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Some people say that it is a handout or an asspull or "fillerish" that Boruto pulls out all of these elemental techniques without training. However, I assert to you that this particular notion is false, and that Boruto does in fact train or educate himself in some way (even since before the Boruto movie).
For those of you who call Boruto's elements an "asspull", you are demonstrating a problem in your thinking that is common to this fanbase. That problem is: The denial of the off screen!
Despite anything that has been said before about Boruto, it is clear that Boruto has trained himself at least a bit. Here is some evidence:
1. In the Boruto movie and associated manga re-adaptation, Boruto stated to Naruto "I know fuuton, raiton, and most recently suiton". Naruto then responded with agitation "Konohamaru, what are you teaching him?", to which Boruto replies "Don't blame my teacher". The key words here are It clearly indicates that he knew fuuton and raiton before suiton.
For him to subsequently know suiton after having not known it before obviously means that some training/teaching/learning had to take place. Konohamaru may have taught him, someone else may have taught him, or Boruto may have learned it on his own. Either way, some form of natural earned progress was made.
2. In the manga, a few chapters ago, Naruto sparred with Boruto. In that fight, Boruto demonstrated new jutsus such as the mixture of suiton surging sea and raiton thunderclap arrow. After the match, Naruto stated that Boruto had gotten stronger.
Boruto getting stronger equates to some progress being made, but now does that equate to training? Well, let's see.
How do people get stronger in the NV? I can think of a few known ways:
1. Training/Learning/Being taught
2. Awakening/Advancing some KKG or other bloodline trait (such as the awakening of sharingan or MS)
3. Eating chakara fruit/pills
4. Becoming a jinchuuriki or advancing as a jinchuuriki
5. Being handed chakara or a seal
6. Stealing/Being given someone's eyes or DNA
That's about all I can think of for now (by the way, I am not referring to temporary powerups, only powerups that become apart of your regular power).
Now let's see if Boruto fits into numbers 2 through 6:
Does he have a KKG? Yes, but his eye hasn't really done anything yet. He can't even activate it at will yet. Therefore his eye is a non-factor for now.
Has he ever eaten a chakara fruit or chakara pills? No!
Is he a jinchuuriki? No!
Has he ever been handed chakara or a seal? Yes, he has been given a seal, but as of now that seal has done even less than the eye! In fact, the only time thus far that the seal has shown up, it actually hindered him and stopped him from using rasengan! Therefore, that seal is also a non-factor as of right now in regards to Boruto's strength.
Has he ever taken someone else's eyes or DNA? No!
How then, would Naruto be able to say that Boruto has gotten stronger? The only logical explanation is that Boruto trained at some point and learned/honed these techniques.
3. In the mist arc, we actually saw Boruto discussing wind style techniques with Mitsuki. Mitsuki actually taught Boruto either the gale palm or wind scythe (or some jutsu to that nature). Go back to the episode where they were on the boat that night. You'll see. Learning by being taught is a form of training.
4. It was shown in the second episode that Hinata made Boruto study the books rigorously to make up for his suspension from the academy. Though this isn't your traditional training, those books probably teach at least some of the basics, so this can be considered a kind of training.
5. Even in Gaiden, Boruto was shown playing/hiding from/ somewhat fighting with Naruto. Boruto's later dialogue implies that this happened often. That is most definitely something that can hone one's skills.
As you should be able to see, Boruto clearly trains at least from time to time. In fact, if he didn't then he wouldn't be able to be a shinobi.
Now you may be thinking, "what about those times like when Naruto said that Boruto doesn't have the extensive training needed to awaken the byakugan?". What about when Naruto said that Boruto's clothes always look brand new?
Well, to answer your question, those instances were just meant to imply that Boruto never really trained rigorously. He never struggled. Everything came easily to him. One can attest to this by looking at how fast he learned the rasengan (and subconsciously added nature transformation to it). This made him lack resolve and drive (like what Kakashi said).
