Why Hating Boruto is Mainstream (And Why it Shouldn't Be)

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Last month a fairly large anime YouTuber, Oceaniz, made a video in which he broke down how he edited downNaruto's filler to show the series to his girlfriend. The video has received over a million views in the interim, and on top of being a sweet gesture is a fascinating dive into how the series padded out its episodes and storyline.

This is especially true when you consider that much of this filler and repetition would make the series harder to swallow for a newcomer. Along those lines, Oceaniz made the decision to omit its ongoing sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations from the project. This isn't really a surprise: Oceaniz is only the latest in a long line of Naruto fans to view the sequel series as an inferior product worth skipping. In fact, it's a pretty mainstream opinion among the Naruto fandom, if not a majoritarian one. And to be totally fair, it is inferior. But if you liked Naruto, you shouldn't skip all of Boruto (key word «all»).

Boruto: What's Next For Himawari?

There are several valid reasons Boruto is widely disavowed by the Naruto fan community. The first is the anime's massive amount of filler. This came about as a result the manga and anime going in different directions after Boruto: Naruto the Movie was released in 2015. The manga began after the events of the movie concluded, while the anime decided to lead up to and eventually retell the movie's events, before going on to adapt the manga. Boruto's manga is only updated monthly while the anime is released weekly, and consequently the risk of the latter overriding the former is real. The combination of these factors is an anime which is arguably majority-filler, in the sense that it hosts storylines exclusive to the anime.

The second reason is