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Mr. Grave wrote: Ravenlot 27 wrote: P.S. Besides, I began to wonder what will come up next after the Sarada arc. I severely doubt the movie rehash would start immeadiately, so there's a plenty of variants to ponder. I'd prefer to see Mitsuki oneshot animated, since some hints on Mitsuki's past were already given in the anime. It would also play a great role in representation of all the members of the future team Konohamaru (Boruto has been highlighted the most as the anime title bearing his name suggests, now it's Sarada turn, so the only guys left are Mitsuki and Konohamaru). The fact that we got to see a little of Kakashi in this episode COULD mean that we'll be getting Steam Ninja Scrolls next, which would be awesome albeit a little bit confusing since it has nothing to do with any of the cast that has been introduced so far in the Boruto anime. Then, of course Mitsuki's origin story. And if the anime can pull off another anime-only arc that preferably doesn't clash with the canon, I'd be up for it although I'd like for it to have better pacing than the Ghost Incident arc.

It would be nice to prolong the Versus Momoshiki arc as much as they possible can without it becoming obnoxious as seemingly, with the Chapter 15 raw of Boruto manga coming out, things are about to get spicy and I wouldn't want the anime to paddle for fillers and ruin my enjoyment of it. From what I've heard and read, they're gonna animate Chapter 700 and the anime isn't gonna jump into the Versus Momoshiki arc immediately. My main complaint about animating Chapter 700 is the fact that it takes place before Gaiden. I suppose it might work if Chapter 700 is used as the setup for the events of Steam Ninja Scrolls.

During a recent interview, the director of the Boruto anime, Yamashita, stated vaguely that the events of the anime occur before the events of the movie, specifically stating that the stories are from Boruto before he became a Genin and is still in the academy, as well as that he believes that the pre-Movie events are gonna be "taking the main portion" of the anime, at least for now.

That being said, He is quite excited to get to the Versus Momoshiki arc, as they apparently had to cut a lot of scenes from the movie in order to get the desired runtime, including many scenes of character development and lore for the Otsutsuki Clan.