Judging by the poses Ikemoto chooses for cover pages and the way he draws eyes and lips, I feel like he really wishes he was drawing a JoJo sequel instead of a Naruto sequel.
Not so hot take: Instead of cyborgs, they should've stayed with the "puppet" concept and go from there, that way they can still "innovate" but stay true to the aesthetics and baselines in-universe. Sasori and Pain's Ashura Path are really good examples of that, because early in Shippuden they introduced the idea of human puppets and Pain expanded on that with a puppet-like living body that combines flesh and bone with mechanical weapons
Yes! Puppets! It was right there! The jump to cyborgs... I see it as the influence of the modern age. A negative one. Everyone's jumps from constant smartphone companionship to sci-fi bullshit because we're surrounded by it, and writers let that influence their writing.
Question: Is she a ninja? I feel like she was never a ninja. I mean, she uses being a cyborg with alien tech and traits, so she IS more a Jojo character than a ninja.
@Bezaliel13 From my understanding, no. She basically has otherworldly charisma that draws people to her (kind of like Miquella from Elden Ring), but she at least knows taijutsu. So, even tho she isn't a ninja, she can still fight. Even if she couldn't fight, her style is so different from the standard fashion trends in Naruto
@@viviwithav Even without the rather obvious theme of "heroes triumph with hard work while villains relied too much on powers" to muddy the antagonists needing practical clothes, *why would Eida dress to fight?* Sure, "her style is so different from the standard fashion trends in Naruto," but that does not address the alien-tech cyborg "needing" to dress in what would be practical for a ninja. I mean, what good are pockets when the tools are in their bodies, like Delta?
@@Bezaliel13 True, but you could also argue there's a way of dressing impractically without breaking from Naruto's aesthetic. Sarada's manga outfit is dumb, but it's very loosely operating within the fashion of Naruto
I just hate how everyone in Boruto now has the same style (those annoying belts/high heels), while in classic Naruto, their outfit choices reflected their personalities. For instance, Ino who wore her headband around her waist, indicating that she pays a lot of attention to her figure, probably being on a diet.
That's not true, the reflection of their personalities are there you just aren't seeing them. Take ChoCho's design in both the manga and the anime. Cho Cho herself is not as self loathing about her weight as her dad was in his youth. In the manga she wears bright pink and yellow expressing her femininity. And her outfit is adorned with butterflies which shows her pride as a member of the akimichi clan. In the Anime her color scheme becomes white and yellow which shows her pride this time to her mother, as those are the common colors of the cloud village from where her mother is from. Each outfit gives a look into ChoCho's character. It's not just her, take Both of Inojin's outfits showing his love for art and or appreciation for his father, while also having the violet hue of his mother.
lol what. Y'know just on the designing process that's literally a required thing right? Like, no designer ever goes "hey let's NOT reflect any personality in this character design" This is such a stupid take. Or maybe you forgot the part when _Kishimoto_ designed Sarada, he gave her glasses to portray her as a straight forward character that takes things a bit too seriously and is strict on herself and others. Or maybe you missed how Chocho is designed to look like a gyaru and has a touch of Sukeban to show how she cares for her appearances, but also has the spirit to fight for what she believes in. Or that Inojin sported an artsy look in his early years since he favored his dad's jutsu compared to his mother's clan - however he still wears purple to proudly show that fact. Or that Kawaki is meant to look like a rebel wayward gangster with his bleached hair, ripped clothes, tattoos, and piercings. Or that Himawari keeps a balance of cute and cool with her simple shirt, baggy pants and belt (that she didn't use to wear bc she was just a child before, but since she trained a lot with chocho, she also picked up fashion. And considering she doesn't have a mom for her teen years, makes sense.) Heck, Shikadai clearly shows his lazier side by just wearing a jacket over a plain tee. And then when he turned genin, he opted a simple beige top to reflect his father. Or that there's this thing called TRENDS?? Maybe you missed it: but Naruto and Naruto shipudden also has characters who showcased their fashion statement even in a war torn world. Their ninja outfits were _uniforms_ that they occasionally alter to fit their tastes. And now they're allowed their children to further explore that. Or maybe you just _DON'T_ want to look and think?
If Boruto was about Naruto's grandson then I would not have the feeling of "why?" that I inherently have for the series. It feels like all we went through was almost for nothing and it's too early for all that's happening to go down because the time of peace was never really achieved.
No, you wouldn't, your issues wouldn't be solved by making Boruto Naruto's grandson. You'd just bitch about Naruto being washed up, the world of Naruto still having conflict or whatever nonsense you decide to cherry pick.
@@IronSavior239nah, it would be understandable that Naruto would be washed if he is in fact a living old man, this Naruto is like 32 which means he is in his prime so is Sasuke, if they want to down grade a character they should have done it in a better way. And yeah just like in the video the technological advancement in boruto for only 15 yrs is stupidly fast 😂😂.
As much as I love Jojo, it feels very bizarre (not intentional), that a lot of poses and dare i say facial structure of Boruto's art seems to be morphing into Jojo. The very outlandish fashion choices don't seem to help either.
I totally agree, but also I think that's the problem. Jojo is Araki's fashion show with a borderline crazy story and amazing drawings. Boruto should have been a sequel to Naruto, but visually it looks like everything but that. These super-fashion designs don't stick with it
@@micheledelloglio5820 Cause it's been like 15+ years since the end of the war and it's been peaceful. I would be shocked if there were no changes, including into how people dress. Throughout history, people's style of clothing changes even over a decade. Why would u assume the Naruto verse wouldn't do the same in times of peace.
The annoying thing is that the anachronistic designs and world CAN work but not like this. For example in Gintama the characters are living in the Edo period but they can take a spaceship to go to Mars, and there are two reasons for that. The logical one is that the aliens who occupied the Earth brought their technology with them, the real one is that Gintama is a gag anime and nothing is meant to be taken seriously while watching it. In Boruto's designs things don't develop from other things, they just emerge. There is no development period, or cultural background and it is jarring.
I mean i think there was an insane economic boom after the ninja war because peacetimes allowed trade between all villages and for people to relax and focus on things like fashion and clothing stores ect. Also ninja of this generation aren’t expected to do the crazy shit to the degree other ninja were. I also just dont like the coloring of the anime, the manga coloring makes those characters look great the anime looks off idk but the anime is filler trash Manga is pretty good
@@reddboytv1332 i mean the original naruto had tvs and basic computers so it just became wide spread with growth after peace. Also alot of it is due to specifically a couple scientist and also orochimaru
Anachonistic? Naruto literally wears a jumpsuit. Naruto largely features relevant technology from the late 90s and early 2000s, you know, when the manga was created. The design choices for Boruto's characters reflect the times as well.
i'll be the first to say it, i do NOT like how Ikemoto draws young girls, extremely curvy and plump, accentuate lips and doe eyes, revealing clothes and heels.. nah this is weird they look kids who got into their older sisters closets
I completely agree. Those kinds of physical traits work for some characters, certainly, particularly characters who are meant to be seductive, flirty, or traditionally feminine. But NONE of the girls in Boruto have such a personality, and more importantly, they are MINORS. Seeing literal children drawn in such a way gives me so much ick
Eida's design has issues, but Daemon's is everything wrong with her design with none of what works. He's this mess of bright, clashing colors and bizarre clothing decisions, and coupled with his obnoxious personality and how he was introduced into the story as being the new power cap next to Eida, he's like Scrappy Doo if Scrappy Doo was legitimately as bad as people think he was.
@MOMO-m0m0 Did you forget that electricity, computers, and tvs 📺, obviously the ninjas in the universe, don't want phones or long-range telecom devices because it would invalidate a large portion of there bag. It wasn't jarring to you in og naruto when they were using radios to communicate, nothing burger critique 😭😭😭
@@MOMO-m0m0 They were using ear pieces and cable tv in Naruto, even in the og series. They even had street lights. Who said you can't have modern ninjas? Things evolve
Don't diss kingdom hearts like that. At least they're cool and all have the same aesthetic and design all around. While boruto is all over the place with no standard style.
I think the flak jackets actually make a ton of sense-Naruto may be a world without guns, but it does have tons and tons of explosives and explosions. Flak jackets, as the name suggests, are meant to protect against shrapnel wounds from fragmentation explosives, not gunfire. If I lived in Naruto-world I'd totally want a flak jacket to avoid getting pincushioned by shards of kunai given how often they toss around those explosive tag things. This is the most minor nitpick, by the way. I totally agree that Shippuden-era Naruto and Boruto's character designs were ass, though I do have a soft spot for Sasuke's gay pirate (tone: affectionate) outfit.
@@jenkings0367 Basically half of the cool shit in Naruto can be boiled down to "that never happened again after Kakashi v. Zabuza." I have a huge soft spot for the series because I was obsessed with it as a kid and it was my gateway into fanfic, but the Land of Waves arc was the first and last time (outside of anime-only filler) that they got hired to do actual ninja stuff. After that every single mission they went on was just advancing the "main questline"-go do ninja exams, go get Tsunade back, go get Sasuke back, go save Gaara, go get Sasuke back, etc... etc... There was so much cool worldbuilding at the beginning! Having special-ops ninjas whose job it was to retrieve the corpses of ninjas who died or fled so that they couldn't be used to reverse-engineer secret ninja-techniques, the fact that the villain was just a mafia boss with a squad of hired goons and assassins instead of some enemy super-ninja, the stuff about Haku getting run out because people were afraid of ninjas with special abilities, that was all cool as hell! I sort of wish that Naruto had been more of a procedural drama where it focused on them getting hired to do missions like espionage, theft, assassination-y'know, ninja stuff-and the "main plot" development was a slow burn in the background.
@@miguellopes7627 Naruto wore jump suites in og Naruto and Shippuden it's his inner layer that had a mesh, what head bands? Do you think you have to wear head bands? You can have them on your clothes to symbolize the leaf , and Boruto ninjas do wear it , Tsunade literally was wearing heels whiles being the hokage why not critique that but it's boruto so it's automatically bad when you don't even know wtf you're talking about t
@@sylvanuskofi1952 Still one design was practical while the other are hypersexualized teenagers. Everyone gets what kind of crowd doesn't have a problem with that.
People criticize Legend of Korra's advancement in technology when I feel like there it's a lot more believable because it's set 60 years after the original, and a lot of the 'tech' in Korra is still controlled by bending.
The original Avatar series was even established to have gotten decently far into industrialization, so Korra having tech roughly on the level of the early 1900's feels very natural to me.
One thing I have to give ALOK is how well the timeskip was handled. Things changed, drastically, but it was always clear that it was too fast, too abrupt and society wasnt coping with it. It made such a sudden shift feel a lot more real. Boruto pulls out a lightsaber and doesn't even bother to handwaive the implications.
It doesn't matter if it is believable or not, that is not the problem. The problem is introducing this garbage in the first place, the technology in avatar ruined the eastern mysticism and the technology in Boruto ruined the ninja ascetics, there is a reason guns aren't used in Harry Potter, because certain things just doesn't belong in certain types of places.
We all do. One of the few interesting character traits she had. Feels like they stripped away all that made anyone care about her character. Used to get world building info through jokes now they just monologue for ten minutes.
@@lopms2047 the problem is that she changed her entire character except for some things. We could have at least seen her changing,but we don't and worse she acts like 5 year old some times.
I will never forgive kishimoto for ruining sarada's potential like thats sasukes kid an uchiha and they disrespected her by making her into a cringe side love interest
Kishimoto isn't writing Boruto anymore, he just approves what Ikemoto and Kodachi are doing every month or two. he clarified this in a recent interview.
@@UuUu-ju2wu he come by once a month to see whats happening and he approves and said he has never disapproved anything. he made Sarada but his version never looked like Ikemoto's
He's thinking about how cool the girls will look in figure and merch form in the future while designing them "Oh shit, I bet this one will look super cool in my shelf, let's give em BIG colorful hair and flashy poses, let's make the sculptors WORK"
Boruto pretty much turned the entire world of Naruto into a modern day snooze fest, its boring as hell with all its technology, robots and silly Aliens. (Something I hated was introduced in the original) The fictional world mixed with ninjas in a Edo Period like scenario is what drawn me to Naruto the most with just a tiny splash of technology but not the main focus. Also I dont like the new BRATZ looks these characters have, I miss the old art style honestly.
@@viviwithav Bit of a missed opportunity to not have addressed the aliens ngl. I mean, you could have joked "because aliens" whenever you complained about the tech and cyborgs.
@@Bezaliel13 tbh, I don't know much about aliens in boruto aside from when Kaguya was introduced in Naruto. I just assumed they'd explain Eida away with scientific ninja tools
@@viviwithav As a result, you complained about the members the organization of a space alien, Isshiki, not looking like they belong to the world. Not even trying to make a joke, it just sounds like a pun of some sort. Maybe if you said "Eida's hair looks nothing like the Otsutsuki," but even then.
Well... How is it a "snooze fest" civilizations have technological advancements and Naruto is no different, why be whiney about it? The "aliens" aren't even the main focus of the story 😐 Where are the robots you speak of? The technology barely is the main part of the story Seems like you're just a nostalgia merchant
Kishimoto doesn't know how to write girls. Ikemoto doesn't know how to design girls. I swear to god the thrid gen will have a mangaka that doiesn't know what girls are.
It seems very strange to me to have an opinion on the character designs and aesthetic of series when u haven't watched/read even half of the prequel and non of boruto or boruto tbv or any of the light novels or movie sequels that provide alot of the explanations and relevant background to what your criticizing. The designs in boruto are urban and completely different from the designs and aesthetic of naruto because that is quite literally the POINT. That is not accidental. Boruto is a series that takes place in a time of peace for the first time in the history of the naruto verse. So of course in an industrial and technological revolution where characters rather than coming up with creative ways to kill each other are all working together for the advancement of the world, the technology, and the new culture which had their ground works set up in naruto shippuden and naruto the last. It is now given a chance to thrive. The characters dont dress or act like "ninja" because what it means to be a ninja has completely evolved which is reflected in every aspect of the world building. Ninjas are no longer child soilders brought up in a cruel world for the sake of murdering people for the benefit of feudal lords rather they are trained and brought up to positively benefit society being able to not only actullay enjoy a childhood but also learning the techniques of their forefathers the maintain the legacy of their predecessors. In regards to the technology we already had things like aliens, robots, human and animal cloning, rockets, advanced medical technology, fire arms, advance machinery and etc... in naruto shipuuden so ofc during the industrial revolution of the series all of that would be exacerbated. Boruto is about a unified advanced world going up against an external extra terrestrial threat which again was set up at the end of shippuden and in naruto the last. Whether you like it or not ofc is up to you and ur own opinion. I personally dont love or hate boruto but this analysis imo lacks A LOT of relevant nuance which is very apparent as someone who is completely caught up in the story. No hate intended at all ofc just my own perspective on this think piece.
i know this is gonna sound a bit shallow and harsh but the main reason i dont think i can watch boruto is because of the character designs/art style. i grew up with the original (+shippuden) and im a fan of the world, but everything in boruto feels very fanfiction-y. from tech being so advanced to every character prioritizing fashion to practicality when theyre NINJA 😭everything just feels off. (thinking abt how dirty they did all the og characters in terms of their designs makes me sad too lmao) enjoyed the video though and agree with alot of the points you made!
