Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20170802095306/@comment-5085906-20170804165252

It's the "Sakura effect" all over again. Kishimoto introduces a bunch of idealized characters with set, grand motives and gives them an inhuman will to reach that endgoal and we like them. But when he introduces a character like Sakura, a normal kunoichi with no nuclear beast sealed inside her or an OP kekkei genkai, a girl with both of her parents alive and no tragic backstory - basically a character that the average viewer can relate to, we crucify them for it because we don't care for a real, human character - we want our set of powerful, do-gooders who have better shit to do than make a big deal out of their friend liking the same pasty, chicken-ass hairstyle kid.

Don't worry, though. Boruto will only act like a real kid for now. He's around 15 in that flash-forward and he's already calling his old self a brat.

And for the record, I like this Boruto. And he does cherish his family. He goes along with his sister and his mom and he really appreciates his friends. He just dislikes Naruto, and that makes sense considering how unreasonably stubborn kids can be when they make up their minds - at one point he realized Naruto won't be around and he decided 'I hate that guy' and now that's his default behavior. He doesn't even like it when Naruto TRIES to spend time with him, even though him not being around is the reason why he dislikes him.