Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-25984471-20170114103632/@comment-734582-20170121213944

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: I meant to say that if he was an actual prodigy, he wouldn't need to cheat. If he had relied on his own strengths from the very beginning, he wouldn't have needed to cheat. The point of the movie was that things go easy for Boruto and nobody really praises him for anything -everything he does "is to be expected from the son of the Seventh"- so he decides that if nobody's gonna care, why should he?

As pointed out with the Kote and the game, if Boruto sees a simpler method of achieving things, why not do it? Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: a prodigy doesn't do that. not one character that has been rated as a prodigy in the show, acts like that, nor do they say and feel the same way either! The term prodigy says nothing of character. Boruto beat the shit out of Naruto when it came to Rasengan training. He put in a fraction of the effort, didn't need a Kurama hack to train 24/7 and didn't need a shadowclone hack to make it at all.

Shadowclone he apparently learned by watching his father since there's zero chance he would be allowed to look a the Forbidden scroll. His elemental release, well not even Konohameru is apparently sure how he learned that.

And i'll just reiterate: the point of the Boruto movie was that Boruto didn't utilize his talent. But he does have talent. and databook stats are less than useless.

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: and yes, I do hate his existence. It seems to me that your hate for Boruto colors your opinion quite heavily.