As a sequel to Naruto you could consider that the watch order for Boruto would be relatively simple. But with each motion pictures and a Television series the watch order can get a tiny difficult.
Let’s take a appear at Boruto and how it fits into the Naruto shonen anime universe.
Boruto Plot
Prior to Boruto
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Immediately after Naruto Shippuden ended Naruto Uzumaki married Hinata Hyuga and began a household.
Nevertheless Boruto Uzumaki’s story genuinely starts with either Boruto: Naruto the Film or with the Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations anime series.
The film and the Television series overlap somewhat (particularly episodes 51-66). Some fans say that the series is improved than the film. At the really least the anime expands upon points created in the film. Consequently we will concentrate on the Television series when describing the plot.
Setting
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Boruto requires location extra than a decade immediately after Naruto Shippuden. It attributes the teenage sons and daughters of the original cast from Naruto. The original characters are all nonetheless there — Naruto Hinata Sakura Sasuke and so forth.
But the principal concentrate is on the subsequent generation. In addition to the household heritage characters the series also introduces many fully new characters such as the tech genius Denki the struggling but really hard-functioning Iwabee and the rebellious Kawaki.
As it so takes place the planet of Naruto changed immediately after the finish of the Fourth Shinobi Planet War.
In Boruto the terrific nations are at peace and the old ninja strategies no longer look as relevant. There are technological alterations as nicely as Konoha village has grown into a big city.
A single huge alter is the improvement of “Scientific Ninja Tools.”
Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations
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Boruto is the son of the Seventh Hokage (Naruto). Like his father was at his age he begins out as a mischievous troublemaker. As opposed to the young orphan Naruto Boruto feels neglected by his well-known busy father.
Boruto joins a new ninja Group 7 which is vaguely comparable to his father’s. Sarada Uchiha the daughter of Sakura and Sasuke appears like a blend of her parents. Mitsuki a partial clone of Orochimaru is the third genin member of the group. Konohamaru requires on the group leader/ mentor part.
Throughout the Chunin Exams Boruto utilizes Scientific Ninja Tools to enhance his skills which leads to him becoming disqualified. Shortly afterward the Otsutsuki Clan attacks. A single of the Otsutsuki provides Boruto a mysterious seal recognized as Kama.
The significance of the seal becomes extra clear with the arrival of Kawaki who also has a seal. Boruto’s seal was created to permit Momoshiki Otsutsuki to manage Boruto and ultimately regenerate utilizing Boruto’s physique.
Group 7 requires the Chunin Exam once more. Sarada passes and becomes the new group captain. Kawaki joins the group.
Ultimately Boruto will come across a way to protect against Momoshiki from regenerating by way of him.
The Comprehensive Watch Order
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When watching a sequel series you normally have to take the original into consideration. There are characters and inside jokes which make extra sense if you are familiar with the history of the anime. (And yes Naruto is extra than just “Boruto’s Dad.”)
Nevertheless the Boruto series can stand on its personal with out needing a Naruto encyclopedia. With Boruto query is whether or not you watch the motion pictures or just the anime series.
Release Date Order: Seasons and Motion pictures
The Final: Naruto the Film (2014)
Boruto: Naruto the Film (2015)
Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations Season 1 (2017-2018)
Boruto Season 2 (2018-2019)
Boruto Season 3 (2019-2020)
Boruto Season 4 (2020-2021)
Boruto Season 5 (2021-2022)
Boruto Season 6 (2022-2023)
The Final requires location ahead of either the Boruto film or the Boruto series. As opposed to most Naruto motion pictures The Final is canon. It is not filler. Regardless it is not strictly essential to any of the Boruto story arcs.
The Boruto film is also canon. Nevertheless you do not have to have to watch it if you watch the Boruto Television episodes.
Though the film came out initially the initially season of the Television series requires location ahead of the film. The Boruto film overlaps with the series.
Boruto Chronological Watch Order
The Final: Naruto the Film
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If you are a completionist you could want to watch The Final which bridges the gap in between Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations. Though technically not a Boruto film it does show the starting of Naruto’s household life. At the finish of the film we get a short appear at Boruto as a young boy.
Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations episodes 1-50.
The initially portion of Boruto covers many story arcs not incorporated in the film mainly centering on Boruto’s academy days.
Either Boruto: Naruto the Film or episodes 51-66 of Boruto
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The film attributes the Chunin Exams Arc of the series. This story arc is incredibly essential as it introduces Boruto’s Kama seal.
The rest of Boruto: Naruto Subsequent Generations
As of summer season 2023 there have been 293 Boruto episodes. Though Episode 293 is titled “Farewell” the story is not completed but.
According to reports this is only the ending to Portion 1 of Boruto. Certainly the manga is continuing with the Omnipotence Arc.
Filler
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Boruto has some filler. But it is not a lot thinking about Naruto’s general reputation for also significantly filler. They involve:
Episodes 16-17
Episodes 40-41
Episodes 48-50
Episodes 67-69
Episodes 96-97
Episodes 112-119
Episodes 138-140
Episodes 152-156
Episodes 231-232
Episodes 256-258