I can't help but think of how Shuiesha wanted kishimoto to drop a naruto sequel almost immediately. It's a cash grab with a deviantart oc coat of paint tbh
@@viviwithav Wait, is Eida a ninja? Didn't Sumire stop being a ninja? I know nobody liked Kaguya being from space, and some question the technology, but why would Eida be dressed like a ninja?
@@Bezaliel13 Eida isn't a fighter so we can excuse her design everything else I agree with lol - also this technology has existed pretty much from what they've showed in the movies and additional fillers even in the canon material you can see average everyday modern technology. - honestly its pretty close to the real world we went from flip phones to iphones and touchscreens and other things in the span of 10 years
@@viviwithav That, is literally what happened. He said in an interview he didn't even want to do boruto and passed it off to ikemoto. Boruto released two years after naruto finished.
Boruto immediately improved by a lot once Kishimoto came back but so much damage had been done by then that the most he can do is try and make the plot easier to read.
@@xioic Maybe not every kid, but you'd have to have half a brain missing if you don't see the sexualization of the female children. Mini skirts/dresses that barely cover their bottoms, tops that have zero coverage above the chest, high heels that are only meant for mature woman. Full lips and lashes that are artistically drawn in a way that is seen as more mature. That last one can be achieved without making the child look mature because that's usually used to MAKE them look more childlike, yet it somehow managed to fail that completely. And if you don't see that, then you probably shouldn't be under a video that talks about fashion and stylistic choices since you don't seem to understand it in the first place.
One of the reasons I loved Naruto as a kid was because I remember reading in one of the qna segments in one of the earlier books, someone asked Kishimoto what time period Naruto was set in and he basically said 'idk, some point before the invention of guns' and I thought that was cool because it made the series feel more separate from the other manga running in Jump at the time which were set in a more modern or pseudo-modern time. I fell off the series once the Pain path that was essentially an android got introduced, because it felt lame. I came back to check out Boruto when it released, and the sudden modernization felt disappointing, especially because they don't really address the impact that would have on a society centered around warfare. It feels like they should have just made Boruto an Edens Zero situation, where everyone resembles previous characters, but it's completely unrelated plot wise.
Judging how kishimoto is good at making political system, geopolitics struggle between villages, and villains with understandable political motive, I kinda hope that kishi will start writing an adult targeted story about politics
Kishimoto never said that. Maybe someone lied but Kishomoto never said Naruto was set in a period before guns. He said there isn't s specific period Naruto is set in but he intentionally set Naruto in a world where ninja and technology coexist to a certain extent. We saw this by the fact that in the Chunin exams and other missions, they were literally using radio. What Kishimoto said about guns is that he won't introduce guns because they would mess up the series (but it didn't). It's not Kishimoto's fault you were operating in nostalgia. Ur comment proves that And they DID talk about the ramifictions of rapid improving technology and how it would affect the world; in the manga and especially the light novels. The Kakashi light novel literally had a whole arc dedicated to the worries even Naruto had about the advancement of technology
Tbh.. I don't mind if it was naruto grandkids, or heck some unknown shinobi unrelated to the main cast of Naruto.. I mean, something like ATLA, into Korra.. The same universe, but the main character is not related at all and there's explanation on the world growth.. Boruto just felt so sudden..
@@mawandembatha6622 Looking into it, it seems like it was an interview in Shounen Jump over The Art of Naruto: Uzumaki Book that came out in 1999. I couldn't find the exact volume because all the links online are now dead, but a scantalation I found was translated as thus: - Do you have any rules about what is definitely not allowed to be drawn in the "Naruto" world? K: Firstly, projectile weapons such as guns aren't allowed. (The one exception is Inari's bowgun.) Guns aren't suited to ninja. Gunpowder is used in the anime, though I don't think it should be there. And, vehicles such as aeroplanes are not allowed. I try to restrain technology that can be used for war... For example, if missiles were in it, it'd be the end. (laughs) There's also an image of page 115 of that artbook that apparently had the same interview in the original Japanese that machine translates to "It's probably not a time too different from today" and then a similar quote to the one above. Now, obviously this was later retconned, but that was what was said. I suppose my child self didn't read the first part and just assumed that a lack of guns could only mean that the time period was before guns, rather than Kishimoto just actively choosing not to draw it. That was my fault, but that doesn't change my ultimate point about how the setting of OG Naruto was unique and that, in a war-based society like Naruto's, the explicit limitations on modern tools of war was notable and had an affect upon me as a reader. So later, when that was changed, it felt like the series itself had turned into something less engaging, leading me to drop it. Also, to address your other point, I do know that the manga talks about it, they just don't talk about it to a degree I personally feel is appropriate for how major of a change it would be. I haven't read the Kakashi light novel, and I don't think I should have to. Light novels are ultimately supplementary material, I don't feel like they should be used as a substitute for addressing a major change in setting that affects the whole story. And if it does cover such key information, it should've been adapted to the anime, like they did with Sasuke Retsuden.
Honestly hate how they benched Sumire. Girlie was trained to be an assassin since she was a child, uses water pistols, and has a whole summon that is only becoming stronger as time goes by. She's the definition of wasted potential, along with every other classmate.
@@inplane9970she's literally guarding and watching over Amado, she's getting smarter and is being included in something that fits her character, ever since she was a class rep that is, y'all don't even know these characters
@@RoninEndedYou’re right that she wasn’t benched. You can’t bench someone who was never meant to be relevant in the first place. She wasn’t a character until after they made her in Boruto’s anime filler, meaning that she was never meant to play a pivotal, combat oriented role in the manga. They only added her to the manga as a cameo to go “Not everything in the Boruto anime is filler” and then only proceeded to use her for one thing so far.
@@AlertchaseIt was canon. It was used in an arc where the villain, Ao tries to use it against Boruto but because the chakra saber is in beta, Ao didn’t know about the drawback of the rapid chakra drain and loses the upper hand in battle or something like that All of this to say is that yeah, there are some insane technological developments, but each are coming with their own established drawbacks that get/are getting explained later in the series
A correction; Kishimoto isn’t in charge of the Boruto manga. There is not a hint of his involvement credited on the Manga pages. He already expressed numerous times, he passed the torch to newer generations, and wants Naruto franchise to be like western superhero comics, where authors change numerous times. It’s early to say for sure, but Paris interview leaks (aug 23-25) actually suggest Kishi and Ike have joint custody over the writing/plot of Boruto series
I mean it was said a long time ago that he returned to write the story when Baryon Mode Naruto was revealed in the manga. The official Naruto/Boruto also has him classified as the supervisor and writer.
@@firionkaiser8291 may I know where was he officially classified as a writer? if he is a writer why isn't he credited as one on the manga covers? sure, he's a 'supervisor' but his numerous interviews,where he talks about being exhausted and seeing the future of franchise in different hands, made it appearant that he dgaf where this franchise is going. maximum of his input on the series right now is maybe helping ikemoto with the general direction and giving him a thumbs up/down on ideas. and the tweet that 'announced' his apparent 'return' never actually implied he is returning. they only said basically they'd be more truthful to his go vision. it was a marketing trick.
@@zawasske No he IS doing the writing. That's why he's credited for Boruto right now. Ikemoto is the one doing the drawings but the story is Kishimoto and Ikemoto. I have no idea where ur getting ur info from but if he was simply the superviser, they would credit him as such.
@@mawandembatha6622 brother he IS credited as supervisor only( and creator of the franshise NOT author that term is incorrect), open any latest chapter of Boruto and see what's written on the cover. as I said technically 'creator' isn't even the right translation; correctly translated will be 'original work'( if you can find cover in Japanese see for urself its 原作) which exists to show his right to the original. that chibi rock lee gag manga has the same credits for Kishimoto. I'm so tired of borate fans spreading this misinformation. try to find solid evidence of kishi's involvement with the series, to this day I've found none.
@@zawasske It doesn't matter if he's the supervisor or writer at the end of the day he still oversees the and is involved with the project clown 🤡. And if he is the supervisor, he supercedes the role of mere writer and has greater control over the project, all that yapping, and your points still stupid.
Knowing lore is extremely important for judging a character's fashion sense: Eida *is* other worldly, directly connected to Otsutsuki aliens but who have human like figures; she is modified by Amado, a human, so it makes sense she looks more human like than alien or cyborg, and Eida doesn't have to fight like ever, her dojutsu completely prevents her from that as people fall in love with her instantly 💁🏾♀that's just *one* of her dojutsu too, one of her others is changing perception universally (hence constellations on the fit); she has tons of hacks and her OP little brother to protect her & I feel her fit reflect *All* of that As for Sumire, yea she should be more combat ready but she's damn near filler; in the manga I have never seen her fight, but she is important to the plot bcuz of her connection to Eida and not falling in love so she plays a role in being on the sidelines on purpose to gather intel Sarada PTS has no reason to look that mature we all know this, I agree with that she shouldn't have heels as well, but considering I'm trying to separate the close minded male perspective of the author from the character (which is very hard to do) and trying to say Sarada has her own char agency to decide what she wears, in that mindset I can say her timeskip outfit makes perfect sense for her character as a development from what it was and also as she falls more into her Uchiha heritage, as a big part of her origin is not understanding her clan's history but she does much more so in TBV All the negative comments u said about Code I am so here for tho lol we stan Code slander round here 🫰 but that also makes sense for his char cuz he totally *IS* "a teenager trying to dress himself up" and fumbling lmao he's annoying, thinks he's the shit, and is trying to copy Otsutsuki ways so i Guess their attire elements too?? but none of the Otsutsuki look like damn Black Butler Sebastian so idk haha
The thing about Code is that he is an adult. Yeah. As for Sumire, if I recall correctly, her lame schoolgirl uniform is her first appearance, then she goes evil for a couple of episodes and shows that she's kind of cool actually, then she's defeated after unleashing a chakra-eating monster on the village and goes to the outfit with the black shorts and does... nothing for the rest of the series.
You can't expect wiki readers to know what they are talking about. This person was too lazy to even read the manga before making a video critiquing it.
A small correction Flak jackets protect against explosive fragments they aren't bulletproof. So they do kinda make sense in the Naruto universe. About boruto, yes agree it's almost unwatchable because of the aesthetics.
Naruto handled technology pretty well. There was always some sort of (primitive) tech gadgets existing in the universe which never looked conflicting. All Boruto does is "gadget-ify" what was in Naruto (there is legit a ninja scroll turned pen drive in the show) and make it stand out and just look like a huge mess. The only thing that was somewhat likeable about this whole trope was the Ao arc and how this retired shinobi interacted with the new advancements.
A primitive chakra canon that can destroy the moon? A primitive fridge? Microwave? Head phones Radio Tv? Bro it isn't primitive, it wasn't just the norm unlike boruto, but guess what that's what 15 years of peace gets you Stop pretending like technological advancements happen every 100 years
@@ashanime5655 u seriously miss the point, dont get fixated to a single word. also not that i can check every thing u stated, but those thing ARE not the most mordern technologicaly advanced things in todays time or when naruto serialized. as for the main point, nothing about them ever conflicted with the visual scenery of the show. and its funny how u mention a chakra canon, in an action shonen series about chakra warfare which too is at the end of the series
@@UNKNOWNL3G3ND I didn't miss the point, your not just saying anything relevant Most of the items I listed were made in the 1900 and in Naruto it serves as the basic model for newer projects Like the chakra canon, there probably were a lot of canons in the verse then later on a chakra canon was made.
@@UNKNOWNL3G3ND nothing about the tech seemed different from the show? The buildings and surroundings were made to look like it was from the 1700 Then you had the tech I mentioned which is obviously out of place Then some people like Naruto wearing a tracksuit Lee and guy wearing Spandex All the jonins wearing vests Kiba and hinata wearing hoods How is it impossible for things to go from this to boruto in 20 years? In a time of peace
@@ashanime5655 you're seriously missing the point. as for boruto, its not even about the advancements, the visual scenery is just bad and contradictory, stands out. and talking about "advancements", theres hardly any good ones. ninjutsu gauntlets? basically a gadgetified ninja scroll. lightsabers? bad usage of chakra control on weapons. the only mildly useful/meaningful addition is a train and those awful ninjutsu cancelling objects. the best usage of ninja tech till now was in the denki vs tatsumaki filler fight overall its a mess
I understand the impracticality of the design's critique but the Sarada time skip design (and more worryingly her pre time skip design) goes beyond that conversation and lands in the imperative need to check on Ikemoto's hard drive. He should retire and dedicate himself to drawing henta1 cuz that's the only thing consistent about Boruto as a series, the fetishistic way female characters are drawn
Even then kishimoto has drawn better fetishistic characters compared ikemoto. Anko and Tsunade just looked like they belonged in a hentai and I'm not complaining.
Sarada's anime design is the only outfit in my opinion that follows the philosophy of previous designs. Like shes the only one who actually looks geared towards combat Iffy on the hair tho. The way it's depicted sometimes feels like it lacks so much information as well as looks to bean shaped if that makes sense
I remember being so dissapointed when I first saw Sarada's time skip outfit (even though I already didn't care about Boruto anymore at that time). All the way back when the Momoshiki fight happened I was so hyped that I drew a time skip outfit for her. 13 year old me tried really hard to match the artstyle and aesthetic and then she looked like a vough model post time skip (still proud of the idea of making the design a mix of Tsunade and Madara).
One of the biggest parts of Eida's character is that no one can harm her, so for her to have an outfit that's very impractical to fight in is actually a very good design decision, although it could be a bit more impractical. The cosmic theming is also good because it ties into that power as well. I have nothing to say to defend Code though, even if I really like his design.
In defence of Eidas high heels, she's not a fighter, neither is Sumire if we're being honest. While Code is a fighter he technically isn't a Ninja, nor is Kawaki... Fun Fact I guess, Naruto was originally meant to be more cyberpunk inspired, Kishimoto took a lot of inspiration from Akira in the early drafts of Naruto and I think you can see this in how he designs Konoha and it's industrialisation, we see lots of pipes and vents mixed with building designs somewhat rooted in classic Japanese architecture (usually with a lot of creative liberties). We see the sci-fi influence in its entirety when we see the village hidden in the rain.
@@anastasiya256 It harkens to industrialisation which is heavily emphasised in sci-fi genres like cyberpunk and real world examples like the walled city of Kowloon. But if you still don't see it go read the original Naruto pilot manga, Konoha is fully industrialised with guns, vehicles and skyscrapers.
@@CodiMorphett She is the 5th Hokage in Naruto, and this RUclipsr who is talkin a whole lot of nothing has a problem with heels in Boruto when Tsunade clearly wore thdm
Writing this comment right at the beginning of the Eida section: “this is clothing you could never wear into a fight.” She has literally never gotten into a physical altercation and has never been shown to have physical fighting skills. She currently has one technique that has two variations, one being passive and the other being reality warping. She doesn’t need to wear her outfit into a fight at least from what we have seen.
Second example is Sumire: Also in the research department for Konoha, I’m not looking up the actual name, but she’s essentially a lab assistant, not a physical assistant her primary purpose.
