Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

not recommended

see how i review. intentionally written without synopsis, plot, or summary. and yes, these are just my thoughts — for more context, see the fine print.

another weekly anime trying to stay relevant by milking a legacy name. it follows the son of a legend: a whiny clone with one less whisker per cheek, longer hair, and a k-pop attitude. he wants to step out of his father’s shadow but ends up as a tantrum in motion.

this anime suffers from everything wrong with long-form weekly releases: a plot built backwards from a vague flash-forward, filler episodes outnumbering canon, rushed out animation quality, and filler arcs with no real sense of direction. the story goes nowhere, characters are shallow, and the visual quality can’t even match its own key art. the only passing grace is the music — decent ops/eds, but wasted on this mess.

the pacing is all over the place, and i can’t even enjoy the core of the story since it looks exactly like the filler episodes that feels rushed and poorly animated. i know i’ve heard good things about the story itself from the people who followed the manga. so if you’re still watching out of loyalty to naruto, stop. read the manga, or just watch the highlight clips on youtube — you’ll get the same experience with 1% of the time investment.

the sequel no one asked for, but still got

open-source and open to improvement — file an issue or suggest changes via github