Boruto's Version of Akatsuki is Much Stronger than Naruto's... & Worse
The biggest threat to the shinobi of the Naruto and Boruto universe, outside of the «tailed beasts», and the magically powered clan from an ancient alien race, are two powerful criminal organizations known as Akatsuki andKara. While Akatsuki and Kara share several similarities, they diverge significantly in the most important metric, success.
The Akatsuki was originally established for a pure and positive purpose, namely to bring peace and harmony to the community of ninjas. Such a worthy goal attracted the interest and support of many disillusioned but honest ninjas over the years. However, after the death of its first leader Yahiko, the organization increasingly turned away from its original goal of peace in favor of a program centered on control, domination, and oppression. A major factor in its turn to the dark side was the influence of Kaguya Otsutsuki through her spawn Black Zetsu. It was as a criminal organization that Akatsuki reached peak power by quietly influencing people and events to work in their favor.
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However, Boruto's evil villain organization just doesn't hold the same weight. In contrast to the Akatsuki, Kara's purpose, from its beginning was dark. Founded by Jigen, the vessel of Kaguya's partner Isshiki Otsutsuki, Kara was established to facilitate Isshiki's return to the world so that he could complete his mission of cultivating a God Tree for the glory of the Otsutsuki clan. To forward its goals, Kara relies on two major platforms. The first platform focuses on recruiting as broad a range of supporters, known as «outers» as possible in order to accumulate the wealth, resources, and support Kara needs to achieve its goal, as
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