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Posted 07 May 2023 - 06:30 AM

Right, so Part One ended on chapter 80. So Six years and eight months to get through the first part of Boruto...god this has been a miserable and pathetic story to read all these years. I'm very tempted to end it with this, because I do not care of what is going to happen in part two and I doubt reading these chapters will change that.

 

Summary Time: Chapter 79. Omnipotence...I don't need to be Omniscient to know these chapter won't be impressive.

 

Cover Page is Bolt with his bleeding wound.

 

Bolt asks Femmy what's happening and he acts vague and says it has begun. Sasuke is watching this with a...concerned look? The Village is chasing after Nail since he can hide his chakra signature that are just spreading out waiting for him to slip up. Neo-Ino-Shika-Cho overhear people looking for Nail and decide to go find him.

 

Konohamaru and Sasuke decide to join the search and order his squad to escort Bolt to the hospital. Cups ignores the order and decides to join the chase as well. Salad remembers that Nail said he would kill anyone who harmed Bolt and decides to leave her injure crush who is talking to himself to just wander to the hospital on his own...great teamwork and just look how strong their bond is

 

Conveniently, Nail is running out of chakra and can't maintain his cloaking ability, Sukuna-Hinona:"Small Man of Renownis the Japanese dwarf deity of healing and sake brewing and is associated with hot springs. He assisted Okuninushi in building the world and formulating protections against disease and wild animals in myths from the Izumo region.

 
He first arrived in Izumo in a small boat of bark and clad in goose skins. Later, he was picked up by Okuninushi, and Sukuna-Hikona promptly bit him on the cheek. The two, nevertheless, became fast friends.
 
His shrine is located in Dosho-machi, Osaka."
 
What, if they are going to keep naming these shinjutsu after Japanese deities, might as well tell you about what deity they are using.
 
Hime has used her eye power to locate Nail and flies off to him.
 
Shikamaru and Madoc have a telepathic conversation. I hope Ino has some sort of payment plan for her having to keep up these telepathic links at all time. Madoc begs him to not kill Nail, even offering up a shut down command he has been keeping from the village, but Shikamaru rebuffs him that Nail as gone to far. I'm just happy that Madoc is finally force to lose...wait a Kishimoto character has won over an Ikemoto character. This situation will not last long will it?
 
Hime finds Nail. To try to make people sympathize with his character Ikemoto has Nail tell her to leave him and instead protect Naruto...how? He is trapped inside your stupid magic god box? As he was doing this all to protect Naruto and the village he loves from Femmy. The problem is that since Femmy is inside Bolt the beloved Son of Naruto who no one would ever harm him. Even he doesn't want to harm him as he loves Bolt like a Brother. And of course the village will side with and protect Bolt over Nail despite the danger because Bolt is Naruto's Son and he is an outsider. The problem with this is that he never told anyone about how Femmy is still inside Bolt and instead like a crazy person went lone wolf and sealed up the village leader before going after his son to kill him. And. Again. ALL THIS COULD BE FIX RIGHT NOW! If he just released Naruto and explained that Femmy is still inside Bolt and can possess him. He even has witnesses now. But, no we have to continue this contrive plot Ikemoto has made.
 
 
After his speech is over Hime uses some big energy jutsu that shockwave spreads throughout the entire world. This causes her to faint for a moment allowing her to act shy when she realizes she fainted onto Nail's chest. Oh and some of the Leaf Ninja mooks have caught up to them.  
 
Bolt wonders what the big flash was while Femmy chuckles to himself.
 
Instead of attacking them, the Mooks wonder if they are alright. Nail prepares to attack them, but Hime stops him...ah she must have used her affection power to make them not hostile to Nail. Then they swap to tracking Bolt...ah she swapped the feelings people have of the two.
 
Salad wonders if somethings up and she and Cups turn back. Femmy gloating to Bolt about him losing everything. Salad and Cups arrive, Cups activates Sage mode, and attacks Bolt. Salad and Bolt are confused of what is going on. Femmy finally explains what Hime turn power is Omnipotence, the most powerful of all Shinjutsu the ability to make one's desire a reality. She overwrote reality and had Bolt and Nail swap places in peoples' minds.
 
