Boruto Uzumaki

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Boruto Uzumaki is a male anime and manga character who features in Naruto.

Biography

Boruto Uzumaki in Borutu: Naruto Next Generations v1 #5.

Boruto Uzumaki (Japanese: うずまき ボルト, Hepburn: Uzumaki Boruto) was the blonde haired son of Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Uzumaki with him having a younger sister named Himawari Uzumaki. His parents remained in Konohagakure alongside their close childhood friends leading to Boruto knowing their respective children. One day, his father was set to be inaugurated as the Seventh Hokage of the village with the Uzumaki family ready to attend with him. During this time, his sister Himawari wanted to bring her panda toy with her to the ceremony but Boruto thought that he would end up carrying it the entire time. This led to him trying to take it away from her with the two fighting over it with the toy's head being ripped off in the tug-of-war between them. Seeing her toy broken, Himawari in anger manifested her Byakugan and attacked her brother who made multiple apologies to her with little success. Naruto could sense the killing intent in Himawari when he arrived at the scene and moved to protect him but was knocked out when one attack hit one of his chakra points. After seeing this, Boruto tried to run away from Himawari and hid in a closet but she easily found him and from that point onwards he vowed to never anger his sister again.

Boruto later came across Denki Kaminarimon who was being bullied by some kids and decided to rescue him leading to the two becoming friends. In that time, he came to hear about Denki's fathers expectations of him with Boruto encouraging him to stand up to his father for being forced to join the Academy against his will. The next day, he was on route to begin his studies at the Academy when he unknowingly awakened his dōjutsu and noticed a dark shroud surrounding Denki.

Afterwards, he came to be appointed class leader for his homeroom's class field trip to the Land of Water, much to his annoyance. Upon arriving in Kirigakure, they are met by their village guide Kagura Karatachi. Upon personally introducing himself to Boruto, Kagura escorted the class into the village, where the class is amazed by the scenery. Boruto noticed Iwabee wandering off into a back alley, leading to Boruto and Denki pursuing him. There, the three are confronted by Hassaku Onomichi, who Boruto engages into a fight with. The skirmish is stopped by Shizuma Hoshigaki, who applauded Boruto and Iwabee for having guts before walking off with Hassaku. Later, the class met Mei Terumī and Chōjūrō, who welcomed them to their village. Afterwards, the class continued their tour to the Kirigakure Academy, where Chōjūrō organised Boruto to fight Kagura in kenjutsu. Upon starting, Boruto is swiftly disarmed and defeated. Shortly after, Kagura took the class to Memorial Park, where they payed their respects at the Memorial Stone. Afterwards, Kagura talks to Boruto and his classmates about the history of the "Bloody Mist Village" and the Fourth Mizukage, before Tsurushi Hachiya's group approaches them. Realising Boruto is the Hokage's son, Tsurushi attempts to attack Boruto, but Kagura and Iwabee fended him off, leading to him retreating with his friends. During the night, Boruto's classmates receive a message that Denki had been kidnapped, and tells them to come to Pier Number 4 if they want him back. Arriving at the pier with a few of his classmates and Kagura, Tsurushi reveals himself as the culprit, as erects a barrier around them all before having his group attack the students. After defeating the Kiri shinobi and returning to their hotel, Boruto invites Kagura to play a card game with him and his friends. While Kagura enjoys the game, he continues to lament about his past. Boruto however insists that he can't let his family ties define him, as Boruto could relate to being compared to father and grandfather. As a sign of friendship, Boruto decides to give Kagura his playing cards. The next day, Kagura calls Boruto to meet him at the Academy, where he finds Kagura training with Hiramekarei and says the village will be in good hands. Their conversation is interrupted when Shizuma captures the pair with water, who insists now is the time to start a revolution in Kiri. Rejecting Shizuma's words, Boruto unsuccessfully attacks him, leading to Shizuma has his peers reveal themselves and overwhelm Boruto. In his weakened state, Shizuma attempts to persuade Kagura to kill Boruto, but Kagura protects him at the cost of joining the group. Failing to stop him going, passes out.

