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EP. REVIEW: Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Does Buton's claim that Naruto killed Raiga officially canonize the Kurosuki Family arc? (I regard all the filler arcs and movies as anime canon, but this doesn't seem to represent the majority opinion.)

JaggedAuthor wrote:

Does Buton's claim that Naruto killed Raiga officially canonize the Kurosuki Family arc? (I regard all the filler arcs and movies as anime canon, but this doesn't seem to represent the majority opinion.)

No, because Baruto (the series) as a whole is not canon. For it to be canon, these episodes would have to be directly based on a work written by the mangaka. They're not.

For a show called Boruto, the title character has been taken a back seat to others, especially Sarada, an Uchiha. This is perhaps for the best, Boruto is a flat character who hasn't grown at all during these 30 some odd episodes. The worst thing is he acts like a total ass with pranks and such, like Naruto use to do to get attention, but is the best about preaching about friends and family. Someone who goes out of his way for others clearly has a strong sense of empathy but, fro some reason, cant grasp the grand reason why his dad is so busy.

Does Buton's claim that Naruto killed Raiga officially canonize the Kurosuki Family arc? (I regard all the filler arcs and movies as anime canon, but this doesn't seem to represent the majority opinion.)

He also tries to subtly manipulate Boruto, his own friend, into being dishonest—cheating at Shinobi Bout and not being honest with Himawari.

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He also tries to subtly manipulate Boruto, his own friend, into being dishonest—cheating at Shinobi Bout and not being honest with Himawari.

I'm not sure I'd characterize what he was doing as being subtly manipulative. I think Mitsuki is using Boruto as a learning tool to how people should behave (because lord knows Orochimaru isn't much of a guide). When he told him about the reflection, he was just trying to help his friend win by the most expedient means, not seeing the problem with cheating to do so. He's genuinely intrigued that Boruto didn't take the path of least resistance and do what gained him the most in both circumstances, which seems illogical to him because he doesn't understand what Boruto gets out of the options he chooses. But he's also bemused at Boruto's counter-intuitive (to Mitsuki) choices in these matters, and you can be sure he's thinking about it all after they part company.

I'm also unclear on the kids' ages. It seemed like Naruto started school somewhere between the ages of five and seven, but Boruto appears to be eleven or twelve. Since the new opening shows the main trio wearing forehead protectors, I figured graduation was coming up.

JaggedAuthor wrote:

I'm also unclear on the kids' ages. It seemed like Naruto started school somewhere between the ages of five and seven, but Boruto appears to be eleven or twelve. Since the new opening shows the main trio wearing forehead protectors, I figured graduation was coming up.

In the movie they're 12 so they should all be around that in the series now. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a birthday episode coming up. Himawari is two years younger than Boruto which places her probably nearing 10. The anime seems to keep her personality more immature than it probably should be, but that doesn't change her age.

I think there's some regular school that kids go to and then around the middle school age they enter the ninja academy. Maybe with them being at peace they can cut it down to a single year?

Emerje