About Boruto.

[~Ethereal~]

I initially thought he was an annoying brat, a Naruto clone and whatnot. That was before watching the film, after watching the movie he maybe what I stated above, but not to the extent everyone was making out to be. I kind of like him, yeah he cheated in the chunin exams but at least he was kind of cool before using the cheating techniques. My favourite line from him was "what did he endure to get to this point" when Naruto was lending him chakra for his rasengan. This line reminded me when Sasuke made that comment on how Itachi was coping after he coughed up blood, whilst using Susano'o too much in the Kage Summit. So Boruto is not crap in my view, thanks for reading.

 

[lndra]

The next generation series is crap, though.

Yeah I'm glad the Movie ended the whole "Naruto clone" talk about his character. My favorite lines for his character are:

"If you even think about missing my younger sister's birthday, I'll never forgive you."

"It's fine if you're the same as you've been up until now. All I want is that when we get to meet up every now and then, don't give me lectures… from now on, tell me about your past instead, dad."

"To me, the Hokage is just a path. Just because my grandpa and dad are Hokage, doesn't mean that I have to walk the same path. Sarada… What I'm really aiming for is to become a shinobi like your dad. I'm going to
follow my own ninja way"


Plus, I love how different Boruto is from the generic Shounen protag.

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In comparison to Edward Elric.

They both got attitude, cocky, snarky, moody, rebellious, but more caring and sensitive then they let on. Both are tsundere, particularly towards their fathers--on that subject, both have daddy issues, mostly bitter about how their father's absence affects their mother/younger sibling. Both have a soft spot for their mother and younger sibling and is one of their driving points--Edward reviving his mother and attempting getting his brother's body back and Boruto being more upset of how Naruto's absence affects his mother and sister than he himself. Both are child prodigies and things always came easy to them. Similar dynamics to the girl closest to them--neither Boruto and Edward take shit from Sarada and Winry and vice versa, somewhat argumentative relationship, but there's also closeness there that comes from being childhood friends and they treat each other well and clearly care for each other.

Their character arcs are a lot different and so are their motivations of course, but a major part of both of their characters are their strained relationship with their father and ultimately learning to forgive and understand their old men.

It's just as far as shonen protagonists go, most of them are Goku-esque and Boruto reminds me more of Edward Elric (my favorite shonen protagonist bar none btw) and that's a breath of fresh air imo.

 

[Aominecchi]

He is not that bad....but his attitude towards Naruto is shit....especially after that line when he says that Naruto was better off withouht Minato.....

 

[Pukkake Pokayo]

TFW you've gotten to the stage when even this thread and the topic combined make it TL;DR territory.

 

[~Ethereal~]

The next generation series is crap, though.

Yeah I'm glad the Movie ended the whole "Naruto clone" talk about his character. My favorite lines for his character are:

"If you even think about missing my younger sister's birthday, I'll never forgive you."

"It's fine if you're the same as you've been up until now. All I want is that when we get to meet up every now and then, don't give me lectures… from now on, tell me about your past instead, dad."

"To me, the Hokage is just a path. Just because my grandpa and dad are Hokage, doesn't mean that I have to walk the same path. Sarada… What I'm really aiming for is to become a shinobi like your dad. I'm going to
follow my own ninja way"


Plus, I love how different Boruto is from the generic Shounen protag.

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In comparison to Edward Elric.

They both got attitude, cocky, snarky, moody, rebellious, but more caring and sensitive then they let on. Both are tsundere, particularly towards their fathers--on that subject, both have daddy issues, mostly bitter about how their father's absence affects their mother/younger sibling. Both have a soft spot for their mother and younger sibling and is one of their driving points--Edward reviving his mother and attempting getting his brother's body back and Boruto being more upset of how Naruto's absence affects his mother and sister than he himself. Both are child prodigies and things always came easy to them. Similar dynamics to the girl closest to them--neither Boruto and Edward take shit from Sarada and Winry and vice versa, somewhat argumentative relationship, but there's also closeness there that comes from being childhood friends and they treat each other well and clearly care for each other.

