(cr above, all from tay nobody’s twitter account. pls show her some loves, and spread the words among our Reylo family for her, pray for her.)
Yes, yes, yes, yes! And WHY THE HELL DOES HE TAKE THE BRAT WITH HIM 2 THE PAST!
Seeing Sarada so riled up over some movie is so sweet. I need to see the Uchiha Family watch a romance movie together 😂
Just imagine Sasuke dealing with his wife and daughter 😂 😂 😂
Another reason I can’t stand this character.
It’s clear 2 both Cho-Cho and Sarada that when u r in love or have been in love u don’t have 2 say the words ‘I love u’. I mean look Sakura and Sasuke, we never neared them say they love each other. It can be just a look or something.
This also show y Sarada and the others r the better character.
I’m done. Really, I’m so done with this studio.
Why do they just have to shove their Gary Sue down our throats? Why does Boruto - BORUTO, who never understood his father and belittled Minato’s sacrifice and Naruto’s horrible childhood- be the one to lecture Sarada- SARADA, who understood her fathers feelings despite being apart from each other after spending one single day-?!
If it had been Chocho, Shikadai or Inojin, it would be totally fine but why Boruto?
We don’t want him where he doesn’t belong, why can’t they just stick to the novels, goddammit? Instead of shoving him down our throats, why don’t they fucking focus on SasuSaku and SasuSara scenes we are all waiting for?
I’m so done with this studio.
I officially gave up, it’s not worth it anymore.
I’ll stick to the manga and fanfics, this is really ridiculous.
Sakura remembers about Sasuke past in Sasuke Shinden - Let’s give this role to Naruto. Sakura remembers about Sasuke past in Naruto Shinden - Let’s give it to Boruto. I guess when Grandma Sakura remembers about Sasuke past they’ll give this part to Haruto - son of Boruto.
I officially say: Boruto is the first character ever I hate and I never hate characters in fictional works. I know he’s just fictional guy but SP policy killed him for me. And yes, main character shouldn’t be in every episode. They’re given the biggest spotlight but not all.
I agree with everything that is say. Boruto is the worst character in the Naruto world because he is a big BS! Sarada should be the one giving the lecture to Boruto. This is about Sarada and Sasuke and they want to have a stronger relationship with one another. So for god sakes, DO NOT PUT BORUTO IN THE EPISODE!!!! IT WILL MAKE NO SENSE!
I had a few things pop into my head that would explain, for the most part, why SasuSaku is so bad in Boruto. Or, at least, why it appears that way. I think before I can get to the SS part, though, we have to look at a few other things and the main ships in Boruto.
Boruto isn’t made for long time Naruto fans, that much is clear. The original characters are written so poorly, it’s apparent that Ike knows little to nothing about them or, at the very least, how to properly write them. So much lore from the original is thrown out the window in Boruto like:
1. Sarada needing to wear glasses, even though she has the Sharingan. Uchiha are supposed to be able to “see everything” once they awaken the Sharingan, why does she still need glasses on when her Sharingan are activated ? They should correct her vision, making it hard to see with glasses still on. Obito stopped wearing goggles and needing eyedrops after awakening his.
2. Sarada awakening her Sharingan twice, once as a really young girl, maybe between 2-5 years old, making her sickly and screwing up her eyesight, and again at 11 or 12.
3. Boruto being able to do literally anything, like potentially learning Chidori, even though Kakashi wasn’t even able to keep using it because he lost his Sharingan. Minato told Kakashi to stop using it before he had Sharingan at all. You aren’t able to guide Chidori properly without Sharingan because of the increase in speed, in which case, it shouldn’t be possible for Boruto of all people to use it. That’s only one of many examples of Boruto being a literal God at age 12.
Lore gripes aside, as is, we don’t see much of the Naruto characters in Boruto and, in turn, their pairings. There are a few reasons why I figure we don’t:
1. To appeal to a younger demographic (Kids don’t like the mushy shit like we do and Ike damn sure isn’t appealing to us.)