Sarada actually would have been a good example of a physical fighter wearing impractical clothing but you didn’t have a section for her which is weird. Third example: Code. His outfit is weird but also reflects his personality well because he has an inferiority complex from being a failed vessel for Isshiki and having his “will and goals” imposed on him. He’s trying to live up to that ideal by looking cool and edgy and when teens trying and look cool and edgy they normally end up dressing stupid most of the time. We have all been there. The tech elements mostly came from Kishimoto wanting to move on and do more sci-fi manga. That’s why he went on to Make Samurai 8 but he was pulled back into the Naruto universe because it has been popular and is the big money maker. I don’t begrudge him for including the stuff he actually wanted to write about in his manga has was essentially strong armed into continuing.
thing is it would be fine if the world building is consistent, we rarely see NON NINJA characters in main cast, we always meddle with the combatans. So assuming you are a ninja, at the very least you gonna do ninja things & summoned up in battlefield even as assistant/researcher. what weird is with all that technology none of them directed to fashion canonly? the militant look still the same the bandages still the same & kinda defeat the points of ninja, they are not there to show off they dress humble because they always on mission
That kind of development is not unheard of in the real world you know. Fast technological advancements happen all the time and it happens the fastest during and right after large wars. You need to read more about history.
Soultaker78 is correct read up on real world history after world war two or before it we where in the industrial era from making skyscrapers to dams to advance weapons to the rocket that literally after a decade or two after world war two that took man to the moon, too the first color TV I think either the 50s or 60s so it's safe to say that advancements of technology in such a short span of time is feasible and can be achieved
There are some misunderstandings. Delta is a robot. Kashin Koji is a cybernetically enhanced clone of Jiraiya. Daemon, Eida, Code, and Kawaki are all cyborgs (not robots). So, they're humans... But their bodies have been significantly modified by technology. I respect constructive critique but this video falls short. You make it evident you have a limited understanding of what you're talking about. You haven't made an effort to finish Shippuden, nevermind reading the supporting material (i.e, canon novels covering the 15 year blank period). I worry you didn't even read the Boruto manga... Next, have you considered that the designs consistently change between generations? Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Madara were all alive close to the warring states period. Their combat attire is more akin to armour, and many shinobi of their time carried swords. It was demonstrative of their lives being a near-constant state of war. It likely wasn't since the establishment of villages that their work became more covert, and less innately, life threatening (with finding cats now being "ninja work"). Hence, the attire changed. It wasn't necessarily just about surviving anymore. And though uncertain, peaceful periods existed. Boruto's era is mostly peaceful (within the 5 great nations). As such, the shinobi don't look, or at times, feel the part- the 5 kage of the time discuss the matter. Naruto has faith they can pass on the meaning of being shinobi. Sasuke, in novels and anime, conveys his belief that the greatest shinobi moving forward, will be those that stay true to tradition (i.e, honing techniques, skills, and training), while understanding and applying science/technology, in a way that supplements their capabilities- as opposed to being a stand in. But seriously, fair credit is never really given in the video. Konohamaru, Kakashi, and even Yamato all had designs that felt expectable of a Naruto sequel. Even Naruto and Sasuke's adult designs were agreeable. In all honesty, Sasuke actually captured the feel of being a fragment of a lost era. They represent the darkness the current peace was built on as well as the traditions and convictions associated with real ninja. Also, be fair in understanding that Kishimoto discouraged Ikimoto from following his style and designs too closely. It's not necessarily all Ikimoto's fault. Lastly, tf you mean Kashin Koji's design doesn't fit Naruto? It was one of the few Kara designs that felt like it adequately captured the mix of time periods. Like low-key, I think there's point to make, but this video just isn't it 😭
But it’s strange that “what’s fashionable” changed so much from the original manga…. Like, I would say that in the original, we had Shippuden Ino, the Misukage, and Kurenai as good examples of fashionable women.
@@anastasiya256 , there is a moment where Eida is shopping. She is the only one who has this "futuristic" taste, because everyone around in the village is still casual. I can be wrong tho
You do know The point of sumire is kinda the fact that now, in their world of peace, ppl aren't all fighters she specifically chose to move toward science stuff. Its a similar thing with eida she dosesnt rly ever do much fighting cuz she doesn't need to her whole main power is that anyone who comes in contact with her is like instantly infatuated with her so why would she need to be dressed that way especially when she has what is essentially a body gaurd in her brother daemon even tho she dosent rly need it that much. Now when it comes to sarada tho she is like pretty under dressed especially in her part one design
That’s something i never understood with people like you… Why making a video about something you haven’t even watched? You don’t even get the right to share ur opinion. « stopped watching after Gaara died » you gave yourself away, like stop being embarrassing… come back when you’ve actually read it🤦♂️
@@IsaMariaUu well it’s embarrassing… you have no right to judge something you didn’t even put the effort to watch 5 minutes of the first episode. Sum opinions aren’t meant to be shared🤦♂️
@@MuhammadAreeb-qk9zc Use your brain, thinking is free... she's judging something she hasn't seen and fully understood. If you don't see the problem in what she's saying, pls seek help. It's as if tomorrow someone is going to judge Mbappé's footballing style without having seen a single one of his matchs🤦♂️ people can have opinions, but do it AFTER u saw/understood the subject you’re giving your opinion about
@@kilopopki4947 yes Eida is named after a computer scientist named Ada Lovelace, and Daemon is named after a computer programming that runs continuously on a background process, like his ability.
Ada isn’t even a fighter 😭. Them not looking like Ninja is like the entire point. None of the people you talked about are even Ninja. There’s a reason why Boruto is called the last shinobi
I think a lot of your points are accurate except for one being the advancement of technology. By the way I am so glad someone mentioned the pencil skirt thing for young girls in Boruto, it’s so creepy when you notice all of the adults woman where anything but long skirts. Naruto in part one had freezers for milk and ice cream, Radios and Movies in colors, we couldn’t even get that last one till the 70s and they have their in hd! In the course of 20 years since the year 2000, we made high pressure water canon that cut like a light saber, the internet, escaped bad internet, made robots, made Ai who now steal art unfortunately and created medicine that numbs any bad thoughts. Boruto takes place 15-16 years in the future, they could totally reach that technology advancement that we have when they have jutsu that can bring back the dead and teleport. Though this doesn’t fix any of boruto designs problems just a cute thought I had. As for favorite design it would be early series Delta cause as I really like her fluffy nimbus like hair, color scheme that doesn’t make me vomit like most of boruto cast and she looks like an adult woman who very confident in her looks…. And then the series would de age her every appearance she got in the manga.
Well thats kinda cap ikemoto draws inspiration from kpop idols and various other things to replicate that image and ofc grown women aren’t wearing those lmao
I was thinking, the presence of chakra could have the opposite effect on technology. Because they have superpowers thanks to chakra, they don’t need to advance in technology. For example, they don’t need stoves because they can just use a small fire jutsu to start up a fire for cooking whenever they need. In the age of Madara and Hashirama, 80 years before the start of Naruto, it was basically Sengoku period. That’s the Middle Ages. 😅 In Naruto, we see many peasants dressed in traditional peasant garb, doing traditional farming work… with ploughs… bull-drawn ploughs, probably. Sure, the average citizen has light bulbs… But other than that, it was just Orochimaru’s labs that had stuff like janky computers and DNA tests. I guess, since Orochimaru turned good, he started cooperating with society to bring technology to everyone…? The public’s adoption speed is too quick, though…
Yeah the tech part is the only thing I'll disagree with as well. I lived the 90s and it was a very different time than it was in the 2010s. Tech jumped leaps and bounds when the internet became reliable and faster allowing for the sharing of knowledge at near instant speeds. The tech jumps, while it seems jarring, is believable especially if the world was just a lynch pin invention away from an explosive growth in tech.
Honestly Boruto feels more like completely different manga instead of next naruto series, I understand that he wanted to go out of big shadow, but then make your own scifi manga instead of running another
Yea, never watched this show and would be super interested in it. Let me say I LOVE the designs (probably a minority), but if you told me this was Naruto... no way.
I hope you read these and take it as constructive criticism because theres a a big difference between having legitimate constructive criticism and just misrepresenting a series by doing the bare minimum amount of research, its fine that you didnt want to watch a 293 episode show if your not interested in it but it would be wise to at least do the research on the specific areas you want to comment on. 6:20- 7:20 Thats not how Technological progression works, its not solely linear and does not advance at the same rate every time, the jump in technology between the end of the 19th century and the start of 20th century was larger than the jump between 12th and 16th century, ontop of that your presumptions on how advanced naruto's world was prior to boruto is just straight up wrong, electricity , radio and even televisions are existed as far back as the first 20 chapters of naruto, in fact the bio engineering found in naruto outclasses what we can do in our own world, and thats within the village not outside of it. 7:20 - 9:54 1. Eida is not a shinobi, she isnt even a fighter, the series emphasizes that she doesnt enjoy fighting and will avoid it if she can. 2. Eida is not a robot she is a cyborg, cyborgs are by definition humans who have been augmented. 9:55-: 12:43 Sumire is not a shinobi, she is part of the scientific team who spends most her days doing research and being behind a computer, she had a short period of time where she was a shinobi and her attire reflected that static.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/83/Team_15.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1200?cb=20180314100503
The reason why Eida and Sumire don't really have practical/ battle ready outfits is because they're not fighters. Eida has two powers and one of them is that the second you lay your eyes on her and you fall in love with her to the point where you can't hurt her and time skip Sumire is basically tech support so she stays in the village and isn't a fighter which is why she got rid of the thigh pouch, she doesn't need it. Sarada tho I totally get she is a straight-up fighter and her outfit may be very stylish it's not very practical. They could have kept the stylish outfits while having practical outfits by just having two different designs like they did with Naruto at the end of Shippuden. Post-war and the last Naruto movie Naruto had two outfits of village outfit which was a white T-shirt with orange hoodie gray sweatpants and flipflop looking sandles and it was a very relaxed look. Then he had his mission outfit which was a lot more practical with the normal Shinobi sandals with a really thick soles and is basically just a color swap version of his boruto design. Also the technological advances weren't ikimoto's choice that was actually something made by kishimoto as kishimoto loves sci-fi and his other series samurai #8 that was a very sci-fi stooped world was canceled he just kind of brought that to boruto.
This video genuinely sucks, and I'll explain why. The fact that the video creator didn't even read Boruto and did "research" instead shows that they don't know the context of why things happen. The video creator probably saw an image of Boruto with a lightsaber and didn't think much of it, when it's only there for 1 arc and for a good reason, however I'd be getting into spoilers. Another reason why the video creator should've read the material your studying is to know the context of why the characters are designed the way they are. Eida is not a shinobi and doesn't get into battles because she says they are "barbaric". Also a cyborg is a human with mechanical enhancements, those enhancements will get into spoilers. Sumire was the class president in the ninja academy, and is in the science field in Konoha, so she doesn't fight that much and plays a supporting role. Finally, Code is not a shinobi in the slightest, and is a cyborg. There's also not much I can say about Code without getting into spoilers. Obviously you don't have to like the designs, I prefer Naruto's character designs, but who cares if a sequel has a different style when coming to character designs. As long as the fundamentals are there in the story, it should be well done, and Boruto has these fundamentals of Naruto, just expressed differently.
@@digestiveissue7710 Even if you're hating, you might not be wrong. Every story has problems and I do have a few problems with Boruto. However, Boruto is still great to me.
@@malachiblood13 The video creator never says anything about Sarada's design other than, "it looks bad". I can't comment on that because that's a subjective opinion. 😭😭😭
@@Locky_Games I’ll explain why it looks bad then, She’s dressed like a stripper at age 12… She’s a ninja who gets into fights daily…. Her time skip outfit is even worse and looks very limited to move in…again she’s a ninja, these outfits don’t make sense and seems to be put in the manga just for her to look pretty or “hot” Explain Why codes dressed like a British royal vampire In a universe that majority asian aesthetic..
I really dislike when videos of people spreading misinformation blows up. I kid you not 80% of this comment section have never touched boruto. Why would cyborgs dress like shinobi? Why would people who don’t fight dress to fight? The worst part you haven’t even watched the majority of shippuden? And yet blind haters are agreeing when you’re just wrong.
It’s not hate towards it as much as it’s just offputting. The designs and vision is so different from the predecessor that I’ve no desire to get to know boruto
Wait so let me gut this straight your criticizing a series that you yourself admitted to not reading and just going based off of some wiki pages at least read the thing you want to criticize and critique instead of this I get it Boruto hate gets views but that doesn't give you the right to do this without reading it
you dont have to know the intricate details of an anime/manga to understand its overall artistic theme lol. The points she makes are valid, its the same reason you can tell a One Piece character is from One Piece without having seen the entire anime/read the entire manga
@@BobbyFlayyy yes you do because she does not understand who the characters are and what they're about just because. she probably doesn't even know that they're not Shinobi so why would they dress like them she is critiquing something that she doesn't understand
@@iamnice8511 the point isnt that they dont look like shinobi, its that they dont look like they belong in Boruto at all lol. Once again, its about the overall artistic theme/style of the manga/anime, which you don't need to know every exact detail to grasp. Artistic theme is conveyed through its imagery, and compliments the overall story. It ENHANCES the story, and its what hooks in initial viewers at the surface level. Therefore, you don't need to know the entire transcript of Boruto to appreciate/critique it's artistic theme/style. And its not like shes critiquing it with zero info on the series, she watched both Naruto and Shippuden and explains how their outfits made sense to the time and setting of the anime/manga, despite not liking several of the designs herself. However, even though different characters wore different outfits, they at least made sense to the style and theme of the anime/manga. Her point is that its especially worse with Boruto, given all its established context from its predecessors Naruto and Shippuden.
@@BobbyFlayyy yes they do look like they belong in Boruto have you even watched or read the show fashion is a big part about how the people express themselves it is quite literally shown and stated also she is a complete outsider so of course she would also have clothes outside of the norms also the fuck are you on about artistic themes every single outfit in Boruto represents the character who they are and what they hold dear I could literally give you an example of most of the cast designed by ikemoto and what their clothes represent. she is critiquing something she herself doesn't know she hadn't even passed a third of Shippuden before making this video someone who hasn't seen a shown can not and should not just form random opinions about it with out having context
@@dokuganryu1565 You literally do need to know the story to judge character designs cause criticizing characters for not wearing proper clothes to fight even though they aren't fighters is wack.
@@Generalmituna8079 When your character looks like it belongs in a completely different series just by the grounds of existing then that kinda becomes irrelevant
If you didn’t watch the series, why are you making an “analysis” video on it? This was a poorly made video. It feels like that early trend of people bashing Boruto on RUclips for views is coming back which is just sad for fans and the writers.
I swear it makes no sense why code/delta would dress like ninjas when they quite literally aren’t shinobi same for daemon and then the eida and sumire part is just ignorance in full display. Both aren’t fighters why the heck would they even dress to fight?
@@mawandembatha6622and that he’s not supposed to look like an actual grown man in his 30s lol. Many grown mean have receding hairlines. Their criticism are nothing but mainly from a perspective of not liking change lol. Over years technology grows,trends develop and hairstyles and clothing change. I really don’t see the issue especially when most of Boruto’s cast aren’t ninja so….thats like the whole point but it goes over their heads lol. Code,kawaki,Eida and Damon and others aren’t ninja and fight nothing like ninja,nor do they want to be.
