Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-945885-20171013084137/@comment-6036561-20171013200340

FF-Suzaku wrote: Konohamaru's teammate gets ambushed and tells Konohamaru to flee.

So... Konohamaru who, in his youth, stood against one of the Path of Pain to save Ebisu, now runs for his life and leaves his comrade to his death. Cool.

On the train to the city they run into a much older Ao, last seen during Ten Tails' attack on the Shinobi Alliance HQ. He seems to have narrowly survived the explosion, and has been undergoing recovery and physical therapy since the end of the war.

No, wait. Wasn't the HQ hit by a full-power Bijuudama from the Juubi? And Ao was sitting right in the middle of that. How come he survived? O.o

Boruto recalls his field trip to Kirigakure in his Academy days.

Oh, good... so the anime arc is semi-canon. I really hope they will use his friendship with Kagura to expand Kiri's backstory

Ao has been working for Kara

... why did I find this to be even more unlikely than Ao's survival?