Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-995176-20170417010515/@comment-734582-20170417080836

Stevemagegod wrote: Also why was Konohamaru placed in charge of Sarada, Boruto, and Mitsuki? Hes a Sarutobi why wasn't he placed in charge of the new Ino-Shika-Cho team like Asuma was? Or was it because he was specifically trained by Naruto? Assuming for a moment this is true:

The First Sannin were trained by Hiruzen, who was a sarutobi, himself the 3rd Hokage and trained by the first and second.

The Third Sannin are being trained by Konohameru, grandson of Hiruzen, a sarutobi, himself trained by the Third and Seventh hokage and vowing to become the next Hokage after Naruto.

So yea, a definite connection. But i would also point out that the differences are also significant:

Sarada is the daughter of not one but two sannin, these sannin in turn are the only ones still alive of the first sannin. Tsunade and Sakura have a clear connection between them (Tsunade granddaughter of legendary Hashirama, yet with none of his power inherited, Sakura daughter of a normal parents with no power inherited), whereas Sarada is the daughter of "granted power by the Sage himself" Sasuke and "even though i'm relatively weak compared to the rest of team 7, i'm still Kage level" Sarada.

Mitsuki is a big unknown, but he could be anywhere between "i'm a slightly improved Zetsu" to "i have all of Kabuto's power and more". We know he's an artificial human, so he's closer to Orochimaru's original theme than Sasuke who eventually purged Orochimaru's influence.

Boruto is son of Naruto, Hokage and most god-like shinobi, and Hinata (strongly implied to be Hamura's transmigrant compared to Naruto being Hagoromo's transmigrant), and he has a ton of skill. Compare this to Naruto and Jiraiya (both weirdos who struggle to bring out their real skill) and the contrast couldn't be stronger.

So whatever the exact theme is here, if the new Team 7 is gonna be the new Sannin, things are going to be very very different. Especially interesting is Sarada, since it's not clear if she's going to gravitate towards either group or whether she's gonna be an inbetweener (plus, her Uchiha heritage).

The last thing i wanna bring up (but it's mostly implied, so i put it at the bottom): Each Sage Animal seems to have a characteristic that survived 2 sannin: Toad: Honest/Loyal (Jiraiya/Naruto) Slug: Caring      (Tsunade/Sakura) Snake: Ambitious/Subversive (Orochimaru/Sasuke)

But: Sarada is Ambitious, Mitsuki is Honest and Boruto is Caring. Their actions befit different Animals than the very clear previous sannin