2. To make the kids the main focus of the series
Lastly, before I get to SS, I wanted to compare it with the other ships. Personally, I think NaruHina is written the worst, because it isn’t really written in at all until Hinata gets bodied by Pein, then not again until Neji dies, and the Last was made specifically to give NH some development. But, that’s a rant for another day. We see a small amount of NH in Boruto but, it’s shown the most out of them all in the anime. SaiIno has a small amount of development but, for the most part, is non-existent until the end of Shippuden. Though, somehow, it still manages to be better than NaruHina. We don’t really see it at all in Boruto, either. I think ShikaTema is written the best, right on par with MinaKushi to me. Simple, makes sense, has plenty of development. It’s shown slightly less than NH but, never in a romantic context, just shows Temari beating Shikamaru & Shikadai’s asses one way or another .. Another example of Ike not knowing how to write characters and screwing up a once good thing. I feel like literally anyone would have done a better job with this series than him.
So on to SasuSaku. I don’t want to reiterate the SS development in Shipudden but, here’s a few bulletpoints that I considered that I know for a fact are canon:
1. Sasuke falling in love (or beginning to) with Sakura around the time he was considering leaving the village. When he said goodbye to her and left, he was left feeling guilty and heartbroken but, he wanted to take Itachi down on his own.
2. Sasuke wanted to drive Sakura away to keep from hurting her any more than he already had. He didn’t want her to keep loving him because he didn’t feel like he deserved being loved by anyone and he wanted her to be happy but, didn’t feel like he could be the one to make her happy. Unbeknownst to him, he was the only one who could make her happy.
3. Sasuke never had the intent of killing Sakura, he only ever acted in self-defense against her. He was never the aggressor, at least not with her. He did try to kill Naruto multiple times but, again, rant for another day.
So, by far, SS is shown the least in Boruto, except for maybe SaiIno. There are a few reasons for this, starting with Sakura and Sasuke being seperated most of the time, the reasons for that being:
1. Sasuke doesn’t like being in Konoha, for the most part, because of the horrific memories of the Uchiha Massacre. The Uchiha Compound still stands there, as well, I believe. It’s understandable that he’d want to be as far away from it as possible. This isn’t because of any distain towards his family (Sakura & Sarada) or not wanting to be around them. The only times he seems genuinely happy are when he is fighting alongside Naruto and when he’s with the girls. His love and concern for Sakura is apparent when he rushes everyone to go and save her from Shin, even though she doesn’t need saving. Sasuke has been unconciously craving a family for a long time, which is also undertsandable. He bit the bullet (of being in Konaha) and stayed with Sakura and Sarada in the village after she was born on the road. They raised her together for a few years until the threat of the Ootsutsuki appeared and he had to leave to research and keep an eye on this new threat.
2. Sasuke also wants to protect the village the same way Itachi did, from the shadows, to honor his memory. He’s the one powerful enough, besides Naruto & Sakura, to do so. Naruto & Sakura have enough to take care of where they’re at.
3. Sakura has many obligatory reasons to stay in Konoha. She’s the best medical shinobi in Konoha, hell in the shinobi world, and she’s needed there. She’s also the strongest Kunoichi in the village, the strongest to come out of Konoha since Tsunade. She needed a permanant and semi-safe (Konoha isn’t completely safe imo) home to raise Sarada, as well. Might as well be the place Sasuke is watching out for and that the Uchiha originally inhabited. It was too dangerous to raise her on the road, with them being who they are, especially with Sarada being a new Uchiha. She’d immediately become a target, she kinda already is, so travelling with her as young child was out of the question.
4. Besides the logical and obvious reasons (at least I’d hope they were obvious but, I worry about some of y’all) there’s also, for lack of a better word, to keep the original appeal of SasuSaku. They were originally star-crossed lovers, loving each other from a distance, each unable to reach the other. The more I look at and analyze Gaiden and what Kishi has to say about it, that much is apparent.
5. Now, the only reason I think we don’t see much SS romance, besides the aforementioned reasons, is because Sasuke is a very private person. It’s canon that Sasuke doesn’t show affection towards Sakura unless they’re alone. Even around Sarada, Sasuke likes to keep things .. clean ? Though, the only times we see Sasuke genuinely look happy or smile is around Sarada and Sakura. He smiles after teasing Sakura before leaving the village at the end of Gaiden (the fact that it’s canon that Sasuke likes to tease Sakura because she’s so thirsty for him is so cute and comical to me), he smiles when telling Sarada that the proof of his love for Sakura is her existence, he smiles when he sees her use her Sharingan in battle for the first time against Shin and use Sakura’s Chakra Enhanced Strength, he smiles at Sarada pretty much every time she breathes, and well .. same pretty much goes for Sakura, too. He looks at Sakura much differently than he does anyone else, very warmly, and he’s very gentle with her. If we were ever shown them alone together, we’d have an entirely different picture painted.
