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AsianReaper wrote: Most interesting thing? They made Boruto an actual sympathetic protagonist.

Of course he's flawed and acts selfishly at times. But that final straw that made him use Kote? He only wanted to prove that his class was worth something. That his village wasn't weak.

In his final attack, what pushed him over the edge to cheat to win was his class. In the movie, his final cheat was to prove himself to his dad.

In the show, his final cheat was to prove his friends to Shinki and to the Five Villages.

And that's a helluva lot more compelling.

He made a mistake in cheating of course; I'm not saying that he's justified. It's just in the movie, I couldn't root for him because he acted only for himself. But in the anime, I can root for him to be better because his intentions were win for his friends even though his actions were bad. He wanted to prove both; himself to Naruto and his classmates to the audience (and Shinki). But alas, he failed miserably in the end. As I said before, there were emotions I've felt while watching this episode that were not there while watching the movie. The series made Boruto some justice, unlike the movie where he was just being stupid. Also the fact that he used one clone in the fight with Shikadai and could hide the use of the Kote better, adds more weight to the "betrayal" afterwards.