Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-27296281-20160731064655/@comment-945885-20160807044900

I think it's sort of a cultural thing. Back in late 2013, there was a really popular Japanese TV Drama called Hanzawa Naoki, about salarymen working at a bank. Gaara's adult design seems to be inspired by Hanzawa Naoki, the protagonist of that series: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5486/10432368826_3ddc6ed559.jpg

I remember people on Japanese message boards and twitter talking about that, back in 2014 when chapter 700 originally came out.