When Shikamaru asks for Hime to confirm what happened to Naruto and Hinata due to the overwriting of info, Nail informs her to tell them that Bolt killed them. Well, he jumped off that slippery slope very quickly when give power didn't he?
 
The chapter finishes off with more of Femmy taunting and explaining. Only Bolt, Nail, Hime, Moe, the Clone (who femmy did not know was immune) and Salad were not affected. Nail is now Kawaki Uzumaki, and Bolt is now just Boruto.
 
Oh No! All the characters have had their personalities over written. They were not who they were before. Is this also to explain how Naruto ended the way it did? Because femmy taunts that the Otsutsuki have the power to do this and use it all the time on humans... are they gods or aliens? Can they please pick?
 
OK. Final chapter. Bolt needs to get out of the village with Sasuke acting as his protector/mentor so they can do that time skip...Ah so that's how Salad is important to the story. She going to use the power of Daddies' love to make him trust her and Bolt. That is her big importance to the plot. Not Sarada Uchiha a girl that dreams of being the next hokage, but simply as Bolt's love interest and Sasuke's daughter so he will train the main character for her.
 
Chapter 80. What dad would do...sigh. Let's get this over with.
 
Cover page is Salad.
 
Shikamaru is shocked of the news that Naruto is dead...ah. So, when he is release unaffected by Hime's warping reality. This is probably how they will show Nail and Hime have been deceived them. Also, when Nail ordered her to say Naruto was dead he grab her by the neck and only released her once she confirmed it. A great way to make someone who is helping you and is vital to your plans develop a grudge.
 
The Clone and Salad act shock by the news of Bolt killing Naruto and question what going on.
 
Hime ask if Nail really had to go that far. He says, he doesn't care because now Bolt will have no where to go now, and no one will stop him from killing him. He will only release Naruto...and Hinata once Bolt is dead. As far as he is concern, its all Bolt's fault. Hime contemplates her choice in men. Oh here is Moe.
 
Sasuke caught up with Salad. He was also affected by the swap. But thankfully the Clone mentally contacts her...who is keeping up these blasted mental connection!? The Clone figured out Hime was behind what's going on. While this is going on Neo-Ino-Shika-Cho caught up to Bolt...remember in the anime Shikamaru's son is Bolt's bestfriend. So this is suppose to be a sad moment, but like all things Ikemoto draws it lack emotion same with Salad freaking out and wondering if she going crazy or Sasuke being concern over his daughter. Femmy taunts Bolt over how its going to be soon kill or be killed.
 
Salad begs Sasuke to protect Bolt activating her Mangekyo Sharingan supposedly surprising Sasuke and convincing him that this is serious.
 
So Sasuke drags Bolt out of the village. Oh he seems to have understand his mind has been altered. Hime was observing this with her eyes which means she probably caught onto Salad being immune, but instead of figuring out how and how to make more people immune she is probably going to silence her.  Sasuke drops Bolt off outside the village and makes it clear that he understand their are some contradiction to what he think to what is but all he is going to due is put his faith in his daughter's request to keep it simple. Also he is probably glad to have an excuse to be away from Sakura before she decides to use Edo Tensei on him. Femmy has been taunt this whole time till he finally just outright demand control over Bolt's body...you know out of all the story of a mental being trying to take over another mind I've seen this is the lamest in interactions between the two.
 
Oh Hime plops down and apologizes to Bolt for what happened. She explains that this has happened to her before which is why everyone in the world is in love with her the second they see her. Bolt explains what her power actually is and he is now thinking about how Nail must have felt in his position now as the situation are reverse. Sasuke also bring up how his father was also in a similar position. This cheers Bolt enough to say he has the Blood of The Seventh Hokage from his dad, The Blood of the Hyuga from his mother, and the Blood of the Fourth Hokage from his Grandfather...What. No Blood of Uzumaki from his Grandmother? Ultimately, he is a Leaf Ninja and he needs to get strong enough to return this fight into a mere sibling quarrel. As he see Nail as his brother. Instead of how it spiraled out of control like it already has because Nail sense of justice meant he would go this far to stop the Otsutsuki. Hime after hearing this speech agrees to not inform anyone where they are through her power because she feels that Nail is acting like a coward which she dislikes...oh don't tell me she will fall for Bolt when they are older.
 