Later, Boruto awakens to Sarada beside him, who found him and applied first aid. Hachiya approaches the two and reveals Shizuma's intentions and how Kagura was in debt to him, leading to Boruto becoming determined to save Kagura. After Mei and Chōjūrō become aware that the New Seven Ninja Swordsmen stole the village's Seven Ninja swords, Boruto and Sarada approach Mei and Chōjūrō, and explain that Kagura actions are due to Shizuma exploiting his weakness. Boruto insists that to treat the recent incident as a children's fight, leading to Chōjūrō allowing the two students accompanying him in stopping the swordsmen. As the swordsmen attempted to destroy Kiri's Memorial Stone, Boruto stopped them, leading to Shizuma erecting a mist barrier around the surrounding area and separating the three. Boruto then found himself fighting against Kagura, desperate trying to reason with him. As Boruto continued to point out Kagura's reluctance to join this rebellion during their clash, Mitsuki arrived, revealing proof of Shizuma' lies. He revealed that Shizuma and his followers not only conspired with the Land of Waves, but also killing various people in Kirigakure who learned of his plans and refused to help him. When Shizuma took the allegations in stride, proud of his actions, he decided to finish the battle personally when Kagura refused to fight. He unleashed a blood mist that enabled him to absorb enemy's chakra through their open wounds. Boruto and Mitsuki's coordinated tag-team enabled them to over-power the foe. Refusing to accept defeat, Shizuma reclaimed Samehada, backfiring on him as his inexperience allowed Samehada to overwhelm him into a feral state. When Kagura wanted to make things right but was too exhausted, Boruto joined him, taking up half of Hiramekarei and together were able to defeat their foe. The Konoha-nin then quickly ran back to their hotel to make curfew. Some after the incident, the class depart Kiri by boat, leading to Boruto wondering why Kagura didn't see them off. Upon returning to Konoha, Hinata reminds Boruto that he hadn't brought back a souvenir for Himawari as he promised. Unable to bring himself to tell his sister, Boruto lies and says he misplaced her souvenir of Kirigakure Water Cinnamon Sweets, which he begins looking to get in the village. Upon retrieving them, he received a letter from Kagura which explained his situation. Taking from Kagura's boldness at confronting his mistakes, Boruto decided to both give his gift and admit his mistake to Himawari, which she accepted.

As his class began preparing for graduation, Boruto was interviewed by Shino about his future goals as a ninja. Boruto however admitted that he never really considered what he wanted. Later, Boruto was met by a freelance reporter named 'Sukea', who said he was doing an article on the graduating students. As Boruto aided the older ninja in interviewing the other students, Boruto was left amazed at how others already had thought so far ahead in their goals, even learning that some students planned to continue their studies in the Academy to pursue careers outside ninja work. Boruto admitted to Sukea that his original goal on becoming a ninja was just to prove himself better than his father, but otherwise had no goal. Sukea assured Boruto that there is no shame in going through a period of carefree, but one should always plan ahead if they want to grow as people. Inspired by the man's words, Boruto decided for his immediate goal was to make sure he and his friends stayed close. During the Genin Exams, Boruto easily passed the written test. Later, during the practical and final test, the class was brought to the training field. There, the entire class was set up to face Shino, Anko Mitarashi, Konohamaru and Kakashi Hatake for 24 hours. As the exam started, Boruto chose to stick with his friends as they worked to get passed the teachers and reach Kakashi. Confronting the Kage, Kakashi quickly defeated Boruto, leading to him lecturing the student about lacking a resolve and that his influence on his class has led them to become unmotivated and ignorant on what it means to be a ninja, before revealing he was Sukea. As Boruto continued to struggle free from the Sixth's hold, his fellow classmates provided enough distraction for him to escape. Later, while Wasabi treated his wounds, Boruto voiced his dismay at Kakashi's words. While Boruto apologised for being a bad influence, his friends strongly insisted that Kakashi was wrong; that Boruto has helped them all come so far despite their own personal problems. Convinced that they would still prove Kakashi wrong, the group realised the true nature of the test. Boruto then designed a plan for everyone to both save their captured team-mates and get the bell. After succeeding in the first part, the group went to face Kakashi. As Kakashi continued to disparage Boruto, the boy refused to give up, teaming up with his class-mates to attack. Kakashi easily repelled their assault, noting that they were still too scattered, but was then caught in a group-String Light Formation. As Boruto struggled against the restrain Hokage to get the bell, time finally ran out. Despite the plan failing, Kakashi passed everyone, noting that they succeeded in the true goal of the test: team-work and loyalty. Shino then revealed that everyone's headbands were in fact Konoha forehead protectors, proof of their full-fledged status. Soon after Boruto was assigned to Team 3 with Mitsuki and Sarada with their squad leader being Konohamaru. Soon with unanimous decision they pleaded to the Hokage so their squad be changed to Team 7 instead of Team 3, a request Naruto granted.

