It was cool to see Himawari fight Jura. I'm glad to see she became a ninja after all, but it's just crazy to see Himawari go from being just a normal girl to a perfect Jinchuriki all of the sudden lol. I mean, given what's happened in Boruto already, I guess anything can happen. I also love how Himawari's resolve is similar to her father's and brother when she was talking about the responsibility of having the power of the Nine-Tails. Those were probably the coolest lines in the chapter for me.
My main complaint about this chapter however is Sarada's fight with Hidari. It feels like she got taken out way too quickly; obviously she would've lost either way, but Hidari just straight up taking her out just doesn't feel like something him or the other sentinet God Trees would do. Wasn't one of the main goals Jura and the other God Trees' had was to gain knowledge about the world and find out why they wanted to absorb the people they felt compelled to do before creating a Divine Tree? What I'm basically saying is that this was a missed character moment for Sarada. Out of all the fighting we've seen her do in TBV sor far, she either got saved by Boruto or used a generic Uchiha jutsu such as Fireball Jutsu or Chidori.
I would say that at least she did more in Part 1 of Boruto, but even then after Kawaki appeared, it mostly just focused on him and Boruto's growth instead Mitsuki and Sarada, who were BOTH on Team 7 way before Kawaki was. Anyway, my point is Kishimoto could've used this as an opportunity to showcase more of her abilities, I mean she literally had a 4 year timeskip to train and she got a Mangekyo right before the timeskip started so surely she got some new jutsu. Hopefully she'll have better fight scenes soon.
On another note, I was surprised as Konohamaru's performance. I wasn't expecting him to counteract Hidari's Chidori, especially with a new Jutsu. It's good he's getting to showcase more of his power, but that still doesn't really help me understand why he gets to be the Hokage's advisor. I guess it's because he was one of the closest people to Naruto besides his family and his friends he grew up with, along with the fact that his grandfather was Lord Third, but he still seems relatively weak, even after the 4 year timeskip. I really hope Konohamaru has Sage Mode or something up his sleeve, because he is in dire need of a power upgrade. Anyways, that's my take on the latest chapter. What do you guys think?
