Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180124105359/@comment-31269053-20180126010559

Thekillman wrote: NastuUzumaki1 wrote: Ikr Boruto is so mean to Naruto even though he doesn't know how much Naruto cares about him and how much Naruto wanted to be hokage when he was younger.It's so sad that Naruto's generation had to go through so much and Boruto's generation are having it served on a plate to them!!! Naruto's generation hasn't exactly done their best to explain their previous worlds. Which makes sense, since it seems that they intend to simply start fresh rather than digging up all the pain of the past. And Naruto doesn't understand how much he means to Boruto, since his interaction with his parents was at most a few hours in his entire life. I don't think it has anything to do with the universe. You can make the Naruto universe completely modern and it will still be Naruto. What has changed is the way it is delivered. And it didn't just happen over night. The change was already upon the series even during Shippuden.

Before Shippuden, Naruto was very self expressive. He laid his emotions and inspirations bare for all to see. That's what drew Haku to him and what brought Zabuza to the brink of tears. That's what gave Jiraiya hope and what saved Gaara from his misery. Ultimately, that is what drew us to the Naruto series.

Then Shippuden came and Naruto gradually begin to shoulder all the burden into himself. He became less expressive and even had a hard time putting his feelings into words. When he met Sasuke again, all he can say is that Sasuke is his friend and didn't really explain what that meant to him. His charisma as a character suffered tremendously in Shippuden because of his lack of self expression. That was the change made in the Naruto series in which I hated the most.

Now in Boruto, Naruto has completely lost the charisma he had as a child and has become an old man who's swamp by his responsibility. He's almost like Onoki before Onoki met Gaara. Had Naruto been his old self, Boruto, who was in a similar situation as Konohamaru, would have looked up to Naruto like how Konohamaru did.

Seriously, when I heard of Boruto, I thought he's was going to be a character that even greater than Naruto. A character larger than what is larger than life itself... to the point where Boruto is able to relight the now diminishing fire within Naruto. I really thought that Boruto will become a character that even Naruto can pass his will onto. But in the end, it end up being a case of a tsundere child being on his rebellious stage.

I guess that's to be expected since it's not the same author. And there is still characters like Sarada who's trying her best to become Hokage and carry one the Will of Fire despite her absentee father and the fact that they're living in a world where Shinobi has become less necessary. I really wish she was a guy rather than a girl because we all know girl characters in Naruto sucks. If you want a girl then you should have made Mitsuki a girl.