Does Ikemoto favor Naruto?

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Here, we have a fresh naruto being blitz by base momoshiki.
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And here he couldn't even land a kick on momoshiki, who had his back turned and dodged naruto's kick easily.
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All of this is the same thing as it was in the movie

However, ikemoto did change some things.
Note that Naruto had to put with momoshiki absorbing his chakra(specifically kurama's chakra) for several nonstop hours.
The man could block & dodge a powered up momoshiki.
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dodging yet another attack
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Sees momo's punch coming and pretty much overpowers the alien.
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So, is ikemoto playing favorites or does naruto perform better under stress?
 

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Ikemoto is tracing scenes from the Boruto movie. A movie which made Naruto look badass in combat.

Yawn
 

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Naruto didn't really get to fight much in the Boruto Movie outside of the tag team with Sasuke.

So he's probably letting him shine more. Sasuke already got his time in the Naruto Gaiden, so I guess they evened it out here where Naruto really does most of the work (at least in the Manga vers).

Just guessing though.
 

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I don't really mind if Sasuke or Naruto are doing things as long as its consistent unlike kishimoto.
 

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i just realized that he used the same kick twice.

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Naruto didn't really get to fight much in the Boruto Movie outside of the tag team with Sasuke.

So he's probably letting him shine more. Sasuke already got his time in the Naruto Gaiden, so I guess they evened it out here where Naruto really does most of the work (at least in the Manga vers).

Just guessing though.

:wut: But in Gaiden Naruto got more shine than Sasuke. But then again Sasuke got shine in the begening when he fought Kinshiki.
 

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:wut: But in Gaiden Naruto got more shine than Sasuke. But then again Sasuke got shine in the begening when he fought Kinshiki.
I think Sasuke did more action wise but Naruto helped out plot wise (like with Sarada and stuff)
 

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I'd say it's about time. Most of the Naruto manga and especially with SP favored anything Uchiha. I guess Ikemoto is, at least trying to balance it out some.
 

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earlier he is not battle ready but after that he is battle ready
 

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I think Sasuke did more action wise but Naruto helped out plot wise (like with Sarada and stuff)
Well action wise all he did was fight Shin papa Shin and Shin army. Naruto fought Shin Shin clones. So you're right.

Right. The opening scene was such an attention grabber. Seeing Sasuke going toe to toe with Kinshinki.
True that scene actually was the best thing in Boruto so far. On par with bijuu PS and Kurama fusion.
 

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Lol obviously yes. But idgaf since sasuke was still nerf even in the movie.
 

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earlier he is not battle ready but after that he is battle ready
He already knew there was danger at the Chunin exam though. He also tried to defend boruto, so you can't say he wasn't fully aware.
 

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He already knew there was danger at the Chunin exam though. He also tried to defend boruto, so you can't say he wasn't fully aware.

What I mean by 'not battle ready' is he still unclear on how powerful his opponent is until he experience it. Like in DBZ, Goku always battle ready but when he being push hard by his opponent is when he realize that he need to step up his game. And after that we saw he has that battle in his hand.

You can be battle ready but do you aware of your opponent strength? Unless you experience it first hand.

Edit: I may have worded it wrong.
 
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The fight sequence in Boruto movie wasn't handled by Kishi and SP tried to balance it out between Naruto and Sasuke. Ikemoto simply brought it back to reality in the manga.
 

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What I mean by 'not battle ready' is he still unclear on how powerful his opponent is until he experience it. Like in DBZ, Goku always battle ready but when he being push hard by his opponent is when he realize that he need to step up his game. And after that we saw he has that battle in his hand.

You can be battle ready but do you aware of your opponent strength? Unless you experience it first hand.

Edit: I may have worded it wrong.
Basically, naruto was caught off guard? That sounds okay.
 
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