Their character arcs are a lot different and so are their motivations of course, but a major part of both of their characters are their strained relationship with their father and ultimately learning to forgive and understand their old men.

It's just as far as shonen protagonists go, most of them are Goku-esque and Boruto reminds me more of Edward Elric (my favorite shonen protagonist bar none btw) and that's a breath of fresh air imo.

You talk too much. XD I don't see any similarity with him and Edward Elric.

 

[lndra]

He is not that bad....but his attitude towards Naruto is shit....especially after that line when he says that Naruto was better off withouht Minato.....

Yeah tbh.

I think you could argue that he knew so little of Naruto, the one who struggled and who was alone. He didn't know much about his father -- He only understood that he was the hero, the one that the entire Village recognized.

It never occurred to him that his father even struggled, even without Minato there. That's the only logical explanation I have for him saying that.

You talk too much. XD I don't see any similarity with him and Edward Elric.

If you read the spoiler tag you would of understood the point I was making.

Funny enough, both Bolt and Edward have funny hair stems XD

 

[~Ethereal~]

Yeah tbh.

I think you could argue that he knew so little of Naruto, the one who struggled and who was alone. He didn't know much about his father -- He only understood that he was the hero, the one that the entire Village recognized.

It never occurred to him that his father even struggled, even without Minato there. That's the only logical explanation I have for him saying that.


If you read the spoiler tag you would of understood the point I was making.

Funny enough, both Bolt and Edward have funny hair stems XD

Oh yes! Their love towards their younger siblings now I see the similarity.

 

[NineSNS]

Sasuke senpai approves

 

[Magnolius]

He is not that bad....but his attitude towards Naruto is shit....especially after that line when he says that Naruto was better off withouht Minato.....

I like to think that he has the appropriate attitude towards a father who neglects and deprives him of needed attention.

But I also agree with you about his statement towards Naruto being "better off" without Minato.

 

[Magnolius]

Funny enough, both Bolt and Edward have funny hair stems XD

Edward Hair style > Boruto Hair Style. Apparently gluing blond rat shavings onto your head has become a new trend in the Naruto Verse :sdo:

 

[lndra]

Edward Hair style > Boruto Hair Style. Apparently gluing blond rat shavings onto your head has become a new trend in the Naruto Verse :sdo:

lmfao

I agree. I like his new hair style though, the new author got it somewhat right. I think if they work a bit harder on it they can turn it into something cooler.

The face is bugging me tho

 

[Magnolius]

lmfao

I agree. I like his new hair style though, the new author got it somewhat right. I think if they work a bit harder on it they can turn it into something cooler.

The face is bugging me tho

Look at all these different Hairstyles. I know Naruto is under them all, but they could've been used for Boruto.

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I honestly think Boruto should have gotten a blond Kakashi Hairstyle, either his kid or older version. But somehow they managed to make hairstyle even force than Rock Lee's. They got Sarada's do on point though. Mitsuki's is only slightly tolerable.

 

[Guitar Hero]

Look at all these different Hairstyles. I know Naruto is under them all, but they could've been used for Boruto.

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I honestly think Boruto should have gotten a blond Kakashi Hairstyle, either his kid or older version. But somehow they managed to make hairstyle even force than Rock Lee's. They got Sarada's do on point though. Mitsuki's is only slightly tolerable.

Every last one of them looks bad, at least on Naruto.

Boruto's dumbass hair has its charm though.

 

[lndra]

Look at all these different Hairstyles. I know Naruto is under them all, but they could've been used for Boruto.

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I honestly think Boruto should have gotten a blond Kakashi Hairstyle, either his kid or older version. But somehow they managed to make hairstyle even force than Rock Lee's. They got Sarada's do on point though. Mitsuki's is only slightly tolerable.

Man those designs do look like crap. I wouldn't even blame the hair styles, just the drawing of the look choppy.

Anyway, the main problem of his hair comes from how wavy it is. It needed to be more sharp.

It literally has three bangs, and then on the top part of the hair, it moves a different direction and has a different overall style.

