Very fast pace Chapter with naruto in thick of things once again, What are your thoughts?
Very fast pace Chapter with naruto in thick of things once again, What are your thoughts?
Lol, it's nowhere near as bad, but it clearly isn't the same quality as Kishimoto's work, despite being monthly.
Yes, there are manga that are worse than Boruto by a mile but still what they're doing with it feels like a middle finger to all the criticism leveled at Naruto before. You thought Kaguya was too much? We got you fam, here's some more alien ninjas ON TOP of cyborg ninjas who could also be aliens. Oh what, you thought the other children in the previous generation were not fleshed out? Well, not only will we not have Boruto's generation appear for several chapters but when they do appear, they'll simply be used as exposition robots so you can gauge their feelings on the new protagonist.
Hell, Ikemoto went even further by not even bothering to flesh out this generation's Team 7 which at least was done properly in Naruto.
But even if we judge the manga as a standalone, it suffers from really bad storytelling. With Naruto, no matter how bad it got, at least the storytelling was contained. Every villain had their own personality and motives which shaped their respective arcs. Here, all of the villains (including Momoshiki) were used as tools to move the plot towards the endgame which I'm assuming is either a) Jigen possessing Kawaki's body (which I'm assuming is what that in medias res scene at the beginning is) or b) the Otsutsuki head which will serve as the Kaguya to Jigen's Madara i.e an unserdeveloped villain that just shows up so Kawaki and Boruto can team up and fight.
Either way, I just hope this travesty ends. Apparently, they're only gonna do 112 chapters so I guess it's not that bad.
Personally I would of made Boruto a world travel manga similar to One Piece rather than diving back into more ninja alien clan stuff but eh.
That being said, it is gonna be interesting to see Koji weasel his way out this one once Jigen is done or retreats. I can see him saying something like he was keeping an eye on the vessel so that Kara has up to date info on the situation. I have a bad feeling that Naruto is gonna job hard. I think the main reason we are getting a stoic relatively emotionless Main villain is due to all the flak Tobi got when he was revealed to be Obito, the second personality shift did not go over well with the fanbase. Goofball -> Serious Mastermind -> Ninja Incel. Nope.
As for the Yin Seal, we can def say that Mito's diamond mark was a Yin seal and I would not be shocked if that is how she was able to see the entirety of the nine-tails within herself.
Jeasus, what do people actually expect from Naruto as a character, seriously? The guy got stabbed by the same rods that were holding the (new) 10-tails in his place and then he brushed them of like they were nothing. He defeated while seriously holding back a monster-powered regenerative andriod with laser eyes in Delta, without using no where near his full powers. Of course they need introduce characters like Delta and Jigen that can actually exchange blows with Naruto, otherwise there is no credibility to the story.
I just hope that Naruto and Jigen will actually have the 1 vs 1 fight with both going all out and with no outside interruptions, but it doesn’t seem to be the case... And they are fighing again in the village, which means that Naruto again can’t go all out...
Sarada is heading to save Naruto, everythings gonna be fine.
Yeah... No. Everything won't be fine. Jigen is a powerhouse based on everything he has already displayed. For 1, he has a Six Paths Cloak, as shown in the hologram and during his transformation, putting him just under Naruto in terms of abilities. Second of all, he can seemingly use the Black Receivers or something akin to them. Third, he can literally recreate objects on a physical and chemical level as shown when Delta destroyed the table he was having dinner at. He literally caught Naruto off guard with the kick and the rods, and Naruto in this state was dodging Momoshiki without his Six Paths Cloak.
Kawaki, Boruto and Sarada don't stand a chance against Jigen and he is about to show Naruto his skills in the next chapter as well.
I don't know why, but I have a feeling Sarada might be getting another power up sooner or later due to Naruto, possibly the MS. But its just a feeling. Not really a Sarada fan or anything but it seems like they are setting up for something big.
Oh, and I also think Jigen did something to Sasuke. We all know Sasuke could just use Space-Time Ninjutsu to go to Naruto or Konoha like nothing. If Jigen noticed the presence of Koji via the frog, he most likely noticed Sasuke too.
If it makes you feel better, Ino stopped the police from soloing Jigen...
Can't tell if troll or what, but if Jigen is compared to Naruto or said to be above him, that aint happening...
I think they'll fight hard, but Naruto will start to lose. Whether that be through Jigen just beating him or Naruto having to hold back and protect the village. Then Sasuke will come in and they'll drive Jigen off together.
That's what I think will happen lol