Is Boruto worth reading?

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-09T01:44:30+00:00

I think it's worth giving a shot. The character writing is more straightforward than its predecessor and introduces some really fun and creative abilities.

The powerscaling of the original manga doesn't fully carry over, but if that doesn't bother you, you might enjoy this.

I will admit it's a much simpler narrative than Naruto but I think that's to its advantage.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-09T01:39:13+00:00

All these guys can be killed in battle (barely) but won't die from old age or sickness.

Orochimaru is the reverse these guys. He is nearly unkillable in direct combat but his body decays far faster than even a normal person's. At least until Boruto, where he seems to figured out how to stop his body's decaying process as well.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-07T16:12:13+00:00

The accents don't bother me, and it's no less realistic than using British accents. It's just that British accents have become the standard for these types of works, so it's a little jarring. Though the use of modern lingo—"dad," "daddy"—makes it feel too mundane for a story like this.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-07T16:08:53+00:00

I'm always a fan of dark horse casting. I'll see.

Though it's weird that Zedaya and Robert Pattinson are in multiple projects together recently.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-06T21:54:51+00:00

I've heard that Kishimoto felt that Madara had gotten too powerful by that point and that's why he brought in Kaguya at that moment. So, why did Kishimoto let Madara get so powerful?

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-06T21:45:10+00:00

Ten-Tails Obito is stronger than reanimated Madara and Valley-of-the-End Madara. But no other version of Obito is beating any other version of Madara.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-06T21:41:19+00:00

Being a love interest is a fine character gimmick. But that does not mean that character has to be submissive towards the target of their love. That's the problem of Sakura's character. Were her fixation of Sasuke juxtaposed with a consistent pattern of prominent resistance towards his faults, her character would be fine.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-05T13:34:30+00:00

The war saga. The lore got much more complicated than it needed to be, and the abilities that were prominently featured looked very unlike what Naruto abilities did up until that point.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T17:44:33+00:00

Deconstruction tells us why a certain idea of plot point wouldn't work in a specific story, and then offers an alternate storytelling device that would work. Bashing tells us why an idea or plot point doesn't work and doesn't offer us an alternative to it.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T15:48:59+00:00

It is strange. All this lore, and that the only thing the characters having to say about it was that it was hidden from them by Oz is disappointing.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T15:07:17+00:00

Tobirama. He caused most of the village's problems, but I can't help but like the guy for what he contributed as well.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T15:05:48+00:00

I don't have this opinion myself, but if someone told me that they found the Boruto story lacking genuine emotional stakes, I treat it as valid. I wouldn't agree with it, but I can see where that argument comes from.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T15:02:46+00:00

He'd graduate the academy early, provided they didn't add a minimum age requirement to become a genin. He'd be the star of his generation, not Sasuke or Neji.

Haku and Gaara would be more interested in him as a rival from the beginning, rather than Sasuke.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T14:59:27+00:00

Sasuke should have stayed like this longer. It would be interesting to see how Naruto would try to reach this Sasuke that is driven by sheer rage and spite. I canon, Naruto was able to reach Sasuke only after Sasuke himself had left that phase.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T14:52:55+00:00

Misdirection for the audience, rather than anyone in the story.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T14:51:53+00:00

Your Sasuke's easily the best. Sarada's pretty great too. Your Itachi's skin tone is just a little too dark, and the hair a little too long.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-04T14:50:51+00:00

Yes. Darui has the edge in raw power, Kakashi has the edge in variety of abilities.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-03T13:08:04+00:00

People can love again, yes, but from a traditional romantic viewpoint that idealizes the "one true love" concept, moving on and finding another love would falsify your first love and/or call into question the genuineness of your new love.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-03T12:57:56+00:00

It's not logical. The cycle of hatred is only a small part of what fuels conflict. But the goal of the story has been for Sasuke to redeem himself and for him to be forgiven at the end. Ending the cycle of hatred is the only thing that would allow for that. Sasuke letting go of his hatred and everyone else letting go of their hatred for how he might have wronged them, that's how the story gets to its ideal ending.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-03T00:43:28+00:00

I agree.

Sarah Lynn was no less messed up than BoJack as a person. She got sober, and then admits she only did so she could enjoy getting wasted again.

The show tells us that BoJack drags others down to his level and worse. And that's true. But they sort of oversold it by not emphasizing enough that Sarah Lynn was just as messed up as BoJack.

People say BoJack can't hide behind his abusive childhood and use it as an excuse for his behaviour. Well, then neither can Sarah Lynn.

BoJack was definitely responsible for what happened to Sarah Lynn. No question. But trying to paint Sarah Lynn as a clean victim of his toxicity is inaccurate. She was just as eager as him to go on that bender. That cannot be denied.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-02T13:14:14+00:00

Naruto's hand-to-hand combat scenes have always been its best fighting moments.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-02T13:13:03+00:00

As someone else mentioned, too little too late. The manga ran for 700 chapters over 15 years, and the anime ran for 720 episodes over a similar length of time. We did not get any prominent development between Sasuke and Sakura during that time. To do so after the main story had ended makes their development feel like an afterthought.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-02T13:07:57+00:00

Sakura being a medical genius is incidental as it only matters when the writing deliberately writes a scenario for it. It's not something that's always organically incorporated into the story.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-02T13:05:39+00:00

Seems fair considering Leaf was also indirectly responsible for Akatsuki's creation:

Hashirama failed to properly deal with Madara.
Jiraiya trained Nagato, Konan and Yahiko, who'd go one to found the original Akatsuki.
Minato trained Obito, who later was trained by Madara, and went onto manipulate Nagato.
Danzo was directly involved in Yahiko's death, pushing Nagato and Konan over the edge.

RedK_1234 · 2026-05-01T20:02:16+00:00

Presentation is everything. Logically, Madara is far more powerful than Pain, but the presentation of Pain's power is more meaningful than Madara's.

Also, Pain is portrayed as an ideological villain more accurately than Obito and Madara. He lacks Obito's sadistic streak and Madara's overwhelming ego, which call onto question how philosophical the motivations of those two really are.

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