@@reddboytv1332 And if Boruto operating on the same conflicts between ninjas and had the exact same style, there would be no need for a sequel and that would be an actual money grab. But u can tell they want to create a different type of story while operating in the same universe and following continuity which is what sequels should do Also, if I was a modern day ninja, I would absolutely want to do ninja stuff in a tracksuit People forget that Naruto wore a tracksuit his whole life. He never even wore what can be considered proper ninja attire. Even Sakura and Sasuke's attire was more ninja appropriate. Naruto jist rocked a tracksuit and people didn't complain, not realising that tracksuits are NOT a normal ninja thing Now they are suprised shit changes over 15 years
Reading Boruto as an adult man, I was definitely looking to be taken back to the sense of coolness and adventure that Naruto gave me as a teenager. I ducking love Boruto’s post-timeskip design because that edgy-cool look is exactly how I wanted to dress as a 15-16yo. I think that a lot of the character designs are there to be cool to kids: People are more fashion conscious than ever from a younger age and I think that’s what is coming out in the designs. It’s important to have characters who can be tough, hardened killers, and who also want to dress nicely and be pretty outside of that. But I think Boruto’s wasted that potential in its current state.
eida is not a robot. cyborg just means they were genetically augmented, which is something that orochimaru did in og naruto all the time, it’s not futuristic
No wonder, why the boruto hate is so common...that's her best performing video so far when it comes to views and likes...its too lucrative. the fact that those opinions are so baseless with no backing, She complains about Eida's design (not a shinobi btw) as unfit for fighting when Eida literally said she doesn't ever want to fight or know how to !!!😂 if u haven't read the manga, just don't make a baseless opinionated video. And the same person who said she dropped Naruto at gaara's death 💀💀💀
In regard to sumire's design, she kept emphasizing on how will she be able to fight in that outfit, but didn't she know that her character has no involvement in field missions/combat like the Ninja Corps? Her job is to be a scientist in ST.
yeah, she kinda lost me there but by saying boruto has bad designs it's sorta fine? probably just another casual watcher who would end up liking boruto if they didn't know anything about naruto lol either way boruto is shit, no doubt about it. just getting to know what tf you're talking about would back up your opinion a lot more from a 17 minute video
@@xArda58 characters not fighting in a fighting shonen is even more stupid than her argument though lol like some of THE main villains for the series and they still haven't shown up for a battle and have their lackies do everything. at least obito did something man ikemoto is a joke
15:30 in real life however the 2 world wars saw massive leaps in technological advancements as more and more killing and life saving needed to happen over the course of a few short years, Naruto however has it's big war happen over the span of 2 days with next to no technological issues, rather to solve it's issues it introduced gods and aliens from outer space that simply got dragged over to boruto.
The main problem with Boruto is Shounen Jump. Naruto is too good for just ending it. So they come up with the idea of Boruto haphazardly. As a result it’s world building and everything is just mediocre compared to Naruto. Even Boruto's obsession of becoming someone like Sasuke is baseless and outright cringe. Sasuke became who he is today mainly because of his brother and Naruto. He had a character development. But for boruto it just feels like he is causing trouble for everyone. And also he is very disrespectful towards Naruto at the beginning. Even though Naruto is a hokage he tried to be there for his family as much as he could. But boruto is just annoying as hell at the beginning. As if he wanted attention or something.
wtf? have you even bothered the read the manga because everything you said is absolutely not true and he has plenty of character development. good mindless hate.
How would you feel if a show you enjoy or manga you enjoyed gets hated by someone who didn't even watch it or read it? like nigga ofc im finna defend it 😭
@@pumpfresh4128 Why do you care?Its not like the guy that hates it will just come to your house and kill your family if you watch it.The comments on any website are meaningless to your everyday life.Just watch things you like and dont look on others
You can't give an opinion about a show you didn't finished , imagine stoping watching avatar at season 2 and then you going watch the sequel of the show and complain about how everything feels different🤦♂️
While I would normally agree, I think from the perspective of character design and design dissonance, you don't really need to watch the show to critique those things.
for me it's less about the technological advancement and more about how they are designed. In Boruto a lot of the technologies look way too sleek and modern. They feel out of place. Which is kinda disappointing because Konoha being a huge, busy place where people come from all over should be an excuse to bring out more fantastical, rough around the edges, East Asian-based steampunk design or something. Hell, go retro futurism with a Japanese flair for all I care. Just make it messier. It's a fantasy ninja manga. You're expected to do that
I know it's not steampunk, but that's the closest thing I can describe the aesthetic as. When you watch Naruto, I don't think "1980" is the first time period to come to mind with all the ninja weapons and more traditional architecture
@@losj3020 1980 is where everything is based on. Its even stated as such. The villages are based on more rural places on japan which is why radios and TVs still exist in the verse
Naruto had playstation like game consoles and mini mics and ear pieces. That's when I figured there was high tech. I recall a quote from the creator saying he seperated them from tech on purpose
You don't have any right to criticise designs when you don't even watch or read Boruto. All designs fit character's personality and purpose in the story. I don't even take this as a critism, its just pure hate backed up with nothing.
@@Pointless6987_ivy I watched boruto and this comment is cap, Yeah she didn’t watch it but she was basically spot on with designs being dumb. Sarada dressing like a stripper doesn’t fit the story and doesn’t fit her character as a stuck up, genius ninja. Code dressed as a British royal vampire doesn’t fit the set In stone asian aesthetic in naruto, It looks incredibly out of placed in the universe.
@@LoopyLemon775 so you call everyone clothes like Sarada strippers? Where are you from? You will run into a lot of problems with those narrow minded beliefs. Pls make your own opinion. Sarada's clothes are perfectly fine. Also there's no standards for strippers' clothing. Stone Asian? Boruto is set in the 2010s and it is not limited to Asian aesthetics. If you have watched the anime, there is a fair amount of variety in clothing, buildings and aesthetics. There are literally villages full of black people. While In Japan it wouldn't make sense. Naruto/Boruto world is different from our world. It can include different clothing trends from different ages. It's been a thing in Naruto from the start. Literally Naruto wears sports jumpsuit lol. Isn't it supposed to look out of place? Code design is fine and he naturally looks like a vampire. You can't blame him for that lmao.
@@UchihaSasuke069 b3causw even if she stopped watching the things she is saying is correct and worthy of being agreed with are y'all that daft? Just say you like the Boruto slop and move on.
@@AshXiao1She judged non ninja for not dressing like ninja and she criticized non fighters for not dressing like fighters. World building is one thing but design is different.
As a boruto fan, even i have some critiques on the series. however, this video is honestly terrible. i stopped giving her the benefit of the doubt after she complained about eida's design not being suited for combat when she never fights in the first place.
I love Naruto and don't like Boruto that much since I personally find the story to be disappointing, but this video is so awful it makes me want to defend Boruto. This is blatant misinformation and bias.
@@kamamara2567yall do not know how to dress in real life, why tf should we take your opinion on fashion, boruto outfits are perfectly fine, eida and daemon are supposed to look outlandish, they’re literally beings conceived as cybernetic gods, why would they appear “normal” when they can barely fit in due to their powers
@@kamamara2567She literally said Eida's design doesn't look like she's a fighter. And guess what Eida is not even meant to be a fighter & had 0 fight scenes 💀. Literally that's so ass reason to hate on something
@@destroylonely_ Well there is a problem with how 12 year old girls dress in boruto tho, Sarada is dressed like a actual stripper lmao. That aside, I love drip in anime but it has to make sense and fit within the aesthetic of the series, The fashion doesn’t fit in the naruto verse at all, Code dresses like a British royal vampire which looks out of place in a world that’s majority asian aesthetic and very obvious meant to be asian aesthetic. The only new boruto character that looks like they fit into the world is probably jigen and kashin koji. Other than them the rest of the cast need a massive overall in style.
ikemoto is inspired by fashion magazines like " Elle " and not jojo. Manga fans have so little artistic culture that for them doing a fashion cover is a reference to jojo.
Judging by the poses Ikemoto chooses for cover pages and the way he draws eyes and lips, I feel like he really wishes he was drawing a JoJo sequel instead of a Naruto sequel.
I wanna make Jojo... But here i am stuck on Naruto instead
@@Izumi250 then why was he kishimotos assistant for all of Naruto lmao
Y'all are so ignorant. No matter what you say you ain't gonna demand shit what you want without looking stupid.
@@jaden-cc5vp because araki knows better
@@aquariussolaris2492 nah it's because you don't know what inspiration is
Not so hot take: Instead of cyborgs, they should've stayed with the "puppet" concept and go from there, that way they can still "innovate" but stay true to the aesthetics and baselines in-universe. Sasori and Pain's Ashura Path are really good examples of that, because early in Shippuden they introduced the idea of human puppets and Pain expanded on that with a puppet-like living body that combines flesh and bone with mechanical weapons
For Pain, if I recall correctly the body with the cyborg parts were from that particular Path's powers not any modification to the body.
Yes! Puppets! It was right there! The jump to cyborgs... I see it as the influence of the modern age. A negative one. Everyone's jumps from constant smartphone companionship to sci-fi bullshit because we're surrounded by it, and writers let that influence their writing.
That makes no sense at all
Asura path is straight up a robot
orochimaru exist. every concept in boruto orchimaru have already did
When I saw Eida I thought she was a Jojo's character
Oh boy
Question: Is she a ninja? I feel like she was never a ninja. I mean, she uses being a cyborg with alien tech and traits, so she IS more a Jojo character than a ninja.
@Bezaliel13 From my understanding, no. She basically has otherworldly charisma that draws people to her (kind of like Miquella from Elden Ring), but she at least knows taijutsu. So, even tho she isn't a ninja, she can still fight. Even if she couldn't fight, her style is so different from the standard fashion trends in Naruto
@@viviwithav
Even without the rather obvious theme of "heroes triumph with hard work while villains relied too much on powers" to muddy the antagonists needing practical clothes, *why would Eida dress to fight?*
Sure, "her style is so different from the standard fashion trends in Naruto," but that does not address the alien-tech cyborg "needing" to dress in what would be practical for a ninja. I mean, what good are pockets when the tools are in their bodies, like Delta?
@@Bezaliel13 True, but you could also argue there's a way of dressing impractically without breaking from Naruto's aesthetic. Sarada's manga outfit is dumb, but it's very loosely operating within the fashion of Naruto
I just hate how everyone in Boruto now has the same style (those annoying belts/high heels), while in classic Naruto, their outfit choices reflected their personalities. For instance, Ino who wore her headband around her waist, indicating that she pays a lot of attention to her figure, probably being on a diet.
That's not true, the reflection of their personalities are there you just aren't seeing them. Take ChoCho's design in both the manga and the anime. Cho Cho herself is not as self loathing about her weight as her dad was in his youth. In the manga she wears bright pink and yellow expressing her femininity. And her outfit is adorned with butterflies which shows her pride as a member of the akimichi clan. In the Anime her color scheme becomes white and yellow which shows her pride this time to her mother, as those are the common colors of the cloud village from where her mother is from. Each outfit gives a look into ChoCho's character.
It's not just her, take Both of Inojin's outfits showing his love for art and or appreciation for his father, while also having the violet hue of his mother.
Their personalities are still intact with their designs. It's simply a different style. Some characters are more "runway model" than others.
What 😭
💀😭fools like you just expose yourself and it’s not even funny
lol what. Y'know just on the designing process that's literally a required thing right? Like, no designer ever goes "hey let's NOT reflect any personality in this character design" This is such a stupid take.
Or maybe you forgot the part when _Kishimoto_ designed Sarada, he gave her glasses to portray her as a straight forward character that takes things a bit too seriously and is strict on herself and others.
Or maybe you missed how Chocho is designed to look like a gyaru and has a touch of Sukeban to show how she cares for her appearances, but also has the spirit to fight for what she believes in.
Or that Inojin sported an artsy look in his early years since he favored his dad's jutsu compared to his mother's clan - however he still wears purple to proudly show that fact.
Or that Kawaki is meant to look like a rebel wayward gangster with his bleached hair, ripped clothes, tattoos, and piercings.
Or that Himawari keeps a balance of cute and cool with her simple shirt, baggy pants and belt (that she didn't use to wear bc she was just a child before, but since she trained a lot with chocho, she also picked up fashion. And considering she doesn't have a mom for her teen years, makes sense.)
Heck, Shikadai clearly shows his lazier side by just wearing a jacket over a plain tee. And then when he turned genin, he opted a simple beige top to reflect his father.
Or that there's this thing called TRENDS?? Maybe you missed it: but Naruto and Naruto shipudden also has characters who showcased their fashion statement even in a war torn world. Their ninja outfits were _uniforms_ that they occasionally alter to fit their tastes. And now they're allowed their children to further explore that.
Or maybe you just _DON'T_ want to look and think?
If Boruto was about Naruto's grandson then I would not have the feeling of "why?" that I inherently have for the series. It feels like all we went through was almost for nothing and it's too early for all that's happening to go down because the time of peace was never really achieved.
This!
No, you wouldn't, your issues wouldn't be solved by making Boruto Naruto's grandson. You'd just bitch about Naruto being washed up, the world of Naruto still having conflict or whatever nonsense you decide to cherry pick.
@@IronSavior239 Or maybe it's an actual legit complaint and you're just a dickrider?
This wouldn’t fix anything
@@IronSavior239nah, it would be understandable that Naruto would be washed if he is in fact a living old man, this Naruto is like 32 which means he is in his prime so is Sasuke, if they want to down grade a character they should have done it in a better way. And yeah just like in the video the technological advancement in boruto for only 15 yrs is stupidly fast 😂😂.
As much as I love Jojo, it feels very bizarre (not intentional), that a lot of poses and dare i say facial structure of Boruto's art seems to be morphing into Jojo. The very outlandish fashion choices don't seem to help either.
I feel it's because Naruto is much more "normal" in tome than jojo, so it cannot carry these weirder designs
@@Kazeryuun why's that?
Yeah but jojo made it make more sense since it fits into the world, and in boruto it sticks out like a thorn when a character looks bizarre.
I totally agree, but also I think that's the problem. Jojo is Araki's fashion show with a borderline crazy story and amazing drawings. Boruto should have been a sequel to Naruto, but visually it looks like everything but that. These super-fashion designs don't stick with it
@@micheledelloglio5820 Cause it's been like 15+ years since the end of the war and it's been peaceful. I would be shocked if there were no changes, including into how people dress. Throughout history, people's style of clothing changes even over a decade. Why would u assume the Naruto verse wouldn't do the same in times of peace.
The annoying thing is that the anachronistic designs and world CAN work but not like this. For example in Gintama the characters are living in the Edo period but they can take a spaceship to go to Mars, and there are two reasons for that. The logical one is that the aliens who occupied the Earth brought their technology with them, the real one is that Gintama is a gag anime and nothing is meant to be taken seriously while watching it.
In Boruto's designs things don't develop from other things, they just emerge. There is no development period, or cultural background and it is jarring.
I mean i think there was an insane economic boom after the ninja war because peacetimes allowed trade between all villages and for people to relax and focus on things like fashion and clothing stores ect. Also ninja of this generation aren’t expected to do the crazy shit to the degree other ninja were.
