Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33953813-20171217171254/@comment-734582-20171218064840

Elveonora wrote: It's not a mess, it's just a sequel and sequels tend to be not as good as the first thing, sans exceptions. I disagree. Plenty of series, movies, etc got better with time. But any long-running series inevitably has to change or risk stagnating. Sequels are no different to this, and in many ways are a soft-reset of this progression. Hitting the balance between "similar enough to be recognizeable" and "different enough to be it's own thing" is immensely difficult. And well, when sequels get cancelled quite quickly they rarely tend to meet this optimal point.

Some of my most favorite shows didn't reach their full potential until 3 seasons in, and some of the sequels to my favorite shows either got there, or got cancelled well before they could reach this point. Hell, one sequel show was only getting really good in the second half of it's second season, yet got cancelled by then.

In the end, making good shows is hard, and fans rarely stick around for the whole thing. Naruto changed considerably over it's existence, yet either because or despite of it, many fans stuck with it.

Visually, the series changed considerably. Story themes have changed considerably, from rather humble "dark politics" to "savior of the world".