Sasuke, however, refused to take Boruto on as a student unless he learnt the Rasengan with the overconfident Boruto going forth to begin his training. This saw him going to his sensei Konohamaru in order to learn the jutsu.

Naruto presented Team 7 their first mission which involved aiding Green Banks against bandits. Upon arriving, the team learned that the bandits were actually ninja, resulting in Konohamaru questioning if they should continue the mission as it was probably too difficult for genin to face trained shinobi. While Konohamaru discussed the matter with Kiri, the village is attacked by Ashimaru, leading to Boruto engaging him until Konohamaru fends off the assailant before retreating. Kiri explained that the shinobi were attacking the village to pressure her into handing them the deed to the village's bridge. During the night, Team 7 discovered several villagers were being controlled by genjutsu and subdued them. Discovering Kiri was abducted during the incident, Team 7 met with the perpetrators to exchange for the deed for her. After the exchange occurred, Hidari and Ashimaru decide on killing them all, prompting Konohamaru to task the genin in fleeing with Kiri. Pursued by Ashimaru, the genin engaged the missing-nin and defeated him using Boruto Stream with Mitsuki and Sarada. Completing the mission and returning to Konoha, Boruto inquired into how his peers during first missions and bragged about facing shinobi.

After Boruto talked a would-be terrorist into giving up during a team mission at the Konoha Bank, they discovered it's vault was robbed during the distraction, which Sarada deduced was accomplished using Ice Release. From meeting with Katasuke Tōno, the genin realised where the vault's goods were being sold. Donning a disguise with Mitsuki, Boruto pretended to be interested in buying the stolen jewel. Attempting to apprehend the seller, their plans fails, leading to the thief retreating. Pursuing him, he leads them to a village, where he said he had already sold the stolen gold and used the money to repair the village's water distributing system. Before retreating, the thief explains that his group are noble in their actions, unlike the rich who profit off the poor, leading to Boruto wondering who was really in the wrong. With the continued thefts performed by the Byakuya Gang throughout Konoha, Team 7 and other genin teams were assigned to help stop the thieves only when accompanied by a higher-ranked shinobi. During the afternoon, Boruto found Shikadai playing shōgi with Ryōgi and showed him the limit edition game Katasuke gave him. Questioning if he and Ryōgi had met before, Ryōgi suggested it was someone else before leaving. Shortly later, the pair are confronted by a Byakuya Gang member who was being pursued by Temari. Requesting for the two's assistance, Boruto attacked with his clones followed by Temari repelling the thief out sight, resulting in them escaping.

When protesters began accusing the Kaminarimon Company of corrupt practises, Boruto suspects that the Byakuya Gang is behind it. That night, the newly graduated genin teams are given section assignments in regards to handling the protesters by Kōtarō Fūma before departing. While Team 7 is stationed in their position, Boruto noticed Team 10 breaking formation, leading to him investigating the matter. Learning that Shikadai believed the Ninjutsu Research Centre is the Byakuya Gang's real target, the four hurried to the building, where they discovered the thieves had stolen Katasuke's Magnum Opus. Tracking them using Katasuke's scientific tool, the groups splits, during which Boruto followed Shikadai who chased after Gekkō and another member. Confronting the thieves on the Thunder Train they jumped on, the genin are trapped and Boruto placed under genjutsu. Thinking Shikadai is an enemy, they fought until Shikadai released the genjutsu. While Shikadai handled Ryōgi, Boruto attempted to apprehend Gekkō, but was pushed away and watched Gekkō detach the train carriages to escape. Assisting Shikadai, the two free Ryōgi from Gekkō's genjutsu. After Naruto captured Gekkō, Boruto returned the Magnum Opus to Katasuke.