Those are my 3 am thoughts on the current state of SasuSaku, I hope it wasn’t too rambly. It just really bothers me when people overlook these things and say Sasuke hates his family. It just isn’t true, at all. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that SS is valid.
You have cover thing that fan have problems with this show. It like they didn’t read or look the material of the Naruto series and now have made it a complete trash of a show. Not to mention the ‘side characters’ are so much better and they can play on so much, if they readied or looke at the Naruto material!!!!!!
It makes no sense why Boruto is getting everything or defeating characters we know are way too strong for him. Then you got a character like Sarada, who should be stronger by now or gotten new powers by now. So why haven’t they done that yet? Well because this is all about Boruto! He is NOT EVERYBODY’S FAVOURITE CHARACTER!!! Actually I don’t think anyone like him!!!
YES GOOD. DEVELOP SARADA’S CHARACTER MORE AND FUCKING CHANGE HER OUTFIT.
NO. DON’T DEVELOP HER CHARACTER BECAUSE HE’S ONLY MAKING HER ACT AND LOOK LIKE A BITCH WHICH SHE’S NOT!!!! Just fire Ikemoto and get someone else who actually worship Saradas true character…
I with u now that. Also get new writers who WILL develop not only ALL THE OTHERS well, but also the storyline!
I will start off by saying I know this is Boruto’s show, because they remind us every five minutes. So when we get an ark for another character I love it, even if they are just fillers. And yes I know that I will get a lot of hate because of what I going to say about this character.
Okay, I really want to know who is writing and who is allowing this shit story line of the character Boruto. I do like the series, but it’s the ‘side’ or ‘side kicks’ I love and want more of.
Boruto and the story line of this show, I’m finding is getting to the point where the writers of the anime (more than manga) are just becoming lazy in the story telling. By this I mean why is Boruto get all these new jutsus nearly every ark, also being called ’smart’ (which is not true, because there has been episodes where they say he is smart than the next he’s idiot.) and the fact he doesn’t give a crap about his dad for so long.
It just feels like they got rid of the rule and things that we love about Naruto series. Yes I get it he’s Naruto’s son and he want to get away from his dad shadow, but you can do it in a way where you are not thrown away all the things and rules that the fans love about the Naruto series. I really do not get the whole thing about Boruto being the ‘chosen one’. It’s like they just put that in because they want him to be like Naruto but forgot to make it make sense. Okay they might explain it later down in the series, but I don’t think it would make sense. Like why did they give Boruto summoning snake, I thought that would be Mitsuki. I mean he has like snake sage mode, so why the hell did they give it to Boruto, who by the way doesn't like snakes. Is this so they can make he more like Sasuke. If so WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!! This is something that has pissed me off from the start. He is the ‘sun’ (again because he is Naruto’s son they have to have him all the same things as Naruto) so why is it they are trying to make him like Sasuke. Again makes no sense.
To me Boruto is a little shit, brat, horrible, good for nothing kid, who hates dad because he is Hokage, who does his best to be with his family as much as possible. So how does the writers take so long to fix his relationship with his dad? There are part in episodes where they could of fix it in a way everyone would understand. So how is it they do fix this relationship with Boruto and Naruto, well, from what I understand they have Boruto yell and scream about his dad is never there for them (which I just said is not true, because there some part of episodes where Naruto try to talk about his life, but Boruto doesn’t want to hear it and gos up to his room.), than he CHEATS which is someway gets Naruto kidnapped. This finally has Boruto realising this mess is all his fault. So what do the writer do they have him go along with the four other kages and Sasuke to defeat the god clan, who Kaguya (everyone remember is god, you know the one that took Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura to seal away.) is apart of, by destroying them with one giant rasengan (WTF). Again how is it he can defeat someone who like Kaguya with a rasengan yet it took Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura everything they had to seal her away, and Boruto in no time at all. I’m sorry that is lazy story writing. Yes I know that Naruto and Sasuke weaken him, but still. And that how they fix the relationship with Boruto and Naruto.
