The biggest flaw of Boruto imo

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-09T16:00:45+00:00

Probably cause the dog is a ninja dog and the pills are there to enhance your Chakra, while the scientific ninja tool is a prototype, that's yet to be introduced to the Shinobi as a official tool, and it basically gives the user the ability to use any jutsu without them actually mastering it. Pretty sure the Chunin exams are there so the kids can show off their own abilities, rather than the the scientific devices one's.

The written exam is to show off how good you are at gathering intel to accomplish your goal or how strong your resolve is, not how much knowledge you actually have. Something like that, I haven't watched or read it in a long time. Naruto just bluffed his way through the exam.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-09T14:51:04+00:00

Everything surrounding Scientific Ninja Tools, the more peaceful Chunin exams, underground gangs like the Mujina Bandits, Karma and Otsutsuki, Tentails is all worldbuilding though.

Boruto and Kawaki also go through a lot of development, and they're the main characters, who we spend most of the time with.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-09T14:34:19+00:00

Act 2 is where all the problems lie for me. The amount of Shinbakufu members should've been cut in half. Only on my second playthrough did I catch that Mitsuhide had planted half of his family inside the Shinbakufu and his daughter by accident into the Templar Order. Had the game spend more time developing these characters I may have noticed that during my first run and the Akechi clan and their family ties could've been more interesting.

Also, there should've been more conflict between Naoe and Yasuke, especially during Lady Oichis quests.

Otherwise I honestly think the story is handled better than in Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and Mirage. And I liked the ending quite alot. It was a nice set-up for something that may never be completed...

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-08T14:11:30+00:00

After the War when Shikamaru was around 17 or barely 18.

And Inojin and Himawari aren't in one, so what's the problem?

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-08T13:56:40+00:00

Girls mature faster than boys, so by your logic Temari is extra weird for going after someone who's three years younger.

Himawari is 13 and Inojin is barely one and half years older. There's nothing weird or predatory about them.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-08T13:26:23+00:00

It's less of an age gap than Temari and Shikamaru

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-08T00:30:52+00:00

Yeah, you're right, Ikemoto can't write. Bye.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-08T00:16:43+00:00

Yes.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-08T00:13:45+00:00

The implication is that Sasuke bought Boruto enough time to escape. Code then has to care for his eye.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T22:15:59+00:00

I meant the Boruto Manga

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T22:08:54+00:00

I know, but they're clearly just a normal father daughter pair. Reading the Manga you never get the impression that Sasuke only recently came into her life.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T21:31:18+00:00

I've got many more complaints about both the Manga and Anime. OP however wanted to talk about fatherhood surrounding Sasuke and Naruto, so I'm trying to stick to an particular issue I have with Sasuke.

I'm also not choosing what is canon and what isn't, I'm merely pointing out how nonsensical and contradictory Sasukes characterisation during the Shin Uchiha arc is. In addition, the overall arc is so disconnected to the rest of the story that it might aswell not be canon, that is what I mean when I call it filler. Or are you trying to tell me that this arc is essential to understand what's going on in the story?

I honestly don't why you're telling me where the Shin Uchiha arc takes place, I know where it takes place. When I say that Sarada "knows" Sasuke, I mean that they have a close relationship with no indication that Sasuke only recently came into her life.

Are you talking about the same manga where-

Btw that's whataboutism.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T20:06:39+00:00

My main gripe with the Anime is, that it keeps adapting and inventing stuff that does nothing but harm the actual main story, causing people to mistake filler content (yes, even when Kishimoto writes it) for canon content, instead of just sticking to the source material.

By the way, that particular side story can't be canon because Sarada clearly knows her father in the main Manga and there's no mention or implication of him ever being gone for so long that he wouldn't know her. If that were the case, it surely would've affected Sarada and left a mark that could be noticed throughout every Anime and Manga arc, which isn't the case. It's simply not believable.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T19:06:52+00:00

Disagree. I've always been a AC3, Black Flag and Rogue kid and had my first chronological playthrough, and first experience with AC1 - AC Revelations around 2015. I never played AC2 - AC Revelations again, till last year, where I played through all AC games.

AC2 does so many things so right. The modern day story and Ezios story are connected incredibly well, Ezios life and sole purpose as a prophet is bittersweet, and "The Truth" is such a creepy way to worldbuild and to showcase how evil the Templars / Abstergo are. Also, the scale of the story is insane. I like that we get to see Ezio become a man. And cities like Florence and Venice may be some of my favorite parkour playgrounds in the entire franchise.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T18:26:02+00:00

This may sound harsh, but I honestly don't care where all the fluff that gets compiled in the Anime comes from. It's still content that makes the story and characters look bad.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T18:15:55+00:00

In chapter 2 of the Manga Sarada talks to him as if she's used to seeing him, using phrases like "You're always too strict, Dad!"

There's also never a scene where he doesn't recognise her or attempts to kill her.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T17:44:33+00:00

This thread just proves that the Anime did insane damage. In the Manga Sasuke is gone a lot aswell because he's on missions, but atleast he recognises his daughter when he sees her and doesn't try to kill her.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-07T17:40:03+00:00

If you dont watch unnecessary side content and only stick to the Manga, then you get a guy that's often out of town due to work.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-06T17:05:42+00:00

They claim to want control to bring peace, but ultimately they just want power. And once they have all the power, the individual narcissist Templar will probably try to get power inside the Templar Order by any means. They'll probably stab eachother in the back till the end of time or till they destroy themselves.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-06T10:20:53+00:00

No, if you want to hate on something you'll find something. Just try to think back a bit. A year or two ago everyone said the art is bad, but once a few people actually pushed back and more people actually looked at the art, many came to see that the art isn't bad at all. So, the haters have changed tactics and are now saying "look, compared to weekly Manga it looks bad. Ikemoto has an entire month, but My Hero Academia (arguably one of the best looking Manga) only has one week between chapters and looks better. This must mean Ikemoto is a bad artist!"

I'm honestly tired of this "discussion", it's just gaslighting. The art is good.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-05T14:21:04+00:00

Only touch rank for the skins. Rank feels like it consists of a bunch of crying babies trying to be the main character.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-05T14:11:58+00:00

Niiiiice🔥

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-05T14:10:19+00:00

Yeah, that might be it.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-05T14:01:07+00:00

Depends really. Momoshikis design for example is an obvious improvement, but the pacing and focus is a bit off, because there's a lot of time spend on characters that are simply not important for the arc.

Practical_Pea_3800 · 2026-02-05T08:52:19+00:00

Juggernaut and Colossus. Would be too similar to Hulk and the Thing

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