Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20170412100836/@comment-734582-20170415201249

Starscream1998 wrote: I'm not saying Boruto's going to become OP instantly just because but this is a 'passing of the torch' kind of story and what better way to do that kind of story than have the new generation surpass the older one because after all that was and still is one of the main themes of Naruto. "This isn't about my dad, this is my story".

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: doesn't this make the whole "the new generation is always gonna get be stronger, and get stronger than the previous one!" retarted and useless? Except that this is never actually said. It's always "surpass" not "get stronger". It's not the same thing. E.g. Kakashi said Naruto surpassed him with the Rasenshuriken, even though at that point Kakashi would still kick his ass.