Naruto's Alien Twist Actually Makes Way More Sense Than Fans Realize
While Naruto used to be a series about ninja and the quest of a young boy to become the strongest his village has ever seen, Boruto - Naruto's sequel series — drastically shakes up the ninja formula by introducing a huge twist in the form of aliens. Boruto already has quite a mixed reception, with many fans wishing that the series ended with Naruto, and this twist threw many off even further. What they might not know, however, is that this extraterrestrial revelation actually makes a lot of sense.
Series creator Masashi Kishimoto loves to pull aspects and characters from Japanese mythology and incorporate them into Naruto. He's done it with the strongest jutsu in the series, as well as some fan-favorite characters. Likewise, while villain Kaguya Otsutsuki is the first of the aliens to invade, she too hails from the world of Shinto mythology.
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Similar to how Kaguya came to Earth a thousand years before the events of Naruto, the tale of Princess Kaguya is the oldest known story in Shinto lore. Her tale begins when a bamboo cutter finds a baby girl in a bamboo shoot. Having no children of his own, he adopts the child and he and his wife raise her. After this, the bamboo cutter finds gold whenever he does his job, and quickly becomes rich. Kaguya grows into a beautiful woman, and many seek her hand in marriage, including the emperor. She refuses them all, stating that her heritage does not allow for it. She becomes erratic, and eventually reveals that she is a being from the Moon, and her time to return has come. A heavenly entourage arrive for her, and she reluctantly leaves with them, leaving gifts and letters behind for her family and friends on Earth. When
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