I also just dont like the coloring of the anime, the manga coloring makes those characters look great the anime looks off idk but the anime is filler trash
Manga is pretty good
I mean Naruto shippuden was literally 15 years ago and og like 20. We didn’t see the developmental period lol that’s the point
@@reddboytv1332 i mean the original naruto had tvs and basic computers so it just became wide spread with growth after peace. Also alot of it is due to specifically a couple scientist and also orochimaru
@@Nothisndhdudjdjdj yea ik,so it makes a lot of sense to me!
Anachonistic? Naruto literally wears a jumpsuit. Naruto largely features relevant technology from the late 90s and early 2000s, you know, when the manga was created. The design choices for Boruto's characters reflect the times as well.
i'll be the first to say it, i do NOT like how Ikemoto draws young girls, extremely curvy and plump, accentuate lips and doe eyes, revealing clothes and heels.. nah this is weird they look kids who got into their older sisters closets
You sound like the parents who complained about Monster High and Bratz when it first came out
@@Thane3999 and you sound like the males who enjoy lolis and "1000 year old spirits in the body of a loli" types a little too much 💀
@@Thane3999 I don't think even the Bratz girls looked so tacky
I completely agree. Those kinds of physical traits work for some characters, certainly, particularly characters who are meant to be seductive, flirty, or traditionally feminine. But NONE of the girls in Boruto have such a personality, and more importantly, they are MINORS. Seeing literal children drawn in such a way gives me so much ick
@@flamethekid They were 10 times tackier and often revealing.
And that's not counting new lines like LOL Omg
Eida's design has issues, but Daemon's is everything wrong with her design with none of what works. He's this mess of bright, clashing colors and bizarre clothing decisions, and coupled with his obnoxious personality and how he was introduced into the story as being the new power cap next to Eida, he's like Scrappy Doo if Scrappy Doo was legitimately as bad as people think he was.
But Deamon's design is good
Glad someone else
Noticed it. For a show about Ninjas who still used birds as a form of communication it sure has a very modernized design to it
@MOMO-m0m0 Did you forget that electricity, computers, and tvs 📺, obviously the ninjas in the universe, don't want phones or long-range telecom devices because it would invalidate a large portion of there bag. It wasn't jarring to you in og naruto when they were using radios to communicate, nothing burger critique 😭😭😭
@@saberpendragon701 It would be a meh design if it was in JoJo where the design fits. It doesn't fit in here and it's just sad
@@MOMO-m0m0 They were using ear pieces and cable tv in Naruto, even in the og series. They even had street lights. Who said you can't have modern ninjas? Things evolve
Boruto characters look like they are trying to dress up like Kingdom Hearts characters but fail miserably
It looks like they are trying to dress like people in Japan did whenever the shit started booming
Kingdom Hearts? At least Nomura tried to make them look cool. lol
That's a whole lot of cap.
Don't diss kingdom hearts like that. At least they're cool and all have the same aesthetic and design all around. While boruto is all over the place with no standard style.
Sora's KH2 outfits >>>>> anything in Boruto
I think the flak jackets actually make a ton of sense-Naruto may be a world without guns, but it does have tons and tons of explosives and explosions. Flak jackets, as the name suggests, are meant to protect against shrapnel wounds from fragmentation explosives, not gunfire. If I lived in Naruto-world I'd totally want a flak jacket to avoid getting pincushioned by shards of kunai given how often they toss around those explosive tag things.
This is the most minor nitpick, by the way. I totally agree that Shippuden-era Naruto and Boruto's character designs were ass, though I do have a soft spot for Sasuke's gay pirate (tone: affectionate) outfit.
They also hold scrolls but that never happened again after Kakashi vs Zabuza
@@jenkings0367 👍
Kishimoto probably just wanted to have something emulating a military aesthetic but I agree
@@jenkings0367 Basically half of the cool shit in Naruto can be boiled down to "that never happened again after Kakashi v. Zabuza." I have a huge soft spot for the series because I was obsessed with it as a kid and it was my gateway into fanfic, but the Land of Waves arc was the first and last time (outside of anime-only filler) that they got hired to do actual ninja stuff.
After that every single mission they went on was just advancing the "main questline"-go do ninja exams, go get Tsunade back, go get Sasuke back, go save Gaara, go get Sasuke back, etc... etc...
There was so much cool worldbuilding at the beginning! Having special-ops ninjas whose job it was to retrieve the corpses of ninjas who died or fled so that they couldn't be used to reverse-engineer secret ninja-techniques, the fact that the villain was just a mafia boss with a squad of hired goons and assassins instead of some enemy super-ninja, the stuff about Haku getting run out because people were afraid of ninjas with special abilities, that was all cool as hell! I sort of wish that Naruto had been more of a procedural drama where it focused on them getting hired to do missions like espionage, theft, assassination-y'know, ninja stuff-and the "main plot" development was a slow burn in the background.
Naruto had guns in the early chapters.
Honestly I find Boruto character designs look more like teenage models rather than teenage ninjas sometimes
Huh? ,So did Naruto wearing a jump suit and Hinata wearing hoodies now go critique that otr stfu
@@sylvanuskofi1952 naruto wore mesh armor, the knonoha headband and the standard sandals, don't know what is your problem with hinata's hoodie
Ngmst
@@miguellopes7627 Naruto wore jump suites in og Naruto and Shippuden it's his inner layer that had a mesh, what head bands? Do you think you have to wear head bands? You can have them on your clothes to symbolize the leaf , and Boruto ninjas do wear it , Tsunade literally was wearing heels whiles being the hokage why not critique that but it's boruto so it's automatically bad when you don't even know wtf you're talking about t
@@sylvanuskofi1952 Still one design was practical while the other are hypersexualized teenagers. Everyone gets what kind of crowd doesn't have a problem with that.
@@gehtdichnichtsan2418 who's hypersexualized? Name the "hypersexualized teenagers in TBV I'm waiting go on
People criticize Legend of Korra's advancement in technology when I feel like there it's a lot more believable because it's set 60 years after the original, and a lot of the 'tech' in Korra is still controlled by bending.
The original Avatar series was even established to have gotten decently far into industrialization, so Korra having tech roughly on the level of the early 1900's feels very natural to me.
One thing I have to give ALOK is how well the timeskip was handled. Things changed, drastically, but it was always clear that it was too fast, too abrupt and society wasnt coping with it. It made such a sudden shift feel a lot more real.
Boruto pulls out a lightsaber and doesn't even bother to handwaive the implications.
Yeah but there’s a difference between the firebending drill versus the fucking Gundam Suit the Earth nation just suddenly has
a lot of the tech here is controlled by chakra. I:e the "light sabers" it just channels chakra into a blade.
It doesn't matter if it is believable or not, that is not the problem. The problem is introducing this garbage in the first place, the technology in avatar ruined the eastern mysticism and the technology in Boruto ruined the ninja ascetics, there is a reason guns aren't used in Harry Potter, because certain things just doesn't belong in certain types of places.
Thats not naruto anymore thats narutos bizarre adventure
*boruto’s
Speaking of which, anyone reading part 9?
@@MacUser2-il2cx im anime watcher mostly
@@anastasiya256 uzumakis bizarre adventure
@@Engifarting456 you're in for a long wait then. lol
By the way, I miss the Inner Sakura bits.
We all do. One of the few interesting character traits she had. Feels like they stripped away all that made anyone care about her character. Used to get world building info through jokes now they just monologue for ten minutes.
They literally changed her entire personality from Naruto.@@almessasorrow4950
Same
Its almost as if she grew up...@1st2nd-dp9uu
@@lopms2047 the problem is that she changed her entire character except for some things. We could have at least seen her changing,but we don't and worse she acts like 5 year old some times.
I will never forgive kishimoto for ruining sarada's potential like thats sasukes kid an uchiha and they disrespected her by making her into a cringe side love interest
same thing happened to ochako
????? HES NOT WRITING HER?????
Kishimoto isn't writing Boruto anymore, he just approves what Ikemoto and Kodachi are doing every month or two.
he clarified this in a recent interview.
@flamethekid yea but he still supervising everything and involved and he's the one who made her character if I remember correctly
@@UuUu-ju2wu he come by once a month to see whats happening and he approves and said he has never disapproved anything.
he made Sarada but his version never looked like Ikemoto's
Ikemoto is just making idol girl designs to distract from Boruto lack in characterization n decent writing
So you've never read the manga or are illiterate
And all the action lines he does in anything involving movement.
@@JanizMakudomaru the speedlines? They're fine
He's thinking about how cool the girls will look in figure and merch form in the future while designing them
"Oh shit, I bet this one will look super cool in my shelf, let's give em BIG colorful hair and flashy poses, let's make the sculptors WORK"
@@saberpendragon701 there are way to many of them. Most fights become boring cause of it
Boruto pretty much turned the entire world of Naruto into a modern day snooze fest, its boring as hell with all its technology, robots and silly Aliens. (Something I hated was introduced in the original) The fictional world mixed with ninjas in a Edo Period like scenario is what drawn me to Naruto the most with just a tiny splash of technology but not the main focus.
Also I dont like the new BRATZ looks these characters have, I miss the old art style honestly.
It's weird, I think Ikemoto wanted to work on a fashion manga with the way he's designing boruto covers
@@viviwithav
Bit of a missed opportunity to not have addressed the aliens ngl. I mean, you could have joked "because aliens" whenever you complained about the tech and cyborgs.
@@Bezaliel13 tbh, I don't know much about aliens in boruto aside from when Kaguya was introduced in Naruto. I just assumed they'd explain Eida away with scientific ninja tools
@@viviwithav
As a result, you complained about the members the organization of a space alien, Isshiki, not looking like they belong to the world. Not even trying to make a joke, it just sounds like a pun of some sort.
Maybe if you said "Eida's hair looks nothing like the Otsutsuki," but even then.
Well...
How is it a "snooze fest" civilizations have technological advancements and Naruto is no different, why be whiney about it?
The "aliens" aren't even the main focus of the story 😐
Where are the robots you speak of?
The technology barely is the main part of the story
Seems like you're just a nostalgia merchant
Kishimoto doesn't know how to write girls. Ikemoto doesn't know how to design girls. I swear to god the thrid gen will have a mangaka that doiesn't know what girls are.
Nah we got Power and Nokotan so we’re good. Honestly this is the best era for women as misogyny died out a little bit
@@RustySpoke You think misogyny is gone?💀😭💀😭💀😭
People gonna hate random groups of people no matter what.
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Sakura, Tsunade, Konan, Kushina, Temari,
@@SenhordosAneis1Look, man, some people just like repeating memes. Don't even know for sure if OP watched Naruto.
@@MammalianCreature I MEANT MYSOGINY IN ANIME. IN THE CONTEXT OF ANIME.
It seems very strange to me to have an opinion on the character designs and aesthetic of series when u haven't watched/read even half of the prequel and non of boruto or boruto tbv or any of the light novels or movie sequels that provide alot of the explanations and relevant background to what your criticizing. The designs in boruto are urban and completely different from the designs and aesthetic of naruto because that is quite literally the POINT. That is not accidental. Boruto is a series that takes place in a time of peace for the first time in the history of the naruto verse. So of course in an industrial and technological revolution where characters rather than coming up with creative ways to kill each other are all working together for the advancement of the world, the technology, and the new culture which had their ground works set up in naruto shippuden and naruto the last. It is now given a chance to thrive. The characters dont dress or act like "ninja" because what it means to be a ninja has completely evolved which is reflected in every aspect of the world building. Ninjas are no longer child soilders brought up in a cruel world for the sake of murdering people for the benefit of feudal lords rather they are trained and brought up to positively benefit society being able to not only actullay enjoy a childhood but also learning the techniques of their forefathers the maintain the legacy of their predecessors. In regards to the technology we already had things like aliens, robots, human and animal cloning, rockets, advanced medical technology, fire arms, advance machinery and etc... in naruto shipuuden so ofc during the industrial revolution of the series all of that would be exacerbated. Boruto is about a unified advanced world going up against an external extra terrestrial threat which again was set up at the end of shippuden and in naruto the last. Whether you like it or not ofc is up to you and ur own opinion. I personally dont love or hate boruto but this analysis imo lacks A LOT of relevant nuance which is very apparent as someone who is completely caught up in the story. No hate intended at all ofc just my own perspective on this think piece.
i know this is gonna sound a bit shallow and harsh but the main reason i dont think i can watch boruto is because of the character designs/art style. i grew up with the original (+shippuden) and im a fan of the world, but everything in boruto feels very fanfiction-y. from tech being so advanced to every character prioritizing fashion to practicality when theyre NINJA 😭everything just feels off. (thinking abt how dirty they did all the og characters in terms of their designs makes me sad too lmao) enjoyed the video though and agree with alot of the points you made!
I can't help but think of how Shuiesha wanted kishimoto to drop a naruto sequel almost immediately. It's a cash grab with a deviantart oc coat of paint tbh
@@viviwithav
Wait, is Eida a ninja? Didn't Sumire stop being a ninja?
I know nobody liked Kaguya being from space, and some question the technology, but why would Eida be dressed like a ninja?
@@Bezaliel13 Eida isn't a fighter so we can excuse her design everything else I agree with lol - also this technology has existed pretty much from what they've showed in the movies and additional fillers even in the canon material you can see average everyday modern technology. - honestly its pretty close to the real world we went from flip phones to iphones and touchscreens and other things in the span of 10 years
@@TeaTimeTable
... and we didn't even have aliens! jk
Joking aside, there were also the earphones and genetic experiments.
@@viviwithav That, is literally what happened. He said in an interview he didn't even want to do boruto and passed it off to ikemoto. Boruto released two years after naruto finished.
This dude just needs to make his crazy sci-fi stripper ninja manga and leave the Naruto franchise alone
Wait a moment isnt that just cyberpunk edgerunner?
Why are you a fool.
He won't be able to milk the series anymore if he did
@@jayxx_slayer9456 Nonsense.
Explain how? Ikemoto is an amazing artist and SC-Fi is Kishimoto's idea.
Form what I've seen from Boruto before Kishimoto took it back almost every adult woman is "nerfed" while every kid is sexualized
wait, kishimoto took it back 😭😭😭 man's really said "you're ruining my image"
Boruto immediately improved by a lot once Kishimoto came back but so much damage had been done by then that the most he can do is try and make the plot easier to read.
@@jenkings0367dumbass
every kid? sexualized? what are you blabbing on about?
@@xioic Maybe not every kid, but you'd have to have half a brain missing if you don't see the sexualization of the female children. Mini skirts/dresses that barely cover their bottoms, tops that have zero coverage above the chest, high heels that are only meant for mature woman. Full lips and lashes that are artistically drawn in a way that is seen as more mature. That last one can be achieved without making the child look mature because that's usually used to MAKE them look more childlike, yet it somehow managed to fail that completely. And if you don't see that, then you probably shouldn't be under a video that talks about fashion and stylistic choices since you don't seem to understand it in the first place.
Ikemoto try not sexualize the 14-year-old secondary protagonist challenge (Impossible)
I don't think it's often
Somebody needs to check ikemotos hard drive
Right he might be the next creator of RK 😅
lmao fr
Forrealllll
Heh, he's already praising Nobuhiro Watsuki so yea
Fr, the way he drew kid Sarada in covers always gave me the ick
One of the reasons I loved Naruto as a kid was because I remember reading in one of the qna segments in one of the earlier books, someone asked Kishimoto what time period Naruto was set in and he basically said 'idk, some point before the invention of guns' and I thought that was cool because it made the series feel more separate from the other manga running in Jump at the time which were set in a more modern or pseudo-modern time. I fell off the series once the Pain path that was essentially an android got introduced, because it felt lame. I came back to check out Boruto when it released, and the sudden modernization felt disappointing, especially because they don't really address the impact that would have on a society centered around warfare. It feels like they should have just made Boruto an Edens Zero situation, where everyone resembles previous characters, but it's completely unrelated plot wise.
