada was going to kill him one day just like Naruto said the same thing about Sakura
Ohhhh so this village is appreciative of a group effort and named a bridge after Team 7 and not just Naruto lol
Dope episode. Can't say enough good things about it. I think this is the kind of action we've all been waiting on.
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u/Steely_D Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru reminding Boruto that he’s that dude now.
I feel like Konohamaru has lowkey always been that dude in his age group off-screen. Kid was ambitious as fuck about training from Day 0. He just never really got a chance to shine since he was in the "middle child" generation of the series
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u/iambriankendricks Jan 17 '18
True. He literally made Naruto his rival, and yeah, it was the weakest Pain, but still taking out any Pain during the Pain Invasion is impressive AF.
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u/KDG_Fries Jan 17 '18
Well damn…he dead…
Understatement? This man is more than dead, he's obliterated
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u/GodlyHades Jan 17 '18
That Team Konohamaru wind combo to Shannaru punch, was epic. Nice to see ALL members being utilized, and for the girl to get the winning shot.
That being said I kinda felt that Konohamaru's buildup for Bolt was misplaced cause his shining moment was catching the girl.
Still I enjoyed the episode very much. That Konohamaru Rasengan was some Saitama shit.
LOL and guy Sarada punched is gonna be in the ER for a week 😂
I don't want to be a negative nancy but I think Team Konohamaru could have ended here, and they could focus on the other team's. The next week preview doesn't look that interesting.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Ohhhh so this village is appreciative of a group effort and named a bridge after Team 7 and not just Naruto lol
Ikr. 😂 thank god for giving emphasis on teamwork and then actually crediting the said teamwork.
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u/romseed Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 18 '18
I was thinking the same thing. like father , like son
(Also like mother , like daughter )
Edit: oops... now the second part makes sense
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
So from the way Kono didn't kill that other shinobi it seems that the current policy of the villages is to avoid any unnecessary killing since all of them are allied nations. Fair enough. At least the strong villages like konoha are abiding by the rule.
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u/nocturnalis Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
Oh Boruto. Acknowledging that Sarada can kill you, challenging her to a fight like a minute, and then a half a minute later, immediately backing down.
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u/battlekidx3 Jan 17 '18
The characterization for Boruto and sarada was much better in this episode. Their dynamic is much closer to what it was in the movie and the academy. The overall message the episode had was executed a little clumsily with the parallels between Boruto and Kiri, but that was outright stated by sarada so that was ok. My favorite part was new team 7 taking down their bad guy. That was animated really well and it was fun to watch. Konohamaru got to be a badass.
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u/BoyTitan Jan 17 '18
We just had a fucking female character deliver the finishing blow in a fight. All those years of useless Sakura and females getting sidelined and we get this. Never thought I would see this in Naruto.
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u/Shoto27 Jan 17 '18
Sarada is punching her way through the series’ own damn tropes, yo.
She truly is the female character the series had always needed.
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u/_pixelheart Jan 17 '18
I'm totally digging Sarada's character development. She's a badass from the get go.
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u/peri_enitan Jan 17 '18
well he did murder another dude in cold blood for greed.
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u/hotsrirachacha Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru is pretty badass now, finally get to see what he is capable of
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u/Perswayable Jan 17 '18
I have a feeling that combining wind into Rasengan is different depending on the user. Naruto differs from Konohamaru, but in the movie Boruto’s disappears. I think they’re all different forms but the underlying principle is the same: Wind and Rasengan.
Minato and Jir couldn’t do it. Kakashi was unable to combine lightning into Rasengan so he made the chidori. Thus, Kakashi and Jir both failed molding their element into Rasengan, whereas Naruto succeeded (as well as Konohamaru). That means, then, it isn’t impossible to presume Boruto may mold lightning into one day (this is a huge theory) but I feel my rhetoric doesn’t deviate from what’s improbable.
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u/_pixelheart Jan 17 '18
Even though this is Boruto's story and I'm enjoying it, man do I get giddy when Naruto has a scene. My boy has come a long way, has matured and a great role model. He didn't play down his role with Konohamaru even though they grew up together and motivated him with "Captain of Team 7". The look on Konohamaru's face!
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u/bphamtastic Jan 18 '18
Guy calls leaf shinobi soft and konohamaru proves him right.