On the day of the exams' first stage, the competing teams are given a true or false question. When Boruto and his team select their answer they are dumped into a pit, which Boruto, assuming this means they've failed, makes no effort to save himself from. Sarada and Mitsuki prevent him from falling into the ink at the bottom of the pit, which is the first stage's true objective and thus permits them to continue to the second stage. Naruto sends Boruto a congratulatory email when he hears the news; Boruto is upset that Naruto didn't send at least a shadow clone instead. Three days later during the second stage sometime later, the teams compete against each other in games of capture the flag. While Sarada and Mitsuki go off to capture the opposing team's flag, Boruto defends their own, believing he and his four shadow clones give him an advantage over the other team's three members. When the Three Senka Brothers make two shadow clones each, Boruto is quickly outnumbered and his flag is nearly captured. While initially reluctant, he eventually uses the Kote to perform a combination of elemental attacks to defeat them, allowing Boruto's team to continue to the finals. While Boruto recuperates at home later, Naruto visits him in person to state his pride in him and encourage him not to lose to Shikadai; Boruto remarks afterwards that Naruto's brief words could have been put in an email, but he was nevertheless moved to tears by his father coming to see him.

On the day of the final exam, the competing genin are scheduled in a series of one-on-one tournament matches, with Boruto facing Yurui. Unable to engage him, Boruto used his Kote to defeat Yurui. Afterwards, Boruto faced Shikadai, where after being caught by his shadow, he relied on using his Kote to pressure Shikadai into surrendering. While in the manga Naruto noticed Boruto cheating and subsequently disqualified him from the tournament, in the anime his cheating goes unnoticed, leading to him progressing to the finals against Sarada and Shinki. During the match, though he teamed up with Sarada against Shinki, their opponent managed to defeat Sarada, before Boruto relied on using his Kote to overpower Shinki's Iron Sand to win. Having won, he came to see his father approach him seemingly to congratulate him on his success. However, Naruto grabbed his son's arm and revealed that scientific ninja tool that was hidden there. This was a clear violation of the rules of the exam with Boruto feeling ashamed at having been caught cheating during the exam. With tears in his eyes, he blamed his Naruto for not being there in his life more and that if his father was there that maybe he would not have cheated. Lashing out at his father for his actions, the venue was attacked by Momoshiki and Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki in their search for Naruto. Attacking Momoshiki in a panic with his Kote, all his techniques are absorbed, before Naruto returned to save him and regroup with Sarada and Sasuke. Momoshiki then launched a barrage of elemental techniques towards the group, which Naruto blocked with Kurama's assistance. Naruto instructed Sasuke to focus on protecting Boruto and Sarada while he engaged Momoshiki, during which Boruto calls out to him before losing consciousness from Momoshiki's large scale attack. Waking up in hospital, he learned that Naruto was captured, and runs to the Hokage's Office, where he puts on his father's old jacket and feels guilty for his attitude towards him. He is then approached by Sasuke, who invited Boruto to rescue his father. Accompanied with the Four Kage, the group departed through Sasuke's portal.

Upon arriving on Momoshiki's Planet, the Kage free Naruto and engage Kinshiki and Momoshiki. On seeing Boruto, Naruto tries to apologise for not being around more, but Boruto replies that it's okay, although he asks that Naruto start telling him about when he was younger instead of lecturing him. Naruto joins the battle and Momoshiki, despite absorbing Kinshiki to try and gain the upper-hand, is defeated. However, Katasuke arrives to lend assistance and attacks Momoshiki with the Kote, only to inadvertently rejuvenate him and allow him to capture the Kage. With encouragement from Sasuke, Boruto attacks Momoshiki with his small Rasengan, which forces him to release the Kage. Naruto is impressed that Boruto was able to learn the Rasengan and, still unable to move, adds his own chakra to Boruto's Rasengan, making it gigantic. Sasuke helps Boruto get a shadow clone close enough to Momoshiki to blind his Rinnegan with a kunai, preventing him from absorbing Boruto's Rasengan and thus leaving him unable to dodge it, killing Momoshiki. However upon investigating the remains of the God Tree, Momoshiki reappears before Boruto, freezing time for everybody but himself and Boruto to give Boruto a cryptic warning that someone who defeats a god ceases to be a normal person then gives him a seal on his palm. When Momoshiki fades away into mist, time resumes for everyone and they return to Konoha. A few days later, Boruto's life sees many changes back home: he starts over a non-hacked video game character, even though it makes the game more difficult. Naruto is home more often and Boruto is supportive of his grueling work schedule. Despite being caught cheating in the Chūnin Exams, Baruto becomes a minor celebrity thanks to his role in helping with the previous crisis. He also gets to do the same kinds of interviews his father sometimes does. Boruto no longer has disdain for the Hokage title, though he still doesn't want to be Hokage. Instead, he decides to support Sarada in her dream of being Hokage, just as Sasuke supports Naruto. Mitsuki finds all the discussions about their parents interesting, but insists that Naruto and Sasuke have nothing on his parent: Orochimaru. Sarada is at first shocked, and then ponders whether Orochimaru is Mitsuki's mother or father. On the other hand, Boruto becomes continuously more frustrated by Mitsuki and Sarada ignoring his question, demands to know who Orochimaru is. At some point, Boruto tells Sasuke about the seal on his palm, to which he warns Boruto to be on guard.

