Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Hey everyone, Just a short review on 'the great(sarcasm) Boruto'. When I read it first time, in starting it was good(I felt that it might be successful) but when I read further the manga, it started to feel like plain and boring and was not fun(which a shonen manga should be). I just felt like: "Yeah!! Just finish the chapter and get on to other manga". This is the first manga that made me feel like that. 1. Why it's not fun? - As you know, that the new generation kids gets powerups out of nowhere and get some more powerups, from gods know where. Some borutofans also say that he is the son of the strongest Shinobi and the hyuga princess that's why he gets powerups and becomes strong, which is bullsh*t bcz he has poweful genes, I accept but he had to work super hard to be powerful like any normal MC would do(in most shonen, which is fun to follow while reading) but no our unlikeable MC gets powerful out of nowhere. The villians in boruto are the sh*ttest and makes no sense, they are superpowerful and they also suddenly appear then die and they don't even have a logical or reasonable reason for their actions. They are like we are doing all this for fun. The writer was so focused on making the new gen surpass the old gen that he forgot the main fun essence of a shonen manga.. I still don't know how people are reading this sh*t, guess that's the standard of new shonen readers. 2. How is it still on going? - The sole answer is the old generation, people wants to see their favourite characters from the OG Naruto and Shippuden. So, Boruto fans WAKE UP TO REALITY and stop thinking they are there for the so-called NEW GENERATION. 3. What is the hype about the first episode scene? - In that scene, the total hype is about our favourite and goof ball character NARUTO UZUMAKI. Everyone wants to know what happened to him. So, once again WAKE UP TO REALITY Boruto fans, the scene has its hype bcz of NARUTO UZUMAKI and not bcz of rip off Naruto and wallmart Sasuke. 4. Why it is hated? - i) NO INTERESTING STORY and CHARACTER to follow. ii) Disrespect to old generation(most lovable generation) and nerfs of powerful character from OG Naruto. iii) The MC is not lovable even after 81 chapters and didn't even work hard to get powerful. Well, that's it for the review I could write for a whole day about it flaws and uninteresting character and story but I don't wanna waste my time on this trash. I wrote enough for a reader who wants to know how Boruto manga is....and I AM READING MANGA SINCE 1999. SO, DON'T EVEN TRY TO TEACH ME WHAT A GOOD MANGA IS... JAA NEE

SPOILER FREE REVIEW - I could talk a whole lot more if I was to reference anything specific but I want people to experience it properly! People are quick to jump on the bandwagon with Boruto hate. I get it, their favourite characters aren't what they used to be. However, these same people also forget to mention that this series and the original Naruto are different stories. That being said. This is one of the series you have to come to your own conclusion for. The general fanbase of Naruto are haters for how they 'nerfed' their favourite characters. (quotations because its not nerfing if everyvillain is stronger than the strongest villain of the original) Anyone who enters Boruto with an open mind and accepts that this is more like a faster paced original Naruto story and not like the way shippuden develops, often has a better enjoyment of the series. Its also 81 chapters that's a few hours at most to read. Anyway for those who like a full review: Boruto has a great opening scene to get you hooked. It does the job and captivates the audience. It's then shoved backwards to a rather annoying version of the MC and I understand why people turn off of the series. Manga wise it's around 15ish chapters to cover the Naruto to Boruto movie. Chunin exams and momoshiki. We don't get to see 'new' content until after that arc finishes. BUT that's where the story really begins! Story: 8. few mild issues but overall enjoyable. typical shounen Because it's centred around the Ōtsutsuki clan, there are a few issues with the storyline however this is the same in the original. The whole war arc generated so many plot holes for the naruto-verse I can't even begin to talk about them. This is about Boruto though. The development and change of modernising the village with scientific ninja tools is different. It does take away from the heavy hand signal use we were so familiar with but its good how they show growth of Konoha and the land of the Fire. You can't have a new storyline that references old characters but everyone is just doing the same thing as they were in Naruto. No creativity. People dislike change apparently. I much preferred the taijutsu over anything else in the series. might guy and rock lee both have some of the best fights in the whole show and neither use jutsu. This series is more taijutsu heavy but it mainly centres around the new powers we learn that aren't jutsu (which I wont talk much more on as its a spoiler). Karma is different to what we know but one of the coolest things we have seen. Characters: 9 (would be a 10 if choji didnt exist) The characters of Boruto are similar to their counterparts. It's almost like it's their parents so they're going to be similar. I personally like the mild differences of the characters we grew to love over a 700 chapter/episode series. The development of the MC starting as a little bratty kid to respecting his father and the village's beliefs. All while being shoved into the deep end fighting gods at age 12. Kid Naruto gets smoked by kid Boruto. Until young Naruto loses control and goes berserk and whatever, then Kurama wins the fight. The story truly develops once you are introduced to Kawaki. His design and story are amazing. The villains all gradually increase in difficulty and strength, really showing how far the characters come. Mitsuki is such a cool character. moreso at the end after seeing what he can really do. My only annoyance is how early this is revealed in the anime vs the manga due to the anime cannon episodes/filler. I can't talk much about him because he's very mysterious for a while so it's all a spoiler. Sarada. mark my words she's gonna be the strongest Uchiha to exist. All she gotta do is train for her mothers signature 100 healings and her future mangekyo sharingan blindness from overuse will be negated. Her parents made an OP hybrid and I can't wait to see what happens with her character in Two Blue Vortex. Sakura is not useless anymore. maybe that also causes hate because everyone wants to hate sakura. Sasuke is still the goat, biggest hindrance to the Ōtsutsuki clan pre kawaki and boruto level up. Naruto has the best fight of the whole entire series vs Ishikki. That's all that needs to be said. Art: I mean kishimoto talks for himself on art so I'm not even entertaining a rating for this. Really in summary, I would recommend anyone who actually enjoys the naruto universe and not just the characters of the original to read this. It is a whole lot nicer than the anime (and significantly faster). Anime only has about 60 episodes that reference the manga material. It does have a few good 'anime canon' arcs though which provide a little more information about things. I will also die on this hill because Boruto is a good series!

