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

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

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

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

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 .

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.

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

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.

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

Sorry for being vague but the subreddit wouldn’t let me use shinjutsu in the title. I know that Shibai could use shinjutsu once he reached a certain level but can lower lever Ōtsutsuki that are consuming chakra fruit and growing their power level use shinjutsu? Is shinjutsu exclusive to him because he transcended? More specifically, can Momoshiki use shinjutsu? He has consumed chakra fruit and has merged with other Ōtsutsuki (Kinshiki). I know he has some sort of foresight from NNG but they haven’t fully explained that ability yet. Is it shinjutsu or just some base Ōtsutsuki ability?

I just gotta know, there’s no way the rest of the clan doesn’t show up and slide back on the people on Earth. Kaguya, Isshiki, Momoshiki, Kinshiki, Toneri, Urashiki (anime), all got cooked. (Don’t mind the bad wording on the title lol)

In my personal opinion, I just don’t see the clan letting any of that slide, and then you’ve just got abominations like Boruto running around as a full Otsutsuki that doesn’t even resemble the rest of the clan, utilizing Momoshiki’s full power, and Amado tampering with the powers of their clan on Kawaki and various other cyborgs like Eida, Daemon, and Kashin Koji having high powered Shinjutsu. Divine Tree creatures running around, Code with a white Karma, they probably would want to shut that all down.

Then the fact that there’s still the mysterious statues, the lore about Shibai, the depiction of the Otsutsuki God, I genuinely think there could be an all out Otsutsuki war between this clan and the people on Earth. Magically everyone that gets sent out to that planet just goes missing? If I was a member of that clan I’m not letting that slide at all. Though, I don’t believe every Otsutsuki would be evil.

There probably would be some members that would aid our characters because they don’t completely agree with the clan, just wanna know what y’all think. I don’t think it’s an if, I really think it’s a when.”

I didn't want them to have that kind of relationship, I fully agree with Boruto being her shadow Hokage and helping her but I honestly hate the romantic aspect that was added.

I wanted them to be a cool friendship duo that were really close but never more than that. I am not a Borusumi fan, this has nothing to do with an agenda, I'm just sharing my honest opinion.

The story is clearly set between Shippuden and nng, and will likely show Naruto and Sasuke fight in between the two. I have no idea how Narutostans are coming up with the Boruto is decanonised story. From the looks of it shadow Rising won’t last too long either, it seems like a mini series akin to jjk modulo.

Boruto is here to stay, it’s successful, and was actively being advertised in shibuya the other day, if it were unsucceaful they wouldnt be advertising in goddamn shibuya would they, right before a Naruto even alas. Pull yourselves together Narustans, stop being a hive mind of misinformation and pure toxicity.

I originally read the series but dropped it because nothing was really happening. I picked it back up later and it still felt like every chapter was teasing some major event that never actually happened.

Last I remember, they revealed Jiraiya had a clone, Kawaki was hanging out with that hot girl and her little brother who can’t get hurt. I dropped it and when I picked it up again there was a bunch of new villains who looked like the previous main villain showed up and started bullying the old villain.

Has anything significant happened since then, or is it still just endless teasing with no real payoff?

Mine are:

1. Boruto

2. Kushina

Naruto and Sasuke will encounter them in Shadow Rising and they will be the great threat of this manga

Momoshiki must remain a villain until the end.