Boruto Can Never Escape Naruto's Shadow, & Kurama's Death Prove It
The death of Kurama was apparently a shocking turn of events in Boruto. However, this twist does nothing but prove that Naruto's sequel is still struggling to get away from the flaws that plagued it since the beginning.
Kurama is the nine-tailed fox demon that was bound to Naruto at his birth, to stop it from rampaging and destroying the village of Konoha. This event not only killed Naruto's parents but set him apart from the other villagers, many of whom had lost loved ones in Kurama's attack and saw Naruto as a monster. In time, Naruto was able to overcome these prejudices and even developed a positive relationship with the spirit inside him, turning Kurama into a friend and, in the process, into a fan-favorite character. In chapter #55 of Boruto, Kurama sacrificed his life to save Naruto from the lethal aftereffects of a technique he used to protect his son Boruto and his protegè Kawaki.
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What was supposed to be a shocking twist, however, exposed Boruto's flaws even more. First of all, it proves that the series still needs the characters from its predecessor, mostly Naruto and Sasuke, to get fans' attention. Killing Kurama means a major change, but for Naruto, who is supposed to be just a secondary character now. It is true that in the last fight Boruto and Kawaki had to handle things and Naruto and Sasuke have been sidelined, but they're still there, constantly «on screen», making meaningful decisions that impact everyone else. The death of Kurama has no direct effect on Boruto or his fellow young ninjas, so it looks like the authors just wanted to throw away a beloved character for the sake of having something relevant happen, and it did, but it just
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