#kawaki boruto tbv

[boybolt]

Edit- Boruto TBV 12

[itachis-eyes]

next chapter be like

[descendant-of-truth]

A Borumitsu teamup at this point in the story would be the funniest thing ever actually

[mayaketu]

Character analysis: Naruto vs Boruto’s forgiving natures

Naruto is a kind person. But a lot of people interpret all of his actions to being foolishly kind, when Naruto really is just a traumatized & principled character that empathizes with people based off that.

Both are traumatized & principled, but have different traumas driving their actions.

Let’s examine Naruto first:

Notice, Naruto does not decide to be understanding until he draws a connection between himself and his opponent being victims of child abuse. Naruto never tried to empathize with Orochimaru, Danzo or Madara, nor had much of a negative reaction to their demise at all. Naruto also knew all 3 of them had repeatedly committed the worst sin- abused children. His biggest trauma.

Naruto hasn’t been advocating for people to escape consequences, he wanted people to atone because he understood that they were traumatized as children & never got the guidance that saved Naruto from going down their exact path. He wasn’t rly being gullible (he had nothing to lose by the time he tried talk-no-jutsu lol), kind or even forgiving- he decided no matter how difficult to stick to his principles he learned from Jiraiya. To try to stop the cycle of hatred by having people atone rather than to punish them through revenge.

Naruto’s biggest flaw though, is that he is overly blinded by his abandonment trauma- he feels he has to “save” people who went through child abuse like he did. He projects too much of his own feelings onto them- when they are their own people who won’t necessarily turn around as easily as Naruto did- which is why he lost his arm to sasuke who wouldn’t relent until beaten into submission. & (temporarily) lost his life to kawaki.

In psych terms, Naruto is trying to reinforce to himself that he was always worthy of being saved, which is what drives him to go as far as he does. It’s not really his kindness, or passion but his trauma is the way Naruto deeply connects to others.

Episode 10 of boruto NNG. This convo is not in the manga but it’s clear from the manga as well that this is how Naruto feels:

This is why Naruto struggled so much to connect with Boruto. Boruto wasn’t an abused child- thats why it seemed Naruto didn’t “care” about Boruto and Himawari as much as Kawaki. His bio kids were the first people very close to him without significant trauma for him to build a relationship on. Hima was still pretty young, & not as outspoken as boruto, so we didnt see that dynamic as much with her.

Boruto is still early in his story & has a lot more to learn. So this is as of chapter 14 of TBV.

Boruto’s current analysis:

Boruto has spent his whole life building healthy connections unlike Naruto, yet seems to have the same desire to “save” even the most “irredeemable” people. There are 2 reasons why.

Reason 1, For Boruto he is able to forgive kawaki because he understands that he’s not in a position to judge him. Boruto recognizes that he is a threat because of momoshiki, and blames & hates himself for everyone being endangered, not kawaki who is actually protecting them in his own twisted way. & now, feeling the pain of abandonment, he also empathizes with kawaki, thus forgiving him. This is how BORUTO sees it right now.

He’s also trying to make the right choices he knows ADULT Naruto would make, but adult Naruto has confronted his self hatred & knows not to take or blame everything on himself. Boruto hasn’t learned that yet, he’s willing to accept help when it’s dire, but still believes the overall burden is his alone. He has also been mainly taught by Sasuke, who still hasn’t overcome his own self hatred as much as Naruto has & desire to handle everything alone.

*boruto has actually been struggling with self hatred since getting caught cheating, that’s why he irrationally hated all ninja tech- it’s from the shame of being exposed. Self hatred is a huge underlying part of his character I could expand on later; I’m focusing on this comparison to Naruto here.

Boruto is blinded by his self hatred in the same way Naruto is blinded by his abandonment trauma. That’s why some of their actions seem so irrational, they are fueled by trauma. & These blind spots are where they both make their most costly mistakes.

That’s why he naively defied Koji’s order to escape and instead released code. He knows from Naruto he can’t do everything alone, but he lacks the wisdom to understand when/how to apply it. He should’ve relied on Koji’s advice rather than trying to plan on his own which led to a huge mistake. Code is still loose.

Reason 2, Boruto’s will is to be shadow hokage. To bear burdens for the sake of the village and people he loves. Part of bearing the burden is swallowing your pride for the greater good, which he learned from Sasuke. He’s not being kind or forgiving by saving Code. He wanted to kill the shinju ASAP before they could evolve further and needed his help.

