As a sequel to Naruto you could assume that the watch order for Boruto would be pretty simple. But with each motion pictures and a Television series the watch order can get a small difficult.
Let’s take a appear at Boruto and how it fits into the Naruto shonen anime universe.
Boruto Plot
Ahead of Boruto
The Final: Naruto the Film at Netflix Japan – Masashi Kishimoto Scott / Shueisha Television Tokyo Pierrot
Immediately after Naruto Shippuden ended Naruto Uzumaki married Hinata Hyuga and began a family members.
On the other hand Boruto Uzumaki’s story definitely starts with either Boruto: Naruto the Film or with the Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations anime series.
The film and the Television series overlap somewhat (especially episodes 51-66). Some fans say that the series is far better than the film. At the incredibly least the anime expands upon points created in the film. Hence we will concentrate on the Television series when describing the plot.
Setting
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Boruto requires spot a lot more than a decade just after Naruto Shippuden. It functions the teenage sons and daughters of the original cast from Naruto. The original characters are all nevertheless there — Naruto Hinata Sakura Sasuke and so on.
But the key concentrate is on the subsequent generation. In addition to the family members heritage characters the series also introduces a number of fully new characters such as the tech genius Denki the struggling but tough-operating Iwabee and the rebellious Kawaki.
As it so takes place the globe of Naruto changed just after the finish of the Fourth Shinobi Planet War.
In Boruto the wonderful nations are at peace and the old ninja approaches no longer appear as relevant. There are technological alterations as effectively as Konoha village has grown into a important city.
One particular major alter is the improvement of “Scientific Ninja Tools.”
Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations
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Boruto is the son of the Seventh Hokage (Naruto). Like his father was at his age he begins out as a mischievous troublemaker. In contrast to the young orphan Naruto Boruto feels neglected by his renowned busy father.
Boruto joins a new ninja Group 7 which is vaguely comparable to his father’s. Sarada Uchiha the daughter of Sakura and Sasuke appears like a blend of her parents. Mitsuki a partial clone of Orochimaru is the third genin member of the group. Konohamaru requires on the group leader/ mentor function.
In the course of the Chunin Exams Boruto utilizes Scientific Ninja Tools to enhance his skills which leads to him becoming disqualified. Shortly afterward the Otsutsuki Clan attacks. One particular of the Otsutsuki provides Boruto a mysterious seal recognized as Kama.
The significance of the seal becomes a lot more clear with the arrival of Kawaki who also has a seal. Boruto’s seal was made to enable Momoshiki Otsutsuki to manage Boruto and sooner or later regenerate employing Boruto’s physique.
Group 7 requires the Chunin Exam once more. Sarada passes and becomes the new group captain. Kawaki joins the group.
Sooner or later Boruto will locate a way to stop Momoshiki from regenerating by means of him.
The Full Watch Order
Boruto: Naruto the Film at Netflix Japan – Masashi Kishimoto Scott / Shueisha Television Tokyo Pierrot
When watching a sequel series you normally have to take the original into consideration. There are characters and inside jokes which make a lot more sense if you are familiar with the history of the anime. (And yes Naruto is a lot more than just “Boruto’s Dad.”)
On the other hand the Boruto series can stand on its personal without the need of needing a Naruto encyclopedia. With Boruto query is whether or not you watch the motion pictures or just the anime series.
Release Date Order: Seasons and Films
The Final: Naruto the Film (2014)
Boruto: Naruto the Film (2015)
Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations Season 1 (2017-2018)
Boruto Season 2 (2018-2019)
Boruto Season 3 (2019-2020)
Boruto Season 4 (2020-2021)
Boruto Season 5 (2021-2022)
Boruto Season 6 (2022-2023)
The Final requires spot ahead of either the Boruto film or the Boruto series. In contrast to most Naruto motion pictures The Final is canon. It is not filler. Regardless it is not strictly essential to any of the Boruto story arcs.
The Boruto film is also canon. On the other hand you do not want to watch it if you watch the Boruto Television episodes.
Despite the fact that the film came out very first the very first season of the Television series requires spot ahead of the film. The Boruto film overlaps with the series.
Boruto Chronological Watch Order
The Final: Naruto the Film
The Final: Naruto the Film at Netflix Japan – Masashi Kishimoto Scott / Shueisha Television Tokyo Pierrot
If you are a completionist you could want to watch The Final which bridges the gap among Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations. Despite the fact that technically not a Boruto film it does show the starting of Naruto’s family members life. At the finish of the film we get a short appear at Boruto as a young boy.
Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations episodes 1-50.
The very first portion of Boruto covers a number of story arcs not integrated in the film largely centering on Boruto’s academy days.
Either Boruto: Naruto the Film or episodes 51-66 of Boruto
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The film functions the Chunin Exams Arc of the series. This story arc is exceptionally significant as it introduces Boruto’s Kama seal.
The rest of Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations
As of summer season 2023 there have been 293 Boruto episodes. Despite the fact that Episode 293 is titled “Farewell” the story is not completed however.
According to reports this is only the ending to Element 1 of Boruto. Certainly the manga is continuing with the Omnipotence Arc.
Filler
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Boruto has some filler. But it is not a lot thinking about Naruto’s general reputation for also significantly filler. They involve:
Episodes 16-17
Episodes 40-41
Episodes 48-50
Episodes 67-69
Episodes 96-97
Episodes 112-119
Episodes 138-140
Episodes 152-156
Episodes 231-232
Episodes 256-258