It should have been its own series, but if it was, it wouldn’t have been as popular.
Judging how kishimoto is good at making political system, geopolitics struggle between villages, and villains with understandable political motive, I kinda hope that kishi will start writing an adult targeted story about politics
Kishimoto never said that. Maybe someone lied but Kishomoto never said Naruto was set in a period before guns. He said there isn't s specific period Naruto is set in but he intentionally set Naruto in a world where ninja and technology coexist to a certain extent. We saw this by the fact that in the Chunin exams and other missions, they were literally using radio. What Kishimoto said about guns is that he won't introduce guns because they would mess up the series (but it didn't). It's not Kishimoto's fault you were operating in nostalgia. Ur comment proves that
And they DID talk about the ramifictions of rapid improving technology and how it would affect the world; in the manga and especially the light novels. The Kakashi light novel literally had a whole arc dedicated to the worries even Naruto had about the advancement of technology
Tbh.. I don't mind if it was naruto grandkids, or heck some unknown shinobi unrelated to the main cast of Naruto..
I mean, something like ATLA, into Korra..
The same universe, but the main character is not related at all and there's explanation on the world growth..
Boruto just felt so sudden..
@@mawandembatha6622 Looking into it, it seems like it was an interview in Shounen Jump over The Art of Naruto: Uzumaki Book that came out in 1999. I couldn't find the exact volume because all the links online are now dead, but a scantalation I found was translated as thus:
- Do you have any rules about what is definitely not allowed to be drawn in the "Naruto" world?
K: Firstly, projectile weapons such as guns aren't allowed. (The one exception
is Inari's bowgun.) Guns aren't suited to ninja. Gunpowder is used in the anime,
though I don't think it should be there. And, vehicles such as aeroplanes are
not allowed. I try to restrain technology that can be used for war... For example, if missiles were in it, it'd be the end. (laughs)
There's also an image of page 115 of that artbook that apparently had the same interview in the original Japanese that machine translates to "It's probably not a time too different from today" and then a similar quote to the one above.
Now, obviously this was later retconned, but that was what was said. I suppose my child self didn't read the first part and just assumed that a lack of guns could only mean that the time period was before guns, rather than Kishimoto just actively choosing not to draw it. That was my fault, but that doesn't change my ultimate point about how the setting of OG Naruto was unique and that, in a war-based society like Naruto's, the explicit limitations on modern tools of war was notable and had an affect upon me as a reader. So later, when that was changed, it felt like the series itself had turned into something less engaging, leading me to drop it.
Also, to address your other point, I do know that the manga talks about it, they just don't talk about it to a degree I personally feel is appropriate for how major of a change it would be. I haven't read the Kakashi light novel, and I don't think I should have to. Light novels are ultimately supplementary material, I don't feel like they should be used as a substitute for addressing a major change in setting that affects the whole story. And if it does cover such key information, it should've been adapted to the anime, like they did with Sasuke Retsuden.
Sumire is also not a combatant. Yes she was a ninja and yes she can fight, but now she is just a scientist/ Lab asistent
Honestly hate how they benched Sumire. Girlie was trained to be an assassin since she was a child, uses water pistols, and has a whole summon that is only becoming stronger as time goes by. She's the definition of wasted potential, along with every other classmate.
@@inplane9970 I don't think she was really benched. She was a spy originally, and now shes a spy for konoha to monitor amado.
@@inplane9970she's literally guarding and watching over Amado, she's getting smarter and is being included in something that fits her character, ever since she was a class rep that is, y'all don't even know these characters
@@RoninEndedYou’re right that she wasn’t benched. You can’t bench someone who was never meant to be relevant in the first place. She wasn’t a character until after they made her in Boruto’s anime filler, meaning that she was never meant to play a pivotal, combat oriented role in the manga. They only added her to the manga as a cameo to go “Not everything in the Boruto anime is filler” and then only proceeded to use her for one thing so far.
Same thing with edia she isn’t a ninja either
Wait...does he have a freaking lightsaber?
Yes.
They only used it once and never again since it was a prototype and sucked chakara like hell so no normal person could use it.
Don't think that's canon so no
@@SoulTaker78it was filler episode .They introduce new power or tech then forget it in next arc.😂
@@AlertchaseIt was canon. It was used in an arc where the villain, Ao tries to use it against Boruto but because the chakra saber is in beta, Ao didn’t know about the drawback of the rapid chakra drain and loses the upper hand in battle or something like that
All of this to say is that yeah, there are some insane technological developments, but each are coming with their own established drawbacks that get/are getting explained later in the series
why does eida look like twilight sparkle LMAOO
that was my first thought! theres no way the mangaka didnt take major inspo from her
@@an0n__ exactly, she literally looks like equestria twilight
or fanart of Stocking form PSG
@@sushionaram TRUE TRUE I FORGOT ABOUT STOCKING BEST GIRL
twilight sparkle sounds very similar to what she can do lmao xD
A correction; Kishimoto isn’t in charge of the Boruto manga. There is not a hint of his involvement credited on the Manga pages. He already expressed numerous times, he passed the torch to newer generations, and wants Naruto franchise to be like western superhero comics, where authors change numerous times.
It’s early to say for sure, but Paris interview leaks (aug 23-25) actually suggest Kishi and Ike have joint custody over the writing/plot of Boruto series
I mean it was said a long time ago that he returned to write the story when Baryon Mode Naruto was revealed in the manga. The official Naruto/Boruto also has him classified as the supervisor and writer.
@@firionkaiser8291 may I know where was he officially classified as a writer? if he is a writer why isn't he credited as one on the manga covers? sure, he's a 'supervisor' but his numerous interviews,where he talks about being exhausted and seeing the future of franchise in different hands, made it appearant that he dgaf where this franchise is going. maximum of his input on the series right now is maybe helping ikemoto with the general direction and giving him a thumbs up/down on ideas. and the tweet that 'announced' his apparent 'return' never actually implied he is returning. they only said basically they'd be more truthful to his go vision. it was a marketing trick.
@@zawasske No he IS doing the writing. That's why he's credited for Boruto right now. Ikemoto is the one doing the drawings but the story is Kishimoto and Ikemoto. I have no idea where ur getting ur info from but if he was simply the superviser, they would credit him as such.
@@mawandembatha6622 brother he IS credited as supervisor only( and creator of the franshise NOT author that term is incorrect), open any latest chapter of Boruto and see what's written on the cover. as I said technically 'creator' isn't even the right translation; correctly translated will be 'original work'( if you can find cover in Japanese see for urself its 原作) which exists to show his right to the original. that chibi rock lee gag manga has the same credits for Kishimoto. I'm so tired of borate fans spreading this misinformation. try to find solid evidence of kishi's involvement with the series, to this day I've found none.
@@zawasske It doesn't matter if he's the supervisor or writer at the end of the day he still oversees the and is involved with the project clown 🤡. And if he is the supervisor, he supercedes the role of mere writer and has greater control over the project, all that yapping, and your points still stupid.
Knowing lore is extremely important for judging a character's fashion sense:
Eida *is* other worldly, directly connected to Otsutsuki aliens but who have human like figures; she is modified by Amado, a human, so it makes sense she looks more human like than alien or cyborg, and Eida doesn't have to fight like ever, her dojutsu completely prevents her from that as people fall in love with her instantly 💁🏾♀that's just *one* of her dojutsu too, one of her others is changing perception universally (hence constellations on the fit); she has tons of hacks and her OP little brother to protect her & I feel her fit reflect *All* of that
As for Sumire, yea she should be more combat ready but she's damn near filler; in the manga I have never seen her fight, but she is important to the plot bcuz of her connection to Eida and not falling in love so she plays a role in being on the sidelines on purpose to gather intel
Sarada PTS has no reason to look that mature we all know this, I agree with that she shouldn't have heels as well, but considering I'm trying to separate the close minded male perspective of the author from the character (which is very hard to do) and trying to say Sarada has her own char agency to decide what she wears, in that mindset I can say her timeskip outfit makes perfect sense for her character as a development from what it was and also as she falls more into her Uchiha heritage, as a big part of her origin is not understanding her clan's history but she does much more so in TBV
All the negative comments u said about Code I am so here for tho lol we stan Code slander round here 🫰 but that also makes sense for his char cuz he totally *IS* "a teenager trying to dress himself up" and fumbling lmao he's annoying, thinks he's the shit, and is trying to copy Otsutsuki ways so i Guess their attire elements too?? but none of the Otsutsuki look like damn Black Butler Sebastian so idk haha
Alternate title
“Fashion student critiques the functionality and designs of Boruto”
Fashion Student talks like dumbass on a topic that they're ignorant about
Yeah. This RUclipsr seems like an idiot who doesn't even follow the story and just reads wikis. What a waste of a video.
The thing about Code is that he is an adult. Yeah.
As for Sumire, if I recall correctly, her lame schoolgirl uniform is her first appearance, then she goes evil for a couple of episodes and shows that she's kind of cool actually, then she's defeated after unleashing a chakra-eating monster on the village and goes to the outfit with the black shorts and does... nothing for the rest of the series.
Boruto writing is like a poorly written fanfic that somehow got a show after ruining any of the character strengths of the originals
Except theres not a single fanfic that is better than Boruto
@@Tektabyte Counterpoint: Naruto x Sausage fanfic
Edit it autocorrected Sasuke to Sausage and it's kind of funny so I'm not even going to fix it
@@TektabyteI’ve read H-Doujins with a better story
@@definitely_just_floating no you havent you Gooner
@@Tektabyte the cope is strong with this one
I hope you know that code , eida and sumire aren’t shinobi, why would they dress like one?
You can't expect wiki readers to know what they are talking about. This person was too lazy to even read the manga before making a video critiquing it.
@@IsaMariaUu Unfortunately
You missed the point. It’s not that they don’t look like shinobi, it’s that it feels like they came from another series altogether.
@@paladan4597 elaborate
@@cxmpstage270 rewatch the video?
A small correction Flak jackets protect against explosive fragments they aren't bulletproof. So they do kinda make sense in the Naruto universe. About boruto, yes agree it's almost unwatchable because of the aesthetics.
Naruto handled technology pretty well. There was always some sort of (primitive) tech gadgets existing in the universe which never looked conflicting. All Boruto does is "gadget-ify" what was in Naruto (there is legit a ninja scroll turned pen drive in the show) and make it stand out and just look like a huge mess. The only thing that was somewhat likeable about this whole trope was the Ao arc and how this retired shinobi interacted with the new advancements.
A primitive chakra canon that can destroy the moon?
A primitive fridge?
Microwave?
Head phones
Radio
Tv?
Bro it isn't primitive, it wasn't just the norm unlike boruto, but guess what that's what 15 years of peace gets you
Stop pretending like technological advancements happen every 100 years
@@ashanime5655 u seriously miss the point, dont get fixated to a single word.
also not that i can check every thing u stated, but those thing ARE not the most mordern technologicaly advanced things in todays time or when naruto serialized.
as for the main point, nothing about them ever conflicted with the visual scenery of the show.
and its funny how u mention a chakra canon, in an action shonen series about chakra warfare which too is at the end of the series
@@UNKNOWNL3G3ND I didn't miss the point, your not just saying anything relevant
Most of the items I listed were made in the 1900 and in Naruto it serves as the basic model for newer projects
Like the chakra canon, there probably were a lot of canons in the verse then later on a chakra canon was made.
@@UNKNOWNL3G3ND nothing about the tech seemed different from the show?
The buildings and surroundings were made to look like it was from the 1700
Then you had the tech I mentioned which is obviously out of place
Then some people like
Naruto wearing a tracksuit
Lee and guy wearing Spandex
All the jonins wearing vests
Kiba and hinata wearing hoods
How is it impossible for things to go from this to boruto in 20 years? In a time of peace
@@ashanime5655
you're seriously missing the point.
as for boruto, its not even about the advancements, the visual scenery is just bad and contradictory, stands out.
and talking about "advancements", theres hardly any good ones. ninjutsu gauntlets? basically a gadgetified ninja scroll. lightsabers? bad usage of chakra control on weapons. the only mildly useful/meaningful addition is a train and those awful ninjutsu cancelling objects.
the best usage of ninja tech till now was in the denki vs tatsumaki filler fight
overall its a mess
I understand the impracticality of the design's critique but the Sarada time skip design (and more worryingly her pre time skip design) goes beyond that conversation and lands in the imperative need to check on Ikemoto's hard drive. He should retire and dedicate himself to drawing henta1 cuz that's the only thing consistent about Boruto as a series, the fetishistic way female characters are drawn
Nah bro thats just you now imma need to see your hard drive 😂
Yup, I noticed that instantly while watching this whole video and I didn't like that one bit.
Even then kishimoto has drawn better fetishistic characters compared ikemoto. Anko and Tsunade just looked like they belonged in a hentai and I'm not complaining.
@sunshineskystar they're also grown ahh women. That's at least one decent thing about the gut when it comes to female characters.
Cringe comment.
Why are you putting an accent on "Boruto" but not Naruto or Gaara
Sarada's anime design is the only outfit in my opinion that follows the philosophy of previous designs.
Like shes the only one who actually looks geared towards combat
Iffy on the hair tho. The way it's depicted sometimes feels like it lacks so much information as well as looks to bean shaped if that makes sense
8:30 araki made this, remove boruto with jojoland and nobody could tell this was boruto
I remember being so dissapointed when I first saw Sarada's time skip outfit (even though I already didn't care about Boruto anymore at that time). All the way back when the Momoshiki fight happened I was so hyped that I drew a time skip outfit for her. 13 year old me tried really hard to match the artstyle and aesthetic and then she looked like a vough model post time skip (still proud of the idea of making the design a mix of Tsunade and Madara).
One of the biggest parts of Eida's character is that no one can harm her, so for her to have an outfit that's very impractical to fight in is actually a very good design decision, although it could be a bit more impractical. The cosmic theming is also good because it ties into that power as well.
I have nothing to say to defend Code though, even if I really like his design.
In defence of Eidas high heels, she's not a fighter, neither is Sumire if we're being honest.
While Code is a fighter he technically isn't a Ninja, nor is Kawaki...
Fun Fact I guess, Naruto was originally meant to be more cyberpunk inspired, Kishimoto took a lot of inspiration from Akira in the early drafts of Naruto and I think you can see this in how he designs Konoha and it's industrialisation, we see lots of pipes and vents mixed with building designs somewhat rooted in classic Japanese architecture (usually with a lot of creative liberties). We see the sci-fi influence in its entirety when we see the village hidden in the rain.
How are pipes even sci-fi… 😅 I thought it was just for the more grungy vibe …
Didnt Tsunade wear heels🤔Istg yall just not making sense rn
@@anastasiya256 It harkens to industrialisation which is heavily emphasised in sci-fi genres like cyberpunk and real world examples like the walled city of Kowloon.
But if you still don't see it go read the original Naruto pilot manga, Konoha is fully industrialised with guns, vehicles and skyscrapers.