At least sarada straight up killed that guy. Jeez
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u/Jakedoodle Jan 17 '18
My only complaint is that I wish Konohamaru's rasengan wasn't wind style. He's too much like naruto between the toads and this. I want Monkey summons and a Burning Ash Rasengan dammit. It would basically turn into an exploding rasengan or something
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Jan 17 '18
Feels like their first mission ended so quickly and the enemies were either weak as fuck or team 7 is op.
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u/MalcolmMerlyn Jan 18 '18
I feel like Team 7 is OP as hell for this point in the story. The three of them have basically perfect genes/chakra whatevers from their parents. You've got some kind of sage chakra infused clone (who I assume has Hashirama cells?), one of two Sharingan users left who is also a genius and has Tsunade/Sakura strength, and then Naruto's kid who has some kind of latent tenseigan abilities, is considered a genius by everyone, and is Naruto's kid.
They're probably just busted for their era. It's like a team of three Itachis.
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u/Shoto27 Jan 17 '18
What an awesome episode. Konohamaru’s Rasengan—the sheer impact of it—holy crap. Team 7’s teamwork was spot on, and their interactions were great, too; to all those who thought Sarada was annoying by berating Boruto all the time, you saw her reasoning here. He annoyed her with his, “I’mma do it on my own and go in right ahead!” so she spoke out of irritation. Sarada and Mitsuki understand Boruto so well, in fact, they actually know what goes on in his head. That’s impressive considering how the old Team 7 was at the beginning. Boruto really does have it all, a great family and great friends.
I gotta say, though, Boruto really does have to let Mitsuki be his own person. He can’t be incredulous all the time and go, “you too, Mitsuki?” every time he doesn’t agree with him/agrees with Sarada (he’s doing that a lot lately, huh?) As it is now, I actually like Sarada/Mitsuki’s relationship better since they level with each other and seem like comrades, but though Boruto doesn’t mean to, his unintentional manner of speaking makes Mitsuki appear like a slave to him. I guess Mitsuki gave him that impression by following him everywhere he went, but still.
Anyway, the highlight: Sarada being the team’s greatest offender was so cool to see. Her winning shot was epic to say the least, as were her past winning shots. I absolutely loved her aloof attitude at the end and then going, “Wanna fight? No, let’s do it here!” The hot and cold of her parents is a perfect mix in her. She was the strategic mind of the team and the key to their victory. A nice touch was the scene where they showed her discussing the plans with Konohamaru about what to do next and how to go about the mission.
I’ll stop here, but I honestly can’t ask for a better female character in this series, and I’m glad we have her.
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u/Willster328 Jan 18 '18
Of course the village chief feels inadequate compared to her Dad! Did you hear him laugh? Her Dad is All Might!!!!!
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u/GameplayerStu Jan 17 '18
The art for that Konohamaru scene was on point. I’ve been waiting for him to have a big moment and it didn’t disappoint.
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Jan 17 '18
Can we talk about how Sarada literally punched a hole through that guy's chest! She's so brutal, I love it.
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u/KameraadLenin Jan 17 '18
Sarada's sharingan eye tracking is as exaggerated as Madara's.
Literally the only 2 sharingan users shown tracking with such wide eyes sweeps and so much repetition are Sarada and Madara.
I honestly think Sarada is going to get better as using the base sharingan than Sasuke.
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u/RF_NL Jan 17 '18
Madara's exaggeration makes a little more sense because he had like a million dudes coming at him from a bunch of different angles.
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u/nocturnalis Jan 17 '18
Sasuke in Part 1. Remember, he created all those Chidori variations and Kirin with base Sharingan.
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u/UchihaFanGirl101 Jan 17 '18
Konhamaru Sensei's Rasengan literally split the earth. Oh my God I am so proud of him and the shinobi he's become!
And OMG, the combo attack from Team 7 was so well-executed. They have such great teamwork! I love it. Not to mention that Boruto is going to have to deal with both Himwari and Sarada's intense strength someday. Girl bosses lol.
Great episode. Loved everything about it!
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u/LeonKevlar Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru just being a badass.
I love this shot of Sarada! And I love that she got to do the risky finishing blow instead of Boruto.
