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How do the shinju pick their targets?

Most ppl believe that the shinju pick targets based off who is closest to them.

But that’s not confirmed so far in this story (as of ch 14) and we can see from current targets that’s not necessarily the case.

My theory is that the shinju pick targets based off ppl their human counterparts want to understand more than anyone else. People who have deeply impacted them that they want to learn more about/from.

Juras connection with Naruto is likely due to isshiki dna from Codes karma being mixed into the 10 tails. Naruto bested Isshiki by using a power even isshiki was shocked by.

Then upon meeting hima, she has intrigued Jura by showcasing a power he is shocked by as well. (She’s not a normal jinchuriki) thus choosing her as his next target.

Matsuri chose konohomaru, her childhood best friend. We don’t see Moegi enough to expand on this BUT she did seem jealous when konohomaru was bonding with Hanabi in the anime. So Moegi may have feelings for him she’s been ignoring

Hidari chose sadara. Sasuke doesn’t know Sarada well due to being gone most of her life. He said he feels connected to Sakura. Sakura even saying she knows him in & out. Since Jura picked Naruto, sasukes next closest living person would have been Sakura. But the person sasuke would want to understand and learn from the most rn, would be Sarada.

Mamushi chose Eida. This pick was very interesting bc mamushi didnt make this choice until he saw Eida spying on them. It wasn’t so instinctual & emotionally driven like the other picks. This confirms something else also. Eida’s charm ability doesn’t allow you to hurt her- yet mamushi still chose to devour Eida despite them making eye contact. It’s not confirmed yet but if Mamushi is able to attack Eida this would mean the shinju are not subjected to Eida’s ability. Meaning omnipotence also shouldn’t affect them. Very important info, esp for theorizing who Ryu will choose as a target.

Despite Bug being Eida’s captive, which likely added to why Mamushi chose her, it seems the shinju are most fascinated by her Senrigan, which Jura comments on making her interesting.

Ryu’s target, which will likely be made known in the next 2 chapters, will confirm how they pick their targets. If it’s the people closest to them, he will pick someone from the Sand village/his family. If it’s based off curiosity/impact, he will pick someone from the leaf.

*i already wrote a post on my theory for who Ryu will pick as his target. But I will also make a list for all the possible picks from most to least likely.

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Cliff Notes Boruto Chapter 16

Boruto has entered its trainwreck era and I can't look away.

So the first seven pages - not panels, pages - show Kashin Koji sitting on a log and explaining Boruto's teleportation powers to him. In an alternate timeline, Boruto takes 6 years to learn this technique, but our Boruto gets to learn it in a few minutes.

Honestly, I think this is one of the big problems with Boruto: He spends the whole first arc learning the value of hard work and how even geniuses can't take shortcuts to success. But then most of Boruto's powerups come from shortcuts, whether the power is hardcoded into his DNA or spoonfed him via Kashin Koji's clairvoyance.

Anyway, then we get a second exposition dump, in which Kashin Koji explains why they can't just tell Konoha the future. He says the more people know the future, the less certain it is. It's safest to only let a few special people, "Singularities" like Boruto and Eida, in on the secret. Because if there was one thing this manga was missing, it was more computer puns.

Speaking of Eida, she finishes spying on Boruto and returns to the conversation with Sarada and Sumire. Sarada wants to know where Boruto is and how to help him, and Sumire scolds her for not respecting Boruto's feelings. Sumire then complains Sarada ignored her feelings as well.

How rude of Sarada, to hug her long lost childhood friend after 3 years of exile. As Sumire was watching, no less. Didn't she remember that one-minute conversation from their genin days, where Sumire clearly called dibs?

The mood is so awkward that Eida leaves to go flirt with the Hokage. She confirms that Gaara is hibernating and Shinki is a tree. But she can't give Shikamaru any current intel, because when she tries to spy on the Tree People in real time, Squid Face gives her the stink eye.

A toad then hops out of her hair and tells Shikamaru to send team 7 to Land of Sand. Also, Konoha can't provoke Jura no matter what. Even if he appears at the local bookstore and camps out in the adult section, Shikamaru just needs to let Toupee Man do his thing.

So Team 7 heads to Suna to meet with the non-treeified members of Team Shinki. Araya has a goatee and a sock over his head, and Yodo...I'll be honest, when I first saw this, I thought she was wearing a thong, but I think those are just belt panels.

Yodo immediately says Sarada's "aura" is different and asks if she has a crush on a boy. Sarada is weirded out at how literally everyone has started shipping her with Boruto. Before they can talk further, the squad finds two Divine Tree People.

They focus and try to see what nefarious deeds Ryu and Matsuri are performing. But the Tree People aren't doing anything. They're just standing in the middle of the desert...staring at a dead toad...because toads are Boruto's thing, right? Maybe if they poke it with a stick, he'll show up.

Next time - Team 7 sacrifice their lives for an unnamed amphibian.

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Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 18 Preview: Konohamaru Vs Matsuri Begins

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