THEN the back part of his hair literally moves up instead of down :sdo:

To top of off he puts a stem in there as if he didn't already look ridiculous. That beings said, I have seen Kishimoto draw him normally with the hair style, but sometimes, it just looks plain stupid.

I agree, that would of been the best hair style for him.

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Sigh.

If it was me I would start from here:

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I would keep the three bangs, and then I would go from there to try to make it look normal.

 

[chaos control]

I like to think that he has the appropriate attitude towards a father who neglects and deprives him of needed attention.

But I also agree with you about his statement towards Naruto being "better off" without Minato.

I have to disagree with your statement that Naruto neglects him and deprives him of needed attention. Holding down a job to support your family and community instead of playing with your child 24/7 is not neglect. It is just being responsible and doing your duty as a parent (and as a leader if you are in a position such as hokage). Boruto acts like he is entitled to his father's undivided 24/7 attention, and that is a flaw of Boruto in my opinion.

Even while holding down the job, Naruto is still kind and considerate enough to at least leave shadow clones for Boruto. Yet Boruto doesn't even seem to appreciate that. I don't know why people look down on clones so much. Once the clone disperses, the real Naruto will still get all the information and the experience. Therefore it will be as if Naruto was really there.

The only thing that I think Naruto messed up on was Himawari's birthday party. He could have made some time in his schedule for that since a birthday only comes once a year (unlike the 24/7 play time that Boruto seems to want). At the very least, Naruto could have had his clone be in sage mode so that it was more durable and less likely to disperse.

Other than that, I don't think Boruto's attitude was ever really justified.

I wonder if Asuma ever hassled Hiruzen like Boruto did with Naruto.

 

[lndra]

I have to disagree with your statement that Naruto neglects him and deprives him of needed attention. Holding down a job to support your family and community instead of playing with your child 24/7 is not neglect. It is just being responsible and doing your duty as a parent (and as a leader if you are in a position such as hokage). Boruto acts like he is entitled to his father's undivided 24/7 attention, and that is a flaw of Boruto in my opinion.

Even while holding down the job, Naruto is still kind and considerate enough to at least leave shadow clones for Boruto. Yet Boruto doesn't even seem to appreciate that. I don't know why people look down on clones so much. Once the clone disperses, the real Naruto will still get all the information and the experience. Therefore it will be as if Naruto was really there.

The only thing that I think Naruto messed up on was Himawari's birthday party. He could have made some time in his schedule for that since a birthday only comes once a year (unlike the 24/7 play time that Boruto seems to want). At the very least, Naruto could have had his clone be in sage mode so that it was more durable and less likely to disperse.

Other than that, I don't think Boruto's attitude was ever really justified.

I wonder if Asuma ever hassled Hiruzen like Boruto did with Naruto.

A large reason why the shadow clones were looked down upon Boruto, was because Naruto himself wasn't consistent with them. Honestly I don't really think he had a problem with them that much, he often asked his father if he was the real one or the clone version, which I'm sure is very frustrating due to how many times he must send those.

I guess from his point of view, he could never really tell which one was his father, and which was one the clone. Just because it gets the same experience and knowledge, doesn't make the situation any better for both of them. What is known is that Naruto can't be there himself, and Boruto understands this.

What bothers him is the fact that he seems to think that Naruto neglects them all - Not just him. When it was his birthday, Naruto was absent, not a shadow clone present, he wanted to make sure Naruto was there for his Sister. Naruto was the first one to arrive after a bit of shopping, and, that really shocked him. However once the party started, soon enough the clone dropped the cake as it was being brought to the table, and then they all realized that Naruto had sent a shadow clone instead of being there himself. It's hard to question whether or not it's just the shadow clone being sent which angers him, or the fact that Naruto himself ruined the birthday for his sister because the clone exploded.

I'm assuming that Naruto comes home really late anyway, after work. So they don't really get to see each other or spend time during the day.

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When it comes to his anger/rebellious attitude being justified. I guess that goes down to where it actually happens. Outside of his lazy/not hard working attidude, the only real time we see him 'angry' at his father to the point where he's furious was the cake scene, and when Naruto disqualified him for being a shinobi, and said that we would 'talk later'.

