The state of Boruto - A true statistical ranking based on people's input

[Reboryushon]

Hey!

There is this website (I won't name it because it can be considered advertising) that works in a similar way to the internet movie database but focus on animes.

Animes are ranked by position and millions of users worldwide can review the series and make their inputs on several variables.

Let me give you some data:

1) Boruto anime score is 7.02/10 (rated by 78,754k users). In this website 7 is a "pass".
2) It occupies the 3486th position in a ranking with more than 6k animes.
3) It is rated PG-13. :glomp^^
4) It sits on the #341st spot in popularity. :eww:
5) It was favorite by 1,984 members, in a member list with 218,402k users.
6) Basically a high percentage of reviewers mention the nostalgia as the main factor for watching Boruto. Of course there a lot of people that high rate the series but there are also new viewers to the series (Never saw Naruto) that basically bash the anime as a whole.

Here are some true facts and not biased information regarding the series. My take on it, enjoy it for what it is, if there is something that can be enjoyable.

I for once only enjoyed two or three scenes in almost 60 episodes and the last 10 weren't even viewed properly but skipping parts. Everytime Boruto starts talking, i just skip it.

 

[To Whatever]

Unless you name the site. (if u do i'll report you) :kd:

Then i'm going to assume you're making this up.

:bdpf:

 

[salamander uchiha]

Thanks Rebo.

Imo opinion it could've been a great thing but Boruto's(character) existence has ruined it's potential. It's all about him and his name is pracircally on everybody's mouth every episode. He's labelled a prodigy to justify bad writing and he's given handouts. All these factors have contributed to it's low ranking.

 

[HowDidIGetPrem]

Nothing involving Boruto won't be biased since it's the predecessor of a huge anime. I personally think nostalgic watchers would be disappointed as the similarities are too strong or look at Naruto uncritically opposed to Boruto, and those who aren't nostalgic will be looking at a big series with a big question of whether that popularity is merited. Just listing those to contrast though.

 

[Reboryushon]

Nothing involving Boruto won't be biased since it's the predecessor of a huge anime. I personally think nostalgic watchers would be disappointed as the similarities are too strong or look at Naruto uncritically opposed to Boruto, and those who aren't nostalgic will be looking at a big series with a big question of whether that popularity is merited. Just listing those to contrast though.

I agree with you. They took a huge risk by trying to make such a sequel to a series like Naruto that has a lot of fans.

Unless you name the site. (if u do i'll report you) :kd:

Then i'm going to assume you're making this up.

:bdpf:

Haha. I am not making this up.

Thanks Rebo.
Imo opinion it could've been a great thing but Boruto's(character) existence has ruined it's potential.

No problem man. The focus on Boruto is just too much, i am still hoping that they might diverge a bit with Kawakii later on.

 

[To Whatever]

Haha. I am not making this up.

How do I know you aren't? Where's your source, bro?

Anyone can type that up.

 

[Reboryushon]

How do I know you aren't? Where's your source, bro?

Anyone can type that up.

I think you are mistaking me with someone else. PM sent and i am not your bro. You can call me father 'tho.

 

[salamander uchiha]

I agree with you. They took a huge risk by trying to make such a sequel to a series like Naruto that has a lot of fans.

No problem man. The focus on Boruto is just too much, i am still hoping that they might diverge a bit with Kawakii later on.

Here's my edited post.

Imo opinion it could've been a great thing but Boruto's(character) existence has ruined it's potential. It's all about him and his name is pracircally on everybody's mouth every episode. He's labelled a prodigy to justify bad writing and he's given handouts. All these factors have contributed to it's low ranking.

Kawaki won't really help the situation since he's probably going to be just like Boruto. Boruto will pretty much do what Naruto does by the end of it save the world with all his ass pulled powerups. He doesn't want to become Kage(Naruto) but still wants to become Kage (Sasuke).

 

[Reboryushon]

Here's my edited post.

Imo opinion it could've been a great thing but Boruto's(character) existence has ruined it's potential. It's all about him and his name is pracircally on everybody's mouth every episode. He's labelled a prodigy to justify bad writing and he's given handouts. All these factors have contributed to it's low ranking.