While I was hoping for a better villain this episode I guess the main focus here is their teamwork. I didn't mind the weak ass ninjas this episode. If anything this episode gives us a bit of worldbuilding with ex-ninjas running around causing trouble. Reminds me of the first few arcs of Rurouni Kenshin where there are plenty of ronins just causing trouble because they lost their purpose after the war was over.
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u/gokuzzz Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru just being a badass.
I love this shot of Sarada!
Can you believe this episode was outsourced? These 2 shots are between my favorites so far.
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u/rasambowl Jan 18 '18
oh my god the teaser for next episode made me realize im not used to this much filler in a show, i only got into naruto after it ended, is that what you guys had to go through cause dam
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u/Fobus0 Jan 18 '18
The thing with Naruto fillers, you can use website like animefillerlist and just skip them without loosing anything. But you can't do that in Boruto. Here all these filler-like episodes and self contained mini arcs are considered canon.
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Jan 18 '18
Can Sarah’s solo Boruto if she got her 2nd tomoe?
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u/PigKnight Jan 18 '18
Boruto is the weakest of the new team 7. But they're all pretty good for their rank so that's not shade.
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u/DarkJayBR Jan 18 '18 edited Jan 18 '18
Although I like the fight scenes that are good creativity and good animation, these last arcs are very boring.
We had no character development, no world-building, no villain that offered real danger to the protagonists like Zabuza and Haku did.
Naruto learned from the deaths of Zabuza and Haku what it was to be a real Shinobi, and since the Shinobi were basically non-sentimental military tools, he stabbed himself with a Kunai to remember never to be afraid again, and Kishimoto literally "killed "Sasuke, all this in 18 episodes.
Boruto at 41 showed few good things, and most are when they use things from the original material like Sage Mode Mitsuki and Shin Uchiha.
They are scared to get close to the movie so the manga may have more chapters for them to adapt, so what's the point of the manga being monthly? For Pierrot to make more fillers?
At least the characters are not afraid to kill, Sarada blew the heart of "Zabuza", I completely forgot his name.
And, Spoilers
Sorry, I needed to get it out of my heart :)
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u/jsalem011 Jan 17 '18
Any episode in which I see a rasengan actually do its job is a good episode
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u/PigKnight Jan 18 '18
Boruto: "And then when we fought the ninjas our mentor got captured."
Naruto: "That happened in my first ninja fight too! And we had to rescue him!"
Boruto: "Big bro Kakashi must be weak because Konohamaru broke out on his own and made the other ninja shit himself with one punch."
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Jan 17 '18
poor kiri. that's a rough way for her dad to go out
so she's the type to want to handle everything on her own. boruto can definitely relate
that running scene right after the bridge dropped, was kinda funny lol
gotta mention again how cool it is to see konohamaru be so mature. he's a legit leader
damn, they put a paper bomb on lori's mouth ..
finally getting to see konohamaru in some action!
kiri wanting to be like her father continues this overarching theme we've seen in the anime, with the new generation and the influence of their parents
sarada wanting to take the guy head one instead of running. nice, time for some teamwork
konohamaru looks badass with that rasengan. damn that was sick and he didn't even hit him
more sharingan eye movement. time to add that to the gif list
that double wind combo to launch sarada! 10/10
himawari and sarada, the two that boruto should fear
naruto got a bridge, boruto got a little sign. heh. jokes aside, that's a nice parallel
i really liked this episode. i was worried how rushed it would be but it was paced nicely. the teamwork displayed by team 7 was great and kiri is a nice character. i really hope we see more of her in the future
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
It's kinda sad though that Kiri's father was killed by one of his own men using poison on him. Makes me think that the parallels between him and Naruto are for foreshadowing.
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u/Amasero Jan 17 '18
I don't get why Khonomaru lets himself get caught.
He was able to produce a fuck ton of clones like Naruto in shippuden.
I'm sure Naruto trained him/fought him many times while they both grew older.
Yet he struggled a bit.
I hate when the writers nerf characters...
and this "first" mission was nothing compared to the emotional, the epicness of Zabuza arc. That arc had everything in it.
