Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-36780105-20180831201857

Why is Boruto's use of the tool even a problem?

The series establishes pretty consistently that ninja are encouraged to cheat or use whatever means they can to succeed on exams and in missions (and, indeed, that many of their exams are set up to encourage or even force students to cheat). It's only sad because Boruto has acted like he felt bad about using it, but there isn't even a reason for that. It lines up with his stated goal of changing the ninja world and evolving beyond his father, the guy who gave it to him hasn't been shady around him and has been his friend so there's no reason to think he's suspect, and the only time it's mentioned that they aren't allowed is in a closed room with no indication that the information that that specific tool wasn't allowed was ever spread beyond that room, especially since the other competitors don't even know what it is, aside from the people who have to remember seeing it during a previous mission.

If anything, it just shows that Boruto is the most in line with what the higher ranks look for. He does whatever it takes to complete the mission, he stands up for the honour of his friend, his family, and his village, and he uses a new tool in ways that are cunning and effective. This whole idea that the tool is a problem is nonsense, as is the flimsy excuse that it's bad that Boruto used it because it's using strength that's not his own both because he still had to come up with the best ways to use it, and because Naruto, the guy who made that decision, got as far as he did in his own exam tournament because of the Nine-Tails providing him with strength that was not his own and with which none of his opponents could compete.

It just seems like a lame, half-hearted attempt to create drama where there isn't any. What did I miss that makes it a problem for which Boruto is at fault?  