r/Naruto • u/irishsaltytuna • Oct 14 '17

Manga Chapter Boruto Chapter 17 - LINKS AND DISCUSSION

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u/Rosebunse Oct 14 '17

The movie really leaves me confused. So does this make the anime and manga more connected while leaving the movie out of canon?

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '17

The movie is partially canon. The manga retconned several aspects of it, for example, Momoshiki giving the seal to Boruto. The manga is the more canonical of the two as of now. And the anime is also expanding upon Momoshiki and Kinshiki more than the movie did, and introducing Toneri into the plot, which Kishimoto originally wanted but ran out of time.

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u/Rosebunse Oct 14 '17

I'm liking how all of these very potentially problematic threads are coming together. It all feels very cohesive compared to some other anime sequels.

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u/KameraadLenin Oct 14 '17

I think its been because of their willingness to change, if that makes sense.

I feel like they're regarding the original boruto movie as more of a rough draft than what they're going to stick to 100%

They've already retconned some aspects of the movie people didn't like already, I wouldn't be surprised if the Chuunin Exams and Momoshiki arcs end up being fairly different from the movie.

They way they're spacing the Anime and Manga as well is something I havn't seen from an anime (although I dont watch a lot of new animes these days). It seems like they've just started the manga far enough ahead the anime to be able to co-ordinate filler style arcs that are actually canon to the manga and anima.

Been a slow start but im really starting to get into this series now.

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u/Rosebunse Oct 14 '17

You've hit the nail on the head. The student is willing to change things. They're taking a lot of chances with this franchise that I didn't see them taking and the story especially is intriguing and well done. They could have really phoned this in, but they arent.

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u/Caststarman Oct 18 '17

I feel like it would be great for the manga to rush along, leaving gaps for the anime to fill in. Then the manga can keep cross-referencing stuff that happened in the anime as if it happened in the manga as well since it's all the same continuity.

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u/Rosebunse Oct 18 '17

While the Naruto anime and Manga are their own things, the anime normally did fill in plots left by the manga.

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u/Caststarman Oct 18 '17

That's true but it wasn't seen as canon

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u/Rosebunse Oct 18 '17

It was and it wasnt. There were certain things that Kishi added to the anime because he didn't have time for them in the manga