The chapter ends with both Punk and Nail swearing to kill Bolt. Punk because he has stolen so much for him including Hime...oh, my gut feeling was right. Nail because he see Bolt as an Otsutsuki. While Bolt charges off into the sunset.
 
This manga will not start up again till August.

Edited by Bail o' Lies, 07 May 2023 - 09:47 AM.


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Posted 07 May 2023 - 06:38 AM

Should I consider this the end of the Prologue? 



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Posted 07 May 2023 - 02:44 PM

Oh we're now heading into Burrito: Shippuden  :lulz: 

Given that I'm not reading it, I wonder if part of the reason Nail doesn't want to tell anyone the "Truth" and solve all this at once is because the truth is he truly wants to take Burrito's place. 

God "I know you're out there trying to make my life miserable and you sorta "killed" my dad but kitten him lol, WE'RE BROTHAAAAAS." back the kitten nonsensery that defined the Narusasu relationship and tainted almost every villain by the end. 


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Posted 07 May 2023 - 04:50 PM

Ikemoto basically shoved Naruto and Hinata into the bus folks. It's really sad. He has no idea what to do with them. As a writer myself, it's plain as day to me. :lmao:

 

What makes this particularly glaring is that these are the two characters Kishimoto bet the entire future of the series on. He believed it was going to boost profits to an all time high. Nine years later, he's now having write them out the series for the indefinite future. Hilarious and well deserved.


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Posted 10 May 2023 - 05:11 AM

Oh we're now heading into Burrito: Shippuden  :lulz: 

Given that I'm not reading it, I wonder if part of the reason Nail doesn't want to tell anyone the "Truth" and solve all this at once is because the truth is he truly wants to take Burrito's place. 

God "I know you're out there trying to make my life miserable and you sorta "killed" my dad but kitten him lol, WE'RE BROTHAAAAAS." back the kitten nonsensery that defined the Narusasu relationship and tainted almost every villain by the end. 

I am very tempted to stop it here because it has not being interesting and what they are hyping up is unlikely to be interesting. A three way fight between Bolt, Nail, and Punk. Bolt fighting Femmy for control over his body and winning. And three girls in love with him; Salad his original default love interest, Clone SP's preferred girl, and Hime Ikemoto's preferred girl. The only story element these past 80 chapters have set up is the Tragic brotherly SNS-type bond between Bolt and Nail. You don't care about that? Then, there is nothing to care about in this story, because anything else that may be interest has not and will not get any focus.

 

That would be interesting but the problem is they been very forward with Nail's reasoning. He was from an abusive home and raised to be a sacrifice. Naruto treated him like a person and quickly became a father figure that he would give his life for, and he also forged a brotherly bond with Bolt. He is trouble by it but he feels he must kill the Otsutsuki inside Bolt even if he has to kill his brother and Naruto will hate him for it.

 

Well that's all this story has been setting up other than Punk's crush on Hime due to her charm power and wanting to finish the Otsutsuki's plan.

 

Ikemoto basically shoved Naruto and Hinata into the bus folks. It's really sad. He has no idea what to do with them. As a writer myself, it's plain as day to me. :lmao:

 

What makes this particularly glaring is that these are the two characters Kishimoto bet the entire future of the series on. He believed it was going to boost profits to an all time high. Nine years later, he's now having write them out the series for the indefinite future. Hilarious and well deserved.

I think, he backed out of killing Naruto because the only time anyone had any interest in Boruto was when Naruto was doing something. The fight from the chunin exam, his and Sasuke first fight with Jenga, and suicide nuke mode were the only time people really talked about his manga or the anime. Killing him could give the story a big boost. But could also be the manga's Last Jedi moment where it also kills any interest in the story afterwards. Hinata was probably seal away to prevent her being involved in Hime's perspective switch since he probably didn't intend to give her the true love immunity like Clone and Salad have.

