Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-28341973-20160827204918/@comment-30835856-20161224095917

Theoretically from a story standpoint Kawaki should be a nobody who doesn't like ninjas (add tragic backstory here) and learned how to get his skills through training and study plus learned some Otsusuki secrets along the way.

This will make him the opposite of Boruto and a proper villain and antithesis of his in the series.

Why is that the case?

- Boruto is a genius/Tensai -> He learned how to do a Rasengan with elemental chakra in what looks like a few days. Where it took Naruto much longer with Kage Bushin training (Hypobolic time chamber reference added here). A common note in the movie is that he is a genius that doesn't work hard which has started to change by the end of the movie - Boruto has INSANE potential -> The fact of the matter is anything Naruto+Hinata (As Parents) and Sasuke(as his Sensei/possible godfather) has except Sharingan/Rinnegan related the writer can write into Boruto's skillset and we as the audience will be 'OK why not makes sense'. From Rasengan/Chidori and its variations to Byakugan+Gentle Fist/Tenseigan to Sage Mode/9-Tails/Ashura/Hamura chakra etc. Can and probably will be inherited/taught/transferred.

THEREFORE Kawaki needs to be from a Story standpoint is -Someone who isn't special or gifted i.e. slow to pick things up -Someone who created his own potential not because he was born into some well known family --> A Nobody of which the story develops and we will judge how good this manga is from this

Remember that this is a theory

Side note I loved how the animated the Boruto-Shikadai fight where you can tell Boruto has Gentle Fist training just by how his Open Palmed Strike was about to connect.