To him, it's clear that he understand Naruto is incredibly busy that he can never truly make the time to see him, even if it is a shadow clone being present. That goes down to whether you think a clone is acceptable in his stead. Sure, sometimes it is, but the Movie showcased that it isn't always perfect.

If you go back to the scene when Naruto stands up after his clone parted. He said "Father... I messed up again"

Implying that something similar has happened. The cool thing is, you can't really blame Naruto that much on his fatherhood, because he never really had a father to begin with, plus, no one taught him how to be a father, and run the Village at the same time. It was a nice conflict in my opinion.

 

[00Rinne]

Honestly I like his character towards the end. After the chuunin exams when Naruto protected them was when he became a young man and stop being a brat who misunderstood quit a few things about his father.

All in all it was a good film but this new gen needs the old gen to keep things interesting. There are lots of possibilities with this generation. I just hope they don't screw it up because I've gotten use to this manga/anime as I have DBZ.

 

[00Rinne]

A large reason why the shadow clones were looked down upon Boruto, was because Naruto himself wasn't consistent with them. Honestly I don't really think he had a problem with them that much, he often asked his father if he was the real one or the clone version, which I'm sure is very frustrating due to how many times he must send those.

I guess from his point of view, he could never really tell which one was his father, and which was one the clone. Just because it gets the same experience and knowledge, doesn't make the situation any better for both of them. What is known is that Naruto can't be there himself, and Boruto understands this.

What bothers him is the fact that he seems to think that Naruto neglects them all - Not just him. When it was his birthday, Naruto was absent, not a shadow clone present, he wanted to make sure Naruto was there for his Sister. Naruto was the first one to arrive after a bit of shopping, and, that really shocked him. However once the party started, soon enough the clone dropped the cake as it was being brought to the table, and then they all realized that Naruto had sent a shadow clone instead of being there himself. It's hard to question whether or not it's just the shadow clone being sent which angers him, or the fact that Naruto himself ruined the birthday for his sister because the clone exploded.

I'm assuming that Naruto comes home really late anyway, after work. So they don't really get to see each other or spend time during the day.

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When it comes to his anger/rebellious attitude being justified. I guess that goes down to where it actually happens. Outside of his lazy/not hard working attidude, the only real time we see him 'angry' at his father to the point where he's furious was the cake scene, and when Naruto disqualified him for being a shinobi, and said that we would 'talk later'.

To him, it's clear that he understand Naruto is incredibly busy that he can never truly make the time to see him, even if it is a shadow clone being present. That goes down to whether you think a clone is acceptable in his stead. Sure, sometimes it is, but the Movie showcased that it isn't always perfect.

If you go back to the scene when Naruto stands up after his clone parted. He said "Father... I messed up again"

Implying that something similar has happened. The cool thing is, you can't really blame Naruto that much on his fatherhood, because he never really had a father to begin with, plus, no one taught him how to be a father, and run the Village at the same time. It was a nice conflict in my opinion.

This right here! You just broke it down the way I perceived it.

 

[Dark Sonic]

Man those designs do look like crap. I wouldn't even blame the hair styles, just the drawing of the look choppy.

Anyway, the main problem of his hair comes from how wavy it is. It needed to be more sharp.

It literally has three bangs, and then on the top part of the hair, it moves a different direction and has a different overall style.

THEN the back part of his hair literally moves up instead of down :sdo:

To top of off he puts a stem in there as if he didn't already look ridiculous. That beings said, I have seen Kishimoto draw him normally with the hair style, but sometimes, it just looks plain stupid.

I agree, that would of been the best hair style for him.

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Sigh.

If it was me I would start from here:

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I would keep the three bangs, and then I would go from there to try to make it look normal.

How about Kid Tobirama? This picture I have here is made by Xaldror from DeviantArt. It's Naruto with a Tobirama appearance so maybe Boruto would rock this out better.

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[~Ethereal~]

How about Kid Tobirama? This picture I have here is made by Xaldror from DeviantArt. It's Naruto with a Tobirama appearance so maybe Boruto would rock this out better.

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He looks too much like Naruto.