Board Thread:Naruto News/@comment-26490760-20150620025728/@comment-25122992-20150722144654

Thekillman wrote: Ravenlot 27 wrote: It's really strange: Boruto has no Byakugan, but seems he can use Gentle Fist art. Or do his eyes have some sort of a hidden Byakugan within? It was never really explained, as far as i'm aware, whether the Byakugan grants the Gentle Fist ability or whether it's a separate Kekkei Genkai of the Hyuga. Either way, it's not quite as effective without the Byakugan as it misses it's main sting: closing the chakra network nodes. Well, Hyuga clan posessses the second unique ability along with the Byakugan eyes: the ability to release chakra from all the chakra points simultaneously. And it grants them very refined chakra control. Even if Boruto has no Byakugan at all, he could have inherited this ability without Hyuga eyes, although Gentle Fist without hitting chakra points will be missing it's main part. However, seems like some Hyuga techniques don't necessarily need the Byakugan because they aren't based on the Byakugan vision, but on the chakra release ability, these are Revolving Heaven, Vacuum Palm and One Blow Body, so Gentle Fist with no Byakugan will be not as useless as it should be.