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I doubted it too, B. I was just as skeptical as yo’ Sasuke and Sakura shipping ass. I waited weeks before checking out this new Boruto series, figuring I’d be unimpressed with the pace and action then drop the show before it got its wings. First couple episodes were decent, so my boy and I decided to really wait it out a few months and in July, got to binging. It was a hell of a move, because we just caught up this week and there literally could not have been better timing to finally be watching a new episode the week it premiered. Why? Because this latest episode was the jaw-dropping, body bag counting, jutsu snatchin’ episode this generation of Konoha fans deserved! It also served as the highly impressive final episode in Boruto’s introduction arc.
*Heavy Spoilers Be Roundhouse Kicking Swords At Ninjas Faces* Aight so you know Kaguya, the evil Rinne Sharingan havin’ moon woman who wound up being the ultimate villain by trying to sap all Ninjas of their chakra at the end of Naruto Shippuden? Yeah, well she had homies. The whole Otsutsuki clan to be exact, and they coming for all the tailed beasts to use as pill supplements to live forever aka fountain of youth roids. The Chunin exams are goin’ down and all the young bucks is flexin’ for the old heads that we all grew to love. The exams come to an end, mad dramatic and shit (for reasons I won’t get into), but as soon as Naruto has to hop out the Kage booth, the three remaining Otsutsuki clan members come outta nowhere droppi…
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Ja-Quan Greene
Ja-Quan is a NYC teacher and artist holding a B.A. in Sociology and History from SUNY New Paltz. On his journey to become Hokage, the Lord of The Speed Force and Protector of the Recaps…
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