Same with asking to train Kawaki. Kawaki’s fate is tied to both Naruto/Hinata, the EARTH & boruto’s fates. Outside of any emotional reasons, he literally cannot afford to let Kawaki die + kawaki’s unique abilities (shrinking claw marks particularly) are instrumental in defeating the shinju. & Especially now that the shinju are growing in number and in other villages, boruto cannot always be there to protect kawaki. Kawaki needs to get stronger fast for the sake of the planet.

I’m interested in the larger convo between boruto and kawaki and training him, but we’ll have to see once chapter 15 officially drops.

[usuratongaychi]

kawababy + kashin koji forced sasuke and boruto to wear the stupid froggy suit

[monkeydluthy]

Absorbing the planet rotation that won’t stop before the planet .. crazy

[miri-chan0509]

Happy Birthday Kawaki!🥰😍🤩🎉

[flourishfox]

Kawaki

[sainsane-uchiha-bae]

The Final part Boruto’s episode 218 breaks your heart and throws it directly into the toilet and then flushes it.

ありがとう。

[boybolt]

🥝 x 🔩

[itachis-eyes]

i can't stop thinking about the one panel

[tigerfire54]

Both of them look so good especially their eyes and face. That's the only thing Ikemoto is doing well.

Boruto and Kawaki team up incoming 👀🔥

[klypt0maniac]

I FUCKING HATE HIM FOR THIS-AUFHFEBFEIECEWOHFWRGJBR

NO BBG, YOU DESERVE BETTER, GO GET BORUTO, GO GET YOUR MANS!!!!

Okay, I'm on chapter one of Boruto: TBV and I already hate it here. If you didn't know, I'm a Mitsuki simp and I PERSONALLY think he deserves SO MUCH better rn.

I'm NOT A KAWAKI HATER BUT RN I'M USING EVERY INSULT IN THE HUMAN DICTIONARY

(ISTG if at the end of this Boruto and Mitsuki aren't happily married with 3 kids a dog and a nice house I'm gonna jump off a fucking cliff.)

[infinitebullshit]

[Himawari's and Mitsuki's feelings towards Boruto and Kawaki explains the nature of Kawaki's desire.]

According to my interpretation, Kawaki whimsically wished he was in Boruto's place because it'd be easier to get ride of Momoshiki by killing himself since from his pov, he's an unworthy outsider nobody would grieve in contrast to Boruto who belongs to Konoha and is loved by everyone. Himself included.

Boruto and Kawaki are Otsutsuki, therefore the wish didn't affect them. However Eida can't control Omnipotence so Kawaki's wish got reflected on the whole planet instead, much like how her own desire got fulfilled.

[Himawari]

TBV ch1 emphasized how despite nothing making sense anymore (Kawaki being remodeled, not having Momoshiki, having Isshiki's karma and Shinjutsu ..etc), Omnipotence forced them to still recognize Kawaki in Boruto's place.

Many people tried to associate Kawaki's desire with everything vile, ranging from "He is jealous and wants what Boruto has" to "He wants Boruto hated like him " and so on.

But ch1 of TBV showed Himawari still being able to think and feel what she wants regarding who she views as Kawaki (Boruto now).

Himawari is 100% affected with no resistance. She has no doubts (anymore) about Kawaki being Boruto and vice versa as she's under Omnipotence's control like everyone else.

What she doubts, and affirmatively doesn't believe or want to believe, is the premise of Kawaki killing Naruto.

Unlike everybody else, Himawari lived with the guy. She knows what kind of person he is, especially his unconditional affection to Naruto and his self-sacrificial tendencies for her family.

She's positive Kawaki didn't kill Naruto, and if "That was the case" then he's in some kind of deep trouble because he would never kill Naruto if he was in his right mind.

She still possesses the freedom to think what she wants of "Boruto", proving Kawaki didn't want the real Boruto to be hated or viewed in any kind of light for the purpose of killing him.

[Mitsuki]

Mitsuki is one of those who got brainwashed way too easily without a single moment of doubt in ch79.

He got no resistance whatsoever to Eida's Omnipotence, however he questioned if Kawaki was his sun in TBV ch1.

Many of us took this as him questioning the identity of Kawaki being Boruto because he is not what he remembers.

However now I believe he's questioning if the Hokage's son was his sun altogether from get go.

See, Mitsuki's existence was over-elaborated to him as this "moon" who needs a "sun" otherwise he'll fall into darkness.

He didn't exactly choose who his sun will be, or if he really needs one to begin with. It was all Orochimaru's unethical social experiment.

Regardless, he followed Orochimaru's will anyways and befriended Boruto who was all sunny and radiates positive energy. He was like a study case for Mitsuki to observe and follow until he can be his own person.

As of now, he didn't know what "love" is until he was charmed by Eida and questioned if it's even hard to tell how you feel about someone during his conversation with Sarada.