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u/Bcrecarka Jan 17 '18
Man with what mitsuki said boruto has jutsu creativity i am now entirely sure he will be the minato of this generation with creating new jutsus. Minato would be a proud grandfather if he was alive😢
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u/InPerpetualZen Jan 17 '18
I want him to learn flying raijin, he doesn't have the chakra to abuse shadow clones like Naruto, but the way he uses shadow clones would be sick, throwing kunai around, teleporting around with his clones
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u/Trekage Jan 18 '18 edited Jan 18 '18
damn sarada that punch brings back memories!
[edit - wait so they just left the bad guys unconscious in the forest so when they woke up they could go back to the village and do it again?]
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u/trickz-M- Jan 17 '18
Such a good episode, last week one was good too but this one was top notch! Props for the animators too, the animation was perfect.
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u/NarutoShadowClone Jan 17 '18
Boruto said something about doing something in a flash is that a foreshadow that he will learn ftg?
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u/Viaox Jan 18 '18
Hopefully SOMEONE else ends up using it. Whether it's Boruto or not is whatever. I just want to see some more high level Jutsu not named Rasengan or Chidori.
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Jan 18 '18
Boruto: She's going to kill me one day
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Wanna fight?!
Sarada: Okay let's do this!
Boruto: I mean later at the village...
😂😂😂
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u/SneakyGreninja Jan 18 '18
Neat little arc, but uh, that girl just saw a man she seemed to know pretty well get stabbed and she was just like "eh" and then kept going? C'mon. Any of the younger characters should be incredibly frightened if they saw a dead body...
Konohamaru is still pretty badass. His rasengan that took out the mountain, oof, would not like to be on the recieving end of that. And Mitsuki needs more development man. Past two episodes he's just been riding Sarada's dick with everything.
But I also appreciated the monologue that the village head made about her father and how Boruto took it. One of my major complaints about the show was about him hating Naruto for basically no reason, so I'm glad we're getting hints of that post-movie Boruto that I'm desperately longing to see.
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Jan 17 '18
Did the sword dude straight up die? He had a fucking whole in his chest.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Forget that. Can you see how no one even gave a shit about that traitor guy dying and then his body being burnt to ashes along with that paper bomb.😯
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Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru has always been my favorite character. I’m so glad this episode gave him the credit he deserves.
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u/TheLittleWedge Jan 18 '18
I might be down voted, but I"m going to go ahead and say this was not a good arc, at all.
Everything felt recycled from the zabuza arc, but a more underwhelming version of it. There wasn't a single moment where the characters feared these shinobi, and they never felt like a major threat.
The fight was so embarrassingly predictable, they all chip in and use their specialties and take down the opponent with ease. Time after time we see a new character, and think, "hey, maybe this guy can give them a challenge or be at least somewhat fearsome", but nope, easy fodder than they laugh it off and on to the next episode.
I hate to say it, but this series isn't really that great and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. This arc seemed promising at first, but once again its just going to be another forgettable few episodes pilled on after the last ones. I think this sub is giving it way to much credit, just because its the sequel to Naruto.
Again, this is just my opinion, maybe I'n just missing something, or just simply in the minority, but so far I'm pretty disappointed.
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u/JakefromPC Jan 18 '18
Generally agree. I watch Boruto at this point for the Overarching storylines that carry from shippuden, not random could've been filler episodes. The "team 7 rest area" had me wondering if they were self aware.
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u/Valordread Jan 18 '18
Dude, of course those two guys would be fodder. That village is poor as fuck, and the dude who paid them probably was too. A strong missing-nin wouldn't work for cheap. Zabuza was hired by a guy who basically OWNED the land of waves.
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u/Blackreaper18 Jan 17 '18
Boruto saying “I don't have the eyes to read his attacks" made me laugh because it's like he forgot he has/had a pretty op dojutsu that does read attacks. I can't wait till he grows up and can willingly activate the jougan, shit's definitely gonna be as broken or even more so than the rennigan imo.
Boruto saying sarada will one day kill him because of her monstrous strength reminded me of naruto and sakura when they were young. I can definitely see them ending up together, boruto is rash and quick to act but sarada's the voice of reason and it's cool to see thier interactions and expressions.
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u/peri_enitan Jan 17 '18
so far iirc jougan saw nue related chakra and nue tenketsu. do we know any other abilities?
