Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-26389992-20171226011920/@comment-25607614-20171227072155

Not a fan of this manga for a lot of reasons. Up until recently I was still giving it a chance and hoping that it would find its legs, but I'm beginning to realize that its legs are going to be bad as well.

This chapter in particular drove this home. Kishimoto created a really vibrant world, even if his character writing wasn't perfect, the ninja world was a blast to see. This isn't that world anymore. Flash drives pretending to be scrolls was a cheesy nod I could live with, but battle-bots, mech suits, and gatling guns don't feel like that world. Not to say there weren't analogies to things like that in Kishimoto's Naruto (guys who mention Sasori and The Last every time someone makes this complaint), but they've thrown out all the flavor with these new developments, and I foresee the series losing a lot of its old viewership because these tech-plots are stupid and completely abandon the idea of ninja.

Each new chapter also kinda makes me groan with their (writer & artist) inattention to detail. The Inuzuka without cheek fangs was another step to make Boruto not feel like Naruto, and Sumire's personality in the new chapter is a huge divergence from how she behaves in the anime and it just feels sloppy.