I deleted my previous Boruto manga review because I felt like it didn't really reflect my feelings on the manga any longer. A few years have passed and the Boruto fanboy in me has disappeared. I've learned to love what there's good about Boruto, but also I dislike that which is to blame. I won't elaborate much on this review, if you want to see a more in depth review of my thoughts on Boruto as a whole I suggest you read my Boruto anime review, that goes over everything, anime-only and not. So, TL;DR, for me Boruto is a manga that has a very unappealingart direction, with bad panelling, bad art style and underwhelming battle coreography, it has a subpar story with a group of of very poorly written villains and some problems with power scaling. I do think, though, that Boruto does a good job at writing the main characters, namely Boruto and Kawaki. These two characters feel just right from a shonen perspective, and without getting into spoilers, I think their growth and character development throughout the manga is really interesting. There are also some hype moments here and there that make up most of what people like about this manga, namely Naruto using a new transformation, so there's plenty to like in this sequel to Boruto. I do recommend Naruto fans to give this manga a read, but to keep their expectactions in check, because it is worse than Naruto in pretty much every single way.

Is this better than Naruto? No. Is this still a good manga? YES I understand that many people who read this series believed that the characters gained powers too quickly and that the power scaling is insane. This series is supposed to be like that. It is a SEQUEL to Naruto. Read the title of the series. It would not be a story worth telling in a new manga if there was not bigger circumstances, more powerful protagonists and villains. When I am rating this series in my mind, I keep thinking back to DBZ and DBS compared to the original DB series. Was the power scalingcrazy? Yes. I think that in order to have a good sequel series that would make sense within the Naruto universe, this type of power scaling is required. (Now I am not trying to say here that Boruto is by any means as good as either of those two series, just trying to compare the situations of both series) I have just reread the entire series and I genuinely think it is a decent manga title. Though it sits in the shadow of its parent series, it does have redeeming qualities. It follows the same light-hearted comedy moments of the original series. It also has decent villains and adds an interesting twist to the Naruto universe. It also sheds light on the occurrences of the past in the 4th great ninja war, and tries to continue the Naruto series when a definitive end to that manga has already come. I think it is worth reading. I do however think you need to look at the series through the lens of it being a sequel series, which is hard to make better than the original in any medium, not just manga. SPOILERS - I also believe that the twist ending (not gonna get to specific) is a very nice touch, and makes the future of the franchise that much more interesting.