Upon making eye contact with Garaga, he was drawn into the giant snake's memories which showed that in the past he had been betrayed by his shinobi summoner on a mission which left him with a wound on his eye. It was then that Garaga demanded to know why Boruto was seeking his reverse scale with Uzumaki stating that it was needed so he could find out what happened to his friend Mitsuki. Garaga was dismissive of Boruto's childish views and believed that Mitsuki had betrayed his friend as this was the way of the shinobi. After seeing Garaga's life, Boruto decided to prove the giant snake wrong and asked him to be Uzumaki's temporary summons so he could show that Mitsuki was innocent out in the world. However, he promised that if he was wrong and Mitsuki had indeed betrayed him and his friends then he would allow Garaga to consume him. The giant snake was amused at the deal and decided to accept it as he was confident that Boruto was wrong with the two making the temporary summoning contract. They then approached the White Snake Sage who was amused at Boruto's actions and decided to help uncover the memories within Mitsuki's snake. From there, they determined that Mitsuki had allowed the chunnin guard to live and that there were other people responsible for the attack at the gates of the hidden leaf village. Returning to the sage, he presented the scale to her by summoning Garaga, prompting her to show Mitsuki's snake's memories to the shinobi. Learning that Mitsuki had actually saved Uō's life and that he was being accompanied to the Land of Earth, the shinobi depart the cave to find him. As the group began to approach the Land of Earth's border, Shikadai had Inojin and Chōchō to return to the village to report their findings. As the other genin continued their pursuit, they found the remains of a clay creature, which Boruto recognised as the same thing that attacked Mitsuki's snake. Their group soon found a group of Konoha jōnin who were defeated by one of the gate attackers, Kokuyō. The man quickly revealed himself to be an artificial being with superhumanly augmented abilities. As the genin were quickly pressured by him, Inojin and Chōchō arrived to help. The Ino-Shika-Chō trio decided to hold him off as Boruto and Sarada went on ahead. They were intercepted by another one of the gate attacks, Sekiei, who noted that Mitsuki was with them willingly. He initially held them off with his Explosive Clay, until Boruto summoned Garaga, who initially refused to help until his might was questioned by Boruto. As Sekiei struggled to dodge Garaga's assault, his body suddenly gave out. While Boruto attempted to finish him off, Mitsuki appeared to save Sekiei. He made his intention to join the artificial humans clear as he subdued Boruto before departing. Soon afterwards, the Ino-Shika-Chō trio returned, and took care of Boruto while he was unconscious. Awakening, the group decided to venture Iwagakure and seek the help of Ōnoki.

