Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (BORUTO -ボルト- -NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS-, Boruto: Naruto Nekusuto Jenerēshonzu ) is manga series written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. The first chapter was published on May 9, 2016 in the 23rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. It is simultaneously published in Viz Media's Shonen Jump digital magazine and Shueisha's Manga Plus digital manga reader, in English.

It was published monthly in Weekly Shōnen Jump until July 2019, when it was transferred to V Jump , Shueisha's monthly publication.

On November 16, it was announced that the serialization would be based on Masashi Kishimoto's original draft from Chapter 52 onwards, as originally intended.

## Background [ ]

The series is an official continuation of the Naruto series by Masashi Kishimoto. Shueisha asked Kishimoto to create a sequel, however, he refused, then suggested his assistant Mikio Ikemoto, to serve as illustrator and Ukyo Kodachi, who co-wrote the Boruto: Naruto the Movie , came onto the project as writer.

The first arc of the series adapts Boruto: Naruto the Movie , which had premiered a year prior.

## Plot [ ]

The first pages of the series feature a flashforward to the destruction of Konohagakure where Boruto Uzumaki is fighting Kawaki, while beginning to reminisce about his past.

15 years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Konohagakure is at peace, as is the rest of the shinobi world, and technology has been able to develop rapidly. During the Chunin Selection Exam, Momoshiki and Nishiki Otsutsuki capture Naruto Uzumaki to gain the Nine-Tailed Fox. Boruto joins Sasuke Uchiha and the Four Kages to rescue Naruto and defeat the Otsutsuki but afterwards, a myserious mark appears on his right palm.

Later on, Boruto saves the Land of Fire daimyo's son from the Mujina Bandits and the gang's leader is incarcerated because he has knowledge about the mark on Boruto's palm. The mark is called "karma" and individuals with the marks are being searched for by a group called Kara (The Husk).

## Chapters [ ]

Main Article: List of Chapters

Forty-three chapters have been published as of February 20, 2020. Ikemoto stated that the BORUTO manga series would be projected to continue for 30 volumes.

## Anime [ ]

Main Article: List of Episodes

The anime series premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2017. VIZ Media has licensed the series in North America.

December 17, 2016. The anime version of BORUTO: Naruto Next Generation has been announced at the NARUTO and BORUTO stage event at Jump Festa 2017. Naruto and Boruto manga creator, Masashi Kishimoto said during the stage event regarding about the anime series project announcement, “I plan to make it even better than Naruto.” As it was announced that the stories of the manga series would be adapted into the Anime series, it was later confirmed that the TV series adaptation will feature an Anime-Original Arc.

The anime version of BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATION has taken an autonomous road with the stories that are parallel to the manga. The former writer, Ukyo Kodachi himself is responsible for the anime screenplay. With several screenwriters are supervised by him, they create an alternative stories and submit them to Kodachi, if strong scenes happen that could dramatically change the characterization of the characters, e.g. if Boruto had to kill someone, Kodachi comes into play to monitor everything. In order to prevent the anime to overtake the manga, the formers adds parallel stories to the manga, although the anime and manga follow the same path until they intersect in the same point.

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