Boruto Two Blue Vortex 11 is on MangaPlus and, with each chapter, Kishimoto and Ikemoto’s manga gives us more and more interesting ideas. Be careful, however, because the protagonist risks creating a significant short circuit.
I’ll get right to the point: Boruto Otsutsuki is too strong right now. He is probably the strongest ninja who has ever existed, and this is possible thanks to the many powers that Naruto’s son now masters to perfection: three different elements of chakra, variations of Rasengan, the Karma and Otsutsuki abilities, the techniques of the Fourth Hokage and even the Call of the Toads.
At first it was believable that the renegade shinobi was so powerful. On the other hand, as a criminal wanted by the entire Leaf Village, and as a protagonist, the boy needs to exploit every trick possible to survive and advance the plot.
All of this holds up very well until, as happened in the first 10 chapters of the manga, Boruto carries out “passing” fights, paving the way for other supporting characters as recently happened for the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, for his sister Himawari and for Sarada Uchiha.
In chapter 11, however, we see that the Shinju are too strong even for the new jinchūriki of the Nine Tails and for a skilled kunoichi like Sarada, so much so that Boruto’s intervention is necessary to save the lives of both.
Ecco, I wouldn’t want the protagonist to become a deus ex machina able to teleport anywhere and at any time to save the lives of his friends, subtracting pathos from a defeat or any deaths.
Kishimoto will therefore have to manage Boruto’s figure in the best possible way, using it in such contexts only when necessary, and above all it will have to give more breathing space to the narrative by offering the opportunity to the Konoha ninja to train to obtain the strength necessary to defeat the Shinju.
What do you think?