@@darqmatrix Think long and hard about what her role is...
@@CodiMorphett She is the 5th Hokage in Naruto, and this RUclipsr who is talkin a whole lot of nothing has a problem with heels in Boruto when Tsunade clearly wore thdm
Writing this comment right at the beginning of the Eida section: “this is clothing you could never wear into a fight.”
She has literally never gotten into a physical altercation and has never been shown to have physical fighting skills. She currently has one technique that has two variations, one being passive and the other being reality warping. She doesn’t need to wear her outfit into a fight at least from what we have seen.
Second example is Sumire: Also in the research department for Konoha, I’m not looking up the actual name, but she’s essentially a lab assistant, not a physical assistant her primary purpose.
Sarada actually would have been a good example of a physical fighter wearing impractical clothing but you didn’t have a section for her which is weird.
Third example: Code. His outfit is weird but also reflects his personality well because he has an inferiority complex from being a failed vessel for Isshiki and having his “will and goals” imposed on him. He’s trying to live up to that ideal by looking cool and edgy and when teens trying and look cool and edgy they normally end up dressing stupid most of the time. We have all been there.
The tech elements mostly came from Kishimoto wanting to move on and do more sci-fi manga. That’s why he went on to Make Samurai 8 but he was pulled back into the Naruto universe because it has been popular and is the big money maker. I don’t begrudge him for including the stuff he actually wanted to write about in his manga has was essentially strong armed into continuing.
@@Makyou87thank you
thing is it would be fine if the world building is consistent, we rarely see NON NINJA characters in main cast, we always meddle with the combatans. So assuming you are a ninja, at the very least you gonna do ninja things & summoned up in battlefield even as assistant/researcher.
what weird is with all that technology none of them directed to fashion canonly? the militant look still the same the bandages still the same & kinda defeat the points of ninja, they are not there to show off they dress humble because they always on mission
except in Naruto everyone dresses to fight whether you actually fight physically or not.
Legend of korra is calling from the industrial revolution. Boruto: naa im gonna skip to terminator or maybe the matrix, Ends in star wars.
Lmfao ikr?
Part 1 Naruto already had Tvs, phones, and movie theaters. It's not surprising.
That kind of development is not unheard of in the real world you know. Fast technological advancements happen all the time and it happens the fastest during and right after large wars. You need to read more about history.
Soultaker78 is correct read up on real world history after world war two or before it we where in the industrial era from making skyscrapers to dams to advance weapons to the rocket that literally after a decade or two after world war two that took man to the moon, too the first color TV I think either the 50s or 60s so it's safe to say that advancements of technology in such a short span of time is feasible and can be achieved
Perhaps I was too hard on legend of korra as a sequel series but I'll always sh*t on the Giant monster fight and dark avatar nonsense.
There are some misunderstandings. Delta is a robot. Kashin Koji is a cybernetically enhanced clone of Jiraiya. Daemon, Eida, Code, and Kawaki are all cyborgs (not robots). So, they're humans... But their bodies have been significantly modified by technology.
I respect constructive critique but this video falls short. You make it evident you have a limited understanding of what you're talking about. You haven't made an effort to finish Shippuden, nevermind reading the supporting material (i.e, canon novels covering the 15 year blank period). I worry you didn't even read the Boruto manga...
Next, have you considered that the designs consistently change between generations?
Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Madara were all alive close to the warring states period. Their combat attire is more akin to armour, and many shinobi of their time carried swords. It was demonstrative of their lives being a near-constant state of war.
It likely wasn't since the establishment of villages that their work became more covert, and less innately, life threatening (with finding cats now being "ninja work"). Hence, the attire changed. It wasn't necessarily just about surviving anymore. And though uncertain, peaceful periods existed.
Boruto's era is mostly peaceful (within the 5 great nations). As such, the shinobi don't look, or at times, feel the part- the 5 kage of the time discuss the matter.
Naruto has faith they can pass on the meaning of being shinobi. Sasuke, in novels and anime, conveys his belief that the greatest shinobi moving forward, will be those that stay true to tradition (i.e, honing techniques, skills, and training), while understanding and applying science/technology, in a way that supplements their capabilities- as opposed to being a stand in.
But seriously, fair credit is never really given in the video. Konohamaru, Kakashi, and even Yamato all had designs that felt expectable of a Naruto sequel. Even Naruto and Sasuke's adult designs were agreeable.
In all honesty, Sasuke actually captured the feel of being a fragment of a lost era. They represent the darkness the current peace was built on as well as the traditions and convictions associated with real ninja.
Also, be fair in understanding that Kishimoto discouraged Ikimoto from following his style and designs too closely. It's not necessarily all Ikimoto's fault.
Lastly, tf you mean Kashin Koji's design doesn't fit Naruto? It was one of the few Kara designs that felt like it adequately captured the mix of time periods. Like low-key, I think there's point to make, but this video just isn't it 😭
Your first paragraph is a great summary of reasons not to watch/read boruto
@@Cornchips392 how?
@@Cornchips392okay and why? that hurt your feelings or something
Exactly. This is such a lazy video yet it'll get views because people want confirmation bias
@@Cornchips392 Your comment is a pure example of blind hate.
Aida is not a ninja she can wear what is fasionable without needing practicality same as irl
But it’s strange that “what’s fashionable” changed so much from the original manga….
Like, I would say that in the original, we had Shippuden Ino, the Misukage, and Kurenai as good examples of fashionable women.
@@anastasiya256it's a whole different era, fashion from the 80s and 90s aren't the same as what most people wear today
@@anastasiya256 , there is a moment where Eida is shopping. She is the only one who has this "futuristic" taste, because everyone around in the village is still casual. I can be wrong tho
@@anastasiya256just like how you don’t wear clothes people in the 90s used to wear why the heck would she wear 90s clothes in a modern era?
@@anastasiya256 except those were not thier casual clothes....
Does anybody even read or watch the series?
Eida don't fight
You do know The point of sumire is kinda the fact that now, in their world of peace, ppl aren't all fighters she specifically chose to move toward science stuff. Its a similar thing with eida she dosesnt rly ever do much fighting cuz she doesn't need to her whole main power is that anyone who comes in contact with her is like instantly infatuated with her so why would she need to be dressed that way especially when she has what is essentially a body gaurd in her brother daemon even tho she dosent rly need it that much. Now when it comes to sarada tho she is like pretty under dressed especially in her part one design
*_RIGHT?_*
Bro those boruto haters are dumb af and weird they complain about everything
@@brandonsupreme8380lack comprehension skills lol the point of the show always goes over their head
@@reddboytv1332 nope shes just ignorant
That’s something i never understood with people like you… Why making a video about something you haven’t even watched? You don’t even get the right to share ur opinion. « stopped watching after Gaara died » you gave yourself away, like stop being embarrassing… come back when you’ve actually read it🤦♂️
That is TrashTube content creation for ya. No effort. Just reading the wiki.
@@IsaMariaUu well it’s embarrassing… you have no right to judge something you didn’t even put the effort to watch 5 minutes of the first episode. Sum opinions aren’t meant to be shared🤦♂️
That's her opinion why are you crying here
@@MuhammadAreeb-qk9zc Use your brain, thinking is free... she's judging something she hasn't seen and fully understood. If you don't see the problem in what she's saying, pls seek help. It's as if tomorrow someone is going to judge Mbappé's footballing style without having seen a single one of his matchs🤦♂️ people can have opinions, but do it AFTER u saw/understood the subject you’re giving your opinion about
@@arnaudk1187 she can do whatever she wants it's her RUclips don't watch it if you are upset with her
Eida is not a fighter matter of fact she never had one fight in the whole series that I'm aware of.
She's not a fighter, she is a neutral party and her brother is her knight who fights for her.
@@ashunifallstevity8323Ye looking at their name alone you can already know eida is not fighter and daemon is a fighter.
@@kilopopki4947 yes Eida is named after a computer scientist named Ada Lovelace, and Daemon is named after a computer programming that runs continuously on a background process, like his ability.
Ada isn’t even a fighter 😭. Them not looking like Ninja is like the entire point. None of the people you talked about are even Ninja. There’s a reason why Boruto is called the last shinobi
I think a lot of your points are accurate except for one being the advancement of technology. By the way I am so glad someone mentioned the pencil skirt thing for young girls in Boruto, it’s so creepy when you notice all of the adults woman where anything but long skirts.
Naruto in part one had freezers for milk and ice cream, Radios and Movies in colors, we couldn’t even get that last one till the 70s and they have their in hd! In the course of 20 years since the year 2000, we made high pressure water canon that cut like a light saber, the internet, escaped bad internet, made robots, made Ai who now steal art unfortunately and created medicine that numbs any bad thoughts. Boruto takes place 15-16 years in the future, they could totally reach that technology advancement that we have when they have jutsu that can bring back the dead and teleport. Though this doesn’t fix any of boruto designs problems just a cute thought I had.
As for favorite design it would be early series Delta cause as I really like her fluffy nimbus like hair, color scheme that doesn’t make me vomit like most of boruto cast and she looks like an adult woman who very confident in her looks…. And then the series would de age her every appearance she got in the manga.
Well thats kinda cap ikemoto draws inspiration from kpop idols and various other things to replicate that image and ofc grown women aren’t wearing those lmao
I was thinking, the presence of chakra could have the opposite effect on technology. Because they have superpowers thanks to chakra, they don’t need to advance in technology. For example, they don’t need stoves because they can just use a small fire jutsu to start up a fire for cooking whenever they need.
In the age of Madara and Hashirama, 80 years before the start of Naruto, it was basically Sengoku period. That’s the Middle Ages. 😅
In Naruto, we see many peasants dressed in traditional peasant garb, doing traditional farming work… with ploughs… bull-drawn ploughs, probably.
Sure, the average citizen has light bulbs… But other than that, it was just Orochimaru’s labs that had stuff like janky computers and DNA tests. I guess, since Orochimaru turned good, he started cooperating with society to bring technology to everyone…? The public’s adoption speed is too quick, though…
Yeah the tech part is the only thing I'll disagree with as well. I lived the 90s and it was a very different time than it was in the 2010s. Tech jumped leaps and bounds when the internet became reliable and faster allowing for the sharing of knowledge at near instant speeds. The tech jumps, while it seems jarring, is believable especially if the world was just a lynch pin invention away from an explosive growth in tech.
@@4yahwey275 no wonder i felt like eida felt like a South Korea
I only watched the first like five episodes of boruto but how is a full fledged android a natural pace for technology to go?
I kid you not, I'm extremely fúcking serious
Exactly one minute into the video and she said she dropped Naruto after Gaara died 😂
Uh... yes, we're all watching the video, we heard that
@@malachiblood13people are less likely to hear your point if you didn't even finish the series your talking about
And Gaara didn't die
Doesn't she know that Gaara is still the Kazekage in Boruto?😂😂
Honestly Boruto feels more like completely different manga instead of next naruto series, I understand that he wanted to go out of big shadow, but then make your own scifi manga instead of running another
Yea, never watched this show and would be super interested in it. Let me say I LOVE the designs (probably a minority), but if you told me this was Naruto... no way.
I hope you read these and take it as constructive criticism because theres a a big difference between having legitimate constructive criticism and just misrepresenting a series by doing the bare minimum amount of research, its fine that you didnt want to watch a 293 episode show if your not interested in it but it would be wise to at least do the research on the specific areas you want to comment on.
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Thats not how Technological progression works, its not solely linear and does not advance at the same rate every time, the jump in technology between the end of the 19th century and the start of 20th century was larger than the jump between 12th and 16th century, ontop of that your presumptions on how advanced naruto's world was prior to boruto is just straight up wrong, electricity , radio and even televisions are existed as far back as the first 20 chapters of naruto, in fact the bio engineering found in naruto outclasses what we can do in our own world, and thats within the village not outside of it.
7:20 - 9:54
1. Eida is not a shinobi, she isnt even a fighter, the series emphasizes that she doesnt enjoy fighting and will avoid it if she can.
2. Eida is not a robot she is a cyborg, cyborgs are by definition humans who have been augmented.
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Sumire is not a shinobi, she is part of the scientific team who spends most her days doing research and being behind a computer, she had a short period of time where she was a shinobi and her attire reflected that static.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/83/Team_15.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1200?cb=20180314100503
The reason why Eida and Sumire don't really have practical/ battle ready outfits is because they're not fighters. Eida has two powers and one of them is that the second you lay your eyes on her and you fall in love with her to the point where you can't hurt her and time skip Sumire is basically tech support so she stays in the village and isn't a fighter which is why she got rid of the thigh pouch, she doesn't need it. Sarada tho I totally get she is a straight-up fighter and her outfit may be very stylish it's not very practical. They could have kept the stylish outfits while having practical outfits by just having two different designs like they did with Naruto at the end of Shippuden. Post-war and the last Naruto movie Naruto had two outfits of village outfit which was a white T-shirt with orange hoodie gray sweatpants and flipflop looking sandles and it was a very relaxed look. Then he had his mission outfit which was a lot more practical with the normal Shinobi sandals with a really thick soles and is basically just a color swap version of his boruto design. Also the technological advances weren't ikimoto's choice that was actually something made by kishimoto as kishimoto loves sci-fi and his other series samurai #8 that was a very sci-fi stooped world was canceled he just kind of brought that to boruto.
This video genuinely sucks, and I'll explain why. The fact that the video creator didn't even read Boruto and did "research" instead shows that they don't know the context of why things happen. The video creator probably saw an image of Boruto with a lightsaber and didn't think much of it, when it's only there for 1 arc and for a good reason, however I'd be getting into spoilers. Another reason why the video creator should've read the material your studying is to know the context of why the characters are designed the way they are. Eida is not a shinobi and doesn't get into battles because she says they are "barbaric". Also a cyborg is a human with mechanical enhancements, those enhancements will get into spoilers. Sumire was the class president in the ninja academy, and is in the science field in Konoha, so she doesn't fight that much and plays a supporting role. Finally, Code is not a shinobi in the slightest, and is a cyborg. There's also not much I can say about Code without getting into spoilers. Obviously you don't have to like the designs, I prefer Naruto's character designs, but who cares if a sequel has a different style when coming to character designs. As long as the fundamentals are there in the story, it should be well done, and Boruto has these fundamentals of Naruto, just expressed differently.
Had she watched Boruto she'd have a lot more than just designs to complain about, lmao.
What's Sarada's excuse 👀
@@digestiveissue7710 Even if you're hating, you might not be wrong. Every story has problems and I do have a few problems with Boruto. However, Boruto is still great to me.
@@malachiblood13 The video creator never says anything about Sarada's design other than, "it looks bad". I can't comment on that because that's a subjective opinion. 😭😭😭
@@Locky_Games
I’ll explain why it looks bad then,
She’s dressed like a stripper at age 12…
She’s a ninja who gets into fights daily….
Her time skip outfit is even worse and looks very limited to move in…again she’s a ninja, these outfits don’t make sense and seems to be put in the manga just for her to look pretty or “hot”
Explain Why codes dressed like a British royal vampire In a universe that majority asian aesthetic..
the entirety of the comment section giving each other handiobs on mindless hate 😹
Fr 😂 the just want a comfirmation of some sort to hate on boruto😂
cause boruto is ass. boruto really confirmed that mfers will literally glaze anything no matter how mid it is
I really dislike when videos of people spreading misinformation blows up. I kid you not 80% of this comment section have never touched boruto. Why would cyborgs dress like shinobi? Why would people who don’t fight dress to fight? The worst part you haven’t even watched the majority of shippuden? And yet blind haters are agreeing when you’re just wrong.