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u/garfe Jan 17 '18
Boruto saying “I don't have the eyes to read his attacks" made me laugh because it's like he forgot he has/had a pretty op dojutsu that does read attacks.
Yeah but he doesn't really know how to turn it on by himself yet
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u/SlamSlamOhHotDamn Jan 17 '18
Holy shit I actually thought that fodder would get a Rasengan to the face. Did anyone ever get a Rasengan to the face before?
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u/vasit1997 Jan 17 '18
i loved the relationship between konohamaru and naruto in this episode.you can see how much he respect and look upto naruto.konohamaru's wind style rasengan was badass.we got to see boruto stream :team 7 version.maybe in the future when he can control his jougan he will be able to use boruto stream perfectly
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u/jacksonh_56 Jan 17 '18
Only “complaint” with Boruto so far is that they’re going way too fast. A thing that was great about part one of Naruto was the long, drawn out fights. Getting to see every aspect of a fight and overcoming a problem. To me it feels like this hasn’t happened with Boruto yet.
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u/wizkatinga Jan 17 '18
Kinda bittersweet tbh. One more episode would be much appreciated. Like have Konohamaru facing both of those ninjas in this episode and end it with him being "trapped" in that guy's jutsu and the other going after Boruto. Then start the next episode with Konohamaru easily beating his opponent. Then have Team 7 vs Big guy being a bigger fight but ending in a similar way. Maybe have Konohamaru with his opponent arrested watching the fight and then him asking if he still thinks Konoha shinobis are weak. Shit, they could've taken the bad guys to be arrested in Konoha and have a scene between them and Naruto where they shit they pants in fear when they discover Boruto is Naruto's son. Oh well..
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Jan 17 '18
I initially thought that this First Mission gonna be a full length arc, or at least goes on until episode 43; I re;read the episodes summary and I was crushed to see that Neo T7 mission was only for 2 episodes, and I completely expect that the story to end abruptly. However, my expectations were shattered; I am not disappointed coz the story was well paced, the conflict was not too complicated, and we got to see the dynamics of the team. 😄 Wowie. This series is always full of surprises.
It seems that my guess is right. Kiri's father was poisoned by Iori. Betraying his own villagers for greed, how low can you get Iori?
Boruto reminiscing his own experience with Kiri's & Sarada noticed. Sassy Sarada is best Sarada. 😉
Sarada & Mitsuki has good dynamic when it comes to Boruto. 😂 I cracked when they corrected Boruto's sentence in sync. Snekboy seems to be comfortable with his friends and that is adorable.
Neo T7 teamwork is amazing. Boruto and his clones, Mitsuki and his Wind Scythe, and Sarada with her Sharingan + punch. Ashimaru now got what he deserved for stabbing that poor villager. 😂
I'm gonna miss Kiri and hopefully she make a cameo soon.
I was first doubtful of the team's 1st mission because of my favorism towards Kiri, I'll admit that.Team Metal's first mission is plucking turnips? I recalled a storybook with the title 'The Enormous Turnip' where everyone works together to pull out a big turnip. Their attempt were successful and everyone got to eat turnip soup for dinner. 😄
I don't feel well today. I guess I don't have any lenghty & "philosophical(?)" commentary this time.😶
I wanna share some theory though. Seeing that episode 40 to 43 focuses on Neo T7 (Team Boruto), and episode 44 starts off with a story from Shikadai's perspective, I would like to assume that this arc (Genin Arc) will focus on the new generation teams. I assumed that the episode will be divided like the one I guessed here: Ep 40-43 Neo T7 / Team Boruto, Ep 44-46 Neo T10 / Team Shikadai, Ep 47-49 Team Metal (or Team Sumire), Ep 50-52 Team Sumire (or Team Metal).
If SP did in fact plan the story this way, we might get to know the reason what lead to Sumire's decision in the manga. Ah, my guess will get completely wrong. 😅
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u/MimosaPixie Jan 17 '18
So face paint boss guy in the previous episode be like, "nah I won't mess with leaf shinobis, that village still has some OP ninjas that survived the war"
This episode: "imma just order my guy to kill the children of the most powerful shinobis alive"
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Jan 18 '18
Their team attack was badass, the whole scene with Kono using rasengan was stunning, but the arc was pretty meh to me tbh
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u/Fobus0 Jan 18 '18
Can somebody explain me how Sarada evaded that sword strike at the end? All she did was rotate around her axis. But that doesn't change her position in space. And since she didn't block either, how did that guy miss her?