Again WTF? If they want to know how to slowly fix a relationship between a child and parent, take a page from the Naruto: the Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring ark. Now that ark is the best one in the series by far. It had that element of the Naruto series, yet it could stand on it’s own as well. This is what I kind of want to see in the next generation series. And the only time the show does something like this is in filler episodes or Cho-Cho ark (which I loved).
The only reason I keep watching the series is because I love to see what my favourite characters are doing or is it their episode or ark. And hoping the writers do them justice. As you can tell I do love other characters, like Cho-Cho, Inojin and Sarada, who have better story lines than the so called main character.
I will write more about this another time. But for now that how I feel about the show now.
PS sorry for any spelling mistakes.
Seriously, I loved Naruto but don’t give a damn about his son. It’s just so obvious that Kishimoto isn’t part of this anymore.
Naruto, Sasuke, Mitsuki, basically everyone seems to be obsessed with him. The heck is wrong with this show, why aren’t they capable of making one arc good?
That’s it. I'mma write my own fanfic for SasuSaku. If I want non canon stuff, I can at least write my own fanfic that will make me and many other SasuSaku fans happy.
YESS!!! THANK YOU! I feel exactly the same. I can’t stand this show and what they are doing with Boruto. I don’t think that Kishi wanted Boruto to be like this.
This so true and this what makes me so angry when watching the series. Plus the other characters are way, way, way, better than Boruto and I want to more of there storyline.
PS, I thought for a very long time that Sarada was going to be the main character!
I usually lurk around on tumblr, but the latest episode of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations sparked a discussion between my husband and I. My husband followed the Naruto story through the Ninja Storm games, and rarely watches the episodes with me. He happened to be working from home on my Boruto Viewing Day.
Much like it did in the movie, the reveal of Boruto cheating did not lead me into being sympathetic to his character—in fact, because of Shikadai’s reaction to the reveal, I was more angry this time around. Boruto, who may be understandable as a character because he is seeking his father’s attention, does not deserve to be the main focus of the next generation. The cop-out explanation is that we will be following Boruto down the path of the Shadow Hokage; to differentiate his story from his father’s. Many people have stated why this is problematic, so I won’t waste time reiterating their points.
Before I launch into my argument for Sarada, I’ll summarize the points here for those who feel like this is tldr;
•More Uchiha storylines: Delving deeper into the history of her family, learning more in depth about the Mangekyou—maybe having Sarada unlock a new form of Sharingan that surpasses Mangekyou while still being different from the Rinnegan
•First Uchiha Hokage/struggles against lingering prejudice
•Watching Sarada achieve her mother’s ability of chakra control, and being able to sustain her chakra and Sharingan; or, Sarada not having to undergo the extreme eye damage like her father because she has more control of her chakra
•Both of her parents are Neo-Sannin. Her potential surpasses Boruto’s by leaps and bounds in this regard—and Boruto does not have access to Kurama, who was responsible for a good portion of Naruto’s chakra.
•Her story would refocus the story on Ninja World, rather than looking out into space with Ototosuki (sp?) clan.
Sarada’s character, while having the potential to have story arcs based around the points in the bulleted list, would also be more nostalgic; Sarada’s path to becoming Hokage could mirror Naruto’s in some places, but through Sarada’s character there would be more avenues to explore that would make her path to becoming Hokage unique.
For instance, the eventual reveal that Mitsuki’s parent is Orochimaru—if Sarada learns the whole story of her parents, and having encountered Shin, she would undoubtedly have mixed feelings toward her teammate—her struggle would be much different than when Boruto finds out.
Gaiden, while having a very convoluted story, showed us that Sarada was a good fit for a main character—even though she is a female protagonist in a genre targeted at boys, her story has fared better than Boruto’s thus far.
This all being said, Kishimoto couldn’t have turned over the reins for Sarada’s story…Ikemoto has shown that he prefers Boruto and does not know how to handle Sarada’s character.
Until then, we have Kenji Taira and his SD renditions.
Sarada is essentially like the offspring of Team 7, with Sasuke’s eyes, Sakura’s strength, and Naruto’s dream.
She is and will always be the main character of the next generation in my point of view.
And let’s not forget her arc was best ever and I have not heard 1 person said some bad. Actually I remember hearing after the arc air that a lot fans find the story line go down hill or just boring.