Mitsuki is unable to feel deep feelings on his own, he's like a parasite who feeds off other people's feelings instead.

He was comfortable with Orochimaru's choice of sun for the stated reasons above. Mitsuki went as far as stating Boruto will never change- he NEEDS him to stay the same, otherwise the whole formula of his existence crumbles.

Kawaki, wants nothing to do with that.

He's the exact opposite of the real Boruto in terms of personality- he radiates negative energy.

He can't fullfill Mitsuki's existential needs.

From Mitsuki's pov, "Boruto" had changed. He is no longer qualified to be his sun. Especially after Kawaki basically rejected him.

The whole "Moon" and "Sun" analogy went over Mitsuki's head. What he understood from it is having to be attached to Boruto's hip all the time so he can suck the light outta him, while it was about learning how to be a normal human from him.

Mitsuki's development is likely going to end with him realizing he needs no sun. Not Kawaki, not Boruto or anybody.

Either thar or dies chasing an illusion installed in him by his twisted parent.

Back to the topic, Mitsuki's case is similar to Himawari's. He is controlled by Omnipotence but still able to form his own impression of who he thinks is Boruto.

Which in contrast to Hima, it's negative.

[raveneira]

Will Boruto knowing about everything Sumire did for him changes the way he looks at her? I mean as of now he does know that Sumire is unaffected but he doesn't seem to have react much...or maybe he has a lot on his plate right now and simply has no time for romantic thoughts. I'm just curious how Boruto will fall for Sumire if they were to be endgame...what would be the trigger and how would it start?

Well for Boruto what we've seen consistently in both the anime and manga is that Boruto tends to have a strong reaction towards Sumire being in danger, despite acting casually with her for the most part, Sumire's safety is when he reacts differently.

In the anime when she got hurt in an explosion he freaked out and ran to her in the hospital immediately, in the anime he bowed to her and apologized and blamed himself for what happened while in the manga it says he actually cried in that moment. Metal Lee also got similarly hurt but Boruto didn't really react at all, but for Sumire he almost had a full on panic attack.

During the whole Nue conflict Boruto threw himself in danger for her sake multiple times, he got between her and Mitsuki despite her trying to blow up his village, he followed her to Nues dimension despite Mitsuki saying its dangerous, he once again stopped Mitsuki and Sumire from fighting and getting stabbed in the arm in the process, and he refuses to give up on Sumire no matter what she says and wouldn't leave until she took his hand, this is also the first time he ever calls her by name instead of class rep to show his sincerity, which was the final push that undid the Gozu Tennou.

Afterwards when Sumire is facing consequences for what she did, Boruto was furious when he heard Inojin saying Sumire wasn't coming back, he even did something he never does and actually went to his father for help, even though during this time he was on really bad terms with his father, he set aside his pride to beg him to not punish Sumire. In the end Boruto was happy when Sumire was allowed to come back, even though he was too shy to go celebrate with everyone else, he still flashed her a supportive smile to let her know he's glad she's back, which moved Sumire to tears and is most likely when she fell for him.

During the Jugo arc Boruto was furious when he saw what Suigetsu did to Sumire and said he wouldn't forgive him for hurting her

He had a similar reaction when Kawaki kicked the tray of food away and knocking Sumire back

In this case he actually physically hurt Kawaki and had to be stopped, that's how mad he was at him for hurting her that he didn't even realize he was hurting him.

He holds a grudge against Kawaki again for hurting Sumire a second time.

In the manga he hasnt had many chances to interact with Sumire unfortunately but that's not much different than Naruto's lack of interactions with Hinata, who he is now married to with 2 kids so that really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

Even so we see in the manga that he still has the same reaction in regards to Sumire's safety specifically. He only cared about Ada mentioning Sumire and had no reaction to her requesting Sarada also, just Sumire, and he also only checked in with Sumire to make sure if she was ok with it, he was even nervous about her being alone in the room with Ada and Sarada.

Not to bring BoruSara into this because their irrelevant, but I gotta briefly mention them to make the point.

In TBV Boruto has had no different of a reaction to Sarada than he has Sumire, he treats Sarada with the same stoicism and apathy he does Sarada, the only times he's smiled so far have been to Mitsuki and making fun of Sarada for hugging him which is just his usual personality, but overall he's remained serious and focused on the task at hand without getting distracted.

Its SARADA who has to make the first move, not Boruto, if she didn't hug him then Boruto would've continued to keep his distance and explain the situation, as you saw after the hug he just sat down on a bench in silence waiting for one of them to speak.