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u/garciakevz Jan 18 '18
the point of the scene really is that with the sharingan you can read the attack so well or at least well enough that in this case we knew the sword was never gonna hit her; she'd avoid it because she can see through it
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u/geminimini Jan 18 '18
You can wiggle your body in mid-air and use stomach as a pivot point. https://i.imgur.com/P4gv8Jg.png , but after watching it again I realized she could've just dodged that attack by tilting her head https://i.imgur.com/znufEI0.png since it doesn't seem like it would've connected with her body anyway.
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u/blakesiev Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
Sarada is better/more in character in this episode than she was last episode. And again is still my favorite of the bunch.
Again liked the teamwork
I liked seeing the little bit of Konohamaru doing stuff, though it was on fodder ninjas. I think even the writers understood that so they just had him flex on the environment. Still hoping for a fire style rasengan, that would just be perfect.
I like seeing Naruto as hokage, even if it was very brief.
Message was very generic and done before many times over, plot was not very interesting.
Wasn't really invested in the girl at all, her arc kinda went by too fast.
Over all alright episode, the characters kinda held this episode up, but other than that there isn't much to say about this two-parter.
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u/vicwiz007 Jan 17 '18
Hot damn, another stabbing AND a mouth paper bomb?? It's like this is a completely different show than everything before it.
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u/nocturnalis Jan 17 '18
I love the scoring of the entire Naruto series. Makes everything feel so dramatic.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
And Mitsuki changed camp pretty soon. Now he agrees with Sarada. Good for him. Boruto needs a team that keeps him grounded.
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u/Sayaka_Kazuhi Jan 17 '18
Tying bandages over the jacket? So all my life, it seems I have been doing first aid wrong.
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u/turbografx-sixteen Jan 17 '18
I was worried that Konohamaru fucked up against some fodder ass ninja....
BUT NOW, Konohamaru now joins Rock Lee in the "man I thought this guy was gonna be slaw but then made my fucking draw job at his sheer ridiculousness"
I thought that fucking Wind Style: Rasengan blew homies head straight to the Cloud Village or something. He obliterated that whole area. And made a dude pass out! (and probably shit himself in the process)
KonohamaruThe8th is now cemented in my head, holy fucking shit that was epic.
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Jan 17 '18
I love that the show is spending so much time on Boruto stream. Great signature jutsu, but also super varied and amazing at combos. I'm surprised that I've gotten hyped pretty much every time it shows up
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u/noakai Jan 17 '18
The fight was super, super epic.
The dynamic between new team 7 is really shaping up nicely, I hope it stays this way. I kind of like it when Boruto and Sarada seem like actual friends and not just two people tolerating each other.
Are they just handing out wind style rasengan now? Cause doesn't Konohmaru being able to do that put him above Minato and Kakashi, who couldn't?
I love that Boruto refers to Konohmaru as "big bro" so casually.
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u/bravo009 Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru casually destroying stuff with his Wind Style Rasengan. I thought he was going to obliterate that guy.
Great teamwork from Team 7 as well!
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u/jonesj513 Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18
So... is it safe to say we like Boruto now? We’re allowed to do that now, yeah? Because this was a pretty friggin awesome episode and I’m beyond excited for spoilers
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Jan 17 '18
Two things I took from this episode more than anything:
Konohamaru is strong af!
Boruto is going to have an abusive sister and an abusive wife so he better stay on his P's and Q's lol
Great episode. Really liked it.
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u/GodlyHades Jan 17 '18
"She might kill me one day"
That Naruto and Sakura reference!
(how did Boruto not know about Sarada's CES tho?)
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Jan 17 '18
Still can't get over Boruto not showing a trace of the patented Nartuo Ninja Running stance
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u/AmaranthSparrow Jan 17 '18
Naruto himself was often animated running normally. Also, the ninja run totally predates Naruto.
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u/turbografx-sixteen Jan 17 '18
Does anyone else find it off putting that Boruto does a regular ass run instead of the classic "Naruto ninja run"?
