Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31119074-20170122152801/@comment-734582-20170218163612

Kadmos1 wrote: While Boruto may have surpassed his dad in terms of learning various jutsu at a younger age, I would say the main reason he won't surpass Dad overall is that Naruto was the main Child of Prophecy. I don't buy into this whole prophecy thing. The prophecy is what made Jiraiya try and fulfil it, leading to him becoming an author and traveller, leading to him fulfilling the prophecy.

So basically, these prophecies are useless.