Infiltrating the village, the genin were noticed by Akatsuchi and taken to Ōnoki, who was happy to see Boruto. Informing the elderly man of their goal to find Mitsuki, Ōnoki's attitude turned dark and turned them away. The shinobi found themselves surrounded by Akuta being controlled by Kū, who revealed himself to be in league in Ōnoki to everyone's shock. As Ōnoki began explaining the nature of his plans and his genuine desire to protect people, realising that with his secret out in the open, he would have to accelerate his plans before the other Great Shinobi Countries learned. While Ōnoki told his son to gently takes the prisoners away, Boruto and the others chose to resist, and a fight ensured, during which Boruto fled with Ōnoki after saving him from being crushed. Unknowingly venturing in the Sanzu Plains, the two became trapped until being joined by Sekki, who assisted the pair in escaping. After leaving Sekki, Ōnoki again talked about the true nobleness of his goals, saying he wants to save lives. Wanting to prove his point, he decided to take Boruto to the site where his grandson was killed. There, Ōnoki justified his plan to replace shinobi with Akuta, but Boruto rejected his envision. Being discovered by Kakō, Boruto fought him, during which he was joined by Sarada and Chōchō. While on the verge of being killed, Kakō succumbed to his injuries and died. Afterwards, the shinobi are re-joined by Inojin under Kirara's genjutsu, who then takes Boruto hostage, forcing his group to be captured and taken back to Iwa. Discovering the village had been taken over by Kū, Ōnoki didn't agree with his creation, leading to Kū knocking the man unconscious. Shikadai appeared and helped his allies escape. As the Ino-Shika-Chō trio decided to face off against Kokuyō, Boruto and Sarada faced Kirara. Managing to flee and catching up with Mitsuki, the pair were immobilised by Kū and were shocked when Mitsuki betrayed him, forcing Kū to retreat to attend to his decaying body. Going after him while Mitsuki faced Sekiei, the pair faced Kirara and her giant Akuta. Summoning Garaga to destroy the golem, it collapsed on top of Kirara, leading to her being killed.

Regrouping with Mitsuki at the Old City, they discovered Kū who had successfully transplanted a human heart into himself to stabilise his body. Engaging him in battle, Boruto and Sarada became trapped under rubble, during which Sekki freed them. Afterwards, Boruto brought Ōnoki to Kū after the Kage had a change of heart and wished to stop his creation. Crippling Kū with his Rasengan, Kū attempted to kill the genin with his Dust Release, which prompted Ōnoki to intervene and sacrifice himself to kill their opponent. Afterwards, the genin approached the drained Tsuchikage, who spoke to them about the importance of keeping one's will strong before passing away. Team 7 was then found by their allies from Konoha and they all welcomed Mitsuki back. Returning home, Garaga contacted Boruto to inform him that their contract was up, and the two parted ways. The following day, Boruto and Sarada were punished for their technical desertion by having their shinobi status revoked. Mitsuki apologised for his recent actions and admitted to the shameless curiosity of wanting to connect with people that were more like him. Boruto however quickly accepted his apology and admitted he was glad that he got the chance to better understand Mitsuki as a person, hoping to learn more about each other, with Sarada also agreeing to it. Later, due to Kurotsuchi's gratitude and recommendation, it was decided that Team 7 genin's shinobi status would be restored.

Some time later, Team 7 and the genin of Team 15 went on a mission to investigate attacks on a village from its wildlife. Accompanied by Tosaka, the group were attacked by birds and separated. Finding himself attacked by a monstrous man, Boruto was saved by Nue. Entering the village, the shinobi discovered victims of the attacks were sick and covered in juinjutsu, during which the villagers found an unconscious Jūgo. Questioning him, a sick villager went on a rampage and was swiftly subdued by Jūgo, who made the juinjutsu disappear and warned Boruto to stay away from the forest before fleeing into it. Entering it to investigate, the shinobi split up, and Boruto accompanied with Sarada discovered Jūgo transforming in a cave. Engaging in battle, Jūgo was repelled away by Konohamaru. After Konohamaru snapped Jūgo out of his blood-lust, Boruto and the others followed him until they found him passed out with an injection device. Jūgo woke up and they were attacked by another bird, but Jūgo removed the birds cursed seal before Boruto could attack it. Back at the village, Boruto was among those tasked with monitoring Jūgo and looking out for more of the tranquilliser drug that suppresses the cursed seal. They watched as the strain of curing the birds caused him to transform, retreating to his cave. After the episode, Boruto refused to leave and continued investigating. When researchers from the Land of Rivers asked for information, Boruto lied and said they knew nothing. Boruto administered a tranquilliser dose on Jūgo during his next episode, his commitment to helping the birds earning his trust. Over the next couple days, the group continued working on the birds. Boruto spotted a domesticated goose among the wilds ones, and Tosaka commented on its species having lost the ability to fly. Despite having been convinced by Sarada to take his shots regularly to avoid transformations, Jūgo still retreated to his cave, as he was building up an immunity to the medication. Boruto and Sarada go over the remaining shots, and wondered their options once they ran out. On the third day, the group woke up with bird sounds, Tosaka telling Boruto the remaining infected birds transformed and escaped, Jūgo having gone after them.

