Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-25319479-20170709235309/@comment-26010916-20170712011858

BerserkerPhantom wrote: ^I'm sure we did.

What you're completely forgetting (or choosing to ignore) is that Shojoji is supposed to be a leader of a dangerous criminal organisation that managed to get close to the Fire Daimyo (who is technically supposed to be under the protection of 12 Guardian Ninja), and even Naruto was concerned when it came to Shojoji.

I expected Boruto to struggle a tad bit more, maybe even be overpowered until Sarada and Mitsuki came by. I'm not complaining, mind you, it was still well done, but the fact of the matter is is that Boruto was way above Genin level (not that rankings matter to the Uzumaki men anyways xD, but it makes you wonder: If Boruto was this strong the entire time, why did he need to cheat during the Chūnin Exams?) Shojoji is only regarded as a threat because he can take the appearances of corpses. Not because of his battle strength.

Boruto has been training since the end of the Chunin Exam arc, he's been instilling this through Tentou from the beginning of their interactions. Especially when he told him that he wouldn't accept a card he didn't earn through his own efforts. So he's grown quite a bit from his Chunin Exam phase.

From what I can tell based on these past few chapters:

I. Nowhere in the Manga does it state that Shojoji is a high class ninja on the level of anyone strong. He's a serious threat for his brain eating disguise forbidden technique. He could assassinate some serious people with this.

II. Boruto is definitely not too over powered. I mean, not even comparing him to Mitsuki of all people, but still compare him to Naruto who could make thousands of clones. His limit is still four

Give or take haha!