Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-27924662-20170419222535/@comment-734582-20170420074137

It was fun, it reminds me about what initially drew me to Naruto: fun characters, having fun with weird ninja stuff and magic mixed in.

It's quite funny that after Lee and Guy bristled with confidence, Metal knows he's under pressure. Also, Shikadai knows the best tactic when faced with superior firepower: run (the series got real there for a second).

Also, the series remembered that Shuriken throwing was a thing!

I'm enjoying this. Hell, even the flashbacks are actual flashbacks and not "20 minutes of what i already saw 20 times-backs". Just a brief few seconds to stress the point in stead of a montage. Although the pink girl still stands out like a sore thumb.

Also, Shikamaru doesn't care that his son gets in trouble, but Tamari shows who's the real boss. Essencials wrote: It might be a filler for now but I believe that as the manga continues they'll reuse the characters and history from the anime's filler arc, otherwise it'll be a waste of time for them to create and spend time on extra characters on the fillers. I think it's fairly clear that unlike the previous manga and 2 series, this time they sat together to make sure that both Anime and Manga had space to develop on their own without constantly having to double check and without being tied with the usual "status quo is god" problem that Filler has. Boruto's early character is unwritten, so they're allowing the Anime to write that part while the manga focuses on his later years. Eventually it'll catch up, but right now there's a whole world to explore. I could write a whole series just about the fallout of the 4th war, how that changed the Ninja and their perspective of life, plus how the various characters we saw developed over the years.

Besides unlike the Manga or Movie, here we actually do see Boruto having to cope with Naruto's busy life. Simple, but effective: naruto comes home late but goes straight to bed. Boruto is a family man and feels his Mother is undervalued (although being originally groomed as the Heir of the Hyuga, she likely understands like no other what Naruto goes through).

UltimaDude wrote: When will this filler arc end? Judging by the setting and the setting of the Manga, in about 2-3 years.