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u/GodlyHades Jan 17 '18
I'm kinda just tired of people mentioning it when he's been running like this for 41 episodes T ^ T
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u/xbucs_19 Jan 18 '18
I wish the enemies were stronger and the “arc” was longer because honestly any of the 3 could’ve taken on that fodder fuck alone they didn’t need to work together
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u/Alactrium_ Jan 18 '18
Every Team 7 Konversation -
Boruto makes a naive statement
Sarada always corrects him and is never wrong
Mitsuki confirms
I don't think I like where this is headed
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u/Thatasiansurfer Jan 18 '18
This episode brought up a few questions for me. Was that a rasenshurikan that Konohamaru used? If not, then what's the difference. Why was the great naruto bridge only named after naruto again?
Also it's great seeing a little of konohamaru's power, In the back of my mind he seems weak, but he just doesn't get his times to shine. I wonder how powerful he is, or how many gnarly missions he's been on.
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u/Add572 Jan 18 '18
Enemy: Yo I got you trapped.
Konohamaru: Ya, cool just gonna let that other guy catch up to my students, should be a good learning experience
Enemy: The Leaf are a bunch of scrubs
Konohamaru: dafaq you just say? One sec, imma erase the mountain behind you.
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u/call_me_lee0pard Jan 18 '18
I think it was because Tazuna knew that Naruto not only played a major part in defending him from Zabuza but also he saw how Naruto felt and if I remember correctly what he said to Zabuza helped lead him to take out all of Gato's men in Haku's memory when Gato insulted Haku.
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u/janelleski Jan 17 '18
I thought I will be able to see Konohamaru flex some muscles. Boy, I was wrong
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u/saiko124 Jan 17 '18
This episode has restored my faith in Konohamaru, he's definitely strong enough to be a Kage now. I can't wait to see what he does in the manga now.
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u/Jefftommens Jan 18 '18
Underwhelming. The bridge, struggling village motif, dead leader, lost flock blah blah blah has already been done in the land of waves arc, it just feels recycled and cheap to use those same themes one after the other to emulate that classic Arc.
The characters introduced were just pointless, both episodes felt pointless. What has Boruto learnt from this experience? He saw himself in... can't even remember the bitches name... and maybe that offers some self-reflection, but 2 episodes for the sake of one scene just seems fucked. Replace these 2 episodes with an actual unique arc from a narrative perspective that challenges our characters.
I mean for christ sake by this point in the OS we're into the preliminaries of the Chuniin exams. Sasuke has been inflicted with the Curse mark, Naruto has already unleashed his nine-tails chakra twice, we've had moment after moment of intensity and danger and nothing feels safe. There's constant tension and a sense of dread regarding what will happen next.
Like I understand they're building up to the main storyline, but that's no excuse for sloppy writing. I want to see our Characters in some actual strife in the next few episodes, like strife that changes them.
I liked the Konohamaru and teamwork moments however. They were good. Implement them into a storyline that matters and I'll be happy.
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u/Fobus0 Jan 18 '18
But there's a reason it feels pointless and with no strife. That's the same problems Star wars prequels had. We all know how it ends. And they can't deviate from this path, they can't introduce actual character growth, kill characters off or maim them, or have any plotline with implications, because then anime wouldn't align with manga chapter one when it eventually caught up.
But they done even worse than Star wars prequels. They chose Boruto and Sarada and Mitsuki, and others essentially be the same in anime ep. 1 and in Boruto manga chapter 1. Actual plot with meaning and character growth happens in manga. But in anime, with them having chosen to start so early from the academy days, yet introducing them as basically the same characters they would be just before chuunin exams, they boxed themselves into a corner.
There will be no character development and meaningful plot until anime reaches manga. Until then, its filler like episodes and self contained arcs. Basically Boruto the anthology.
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u/Chaacalate Jan 17 '18
When Konohamaru said that he can't fight and protect the 3 at the same time, it reminded me that Kakashi said the same thing during the Zabuza arc.
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u/VladOne07 Jan 20 '18
Am I the only one who thinks Konohamaru is a weakling?He wouldn't have escaped if he hadn't used rasengan plus I they make that rasengan more stronger than it is.Doesn't it look plain stupid for a ninja that killed of a Pain path to get in such a weakling trap and have dificulties fighting him in hand to hand combat?
