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Additional info now that I've had time to sit down and read through.

Boruto's techniques in the English translation are (appropriately) named Suiton Bullet: Orca and Raiton Bullet: Ibuki. The Japanese names are 水遁弾・王琉華（オルカ） (Suitondan: Orca) and 雷遁弾・威吹（イブキ） (Raitondan: Ibuki). Orca is written with kanji that mean "King Lapis Flower" but has katakana furigana that are pronounced "Orca" (oruka = orca = killer whale), and Ibuki is written with kanji that mean "Threatening Breath" but has katakana furigana that are pronounced "Ibuki" (息吹 = ibuki = "breath").

And some information from the Masashi Kishimoto x Mikio Ikemoto interview:

Kishimoto first met Ikemoto in 1999 after reading his highly acclaimed *COSMOS* one-shot, which Ikemoto won the Tenkaichi Manga award for in 1997. Kishimoto had gotten the same award, then known as the Hop Step Award, in 1996 for his one-shot *Karakuri*.

Kishimoto had just started the serialization of *Naruto* and was in need of assistants, but not many were candidates available. He heard that Ikemoto was going to move from Kyoto to Tokyo to work as an assistant on a gag manga. Figuring that Ikemoto's art was too good for a gag series, Kishimoto told his editor, Kosuke Yahagi, to do whatever it took to poach Ikemoto for *Naruto*.

The two met and found that they shared many of the same influences, which Kishimoto had suspected from the art and style of *COSMOS*. Ikemoto has always felt that he could never live up to Kishimoto's storyboards and artistic skill, while Kishimoto always says that Ikemoto had already surpassed him in terms of pure artistic ability (though Ikemoto never believes him).

Ikemoto started working on *Naruto* with chapter #7. Kishimoto revealed that, in addition to designing and drawing many of the background characters for the series (as well as handling the screentone and white out linework), he started asking Ikemoto to help design characters after the first couple months. At the time Kishimoto was in the process of designing numerous ninja for the series because he was planning the Chunin Exam, but he wasn't happy with how many were turning out. Most notable among the characters Ikemoto designed were Haku, Zabuza, and the battle attire for the Third Hokage.

Regarding how he came to work on *Boruto*, after *Naruto* ended they had talked about the idea of doing a "reboot" with a new story and artist, in the style of American comic books. Since Ikemoto hadn't done any storyboard or drafting work in many years, he thought that this was probably just Kishimoto's way of motivating him. Ikemoto wasn't interested in doing a sequel, since he thought only Kishimoto should do the art for it, but liked the idea of a reboot because he would have the freedom to do whatever he wanted.

After talking it over for six months or so, Ikemoto was finally given the story outlines done by Kishimoto and Kodachi, and it turned out to "totally be sequel" instead of a reboot, but by that point it was too late for Ikemoto to back out.

Kishimoto said that when Shueisha asked him if he was interested in continuing the *Naruto* story, he felt that he'd already done what he wanted to do with it, but that he'd be okay with a sequel if Ikemoto did the art. Ikemoto was the only person he'd allow to do it. Kishimoto goes on to say that since they've worked together for 15 years, he has a great deal of trust in him; they've been working together so much that they're like family. "I knew I could count on him to do a great job."

Finally, Kishimoto closes by saying that what he'd really like to have seen was a serialized version of *COSMOS*, since the one-shot was so highly acclaimed, he thinks it's a shame that it never got made as a series. However, even if it's just a continuation of Kishimoto's work, he wanted to see Ikemoto become a published mangaka because he wants to read what Ikemoto creates. Ikemoto closes by saying he's working his hardest to try and not disappoint Kishimoto and the fans.

Also, as one final note from the reader comments section, Ikemoto mentions that they have a new editor, marking the exit of Jo Otsuki from the *Naruto* series after being editor for two years (having replaced Shimazaki in 2014, who replaced Yahagi in 2008). The new editor's identity has not been revealed.