They found Jūgo struggling to contain another transformation, but due to his shots being missing at his compound, Jūgo transformed and rampaged to the village. Subdued by the researchers, they revealed to the villages that the Konoha shinobi knew of Jūgo's identity, leading to them turning against them. Learning that Wasabi and Namida were unconscious and infected with cursed seals, they requested Tosaka to help them with his expertise. After the genin reluctantly left the village, they found Sumire after she was knocked out Suigetsu, who insisted he acted in self-defence. When learning Suigetsu and Karin were looking for Jūgo, the genin explained that Jūgo was apprehended by the researchers. When Sumire awoke, she explained that two assailants who captured Wasabi Izuno and Namida Suzumeno had special collars that let them harness cursed seals of their own. Realising that this duo was working with the Land of Rivers' researchers, they concluding that the outbreak must have been started by them. As the group separated to handle parts of the rescue, Suigetsu joined Boruto in finding Jūgo. Locating Tosaka, he lead them to Jūgo, during which he subdued them with tranquillisers and revealed he was in league with the researchers and cursed seals operation. As Tosaka exposited his motivations and Boruto admonished him for his treatment of Jūgo, Jūgo broke free of his restraints and begged Boruto to flee. Pursuing Jūgo to the lake, Boruto attempted to attack a curse seal transformed Tosaka, but shrugged off his attack and restrained him. Jūgo defeated Tosaka and freed Boruto, leading to him targeting the genin. Saved by Nue, Boruto formulated a plan to revert Jūgo's transformation that relied on Jūgo's speed to increase the damage of his Rasengan. Boruto used two consecutive Boruto Streams to build up his own speed, and the damage only made Jūgo's transformation recede at the last instant. Mitsuki arrived with Konohamaru and Suigetsu, who consumed with serum to cure the birds and merged with the lake to rain it over them. Afterwards, Sarada admonished Boruto on the recklessness of his plan, who pointed out it worked, and the two wondered what would Jūgo do next.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Boruto Uzumaki was a young human male with spiky blonde hair, blue eyes and two whisker markings on his cheeks that made him resemble his father.

For these reasons, Boruto has a high opinion of himself and freely brags about his abilities. Still, his arrogance has made him put no value in teammates or teamwork, believing he can do anything on his own.

Initially, he had no issues with cheating as he believed the ultimate goal of a game or a fight was to win. This led to him initially being willing to cheat in order to win such as his use of a scientific ninja tool in the Chunnin Exams.

Boruto had said that he was determined in forging his own ninja way.

Boruto likes burgers where he would rush to get a limited edition green chilli hamburger, on the last day it would be sold, and would sometimes carry burger discount coupons. He notes that his favourite dish is a yakisoba bun.

He said that as a man he could take being disappointed by his father for not being there for him. However, he did not want his younger sister Himawari to go through the same experience and thus did not want her to cry as a result. Boruto even said that he would fight with his father if he made his sister cry by not being there for her.

Boruto Uzumaki was the son of Naruto Uzumaki (うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto) and Hinata Uzumaki (うずまきヒナタ, Uzumaki Hinata) with him having a younger sister named Himawari Uzumaki (うずまきヒマワリ, Uzumaki Himawari).

Boruto came to admire Sasuke Uchiha as he saw him as a shinobi that did whatever he wanted and did not do the boring duties of a Hokage. Thus, he was resolved in becoming more like him rather than his own father.

It was during his fathers fight against Momoshiki Otsutsuki that Boruto came to admire his father and understand the weight of the responsibilities on him along with the hardships he had experienced in his life.

Powers and abilities

As a shinobi, he came to learn to harness his chakra and could use it to perform a number of jutsu. The child of two strong bloodlines, Boruto was noted for being a prodigy where he was accomplish anything he attempted in a remarkably short period of time. It was said that he had inherited his paternal grandfather's genius and his father's unpredictability. Boruto came to score at the top of his class in the Genin Exams and was viewed above the rest of his generation where it was said he already possessed a chūnin-level prowess. As a genin, he was regarded as among the elite who excelled in all fields of combat. He was noticeably fast with him being able to quickly get behind his opponents unnoticed.

