Due to how long that original post is and also its part two I decided to make it a new post. It going to be about the change that have happened to the characters in part 2.
The big change from part one is they seem to want to use more of their very large cast. In part one it was pretty much Naruto, Sasuke, Boruto and any Ikemoto character with the most important being Kawaki and Amado. 3/5 of Neo-Team 7 barely existed or were even relevant in the story in part one. In part two they try to make them part of the story. How successful is it...
Main Cast:
Neo-Team 7
Konohamaru is the team sensei. In part one, he barely existed and was replaced in importance by Sasuke as a mentor for Boruto. The team also rarely went on mission and he was almost never involved when they got into a fight. In part two, they try to make him more involved by making Moegi become one of the first tree people. He does not come off as either strong or competent when he should be one of the strongest ninja in the village.
Boruto Osutsuki is Bolt. At the end of part one he had his life swapped with Kawaki/Nail by Eida/Hime's power of omnipotence. So he has been on the run for the past three year training first with Sasuke then with Clone Jiraiya. He is no longer an annoying spoiled brat but is tried to be portrayed as a somber solemn serious cool character, but to me it clear they are trying to hard to make him cool and he just comes off as lame. After Sasuke got stuck in a tree he started working with Clone Jiraiya who warned him of the future and trained him using his future sight to make it the most effective. So he has been trained to the point no one can stand up to him in a fight, save the big bad. He barely tell his friends any info they need to know.
What he learned over the time skip was sword play from Sasuke and two powers from Clone Jiraiya. Flying Thunder God, no not his grandfather signature jutsu, but pretty much the same power with extra steps which makes you wonder why didn't they just teach him seals? Uzuhiko his overhyped ultimate attack a shinjutsu which is powered by the rotation of the earth he need both his feet on the ground to charge it. At low power it gives people vertigo. At high power its a spirit bomb rasengan.
Momoshiki Otsutsuki is Femmy. The antagonist from the movie that implanted his karma seal on Boruto to take over his body. After Boruto nearly died he had to use up the rest of his seal to save him preventing him from being transformed into Femmy, and is now a voice in Boruto's head trying to take over. He has not appeared so far in part two. So either he has been completely absorb by Bolt's psyche or they consider him a distraction and haven't used him yet.
Sarada Uchiha is Salad. One of the few people that is immune to Omnipotence for some reason. She spent the last three years trying to explain to the village what happened at the end of part one to no success. She should be one of or the most important character in the story as Boruto's goal is to support her in the shadows once she becomes Hokage. That is still barely ever focused on and instead they decided to double down on her being the love interest for Boruto. They understand she needs to be important to the plot but they don't understand how.
Eventually they decided that her Mangekyo Sharingan would make her powerful enough to stand up the tree people. One of her powers is to make Black holes/gravity balls.
Mitsuki is Cups. Orochimaru's son. He barely existed like the rest of Team 7 besides Bolt & Nail in part one. to the point that they didn't even address Boruto being his sun till the start of part two. Hasn't changed that much.
Kawaki Uzumaki is Nail. Ikemoto's self insert. He and Bolt switched places due to Hime's omnipotence at the end of part one. Clearly, someone made it clear to the staff, that he is not popular as he has been turned into a joke at the start of Part two. This eventually had to be explained so he can receive a power up so he can actually be a threat to Boruto instead of a nuisance. He didn't change that much, its more the story stopped worshiping the ground he walked on.
Kashin Koji is Clone Jiraiya formerly Barbarian Hair. He disappeared midway into part one. Turns out before he was killed his power of future-sight awakened and he was in hiding to prepare for what is to come in part two. He works with Boruto to defeat the tree people.
Shikamaru Nara is the not Eighth Hokage. He is in charge since Naruto is gone and they didn't want to make Konohamaru or someone else in charge instead. His role hasn't really change as the beleaguered lesser intelligent manager who can only obey and follow the plans of any brilliant Ikemoto character he talks to.
Supporting Cast:
Sumire Kakei-Shigaraki is the Clone. Studio Pierrot's Clone of Hinata who they want as the love interest for Boruto. She is Sarada's friend and they talk because they are both immune to omnipotence. She is somewhat upset that Sarada is clearly in the lead in the person who will end up with Boruto.
Himawari Uzumaki is the daughter. For some reason, was never trained at the academy, in the manga. Kurama was reborn inside of her to give her a power up. So she can go toe to toe with the tree people. She is a better Jinchuriki than her father. She has healing powers so they don't need a medic.
Neo Team 10
Moegi Kazamatsuri. Ikemoto's favorite character. She was turned into one of the tree people to make her important to the plot. She is the love interest of Konohamaru.
Shikadai Nara is Shikamaru's son. Hasn't really done much.
Inojin Yammanaka is Blond Sai. Was nearly killed. His mother is honestly more important to the plot than him as the psychic phone line and likely Ikemoto's second favorite character.
Chocho Akimichi is Fat Filler. Barely done anything.
Neo Sand Siblings: Three kids Gaara adotped.
Shinki is Eye-Run Sand. Was from the movie, obsessed with his father, has the power of Iron sand, and was turned into a tree person.
Yodo is Blond-D. In love with Shinki. Died so Sarada can use a power she had already unlocked.
Araya is Mix Master Fold. In love with Yodo, was given a sword by Shinki that can controlled Iron Sand.
Amado Sanzu is Madoc. He hasn't been as omnipresent as he was in part one, thankfully. He seems to mainly exist to give Nail power ups so he can stand up to Bolt.
Delta is Mustard. Still around.
Eida is Hime. Is aligned herself with several groups. Kawaki because she helped him with the Omnipotence. The village some times by informing them what is happening too late to matter. And with Clone jiraiya who she seems to have the best working relationship. She tends to just lounge around her room commenting on events or giving people the play by plays.
Daemon is Moe. Barely changed, barely has done anything. Hell, he doesn't even seem to be doing anything with the daughter.
Antagonist:
Code is Punk. He was hyped up as a big threat at the end of part one but was quickly reduced to a joke. Probably because he wasn't popular. He created the nudist from the the ten tails which led to the creation of the tree people.
Divine Tree/Tree People. Its suppose to play on the Trope of turning love ones into evil minions that need to be freed by defeating their evil copies. But they reveal the cure almost immediately so there is no drama in how to save them. The only issues is dealing with their absurd power levels.
Jura is Tree-Jenga. He is supposedly a new character created by the tree. But let's be real, he is pretty much the Kara leader from part one. He is the Big Bad so he is the strongest character. He is hungry for knowledge and ponders the meaning and importance of love. He wants to eat Naruto.
Hidari is Tree-Sasuke. He has no memory of Sasuke but he wants to eat Sarada.
Matsuri is Tree-Moegi. Which allows Ikemoto to draw his favorite character in a skin tight leather/metal outfit. She wants to eat Konohamaru.
Mamushi is Tree-Bug. Some lackey that hanged around punk was eaten by a tree. He wants to eat Hime.
Ryu is Tree-Shinki. He can use Iron sand powers to form attacks from what his outfit is made of. He wants to eat Gaara.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 26 May 2025 - 09:21 PM.