This however, does not mean that Boruto never trained at all! He trained and learned stuff. It just wasn't too hard for him. It didn't take him years at a time to learn one jutsu.
In short, it can be seen that Boruto's power isn't an asspull or "fillerish" at all! It makes perfect sense. The real problem is you people's thought processes. With multiple facets of the manga/anime, you people assume that if we don't see it on screen, it never happened, so then any new development that we didn't see coming is an asspull.
This denial of the off screen is a stupid thought process to be honest. Do you people really think that these characters just sit down and do absolutely nothing whenever the main events of the series (that we see) are not going on? I know some of you are going to say that there technically is no off screen because these are fictional characters who don't exist, so when we don't see them then they do nothing. However, that is stupid logic to go by because of the fact that the lore of this series doesn't run on logic that goes beyond the fourth wall. In other words, the events that happen in the NV happen as a response to prior things that happened in the NV (and not just in response to what we the readers are particularly aware of). It doesn't matter whether or not we see it. Things (such as training) can still happen within the NV itself, even when we don't see it.
One more thing:
You can't even reasonably say that Boruto shouldn't be able to learn these techniques so easily, because none of Boruto's elemental jutsus are so complex or OP, and we have actually seen instances in the series where people have learned jutsu of this caliber in seconds.
During the war, Kitsuchi taught the whole shinobi alliance how to do a basic earth style wall in seconds over a telepathic link! This was when everyone was trying to block the juubi's bijuudama just before Minato arrived and warped it away.
Let's also not forget that Itachi learned fireball jutsu in seconds! Like Itachi, Boruto is also hailed as a prodigy, so it makes sense.
Plus, like I said before, Boruto's jutsus are not OP in the slightest! I challenge anyone to name even one of Boruto's elemental jutsus that can't be blocked by a basic earth style mud wall!
Thunderclap arrow/ lightning triple? - Can easily be blocked by a basic mud wall.
Surging Sea? - Easily blockable.
Boruto stream? - Boruto just face plants into the wall.
Do you see what I'm saying? Boruto may be versatile, but he is not OP.
His power makes perfect sense!
Discuss.
For those of you who call Boruto's elements an "asspull", you are demonstrating a problem in your thinking that is common to this fanbase. That problem is: The denial of the off screen!
Despite anything that has been said before about Boruto, it is clear that Boruto has trained himself at least a bit. Here is some evidence:
1. In the Boruto movie and associated manga re-adaptation, Boruto stated to Naruto "I know fuuton, raiton, and most recently suiton". Naruto then responded with agitation "Konohamaru, what are you teaching him?", to which Boruto replies "Don't blame my teacher". The key words here are It clearly indicates that he knew fuuton and raiton before suiton.
For him to subsequently know suiton after having not known it before obviously means that some training/teaching/learning had to take place. Konohamaru may have taught him, someone else may have taught him, or Boruto may have learned it on his own. Either way, some form of natural earned progress was made.
2. In the manga, a few chapters ago, Naruto sparred with Boruto. In that fight, Boruto demonstrated new jutsus such as the mixture of suiton surging sea and raiton thunderclap arrow. After the match, Naruto stated that Boruto had gotten stronger.
Boruto getting stronger equates to some progress being made, but now does that equate to training? Well, let's see.
How do people get stronger in the NV? I can think of a few known ways:
1. Training/Learning/Being taught
2. Awakening/Advancing some KKG or other bloodline trait (such as the awakening of sharingan or MS)
3. Eating chakara fruit/pills
4. Becoming a jinchuuriki or advancing as a jinchuuriki
5. Being handed chakara or a seal
6. Stealing/Being given someone's eyes or DNA
That's about all I can think of for now (by the way, I am not referring to temporary powerups, only powerups that become apart of your regular power).
Now let's see if Boruto fits into numbers 2 through 6:
Does he have a KKG? Yes, but his eye hasn't really done anything yet. He can't even activate it at will yet. Therefore his eye is a non-factor for now.
