Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33545035-20191208124103/@comment-3523655-20191213155348

And that takes us back to the filler conversation.

When the stories they're telling are meant to be self-contained, this limits the narrative possibilities. Naruto should've gone 4 or 6-tails AT LEAST to make a difference against an Ootsutsuki, even the weakest of them. But if they made him do that, Boruto would likely be scarred for life, the genin who were coming to their rescue would likely be injured, and then it causes time-travel conflict, etc

If they weren't just biding time until the manga gained enough space for them to adapt it, then this would be fine.

And yeah, that fishing rod took down Gaara the Kazekage. What happened? He stabbed Jiraiya with it, and that was it. Did he just go "meh, screw it?" and decided to go solo?