Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180124105359/@comment-31269053-20180126195226

Fonselot wrote: Great analysis.

I still don't understand why the Hokage job is now so time-consuming. He is supposed to be the leader of the ninjas of the village, why does he have to deal with so much bureaucracy and paperwork? It would be much easier to have a major and politicians to deal with the civil issues of the village, and leave the Hokage to do just "Hokage stuff".

But maybe this is just the best way that they found to get Naruto out of the way and focus all the story on Boruto, I guess... Basically. But I really wish they depict Naruto as how he used to be. The old Naruto would have never put up with all that paper work. He would have escaped outside to do something not very Hokage like. Mess around with old friends and pulling pranks. His character used to be so cool but now he's gone boring. He could at least be a little bit more like Jiraiya.

Thekillman wrote: I personally hated the whiny brat nature. The constant Dattebayo/believe it was especially annoying. The last thing the series need is more people admiring Naruto as Ninja Jesus. I personally like boruto's rebellious nature. It would be extremely un-naruto-like if his son was suddenly obedient to authority. I find it ironic how you define Naruto as a whiny brat and not Boruto. If you ask me, they're both rebellious by nature. They're both overbearing and likes to show off. Even Boruto has his own speech pattern too with his constant Dattebasa. The only difference between them is that unlike Naruto, Boruto complains about the unfairness in his life and does nothing about it. Naruto, on the other hand, worked hard to overcome his issues. He doesn't whine and complain. He only talks about how he will overcome them. Which is exactly why I find it ironic for you to say that Naruto is a whiny brat when Boruto is the real whiny brat.

But who am I to judge. If you find Dattebayo to be more annoying than Dattebasa then that's on you. If you define Naruto's announcement to overcoming his weakness as annoying then it's your choice. And if you don't find Boruto annoying for constantly complaining about his life but does nothing about it then that's your opinion.

As for me, I didn't watch Naruto so I can see a character make mistakes only to regret them later on. I watch Naruto to see a character who choose to rise above his problems despite the suffering and pain in his life. A person who has every chance to fail and give up but choose not to. That's what I came to see. Regardless of whether they're obedient or not.