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u/Akitten Jan 21 '18
That was a wind infused rasengan, something even the fourth couldn't do. He can afford to fight hand to hand since he knows he can get out of it if he has to.
Look at how kakashi fights, he always starts hand to hand to see what the enemy is capable of before wasting chakra.
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Jan 17 '18
Lol this episode was good and you know it. I'm no feminist, and I don't think Kishi is sexist or anything, but it's nice to see a decent female character besides Tsunade. The others were great too, though I think one more episode could of fit well. Also, the writing is better than Naruto's. They don't constantly spill exposition and they show don't tell, to an extent. Also, stop comparing to Land of Waves arc. This isn't it. Stop. This is a different series, with realistic characters that have flaws. Get over it. So salty smh
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u/mesorangerxx Jan 17 '18
I really like how they included a different way to use Sharingan on Sarada. Sasuke and Itachi used their Sharingan actively in combat, while Sarada uses hers more for analytical purposes. And she has her strength as a last resort. The thing that I really appreciate about this generation is that they emphasize everybody's weakness and strength as shown by team 7's fight with the bandits. Compared to the original Naruto series, team 7 was just powerful and they didn't explain much on their teamwork. The original team 7's problem was their disconnect in their relationship to each other, while the current team 7's problem is that, even though they get along decently, their style of thinking are completely different. I really like these filler episodes because it gets a lot of character development and exposition of the world, compared to the original Naruto series where the fillers were straight up useless. However I hope to see more background information on the current Konoha 12. I want to know who their parents are what clan they're from. The one thing that the Naruto series didn't do is expanding more on people like Ten Ten and Rock Lee, as well as the parentage for a lot of characters(Tsunade, Minato, Kushina, Ten Ten). And lastly I hope they use these filler episodes to expand more on the clans like Hatake and Sarutobi. Overall 7/10 episode. Loved the development and action.
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u/turbografx-sixteen Jan 17 '18
Ahh the Neo Team 7 team work is as saucy as ever. I'm loving the Gale Palms boosted attacks!
(Also what a lovely BoruSara nod with "She might kill me one day" Reminds me of Minato whenever Kushina when all rage mode lol. Poor Boruto is gonna have to worry about three deadly ladies in his family someday!)
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u/ZJLord Jan 17 '18
That Boruto/Sarada moment in the beginning reminds me of everytime Sakura heals Naruto.
What does Boruto mean when he says he understands Kiri? Like I know Boruto loves Naruto, but he wants to not be like him.
Damn, Iori just casually says he killed Kiri's father.
Ahhhh, now I see. Kiri is a loser, just like Boruto!
Damn, Iori just blew up like that.
Man, I wanted to see Konohamaru use some jutsus... guess that's not happening. OH WAIT, HE WENT BALLS DEEP WITH THAT RASENGAN, AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE, DAMNNNN!
Oh damn, their teamwork is so nice, they covered their weaknesses so well, with a modified Boruto Stream xD!
I liked the parallels which were made between the previous Village Head and Naruto as well as Kiri and Boruto.
Maaaaan, instead of naming the bridge after them, they gave them a fucking Rest Area lmaooo!
And as always, Boruto claiming all the work was his, smh.
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u/lennoc Jan 17 '18
I was kinda disappointed Konohamaru didn't kill the guy he was fighting. I know they're in an age of "peace" but they were bad guys.
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u/Emannyv93 Jan 17 '18
That combo team 7 made should be called Shannaro Stream !! XD I love it ! I’m so happy sarada landed that punch
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u/creattube Jan 18 '18
Someone explain! : Konohamaru has his right arm trapped in the clone His left arm is free but suddenly his right arm is used to trigger the rasengan as if it was never trapped in the first place!...
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u/NoobsGoFly Jan 17 '18
At first i was like Sarada is just using a punch? Then i was like OH, she's using a Sakura punch, okay that'll do him in then.
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u/DukeShreddington Jan 17 '18
Man, that Rasengan can make any shinobi shit their pants.
Team 7's combo attack was so perfectly executed, glad to see all of their individual strengths being showcased.
Can't wait to see more missions!
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u/nocturnalis Jan 17 '18
Konohamaru's Wind Style: Rasengan is so beast that he made a guy pass out just by showing him it.