Kawaki won't really help the situation since he's probably going to be just like Boruto. Boruto will pretty much do what Naruto does by the end of it save the world with all his ass pulled powerups. He doesn't want to become Kage(Naruto) but still wants to become Kage (Sasuke).

Your points make sense. There is some weird duality in Boruto as a character. If they give the kid TNJ in the scale of Naruto i will call it a day.

 

[To Whatever]

I think you are mistaking me with someone else. PM sent and i am not your bro. You can call me father 'tho.

Whatever you say, man...

 

[Reboryushon]

Whatever you say, man...

Or Señor..

 

[salamander uchiha]

Your points make sense. There is some weird duality in Boruto as a character. If they give the kid TNJ in the scale of Naruto i will call it a day.

If we go by the manga and anime he already has TNJ. The last instance of it's use was after he handed Ao the screw driver and gave him a talk Ao decided to save his life by using suiton jutsu. And if the first chapter is anything to go by Kawaki was getting an attempted TNJ which will likely be concluded by the end of their fight.

 

[Reboryushon]

If we go by the manga and anime he already has TNJ. The last instance of it's use was after he handed Ao the screw driver and gave him a talk Ao decided to save his life by using suiton jutsu. And if the first chaoter is anything to go by Kawaki was getting an attempted TNJ which will likely be concluded by tye end of their fight.

Argh. Yes, its there. All we need is Shinki to be defeated with a headbutt..

:NO:

 

[Azarath Metrion Zinthos]

Weird thread. And no need for statistics when it's obvious asf how substandard the series is. Literally only one guy would take a bullet for Kodachi's shitty writing and he can't be taken seriously for how subservient the fanism is. Anyway, at least you're trying to educate, to those still stuck in the realm of incredulity.

 

[Exaar]

Boruto has alot of problems.
Anime struggles to be consistent, manga writing/pacing isn't good enough for monthly release.

Regardless of if the focus was on boruto or someone else, It'd still have the same problem. Vast majority of characters are boring rehashes of their parents with barely anything or flat out nothing unique about them.
When Jougan/karma seal and mitsuki's sage powers start coming out things might get a little bit more interesting but until then it's just a much shitter version of part 1.

 

[DietyOfWind]

you guys do realize all this is just to solidify borutos choices later on in the series its not supposed to be good or bad just a bassis for his later reasoning and choices in the series as for how he got to where he was evetually fighting against kawaki i feel as if its here to more or less justify the actions he takes later on that will lead to calamity or peace because at the end of the day he is still a human who will possess god like powers. Even naruto started out kinda slow not every anime is going to be non stop fight scenes i like animes like this because they cover choices and situations that are just all to human such as living in the shadow of your father. when the series gets to a critical point its ranking will go up because it will obviously be more popular then because there will be more action and fight scenes. Also werent saskue fanboys complaining that they wanted saskue to be the main focus of a manga. Boruto has more in common with saskue then naruto personality and skill wise.

 

[The Paradox]

Here's the thing, because it's more directly handled by Kishi; the anime is better. The anime has elements that he wished he could have included back in Naruto. For instance, a more fleshed out intro to the characters. These characters are supposed to be close and have bonds. That was what every episode up until the chunin arc was supposed to be building up. Now in Naruto, it was mostly focused on the intro of just Naruto and then eventually team 7, which would be the main focus until the chunin exams. So what originally worked for Naruto, suddenly got muddied up in trying to introduce the other teams we knew existed, but just didn't know anything about. There was no attachment to these other characters back then, so if they got injured or died in the exam.. I personally just didn't care. Team 7 was still my main focus. This is something I think Kishi wanted to fix, and did IMO.

Another thing Kishi wanted to fix in this series was the female characters. They were mostly useless. Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Tenten.. were all "main" females compared to the others like Karin, Temari, Konan, Tsunade etc. And yet they were more weak than the side female characters, or at least portrayed that way throughout most of Naruto/Shippuden. Sarada, Chocho, and even Yodo have shown to be formidable and not just sideline fangirls for the guys of Konoha.