 

He bet the future on it because that what people told him to do for years. It backfired very quickly. He's not writing this, Ikemoto is, but he may have advised.


Edited by Bail o' Lies, 10 May 2023 - 11:01 PM.


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Posted 10 May 2023 - 08:04 PM

Wow, knowing this hurts so much and so hard.



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Posted 11 May 2023 - 01:19 AM

Wow, knowing this hurts so much and so hard.

Knowing what?



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Posted 11 May 2023 - 11:35 AM

I am very tempted to stop it here because it has not being interesting and what they are hyping up is unlikely to be interesting. A three way fight between Bolt, Nail, and Punk. Bolt fighting Femmy for control over his body and winning. And three girls in love with him; Salad his original default love interest, Clone SP's preferred girl, and Hime Ikemoto's preferred girl. The only story element these past 80 chapters have set up is the Tragic brotherly SNS-type bond between Bolt and Nail. You don't care about that? Then, there is nothing to care about in this story, because anything else that may be interest has not and will not get any focus.

 

That would be interesting but the problem is they been very forward with Nail's reasoning. He was from an abusive home and raised to be a sacrifice. Naruto treated him like a person and quickly became a father figure that he would give his life for, and he also forged a brotherly bond with Bolt. He is trouble by it but he feels he must kill the Otsutsuki inside Bolt even if he has to kill his brother and Naruto will hate him for it.

 

Well that's all this story has been setting up other than Punk's crush on Hime due to her charm power and wanting to finish the Otsutsuki's plan.

 

I think, he backed out of killing Naruto because the only time anyone had any interest in Boruto was when Naruto was doing something. The fight from the chunin exam, his and Sasuke first fight with Jenga, and suicide nuke mode were the only time people really talked about his manga or the anime. Killing him could give the story a big boost. But could also be the manga's Last Jedi moment where it also kills any interest in the story afterwards. Hinata was probably seal away to prevent her being involved in Hime's perspective switch since he probably didn't intend to give her the true love immunity like Clone and Salad have.

 

He bet the future on it because that what people told him to do for years. It backfired very quickly. He's not writing this, Ikemoto is, but he may have advised.


It actually feels to me like they might be setting up a less emotional "family reunion" like we got with Naruto, Minato and Kushina, They really hate to do anything original story wise  :hm: (Sorta.  Ikemoto DID do all that jarring, out of tone sci-fi nonsense.) 

To me, that really does feel like despite "loving" his brother, he still wishes he had everything he does. (and I don't blame him.)

side note: Aren't Otsutsuki descendants supposed to be immune to what's her-faces powers? 


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Posted 11 May 2023 - 02:11 PM

It actually feels to me like they might be setting up a less emotional "family reunion" like we got with Naruto, Minato and Kushina, They really hate to do anything original story wise  :hm: (Sorta.  Ikemoto DID do all that jarring, out of tone sci-fi nonsense.) 

To me, that really does feel like despite "loving" his brother, he still wishes he had everything he does. (and I don't blame him.)

side note: Aren't Otsutsuki descendants supposed to be immune to what's her-faces powers? 

Sasuke is an Otsutsuki descendant and he is not immune, nor apparently was Naruto. So its likely the hyuuga clan was not immune either. Only Otsutsuki (Bolt and Nail) and her relatives are immune... and for some reason Clone and Salad; I assume due to the power of true love.

 

The Sci-fi bits are likely from Kishimoto.

 

Hinata and Naruto are likely not going to be released till after Nail is defeated as their deaths are part of his cover story. Them being alive and unaffected due to time stopping in the stupid box will clear up everything and resolve part of this conflict. The other part will be when Bolt mentally win out over Femmy.

 

He might be jealous and envious of Bolt. However, that is not the reasoning the manga has tried beating into the readers heads for over 20-30 chapter now, from both his own words and other character's explaining his actions and reasons.



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Posted 13 May 2023 - 09:13 PM

Should I consider this the end of the Prologue? 

 

Why not? Apparently this is supposed to be where the plot kick starts


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Posted 17 May 2023 - 09:01 AM

Right since this might be the final summary for Boruto I will do. Lets go over some of the problems with it.

 

For today comparing the characters.

