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EP. REVIEW: Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

The only thing I got from this episode was that Sakura is still a Sasuke fanboy well into her 30s, and that she and him win the award for worst parents of the year. Sarada has never spoken to or even seen her father, and her mother doesn't tell her jack shit about him. What kind of marriage is that? But then again you can't expect too much from a relationship where the man never showed anything remotely similar to love towards the woman (even now as adults),

and the woman still proclaims her love for the man who tried to kill her. Ino really dodged a bullet

Agent355 wrote:

I read their relationship as Sakura pursued Sasuke until he gave in, literally going along with him on his travels. She got pregnant and he married her to save face (which is incredibly important for clan respectability reasons, and since he's basically the only one left in his clan, that part is non-negotiable). She decided to go back to Konoha after the baby was born so that she wouldn't have to raise the baby on the run. They've been living separately ever since. That's really incredibly sad.

I don't think it's quite that delusional. I was under the impression that they had (something of) a relationship, but Sasuke took off on his mission to track Kaguya and Sakura (maybe already pregnant) chased after him because she knew he'd be gone for for-friggin-ever. And we keep seeing flashes of Sasuke and Sakura holding Sarada's hand, so it seems he stuck around for a little while when she was very young. and In the Scarlet Spring manga he even says, "My wife isn't that weak" which is something he never would have said about Sakura in the original series, and they seem to have a itty-bitty bit of intimacy. They actually kind of remind me of Bulma and Vegeta. But then again, Naruto himself finds it completely plausible that spoiler[Sakura might not actually be Sarada's mother and she's taking care of Sarada out of an obsessive love for Sasuke] so everyone else seems to acknowledge that their relationship is totally screwed up.

How they got from Sasuke poking her forehead at the end of the Naruto manga to conceiving Sarada is a story I'm desperate to hear though.

I don't think it's quite that delusional. I was under the impression that they had (something of) a relationship, but Sasuke took off on his mission to track Kaguya and Sakura (maybe already pregnant) chased after him because she knew he'd be gone for for-friggin-ever. And we keep seeing flashes of Sasuke and Sakura holding Sarada's hand, so it seems he stuck around for a little while when she was very young. and In the Scarlet Spring manga he even says, "My wife isn't that weak" which is something he never would have said about Sakura in the original series, and they seem to have a itty-bitty bit of intimacy.

They actually kind of remind me of Bulma and Vegeta.

But then again, Naruto himself finds it completely plausible that spoiler[Sakura might not actually be Sarada's mother and she's taking care of Sarada out of an obsessive love for Sasuke] so everyone else seems to acknowledge that their relationship is totally screwed up.

How they got from Sasuke poking her forehead at the end of the Naruto manga to conceiving Sarada is a story I'm desperate to hear though.

SailorNaruto wrote:

and the woman still proclaims her love for the man who tried to kill her. Ino really dodged a bullet

as did Temari

Maybe it's me But the impression I got from Sasuke, or at least the speech he gave after his and Naruto's final battle was concluded was less that he was incapable of love, and move that he had came to regard love as a weakness he couldn't afford. After that battle he has slowly opened back up. But even then Sasuke isn't really good with expressing his feelings.

I guess one thing that's help his and Sakura relationship make a weird sort of sense to me is the fact that emotions have their own weird sort of logic to them. What I mean by that is that emotions don't work in a coldly rational way but they do have their own internal consistency. I can try to set down this weird trail of emotional logic (and yes I am aware that that phrase is an oxymoron) of their relationship through part I & part II if you like. But I don't want to bother going into it if no one is interested in listening to it.

So I wonder if Ichiraku Ramen brings back any fond memories for Naruto. I guess we'll never know.


/s

What a teenager!

Agent355 wrote:

What a teenager!

Boroto isn't a teenager. He's like 10 at the moment.

Jesus. Boruto is a hard little bastard to please. He gets mad that Naruto isn't around as much anymore, and when he finally is, Boruto's like "What the hell are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at your precious job? ". Then when Naruto takes him to dinner, he's all like "Whatever". Naruto tries speaking to him about things and even that goes nowhere.

On top of that, Boruto has this weird hang up about other people's problems. Namely Hinata's and Himawari's. He needs to stop worrying about what he thinks is troubling others and focus on himself.

It's like he's saying: "One night eating out together isn't going to make up for all the nights you're not home, dad!"

Also, think about where Naruto took him. When Naruto first suggested that they go out for dinner, I thought he'd take Boruto to his favorite burger place. But he took Boruto to Ichiraku Ramen, his favorite restaurant.

If Naruto wanted to endear himself to Boruto, he'd take him to Boruto's burger place and let Boruto choose the topic of discussion.

Isn't that normal, though? From Boruto's perspective, Naruto is letting down his mother and little sister. It's so much easier for him to project all his feelings of disappointment onto them rather than deal with his own feelings and admit he's hurt.

Cho Cho is growing on me. I liked the eating contest. She's a good mix of her mother's personality--the little we saw of Cloud kunoichi showed them to be sassy and outspoken--and her father's physique.

Agent355 wrote:

It's like he's saying: "One night eating out together isn't going to make up for all the nights you're not home, dad!"

If that's the case, than Naurto shouldn't even have bothered.

Agent355 wrote:

Also, think about where Naruto took him. When Naruto first suggested that they go out for dinner, I thought he'd take Boruto to his favorite burger place. But he took Boruto to Ichiraku Ramen, his favorite restaurant.

I can understand that a degree, but still, Naruto shouldn't even have bothered. Boruto eats burgers everyday; he probably ate one or two that same day. Eating something a little different won't kill him.

Agent355 wrote:

Isn't that normal, though? From Boruto's perspective, Naruto is letting down his mother and little sister. It's so much easier for him to project all his feelings of disappointment onto them rather than deal with his own feelings and admit he's hurt.

At his age, no. It isn't normal. But is Naruto really letting Hinata and Hinawari down or does Boruto just think he is??? That's why he's so emotionally constipated now. This is what happens when a child tries to act like an adult. Boruto doesn't understand anything, Yet.

I agree, Boruto is totally projecting his own feelings onto Hinata and Himawari. Hinata doesn't resent Naruto's job--she's always supported him in his dream to be Hokage, and was willing to make sacrifices in family time for it. Himawari's too young to notice. It's hitting Boruto the hardest, but it's easier for him to be angry on other people's behalf than to deal with his own sadness and disappointment, and you're right, he's way too young to be self aware. It's just too bad that none of the adults around him can talk to him plainly and help him deal with it (I have high hopes that his aunt Hanabi might be able to break through to him, if they spend more time together).

In its last filler excursion before...