This is why Boruto makes fun of her for hugging him, because it was unexpected, he came there to explain what happened to her father and what the new threats are, a 'touching reunion' was the last thing on his mind, so it surprised him when Sarada hugged him rather than letting him finish, which again explains the awkward silence afterwards that Sumire had to break.

Now getting back to Boruto and Sumire, just like Sarada, Sumire is the one who has to initiate, which seems to be a pattern with Boruto in the timeskip currently. Boruto at the moment has total tunnel vision, his focus is entirely on freeing Sasuke and everyone else, defeating the new threats, and reconciling with Kawaki.

Romance, affection etc is the furthest thing from his mind right now, which is why I must mention again that he made fun of Sarada for hugging him, because even he thought that was weird given the current situation, its not like he didn't appreciate the affection, but Boruto's focus is just on an entirely different goal that's way more important. (As you see after teasing her he goes right back to being serious and focusing on the task at hand)

So thats why Boruto doesnt have much reaction to Sumire either, as poorly written as it is for him not to be even a little surprised at her being unaffected, but his lack of reaction is consistent with his lack of reaction to pretty much everything up till this point, his mind is somewhere else, he cant think about catching up with old friends when there's way more important things that needs dealing with, it doesn't mean he doesn't care or cant/wont develop feelings for Sumire, it just means he cant think about that RIGHT NOW.

As much as I hate comparing Sasuke to Boruto even a little bit, Boruto and him ARE similar in that regard, their goals are more important than their potential love interest, it doesn't mean he has no feelings for her or wont have any for her later, he just has his priorities somewhere else right now.

So to answer your question of how do I think Boruto will fall for her...well tbh I think he already has some spark of feelings towards her that he's just unaware of atm, his strong feelings of anger and worry when it comes to Sumire's wellbeing that he doesnt show towards anyone else is a pretty strong hint that his feelings for her go deeper than the rest.

Even if he doesnt have feelings for her yet, then I believe the turning point will be him seeing Sumire badly hurt by these new threats, which may end up happening soon since shes going to the battlefield and Boruto is on his way there as well. If he sees Sumire in danger or badly hurt, then we should see something similar, but not exact, to Naruto seeing Pain 'kill' Hinata in the Pain arc.

Now I could be wrong and that doesn't happen but lets assume it does, then we're going to see Boruto snap somehow someway, his karma has already begun to react due to Kawaki's resonating with his so he's already on the brink of losing control, if he goes there and sees something happen to Sumire then he might lose it, but that's all speculation.

Im sure others might argue this might be what happens to Sarada since her tree dad is targeting her and Boruto would react that way to her instead and yea, fair, its a possibility, I mean if you had put Sakura in Hinata's place Naruto would've reacted the same way too, but the key thing is author intent. Just because another possibility CAN happen doesn't mean that the author intends the same thing, if Kishimoto was really trying to push NaruSaku endgame then he would've 100% made that moment happen with Sakura instead but he didn't, he specifically had it be Hinata because that was his true intent, so the same applies to Boruto here.

It doesnt matter if Boruto would have the same reaction if it were Sarada, he'd react the same to Mitsuki too, the key is the authors intent, and if they're trying to push BoruSumi then they will have a snap moment over Sumire. Thats not to say he cant ever snap over anyone else but again, the key is the authors intent, and you will always see the difference in the framing and execution of what the author intends to be endgame and whats the red herring/platonic.

For example, Naruto snapping for Gaara and Sasuke was totally different than how Naruto snapped for Hinata, the executions and framing were completely different despite the conclusion being the same, Naruto going semi Kurama in a fit of rage, but you can tell by the framing and execution of each one which is platonic and which is romantic.

Naruto snapping over Hinata comes right after she confesses her love to him and tried to fight Pain to protect him while he was helpless to stop it

Naruto snaps over Gaara because the Akatsuki killed him and he related to his pain as a fellow jinchuriki being hunted the same way

Naruto snapped over Sasuke because Haku 'killed' him and Sasuke was willing to die to protect him despite always being at each others throats, seeing Sasuke truly cared for him and was willing to give everything up to die for him made him snap

All of these involves someone close to Naruto 'dying' and him snapping because of it, but only one has clear romantic connotations, so the same will apply to Boruto here.

Whether he snaps for Sarada or Sumire is irrelevant, what'll matter is the framing and execution of it, will it be a platonic scenario or a romantic one? we don't know until we see, so Im placing my bet on that for the time being.

They already copied the Pain arc in the first 5 chapters with the invasion, MC beating the big bad while everyone else stays back and tends to the villagers, unexpected hug by the FMC as the love interest watches, so it really isn't far fetched that they'd copy the snap moment from that arc as well.

[monkeydluthy]

Boruto is a bad mf not to be played with 🔥