 

Now I believe Kishimoto was incredibly lucky when he made the Konoha 12 as he made them very relatable and likeable. He was also good a first impression so you got a sense of their character from their introductory arc. This allowed most people to go through them and find someone they can relate to.

 

"Oh I was a fat kid growing up, but I was really kind so I related to Chouji."

"Oh I was the lazy when I was young but that's because I felt I was smarter than anyone so I relate to Shikamaru."

"Oh I was a pretty girl that everyone thought was a slut because of my looks but was actually really nice so I relate to Ino."

"Oh I wasn't good at something like sport but I tried really hard like Rock Lee."

"Oh I has issues with my extended family and having to deal with social role despite feeling like I was better than the role they stuck me with at birth so I relate to Neji."

"Oh I was a...sporty girl so I relate to TenTen."

"Oh I was shy growing up so I can relate to Hinata."

"Oh I was the weird quite one so I can relate to Shino."

"Oh I like dogs so I can relate to Kiba."

"Oh I was a girl that was picked on and didn't know what to do with my life so  I can relate to Sakura."

"Oh I was the stupid class clown growing up because I didn't know anything but I had big dreams so I can relate to Naruto."

"Oh I had a rough childhood and had problems connecting with other so I can relate to Sasuke."

 

I don't think I have found a cast in shounen as iconic and well received as the Konoha 12 were overall. Of course this had two problems. One, while kishimoto was great at first impression he was terrible with follow through. So most of the cast didn't get the development beyond their first impression. While led to problem two, since people could relate with these characters some took it too far and became obsessed with them; which resulted in Hinata taking over the series by the end.

 

Now Boruto the cast is a mess of legacy copy characters and Ikemoto don't steal OC. Almost none of them have gotten any development. Honestly, I wouldn't even call them being introduce just... existing.

 

Chocho (Fat Filler): She is a fat black girl that thinks she hot but everyone just thinks she is a fat idiot, but she is hot when she slims down.

Shikadai: A Shikamaru clone with green eyes and in the anime Boruto's best friends.

Inojin (Blond Sai):...Has he done anything in the manga? He is artistic but he doesn't follow his dad's style.

Metal Lee: A Lee Clone in the anime he was given stage fright...barely exist in the manga.

Sumire (The Clone): The Class President, who likes Boruto...that's all I got.

Eida (Hime): A Smug Granola Girl that thinks she is better than everyone else and is so beautiful it is a curse. Hinata 2.0.

Daemon (Moe): An annoying Younger Brother that fell in love with Boruto's Sister.

Himawari (the Daughter): The Little Sister everyone cares about.

Mitsuki (Cups): He exist to worship the ground Boruto walks on...He is the smartest one of his team and the least developed...which is saying something. Sai 2.0.

Sarada (Salad): "I had a hectic childhood, so to make my single mother's life easier I became the perfect little girl to not cause problems from her so I can relate to Sarada." Of course that was from Kishimoto. From Ikemoto, she is the tsundere love interest that can't even admit she even has feeling for Boruto. Sakura 2.0 with all her flaws removed.

Boruto (Bolt): "I had a great parent I couldn't feel a sense of accomplishment to anything. As anything I did ,everyone would just go, 'of course 'I' should accomplish it, as 'I' was 'that' person's child' which worn me down and eventually stop trying, so I can relate to Boruto." Again, under Kishimoto. Under Ikemoto: Naruto 2.0 but instead of being an idiot is a gifted privileged genius with daddy issues.

Kawaki (Nail): Sasuke 2.0...I'm trying to think of anything but that pretty much captures it...

 

So from most Iconic and well received if a but underutilized shounen cast to...half are completely irrelevant to the plot, only maybe 3-5 are actually important and just barely, and overall lacking in invoking likeability relying on the similarities & appeal of the previous generation to make you like them. 


Edited by Bail o' Lies, 17 May 2023 - 01:27 PM.


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Posted 19 July 2023 - 05:17 PM

Alright you guys this one has been a long time coming, and I figured I'd finally tackle it since this is the end of Part 1, and I'm gonna try my best to be as objective about this possible: 

 


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