Similar to his father, he was noted for possessing very large chakra reserves. He later came to manifest the Jōgan (浄眼, literally meaning: Pure Eye) which he subconsciously activated in his right eye when he was 7 years old. Its emergence was prompted by a prophetic dream imparted by Toneri Ōtsutsuki and the appearance of Nue. Originally, the eye was only instinctively activated at times of great threats, as it remained dormant again for an extended period, however, by age 16 he was able to activate it at will. This dōjutsu granted him the ability to detect things generally unseen by a normal eye. It could perceive the flow of chakra enabling the user to see the visible changes in one's chakra and likewise track a target through its chakra. It can also determine the chakra pathway system and its key points, and see through the invisible barriers that connect dimensions.

As a descendant of the Hyūga clan, he was taught the basic usage of the Gentle Fist (柔拳, Jūken) that was a form of hand-to-hand combat which inflicted internal damage through attacking the body's Chakra Pathway System. However, without the Byakugan, he was unable to target an enemy's tenketsu and thus could not use fighting style to its full potential.

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Boruto Stream (ボルトストリーム­, Boruto Sutorīmu) : a technique using the wind release jutsu whereby others helped accelerate the movements of a person. Boruto often used his Shadow Clones to propel him forward and could also have his allies use the technique to increase their speed.
• Wind Release: Gale Palm (風遁・烈風掌­, Fūton: Reppūshō) : a wind release technique where they could either increase their velocity or compress wind into a powerful gale that could knock a person behind.
• Summoning Technique (口寄せの術­, Kuchiyose no Jutsu) : the ability to instantly summon and teleport an object to his location. On one occasion, he made a temporary contract with a giant snake named Garaga that he could summon out in the world.
• Shadow Clone Technique (影分身の術­, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu) : from a young age, Boruto could manifest the Shadow Clone jutsu where initially he could only produce 3 copes of himself and he had to have them in line of sight in order for them to work.
• Vanishing Rasengan (消える螺旋丸­, Kieru Rasengan) : a variation of the Rasengan that Boruto had created subconsciously when attempting to learn the technique. He changed the chakra nature creating a new jutsu by the addition of lightning style into it. This led to a Rasengan that formed and disappeared only to reappear just as it hit the target thus making it invisible mid-flight.
• Lightning Release: Thunderclap Arrow (雷遁・迅雷箭­, Raiton: Jinraisen) : the user moulds, then shaped lightning-natured chakra whereupon they can then throw the lightning as a projectile-based attack, or combine it with a Water Release technique to electrocute a target.

After defeating Momoshiki, Boruto's right hand was forcibly marked with a four-point black diamond seal. Noted to had similar properties to Orochimaru's Juinjutsu, it was a genetic backup of the branding Ōtsutsuki, subconsciously allowing Boruto to access Momoshiki's experience and powers. According to Isshiki, Boruto had a rare natural compatibility for the mark, such that it will enable the God Tree to produce the highest quality Chakra Fruit. This compatibility also allowed Boruto to instinctively develop and synchronise with it at an accelerated rate, progressing tremendously in the short time since obtaining it. Even without proper training, Boruto became able to utilise more of the mark's power with little struggle, something that even Isshiki found surprising. When accessing the Kāma's power, Boruto becomes able to fight on par with Inners of Kara, who have monstrous might and various scientific enhancements. When activated, the mark stretches and expands to cover his entire arm and the right side of his face in a series of elegant lines. While doing so, it greatly boosts his physical parameters and lets Boruto absorb virtually any ninjutsu or chakra-based target, and can produce a dimensional portal to other realms. Originally, he could not access the mark willingly and it took a huge toll on his chakra, but was later taught how to more efficiently by Kawaki.

As a genin, he came to be assigned to a shinobi squad consisting of two others and headed by a senior shinobi with them officially being known as Team 7 (第7班 第七班, Dainanahan). They came to be known also as Team Konohamaru (木ノ葉丸班, Konohamaru-Han) that was headed by Konohamaru Sarutobi.

Notes

• Boruto Uzumaki was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of the Naruto universe.

In other media

Television

• In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Boruto Uzumaki appeared in the setting of the anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actress Yūko Sanpei and English actress Amanda C. Miller in the dub.

Films

Video games

• In Jump Force, Boruto Uzumaki appeared as a playable character in the setting of the crossover fighting video game where he was voiced by Japanese voice actress Yûko Sanpei.

Appearances

• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:

External Links

• Naruto Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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