Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33390047-20171017002214/@comment-734582-20171022085020

Mushibrow wrote: right now they are just wasting our time I think the Anime's purpose is to set up the major plot points of the Manga. The Manga opened with Boruto's eye and the first anime arc expanded on it and set up the rest. The Manga continued with the Otsutsuki attack and we got an arc that dealt with the Nue, Root and Kaguya's dimension. Now Ao has mysteriously returned, a Hidden Mist shinoni, and the Anime is in the Mist processing the 4th war outcome and Blood Mist legacy.

I don't believe this is a coincidence at all.