People are trying to say Boruto is just a copy of young Naruto. That's so false their personalities are so different, though still has similarities because he is his son after all.
First off, while Naruto did pranks also, he did it for attention because he was so lonely and wanted people to awknowledge him. Boruto doesn't care about that, he doesn't have a dream of becoming the Hokage and being awknowledged by all he actually thinks Sasuke is cooler because he shys from the limelight and works from the shadows. Boruto does pranks because he doesn't like to be part of "da system" or as he says "not living life on the rails" as a train would, he likes to do things his own way and doesn't want to live his life trying to live up to his father's success.
Boruto is also far more self confident than Naruto was. Naruto was constantly seeking the approval of people, especially Sakura and Sasuke, in order to feel worth. Boruto on the other hand views himself extremely positively to the point he feels he's above authority. While Naruto's bad behavior derived from loneliness and insecurity, Boruto's is simply because he thinks he's better than others and doesn't need to obey the rules.
But as we learn later there is more to Boruto's issues than just his conceited personality, he feels neglected by his father who in Boruto's mind thinks of his job as more important than his immediate family. Perhaps it's for this reason Boruto despises the system he was born into, for it is the reason that his father is absent in his life. How could he respect the position of the Hokage and the political world when it took his father from him? He refuses to accept that Naruto's responsibility as a father is second to his responsibility as Hokage. It is a naive and selfish viewpoint, but it is a phase Boruto must overcome just like how Naruto had to overcome his insecurities about himself and his deep seated resentment of the village who shunned him for something beyond his control. Naruto did this mainly by seeing himself in Sasuke and realizing how giving into the pain and wanting revenge would only drive him farther from his goals. Boruto, with no definite goal, doesn't overcome his issues until he learns to respect Naruto as the Hokage, seeing first hand how Naruto bravely handled Momoshiki and put his life on the line for the safety of the entire village. It is then that Boruto sees how petty his complaints were, and that his father was was simply more mature than him all along.
First off, while Naruto did pranks also, he did it for attention because he was so lonely and wanted people to awknowledge him. Boruto doesn't care about that, he doesn't have a dream of becoming the Hokage and being awknowledged by all he actually thinks Sasuke is cooler because he shys from the limelight and works from the shadows. Boruto does pranks because he doesn't like to be part of "da system" or as he says "not living life on the rails" as a train would, he likes to do things his own way and doesn't want to live his life trying to live up to his father's success.
Boruto is also far more self confident than Naruto was. Naruto was constantly seeking the approval of people, especially Sakura and Sasuke, in order to feel worth. Boruto on the other hand views himself extremely positively to the point he feels he's above authority. While Naruto's bad behavior derived from loneliness and insecurity, Boruto's is simply because he thinks he's better than others and doesn't need to obey the rules.
But as we learn later there is more to Boruto's issues than just his conceited personality, he feels neglected by his father who in Boruto's mind thinks of his job as more important than his immediate family. Perhaps it's for this reason Boruto despises the system he was born into, for it is the reason that his father is absent in his life. How could he respect the position of the Hokage and the political world when it took his father from him? He refuses to accept that Naruto's responsibility as a father is second to his responsibility as Hokage. It is a naive and selfish viewpoint, but it is a phase Boruto must overcome just like how Naruto had to overcome his insecurities about himself and his deep seated resentment of the village who shunned him for something beyond his control. Naruto did this mainly by seeing himself in Sasuke and realizing how giving into the pain and wanting revenge would only drive him farther from his goals. Boruto, with no definite goal, doesn't overcome his issues until he learns to respect Naruto as the Hokage, seeing first hand how Naruto bravely handled Momoshiki and put his life on the line for the safety of the entire village. It is then that Boruto sees how petty his complaints were, and that his father was was simply more mature than him all along.
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