Boruto Chapter 9 – You Remind Me Of…
Boruto Manga Chapter 9 Summary
Another week, another finale to Boruto’s main theme. Just when it looks like we’ll finally get an answer about Boruto’s dojutsu, or demon, the story finds another way to fight. It’s hard to complain about the lack of drama considering we’re only nine episodes into the series, but I can’t help but think we’re being laughed at at this point. Wrong or not, this episode quickly picked up on last week’s story and delivered two battle scenes as a balm for another bad episode. Still determined to prove that his Byakugan is real, Boruto agrees to duel his aunt Hanabi. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t use his power. That night, he leaves the Hyuga clan in search of food and meets another ninja, this time an actor playing the heroic ninja Kagemasa. With Sarada’s help, Naruto overcomes the enraged player and reaffirms his belief in the power of his eyes.
There are some brief segments during this broadcast that include a conversation between Naruto and Hiashi about Boruto’s abilities, but the episode passes so quickly between these cuts that it’s hard to think much about it. It is an intervention. The same goes for the battle with Hanabi, who makes practical use of Boruto’s shadow clones, but ultimately interrupts Boruto’s jutsu ambitions in an unpleasant way. The plot developed quickly and I had a hard time figuring out what to make of this strange conclusion.
Contemplating what it means to be a hero also returns to last week, with Boruto and Sarada cast as shadows of their fame. He is fat and lazy. Boruto accuses him of not following his instructions and gives him a severe beating as punishment. Like the other stories in the episode, the ending of this episode seems weaker than the previous episodes, although the fight looks good, it reminds of Naruto and Sasuke’s fight with Zabuza in the first series (episode 9 again!). Fortunately, identifying Kagemasa’s flaws caused Boruto to give up on “cool” heroics, but he later finds himself back where he started, still searching for ways to prove himself to his father.
Also, Boruto gains strength for one week, but starts blowing his tires the next week. I’d like to speculate about the series since we’re still less than ten episodes in, but considering the original series has already aired on Waveland at this point, I can’t help but wonder if Boruto seems to have been pushed into Delay. . . They have small feet. I plan to watch the first one, but sometimes I wonder how much of my love for the original series carries over to this new series.
I just realized I didn’t talk about the other half of the episode. This is probably because it’s easy to forget that only Sarada can help stupid Boruto.
I should no longer try to predict whether the series will finally achieve its goal and continue to air good episodes. Next week is the last episode and I told myself that if the show doesn’t start off really well, I’ll watch it. Let’s see if I will continue watching these videos.