Has he ever eaten a chakara fruit or chakara pills? No!
Is he a jinchuuriki? No!
Has he ever been handed chakara or a seal? Yes, he has been given a seal, but as of now that seal has done even less than the eye! In fact, the only time thus far that the seal has shown up, it actually hindered him and stopped him from using rasengan! Therefore, that seal is also a non-factor as of right now in regards to Boruto's strength.
Has he ever taken someone else's eyes or DNA? No!
How then, would Naruto be able to say that Boruto has gotten stronger? The only logical explanation is that Boruto trained at some point and learned/honed these techniques.
3. In the mist arc, we actually saw Boruto discussing wind style techniques with Mitsuki. Mitsuki actually taught Boruto either the gale palm or wind scythe (or some jutsu to that nature). Go back to the episode where they were on the boat that night. You'll see. Learning by being taught is a form of training.
4. It was shown in the second episode that Hinata made Boruto study the books rigorously to make up for his suspension from the academy. Though this isn't your traditional training, those books probably teach at least some of the basics, so this can be considered a kind of training.
5. Even in Gaiden, Boruto was shown playing/hiding from/ somewhat fighting with Naruto. Boruto's later dialogue implies that this happened often. That is most definitely something that can hone one's skills.
As you should be able to see, Boruto clearly trains at least from time to time. In fact, if he didn't then he wouldn't be able to be a shinobi.
Now you may be thinking, "what about those times like when Naruto said that Boruto doesn't have the extensive training needed to awaken the byakugan?". What about when Naruto said that Boruto's clothes always look brand new?
Well, to answer your question, those instances were just meant to imply that Boruto never really trained rigorously. He never struggled. Everything came easily to him. One can attest to this by looking at how fast he learned the rasengan (and subconsciously added nature transformation to it). This made him lack resolve and drive (like what Kakashi said).
This however, does not mean that Boruto never trained at all! He trained and learned stuff. It just wasn't too hard for him. It didn't take him years at a time to learn one jutsu.
In short, it can be seen that Boruto's power isn't an asspull or "fillerish" at all! It makes perfect sense. The real problem is you people's thought processes. With multiple facets of the manga/anime, you people assume that if we don't see it on screen, it never happened, so then any new development that we didn't see coming is an asspull.
This denial of the off screen is a stupid thought process to be honest. Do you people really think that these characters just sit down and do absolutely nothing whenever the main events of the series (that we see) are not going on? I know some of you are going to say that there technically is no off screen because these are fictional characters who don't exist, so when we don't see them then they do nothing. However, that is stupid logic to go by because of the fact that the lore of this series doesn't run on logic that goes beyond the fourth wall. In other words, the events that happen in the NV happen as a response to prior things that happened in the NV (and not just in response to what we the readers are particularly aware of). It doesn't matter whether or not we see it. Things (such as training) can still happen within the NV itself, even when we don't see it.
One more thing:
You can't even reasonably say that Boruto shouldn't be able to learn these techniques so easily, because none of Boruto's elemental jutsus are so complex or OP, and we have actually seen instances in the series where people have learned jutsu of this caliber in seconds.
During the war, Kitsuchi taught the whole shinobi alliance how to do a basic earth style wall in seconds over a telepathic link! This was when everyone was trying to block the juubi's bijuudama just before Minato arrived and warped it away.
Let's also not forget that Itachi learned fireball jutsu in seconds! Like Itachi, Boruto is also hailed as a prodigy, so it makes sense.
Plus, like I said before, Boruto's jutsus are not OP in the slightest! I challenge anyone to name even one of Boruto's elemental jutsus that can't be blocked by a basic earth style mud wall!
Thunderclap arrow/ lightning triple? - Can easily be blocked by a basic mud wall.
Surging Sea? - Easily blockable.
Boruto stream? - Boruto just face plants into the wall.
Do you see what I'm saying? Boruto may be versatile, but he is not OP.
His power makes perfect sense!
Discuss.
