I've noticed how a lot of people commented on how the series is more focused on the main character, the heroine is far more useful, bonds are better handled, etc...These should ALL be considered very strong positives, but instead come off as negatives to me, because these are all things the first series should have done before. I honestly feel bad for the creators; everything they do is a no-win situation for me. They improve on something from Naruto, it just makes me that much madder at the original. If they handle it worse, well, you know.
What makes me mad about Boruto is that if you pick through all the trash, there's potential in it to be something good. As someone who writes, I make it a habit to look at the events of something I'm watching and ask myself constantly, "Can I do it better?" to keep my writing muse going.
Boruto could be something decent, but it's not, and, the circumstances of its creation aside, that's the saddest part of the whole Naruto next gen kitten.
These two posts actually segway into a point I wanted to make and type up.
These arguments that Boruto has elements that are "well-written" or "has good potential" are argument I feel are very shallow to make. I will explain.
You see in a great story there are elements that are done well too; Well-paced, in-depth characters, and so much more. These elements do make up a good story especially if you can make it tie all together nicely. That being said just having the elements doesn't mean anything if the elements don't fit together properly and this is what Boruto is. It is a string of good elements, but tied together in horrible ways that not only make no sense in the grand scheme of things, but also only hides the fact that this story is extremely flawed.
You can wrap up a piece of crap in beautiful christmas paper and ribbon, but the "gift" is still a piece of crap.
I know this because everytime I want someone to explain to me why Boruto is a good story they always tell me it has to come with stipulations like "you have to ignore the fact that this is a continuation of the original Naruto story" and "you have to be aware of all the retcons that occur that change the story for the better." Boruto has more retcons than any other story I have ever seen ranging from minor changes to whole plot angles. As I tell people, I rather read One More Day than Boruto
If I take a business suit hat is really expensive and put it on a monkey, that does not mean the monkey would make a great business man. The suit is very nice and costs a good penny and is made of the finest qualities, but the monkey isn;t all of a sudden going to be the world's most successful business man. I know this is an awkward metaphor, but roll with me here.
You can good elements from more successful stories and shove them into Boruto, but that does not mean Boruto is a good story because of it. You don't say Harry Potter is a good story ONLY because Hermione is a "well-drawn out character." You don't say Marvel has the most successful superhero movies ONLY because Robert Downey Jr is the greatest actor to play Tony Stark/Iron Man. You don't say A Christmas Carol is one of the greatest stories ever written because this one chapter has the best grammar you have ever seen written. There is more to it than just pointing at one element. So why do we do this to Boruto? "Boruto is such a great story because Salad is a well-written character." Is that the only reason?
I am beginning to get annoyed when people do this. You have to see the story as a whole not by its individual parts. You can't see the forest for the trees. When you put Boruto and look at the connection from Naruto, the light novels, the movies, and so much more the story is garbage. You have too many people putting too much input into one story with the original creator being so apathetic that continuity is thrown out the window and whatever he writes anyway is negliable since they change it anyway. "Kishimoto wrote the Boruto movie, so it is canon." Well, now that so called "canon" is being written by someone else and elements are changing. For better or for worse. What does this say of the overall story? It means they know the story is garbage and are trying to change things to make it better, but it only makes it worse because it has become so obvious. They try to have their cake and eat it too which is causing massive continuity errors.
The irony of the situation is Boruto is kind of copying from Naruto and yet they think Naruto is such a great person all the while Boruto is a spoiled brat. Well, if Boruto and Naruto begin becoming nearly identical, does that mean Naruto was a spoiled brat too? And any good element is wasted because eventually they might just change it. "Salad is such a good well-written character," give it a bit. Watch as they turn her into "pairing fodder" as well. Sakura was well-written too at times, but that didn't stop the editors from changing that.
In the words of Admieral Ackbar: "It's a trap!"
I think everyone really needs to take a step back and look at Boruto while asking "Is it all worth it?" No, it isn't and I wish people would stop making excuses for this series because it is not going to get better. It's just not. Anything redeemable is going to be changed and altered for the sake of pairings or because Hinata has to look good. Seriously, everytime I see this series something changes. An element is changed to put some kind of depth. Lately it was "All of a sudden Sakura is a total fainter everytime Sasuke makes an appearence." Where did this come from? Wasn't that Hinata and Naruto? Is Salad going to turn into that around Boruto or is she going to be turned into a shy big boobed girl too?
