Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20170802095306/@comment-5085906-20170802171636

Episode highlights:

-Boruto somehow associating Himawari's cold with that one time she awakened the Byakugan and went full Jack Torrance in his ass.

-Naruto coming home wasted and Shikamaru making an attempt to smoke. It is nice to see beloved characters do mature things like that since back in the Shippuden anime, they couldn't even show Shikamaru near a cigar.

-Alternatively, Konohamaru telling Shikamaru that the OUTSIDE TAVERN that they're standing on is a no-smoking area. Like, what the fuck?

-Hinata showing off how she's not as unlike Hiashi as we believed.

-Naruto's family time with Boruto and their nostalgia-infested stay at Ichiraku. Sadly, our beloved old man Ichiraku is apparently not active anymore. I like how Boruto cringes when Naruto pulls out his grubby gift certificate - it's gonna make the moment where Naruto goes full Kurama avatar a lot more satisfying than in the movie.

-Choji and Chocho. I couldn't handle Chocho, but she's becoming more and more precious as these filler episodes go. Also, the plot twist at the end with Hinata.

-Hinata reminiscing about her post-Hokage Inauguration conversation with Naruto. The fact that we get to see such a happy, motherly Hinata and such a doting, embarrasing dad in Naruto makes me feel all the more bad about Sakura and her poor child.

All in all, I'm loving this filler. Like, at this point, I don't even give a shit if the creators come out and say that none of this is canon - it is to me, you bastards.

I give this episode a Nonagenerian Madara's messed up bladder/10