Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20170405101958/@comment-28341113-20170405201710

Thekillman wrote: I enjoyed the episode. It's interesting that they chose to withhold this eye from us until now. I like the themes, and characters and i hope they maintain the design.

Also, it feels like the purple Genjutsu snake was Orochimaru-like, so i'm curious there. Would be a really interesting and dark theme if Orochimaru sold all his secrets in exchange for amnesty after the 4th War and people are now trying to use/abuse it.

TheUltimate3 wrote: /sigh Of course.

Lousy "no speculation" rules... To be honest, it doesn't really look like a byakugan. In fact, it looks nothing like any known Dojutsu.

-Boruto's eye is white with black, almost like Edo Tensei

-the eye itself glows blue, unlike a Byakugan.

-The eye lacks the flower-pattern of the Tenseigan.

-it lacks the lavender look of Anime-byakugan

-it lacks the inner circle of the Byakugan

-it lacks the bulging veins etc of the byakugan.

-it also doesn't sound like a Byakugan or anything we know.

It also seems to grant Chakra-sight and the ability to see spirits (See: Boruto manga) but not the X-ray vision or far sight of the Byakugan. Boruto can also easily use nature transforms and easily invents jutsu. So it's more of a Rinnegan-light. Really good point there, but I think we need to take a closer look at this new dojutsu. We need to see what traits it DOES share with other dojutsu, as opposed to what it does not share. For one thing, i notice quite a few similarities with this dojutsu and both the Byakugan and tenseigan. Observe: []

For one thing, this new eye is predominately white, just like the Byakugan. However, it also possesses the same kind of blue glow as the Tenseigan and its Chakra Mode. It also has the pronounced pupil of a Byakugan, if one looks closely, but no bulging veins are present -- a trait also shared by the Tenseigan, the Byakugan's final evolution. From this we can tell that this eye is neither Byakugan or Tenseigan, but mirrors traits possessed by both eyes.

Let us also consider the following: The Byakugan is essentially the Hyuga equivalent to the Uchiha's Sharingan. it is just as powerful as the Sharingan, but in aspects that the Sharingan does not cover -- a polar opposite, if you will. This is further reflected in the fact that both Sharingan and Byakugan have a Six-Paths based evolution stage: the Rinnegan and Tenseigan, respectively. However, the Sharingan possesses one trait that we have yet to see in the Byakugan: an intermediary evolution stage in the form of the Mangekyo Sharingan. An Uchiha could, under certain circumstances, evolve his or her Sharingan to a Mangekyo, and gain powers one could compare to the Rinnegan to some extent (and the Mangekyo's powers are also part of the Rinnegan's, as evidenced by Madara and Sasuke's ability to use the Susano'o after they activate their respective Rinnegan). If the Byakugan is indeed a polar opposite to the Sharingan, as it seems to be, wouldn't it stand to reason that it too would possess an intermediary stage between itself and the Tenseigan? Well, I propose that this new dojutsu of Boruto's is just that; the Byakugan's equivalent of the Mangekyo -- for simplicity's sake, from now on let's call it the Sosei Byakugan (Azure Star White Eye).