When Boruto was announced and finally started, Naruto fans were happy that their favorite anime series was getting a spin-off sequel. Upon its introduction, the series already made it very clear that it won’t be quite similar to Naruto and focus on the new generation of Shinobis who are now going to take charge.
However, fans’ excitement dropped when the series was unable to live up to their expectations. Not only that, the series also could be deemed as a deserving sequel to one of the biggest anime and manga series of all time. Still, it managed to thrive, and finally, now the series is getting the love and appreciation it deserves.
Fans expected that Boruto would follow in his father’s footsteps and become a great ninja of Konoha. But the conditions both the characters were placed in were quite different. While Naruto was trying to earn his place in Konoha, Boruto was trying to follow his father’s legacy, who became the strongest shinobi of all time.
Naruto’s Last Episode and Boruto’s First Episode Are Connected
In the final chapter of Naruto, when he is depicted as a Hokage and a father, Naruto explains to Boruto that to become a ninja, one must first develop the ability to endure. Given what Naruto had to go through to go from being an abandoned orphan to a Hokage, it makes sense that he would give his son advice like this.
When Boruto is getting ready to battle Kawaki on Mount Hokage in the first chapter of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, he says, “I’m still a ninja.” This indicated that Boruto had endured for a considerable time since the scene was taken from a future occurrence.
The main difference is that Boruto’s experiences are completely different from what his father went through. While fans might have not been able to understand in the beginning, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex gives a much better explanation of all the things Boruto had to endure and is still facing to prove that he is a Ninja.
Boruto’s Suffering Is Different From His Father
Because Boruto is a sequel, there are expectations that he will be like Naruto. But Boruto’s pain is entirely apart from his father’s experience. Though it hasn’t always been clear, it’s an engrossing examination of a young guy trying to carve out a life for himself in a world where his father is one of the biggest shinobis in the world.
Little things like not being able to spend time with his father when he wanted to might be as much of a source of sorrow as major ones like being used as a vessel by Momoshiki Otsutsuki and being called a traitor by his hometown, and friends, and family, who also forgot who he was.
It is not only very different from Naruto’s conventional hero’s journey, but it also emphasizes the close understanding of a young man’s attempts to define himself and come to grips with his father’s legacy. Thus, the last chapter of Naruto is connected to Boruto by Naruto’s advice about the enduring suffering Ninjas have to go through.
You can watch Boruto and Naruto on Hulu.