The final thing that ties into the first thing I mentioned was bonds being formed, but into relationships. None of the relationships make sense in the end of Naruto. Of course they made it work in Boruto, but if you knew how they all were growing up.. and most of them still had no romantic feelings even in shippuden, it just makes no sense at all. Maybe by spending time on forming bonds, romance will also eventually take place in the "shippuden" part of Boruto. If it even ends up going that route and not into some dystopian revolution future or something thanks to the technology and the Leaf getting obliterated.

I like a good build to a story. Characters being introduced and developed side by side so I can get attached to certain ones. Futures left open because it makes friggin sense due to the side by side development from early on. Etc. Anime is 7/10

Now lets get to the manga. Hooooooooooooboy. Well first of all, I still don't get the point of them wasting 2-3 months with rehashing the movie with no new content that would make later events make more sense or fleshed out (something the anime does well as I've mentioned). Building off of this, the damn pacing was/is horrible. The AO arc kind of got better.. but I'm not going to hold my breath as the Jougan still didn't appear. They need to release it more than monthly, maybe biweekly? Idk, something needs to be changed there as I feel like things have been far too slow, and not in a good developmental way. 3/10 most months. Last couple of months were 6/10.

 

[NextGenNinja]

Here's the thing, because it's more directly handled by Kishi; the anime is better. The anime has elements that he wished he could have included back in Naruto. For instance, a more fleshed out intro to the characters. These characters are supposed to be close and have bonds. That was what every episode up until the chunin arc was supposed to be building up. Now in Naruto, it was mostly focused on the intro of just Naruto and then eventually team 7, which would be the main focus until the chunin exams. So what originally worked for Naruto, suddenly got muddied up in trying to introduce the other teams we knew existed, but just didn't know anything about. There was no attachment to these other characters back then, so if they got injured or died in the exam.. I personally just didn't care. Team 7 was still my main focus. This is something I think Kishi wanted to fix, and did IMO.

Another thing Kishi wanted to fix in this series was the female characters. They were mostly useless. Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Tenten.. were all "main" females compared to the others like Karin, Temari, Konan, Tsunade etc. And yet they were more weak than the side female characters, or at least portrayed that way throughout most of Naruto/Shippuden. Sarada, Chocho, and even Yodo have shown to be formidable and not just sideline fangirls for the guys of Konoha.

The final thing that ties into the first thing I mentioned was bonds being formed, but into relationships. None of the relationships make sense in the end of Naruto. Of course they made it work in Boruto, but if you knew how they all were growing up.. and most of them still had no romantic feelings even in shippuden, it just makes no sense at all. Maybe by spending time on forming bonds, romance will also eventually take place in the "shippuden" part of Boruto. If it even ends up going that route and not into some dystopian revolution future or something thanks to the technology and the Leaf getting obliterated.

I like a good build to a story. Characters being introduced and developed side by side so I can get attached to certain ones. Futures left open because it makes friggin sense due to the side by side development from early on. Etc. Anime is 7/10

Now lets get to the manga. Hooooooooooooboy. Well first of all, I still don't get the point of them wasting 2-3 months with rehashing the movie with no new content that would make later events make more sense or fleshed out (something the anime does well as I've mentioned). Building off of this, the damn pacing was/is horrible. The AO arc kind of got better.. but I'm not going to hold my breath as the Jougan still didn't appear. They need to release it more than monthly, maybe biweekly? Idk, something needs to be changed there as I feel like things have been far too slow, and not in a good developmental way. 3/10 most months. Last couple of months were 6/10.

10 months actually and besides the obvious of wanting to milk things as much as they can, Ikemoto was probably trying to improve his drawing skills with the rehash. You could see the improvement from the early chapters to the middle and last parts of the rehash.

 

[123fire]

Thanks for sharing 7 is fine

 

[InfiniteMugen]

Shit based on people’s input here, one person REALLY loves boruto and everyone else is either on the fence or not too into it