Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3279282-20171016184901/@comment-2112031-20171020173622

Seelentau wrote:

Actually, Raiga did not appear in the Naruto manga. They used the same character design, but the characted was never explicitely stated to be Raiga.

Actually, the anime arc did not appear in the Boruto manga. They made a simple reference, but it was never explicitely stated to be the anime arc.

See where this goes? :) The reason why we know that the kunoichi seen in The Will of Fire isn't Pakura is because Pakura was shown to have died over a decade before the Fourth Great Ninja War, whereas this kunoichi, as well as the other shinobi kidnapped by Hiruko, was shown to have died much more recently. Also, the shinobi that were kidnapped possessed different Kekkei Genkai, none of which was Scorch Release.

In conclusion, as stated on Pakura's page, the kunoichi in The Will of Fire is not Pakura, it was someone else. I don't know if it's the Manga or the Movie that created the designs first, but one copied the other, and none of the characters were meant to be the same person.

On the other hand, Raiga's appearance in the Manga doesn't contradict anything, so you're argument is flawed in that regard.