It’s not hate towards it as much as it’s just offputting. The designs and vision is so different from the predecessor that I’ve no desire to get to know boruto
Wait so let me gut this straight your criticizing a series that you yourself admitted to not reading and just going based off of some wiki pages at least read the thing you want to criticize and critique instead of this I get it Boruto hate gets views but that doesn't give you the right to do this without reading it
you dont have to know the intricate details of an anime/manga to understand its overall artistic theme lol. The points she makes are valid, its the same reason you can tell a One Piece character is from One Piece without having seen the entire anime/read the entire manga
@@BobbyFlayyy yes you do because she does not understand who the characters are and what they're about just because. she probably doesn't even know that they're not Shinobi so why would they dress like them she is critiquing something that she doesn't understand
@@iamnice8511 the point isnt that they dont look like shinobi, its that they dont look like they belong in Boruto at all lol. Once again, its about the overall artistic theme/style of the manga/anime, which you don't need to know every exact detail to grasp. Artistic theme is conveyed through its imagery, and compliments the overall story. It ENHANCES the story, and its what hooks in initial viewers at the surface level. Therefore, you don't need to know the entire transcript of Boruto to appreciate/critique it's artistic theme/style.
And its not like shes critiquing it with zero info on the series, she watched both Naruto and Shippuden and explains how their outfits made sense to the time and setting of the anime/manga, despite not liking several of the designs herself. However, even though different characters wore different outfits, they at least made sense to the style and theme of the anime/manga. Her point is that its especially worse with Boruto, given all its established context from its predecessors Naruto and Shippuden.
@@BobbyFlayyy yes they do look like they belong in Boruto have you even watched or read the show fashion is a big part about how the people express themselves it is quite literally shown and stated also she is a complete outsider so of course she would also have clothes outside of the norms also the fuck are you on about artistic themes every single outfit in Boruto represents the character who they are and what they hold dear I could literally give you an example of most of the cast designed by ikemoto and what their clothes represent. she is critiquing something she herself doesn't know she hadn't even passed a third of Shippuden before making this video someone who hasn't seen a shown can not and should not just form random opinions about it with out having context
"Dropped naruto after garra died"
I am still stuck on that 😂😂😂
*Proceeds to make 18 minute long video on thing she has not seen a majority of*
@@ZeeecksLegendsYou don't need to know much about the story itself to judge character design.
@@dokuganryu1565 You literally do need to know the story to judge character designs cause criticizing characters for not wearing proper clothes to fight even though they aren't fighters is wack.
@@Generalmituna8079 When your character looks like it belongs in a completely different series just by the grounds of existing then that kinda becomes irrelevant
If you didn’t watch the series, why are you making an “analysis” video on it? This was a poorly made video. It feels like that early trend of people bashing Boruto on RUclips for views is coming back which is just sad for fans and the writers.
I swear it makes no sense why code/delta would dress like ninjas when they quite literally aren’t shinobi same for daemon and then the eida and sumire part is just ignorance in full display. Both aren’t fighters why the heck would they even dress to fight?
@@Thatfan864 exactly. like ofc she doesn’t know why they dress like that she doesn’t even read the manga💀
@@Thatfan864daemon looks so ass bruh no matter if he is a ninja or not dafuk is this character
100% agree with you on the tech and designs. I think naruto really got the short end of the design stick of the og characters.
I wanna know why his hairline is running away
did yall forget that they had running electricity, cameras, tvs, vhs and telephones ( precursor to the internet ) in naruto part one?
@@teslercoil5174 People are operating on a weird sense of nostalgia. For some reason people think Naruto was set in the Edo Period
@@mawandembatha6622and that he’s not supposed to look like an actual grown man in his 30s lol. Many grown mean have receding hairlines. Their criticism are nothing but mainly from a perspective of not liking change lol. Over years technology grows,trends develop and hairstyles and clothing change. I really don’t see the issue especially when most of Boruto’s cast aren’t ninja so….thats like the whole point but it goes over their heads lol. Code,kawaki,Eida and Damon and others aren’t ninja and fight nothing like ninja,nor do they want to be.
@@reddboytv1332 And if Boruto operating on the same conflicts between ninjas and had the exact same style, there would be no need for a sequel and that would be an actual money grab. But u can tell they want to create a different type of story while operating in the same universe and following continuity which is what sequels should do
Also, if I was a modern day ninja, I would absolutely want to do ninja stuff in a tracksuit
People forget that Naruto wore a tracksuit his whole life. He never even wore what can be considered proper ninja attire. Even Sakura and Sasuke's attire was more ninja appropriate. Naruto jist rocked a tracksuit and people didn't complain, not realising that tracksuits are NOT a normal ninja thing
Now they are suprised shit changes over 15 years
2:22 10 years in the joint
No way theres a nishiki reference here 😂
Reading Boruto as an adult man, I was definitely looking to be taken back to the sense of coolness and adventure that Naruto gave me as a teenager.
I ducking love Boruto’s post-timeskip design because that edgy-cool look is exactly how I wanted to dress as a 15-16yo.
I think that a lot of the character designs are there to be cool to kids: People are more fashion conscious than ever from a younger age and I think that’s what is coming out in the designs.
It’s important to have characters who can be tough, hardened killers, and who also want to dress nicely and be pretty outside of that. But I think Boruto’s wasted that potential in its current state.
eida is not a robot. cyborg just means they were genetically augmented, which is something that orochimaru did in og naruto all the time, it’s not futuristic
What do you even know about good designs? Lmao
Boruto character design is when author entered the coomer zone with a little obsession with dilfs
No wonder, why the boruto hate is so common...that's her best performing video so far when it comes to views and likes...its too lucrative. the fact that those opinions are so baseless with no backing, She complains about Eida's design (not a shinobi btw) as unfit for fighting when Eida literally said she doesn't ever want to fight or know how to !!!😂 if u haven't read the manga, just don't make a baseless opinionated video. And the same person who said she dropped Naruto at gaara's death 💀💀💀
In regard to sumire's design, she kept emphasizing on how will she be able to fight in that outfit, but didn't she know that her character has no involvement in field missions/combat like the Ninja Corps? Her job is to be a scientist in ST.
boruto designs are still ass no matter how you try to explain it trough the story
Boruto is the Goat 🐐
Thats boruto sucking for clout is not crazy...😂
Eida is a bio cyborg she was born a human
“I know nothing of the lore of the series.” “But I hate the series” lmao
yeah, she kinda lost me there but by saying boruto has bad designs it's sorta fine?
probably just another casual watcher who would end up liking boruto if they didn't know anything about naruto lol
either way boruto is shit, no doubt about it. just getting to know what tf you're talking about would back up your opinion a lot more from a 17 minute video
@@zixlity9471she is criticizing designs being not suited for fighting while mentioning characters that don’t fight. Do I have to say anything else?
Still somehow ended up being right.
@@xArda58 characters not fighting in a fighting shonen is even more stupid than her argument though lol
like some of THE main villains for the series and they still haven't shown up for a battle and have their lackies do everything. at least obito did something man ikemoto is a joke
@@zixlity9471why is eida, a villain who is not supposed to fight anyone due to her ability, fighting someone ?
15:30 in real life however the 2 world wars saw massive leaps in technological advancements as more and more killing and life saving needed to happen over the course of a few short years, Naruto however has it's big war happen over the span of 2 days with next to no technological issues, rather to solve it's issues it introduced gods and aliens from outer space that simply got dragged over to boruto.
The main problem with Boruto is Shounen Jump. Naruto is too good for just ending it. So they come up with the idea of Boruto haphazardly. As a result it’s world building and everything is just mediocre compared to Naruto. Even Boruto's obsession of becoming someone like Sasuke is baseless and outright cringe. Sasuke became who he is today mainly because of his brother and Naruto. He had a character development. But for boruto it just feels like he is causing trouble for everyone. And also he is very disrespectful towards Naruto at the beginning. Even though Naruto is a hokage he tried to be there for his family as much as he could. But boruto is just annoying as hell at the beginning. As if he wanted attention or something.
just like his father... also what you said isn't a critique, you just don't like a character. kids aren't logical
wtf? have you even bothered the read the manga because everything you said is absolutely not true and he has plenty of character development. good mindless hate.
“I really don’t know anything about the Boruto series, but“ 😂
I’m glad it’s not just me
220k views in a 9k subs channel thats truly the goat of new gen
they don’t know it yet
one minute in and i already knew this was straight bullshit
1:01 is atrocious 😂
boruto is straight bullshi
Boruto fans are like Mr Beast fans, say one wrongthought, and they come after you.
That is scary accurate
How would you feel if a show you enjoy or manga you enjoyed gets hated by someone who didn't even watch it or read it? like nigga ofc im finna defend it 😭
@@pumpfresh4128 Why do you care?Its not like the guy that hates it will just come to your house and kill your family if you watch it.The comments on any website are meaningless to your everyday life.Just watch things you like and dont look on others
Wow so if you like something you're not allowed to defend it? Especially when something is so poorly researched?
@@Tektabyte there's a difference between defending something and being malicious. And many Boruto fans are like that
“I dropped Naruto after Gaara died” “I don’t under boruto’s world building” 💔🐶
🤣🤣🤣 fr what is she saying
borutos world building is dogshi
You can't give an opinion about a show you didn't finished , imagine stoping watching avatar at season 2 and then you going watch the sequel of the show and complain about how everything feels different🤦♂️
You shouldn’t be making videos about things you don’t understand 👍
Boruto hate is so forced 💀
You’re annoyed because Eid’s looks like she doesn’t fight ? She literally doesn’t fight tho 😭😭😭
tbf for Sumire, she's not a fighter after the time skip. She joined the research team and stays in a laboratory.
Knew the video was straight bullshit when you mentioned how you dropped the majority of the Franchise during the first 17 EPs of Shippuden. 😭
While I would normally agree, I think from the perspective of character design and design dissonance, you don't really need to watch the show to critique those things.
@@owenchafer1083yes you do. That’s why she’s mad eida and simile don’t dress like shinobi when they’re not fighters
Dropped the video after I heard "dropped Naruto after gara died"
for me it's less about the technological advancement and more about how they are designed. In Boruto a lot of the technologies look way too sleek and modern. They feel out of place. Which is kinda disappointing because Konoha being a huge, busy place where people come from all over should be an excuse to bring out more fantastical, rough around the edges, East Asian-based steampunk design or something. Hell, go retro futurism with a Japanese flair for all I care. Just make it messier. It's a fantasy ninja manga. You're expected to do that
Except it's never been steampunk. Naruto was always said to be based around the 1980's
I know it's not steampunk, but that's the closest thing I can describe the aesthetic as. When you watch Naruto, I don't think "1980" is the first time period to come to mind with all the ninja weapons and more traditional architecture
@@losj3020 1980 is where everything is based on. Its even stated as such. The villages are based on more rural places on japan which is why radios and TVs still exist in the verse
Naruto had playstation like game consoles and mini mics and ear pieces. That's when I figured there was high tech. I recall a quote from the creator saying he seperated them from tech on purpose
You don't have any right to criticise designs when you don't even watch or read Boruto. All designs fit character's personality and purpose in the story.
I don't even take this as a critism, its just pure hate backed up with nothing.
@@Pointless6987_ivy
I watched boruto and this comment is cap,
Yeah she didn’t watch it but she was basically spot on with designs being dumb.
Sarada dressing like a stripper doesn’t fit the story and doesn’t fit her character as a stuck up, genius ninja.
Code dressed as a British royal vampire doesn’t fit the set In stone asian aesthetic in naruto,
It looks incredibly out of placed in the universe.
@@LoopyLemon775 so you call everyone clothes like Sarada strippers?
Where are you from? You will run into a lot of problems with those narrow minded beliefs.
Pls make your own opinion. Sarada's clothes are perfectly fine. Also there's no standards for strippers' clothing.
Stone Asian? Boruto is set in the 2010s and it is not limited to Asian aesthetics.
If you have watched the anime, there is a fair amount of variety in clothing, buildings and aesthetics.
There are literally villages full of black people. While In Japan it wouldn't make sense. Naruto/Boruto world is different from our world. It can include different clothing trends from different ages. It's been a thing in Naruto from the start. Literally Naruto wears sports jumpsuit lol. Isn't it supposed to look out of place?
Code design is fine and he naturally looks like a vampire. You can't blame him for that lmao.
Boruto clout is crazy
Did this girl just say she stopped watching Naruto during the very beginning of shippuden?😭😭😭
I KNOWWWWW... HOW TF IS SHE JUDGIN BASED ON WORLD BUILDING WHEN SHE DIDNT EVEN SEE THE WORLD 😭
Retardedd vid ngl
And what drives me crazy is that there are tons of people who are agreeing with her even after listening to that in very first minute (1:01)
@@UchihaSasuke069 b3causw even if she stopped watching the things she is saying is correct and worthy of being agreed with are y'all that daft? Just say you like the Boruto slop and move on.
@@AshXiao1She judged non ninja for not dressing like ninja and she criticized non fighters for not dressing like fighters. World building is one thing but design is different.
What about finishing Naruto first instead of dumbly hating on a sequel you didn't even read a chapter of? 😂
Womp womp
Yes, doing this video without finishing Naruto is weird as hell. But Boruto sucks anyway, Ikemoto's designs included.
Eida looks like a Pokemon trainer
As a boruto fan, even i have some critiques on the series. however, this video is honestly terrible. i stopped giving her the benefit of the doubt after she complained about eida's design not being suited for combat when she never fights in the first place.
I love Naruto and don't like Boruto that much since I personally find the story to be disappointing, but this video is so awful it makes me want to defend Boruto. This is blatant misinformation and bias.
1:01 Based on this alone, this video should already be invalidated.
I mean she’s right about the designs being trash though lol
@@kamamara2567yall do not know how to dress in real life, why tf should we take your opinion on fashion, boruto outfits are perfectly fine, eida and daemon are supposed to look outlandish, they’re literally beings conceived as cybernetic gods, why would they appear “normal” when they can barely fit in due to their powers
@@kamamara2567She literally said Eida's design doesn't look like she's a fighter. And guess what Eida is not even meant to be a fighter & had 0 fight scenes 💀. Literally that's so ass reason to hate on something
@@destroylonely_
Well there is a problem with how 12 year old girls dress in boruto tho,
Sarada is dressed like a actual stripper lmao.
That aside, I love drip in anime but it has to make sense and fit within the aesthetic of the series,
The fashion doesn’t fit in the naruto verse at all,
Code dresses like a British royal vampire which looks out of place in a world that’s majority asian aesthetic and very obvious meant to be asian aesthetic.
The only new boruto character that looks like they fit into the world is probably jigen and kashin koji.
Other than them the rest of the cast need a massive overall in style.
ikemoto is inspired by fashion magazines like " Elle " and not jojo. Manga fans have so little artistic culture that for them doing a fashion cover is a reference to jojo.
.... Oh man, these characters looks like they'd fit in Eureka 7 and nobody would think twice about it.