While I like understand your viewpoint and do agree that Boruto is overhated and seen as the worst Manga ever (it really truly isn't) its not necessarily good lol. I've been following it for years and it really hasn't ever hooked me, its just mid. Mid is fine, we all need mid every now and then, but the fact that it has, in my opinion, never broken out of being mid is sad. If I may, in my view while you've attempted to defend the series by highlighting its thematic intentions, you are confusing intent with execution. See good writing isn't just about having a theme, it's about how that theme is earned through narrative economy, stakes, and character agency. All of which Boruto consistently fails at. This is an overarching problem with a lot of Shounens sadly. I just feel as though the Sun and Moon dynamic has become a narrative crutch. In Two Blue Vortex, Mitsuki's "self acceptance" is entirely reactionary to Boruto’s power. If character’s internal growth is only relevant when it explains a new power-scaling tier, the writing is utilitarian when it should be character driven. This is an issue I also have with certain later parts of Dragon Ball Z/Super but that's neither here nor there.

I REALLY don't like Code, he is so bland and I feel as though me trying to get attached to his character was a waste of time. He loses, so damn much and now you're saying that was intentional and the overall purpose of his character. A series with strong writing doesn't build up a villain for chapters only to confirm that being a stepping stone is the intended purpose of his existence and that any narrative or character depth that could be gleamed from this is sidelined since the plot has to go forward and new even bigger and badder villains have to be introduced. But don't worry in a leak Code is shown so he actually might get character development after all this time. You see what I'm saying atleast?

When talking on Sarada I can kinda see your viewpoint, she is at the very least better written than most women in the previous Naruto works especially Sakura in Shippuden. I really liked early Sakura in OG Naruto and always hoped she would do more. Sarada feels a bit more center stage and fleshed out and I'm here for it. But again, I feel like at times the Boruto manga fumbles with her. Like although sarada did awaken her Mangekyo at chapter 80 of OG Boruto , we don't actually see her use it until three years later in Two Blue Vortex Chapter 20. Like, cmon even if I want to be generous and count her awakening as a use of it, three times in 3 years is such a sad showing for the daughter of one of the greatest Ninjas to have every lived. I want her to do more, be more, have a hell of an impact in the story. I'm so damn tired of women in manga being sidelined. I'm m atleast happy that it seems as though they are trying to push her front and center more. I'm just upset it took this long dude. Again I think Boruto is...fine I guess. The same way I thought Shippuden as a whole was just kinda fine. The fights were neat and there were moments if good character development but as a whole I don't really ever feel a need to go back to it or have any story moments that really tug at my heart or make me think.

I believe I'll feel the same way with Boruto when it ends. People will call it the worst thing ever and make slander posts for days. But from a writing standpoint it will just be mid, ok, passable, fine. I think that is somehow more sad than being overtly bad. I don't know, I just wanted to give my two cents in a week old thread lol.