Boruto: Naruto The Movie Review

Last weekend I finally ninja ran my nerdy ass to the movie theater to watch Boruto: Naruto the Movie. Admittedly I didn’t really enjoy the mini Boruto manga that much, for the reason it just didn’t click with me, but I went into this movie with an open mind. An open heart. A new ninja way in terms of how I felt about Boruto in general. So I asked for a ticket for the movie and the dude that ripped the ticket hyped me up and I was on my way. Oh, and by the way, there was a girl with Hinata’s jacket in the theater so shout out to her keep reppin’ the village. This review will have no main plot spoilers but there will be some minor ones, so if you don’t want to be spoiled at all then just know that I thought the movie was the epitome of the Springtime of Youth. It was beautiful, great, a perfect Ten-Ten. Now if you don’t mind extremely minor spoilers then take those weights off and join me as I review the latest Naruto movie.

So the story of the movie is set several years after Naruto Shippuden ended and has a little bit of the manga plot in it. The storyline of Naruto being too busy for his son Boruto is the main plot for about the first half of the movie. With his father being so busy, Boruto has grown up to be quite an audacious child who only relies on himself. He even learns the shadow clone jutsu just so that he doesn’t have to count on his teammates for everything. Speaking of his teammates, Mitsuki, who is the other teammate that’s not Sasuke’s daughter Sarada, was ente…