Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-32617252-20180429034507/@comment-6036561-20180502124340

So... I had to re-read the chapter to make up my mind on it. Let's begin with the good points...

 Kashin Koji seems a great character. I like his and his toads' design, and I like his personality. I think it will be one of my favourite character in this manga. I liked how Konohamaru is prepared to counter sealing jutsu It's interesting that Kara (or at least KK) knows how the mark appeared on Boruto's hand Finally we see Kawaki 

The problem is that the downsides of this chapter are, imho, far greater than the godd sides. First of all, I see a lack of originality with the techniques... let's take Kashin Koji:  Frog summoning - already seen a ton of times, and this ones basically did nothing Rasengan inextinguishable flames - basically a white Amaterasu</li> </ul>

The same also applies to Boruto's mark, that seems to be an upgraded version of the Preta Path.

Second, Kashin Koji himself. I think it's now pretty obvious that he is related in some way to Jiraiya. I like the theory that he may be the one who was in the same Genin team as Minato, but having the "main antagonist" being related to a great (and well known) figure of the past... well, to me feels like a middle-school-fanfiction level of a plot twist :/

Also, I find too convenient that Kashin Koji choose to "let them go" after seeing Boruto's mark. I can get he doesn't want to kill Boruto, but since Kara's goal is to collect the marsk he could have tried to kidnap him.

Finally... Konohamaru. Again, Boruto is basically the only one who tries to, or can do something. Konohamaru was beaten like a total novice, Sarada and Mitsuki didn't even try to do something after Boruto collapsed... And I fear that the whole manga will be like that, Boruto doing everything and the other characters staring in disbelief. It was like that with the Mujina bandit, it is like that now. I get that he is the main protagonist, but looking at Naruto - even at the first chapters - all the other characters had their spotlight. Kakashi, Sasuke, Saku... well, forget her, poor Sakura.

I hope I'm wrong, seeing that in the anime they are making do something also to the other characters, but well... I don't have high hopes :(