Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31119074-20170122152801/@comment-24729606-20170127160326

Well I don't disagree that surpassing Naruto does seem like a next to impossible task but Naruto probably thought much the same about surpassing Minato yet he did so and didn't even realize it. Boruto might not inherit the Sages powers nor those of Ashura but even so he is far more talented than his father (not to mention Naruto did have talents but they required intense training to manifest). Plus even if Boruto doesn't have Ashuras chakra he still has a descendant of Indra (Sasuke) as a mentor and teacher. If the pattern of teacher and student established by Hiruzen and the Sannin continues than it follows than Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are the second generation of the Sannin. They each surpassed their mentors (even if Orochimaru had his own reasons for mentoring Sasuke). So Boruto could surpass his father and mentor. Whether he manifests the Byakugan is another matter. He has the potential to do so, after he has Hinatas blood flowing through him. But if he does that poses an interesting dilemma for the Hyuga. Never has a person outside of the Hyuga manifested the Byakugan (Ao of the hidden mist doesn't count as he gained his as a spoil of war). Say Boruto does manifest the Byakugan. His children will also have the potential to do the same. That will mean that the centuries old mission of the Hyuga branch family (that is protect the secrets of the Hyuga and the Byakugan) will have become very nearly meaningless.