Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 112 Discussion

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Jun 23, 2019 1:54 AM

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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Chunin exam recap narratives...

It seems Boruto really is busy with his job as the Hokage nowadays. In the meantime, a lot of battles were featured. Too much in fact. Sasuke is back again though.

Jun 23, 2019 2:25 AM

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Seems like more than half of this episode is flashbacks of the chunin exams and the hidden stone incident.

Seems like Shikadai follows up the steps of his dad, being the first of his class to become a chunin

Jun 23, 2019 2:45 AM

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Not making Sarada a chuunin is a dumb decision.

Jun 23, 2019 4:30 AM

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They are just doing the same thing they did in Naruto! Boruto is just Naruto With Parents! The thing that upsets me about Boruto the most is that in the beginning, they said all of this great stuff about Boruto. Like how he was at the Top of his class and how smart he was like he was some sort of genius. This Genius, son of the Hokage, was never shown! How was he at the top of his class when he struggled so much in the Chunnin exam? He went from being at the top of his class to turning into 12-Year-old Naruto! At least Naruto, at that age, could Spam Shadow Clones! Boruto, the top of his class genius, basically fights like his dad at 12 years old without the fail-safe of being able to spam Shadow Clones!

The rescue Mitsuki Arch all he did was get beat up by everyone! I would call that filler, but the Manga is making the Filler episode canon! Each Filler arch has been brought up in the Manga. This is why I hate original anime studio stories because for some reason Studio seems to follow the formula that the main character must always struggle and pull out the last-minute victory! I know this trope is in all Shonen Jump Manga, but one major difference that makes the manga better is the Manga author doesn't downplay the intelligence and skill of the main character.

At least the Manga kind of shows us a little bit of the so-called Top of his class Genius! I kind of wish they would have made Sarada Chunnin, but that would contradict the manga! But I don't remember ever seeing Shikada in a Chunnin Jacket or anyone even mentioning that he made Chunnin so I don't think the anime is worried about contradicting the manga!

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Jun 23, 2019 4:30 AM

Dviouss

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RIP Sarada. This didn't need to take so long

Jun 23, 2019 4:48 AM

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Hm, Sarada deserved it too!

Jun 23, 2019 5:45 AM

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son2380 said:
The thing that upsets me about Boruto the most is that in the beginning, they said all of this great stuff about Boruto. Like how he was the Top of his class and how smart he was like he was some sort of genius. This Genius son of the Hokage was never shown. How was he the top of his class when he struggled so much in the Chunnin exam? He went from being at the top of his class to turning into 12-Year-old Naruto! At least Naruto at that age could Spam Shadow Clones! Boruto the top of his class genius basically fights like his dad at 12 years old without the fail-safe of being able to spam Shadow Clones!

The academy in this era has a lot of subjects that don't involve fighting like maths ...etc (which is why iwabe had to repeat the year because he sucks at them) . Boruto on the other hand excels at them so that's probably the most important reason why he is the top of his class
The other reason is that he is very talented so he was stronger than most of the class. Some of them are as strong as Boruto like shikadai and sarada or even stronger like mitsuki but as i said there are many things other than fighting skills in the academy
But while everyone kept training and getting stronger boruto was just fooling around and naruto stated many times that boruto rarely trains
Boruto did show his skills and come up with some interesting combos but many of his frienda are talented and strong too
But yeah i agree with you , they should show his intelligence more

son2380 said:
he rescue Mitsuki Arch all he did was get beat up by everyone! I would Call that filler but the Manga is making the Filler episode canon!

Well the villains in that arcs were stronger than boruto and his friends. Even shikadai who was able to corner boruto in the chunin exam stated that the enemies are stronger and they can only beat them with teamwork and strategies

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Jun 23, 2019 6:23 AM

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Whoever wrote this episode do not deserve a single yen from his/her salary. What a bad, lazy writing is that...

Sasuke pops out to give no actual info. His points for Sarada is even more nonsense considering Shikadai also went against orders. Tsuchikage also asked none of the gennins being held responsible and thanked them instead. Also that Sarada does care about her comrades more than anyone else. She figures and solves shit quickly. Sarada is better than Shikadai in every aspect that they've listed.

They just wrote something bad so it doesn't clash with the manga. I really hate this show paralleling original. Team 7's gonna be eternal genins again I guess with a Nara getting promoted and praised every time.

Jun 23, 2019 7:00 AM

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Shikadai getting promoted and some good ol' banter between Naruto/Sasuke. Can't complain. :3

Jun 23, 2019 11:45 AM

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Ofc without flashbacks this isn't a series related to Naruto. Anyway aside that they finally showed Shikadai becoming a chuunin in the anime.Honestly i forgot it wasn't shown in the anime yet since i saw that on the movie.

Jun 23, 2019 2:40 PM

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Kinda feels like Sarada just got cheated there, but whatever.

Why did they only get to pick one, anyway? Last time 2 people got to become chunin.

Jun 23, 2019 7:47 PM

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Just watch the final few minutes of the episode where shikadai has been promoted as a chuunin as the rest of episode are flashbacks of their exam...

Anyways congrats to him, he deserved it... i also thought sarada will be promoted i since she has the traits of being one...

Jun 24, 2019 1:00 AM

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Sarada got snubbed but it is what it is.

Jun 24, 2019 2:44 AM

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Naruto: And the fact that they all came back safely speak volumes about Shikadai's strength.
That's a narrow view of things as a Hokage.

Well whatever, a goody two shoes will never become a Hokage anyway.

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Jun 24, 2019 7:12 AM

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Sarada got robbed lmao.

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Jun 24, 2019 5:33 PM

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The chuunin exams arc was the only arc that was better in this series so far. The flashbacks were definitely better than One piece ones.

I'm glad they didn't choose Sarada, otherwise it would've been nepotism at its best by Naruto. Sarada did break village rules and chose to desert the village for Mitsuki, even if it wasn't related to the exams she did go haywire. I'm glad her father stepped in to stop Naruto. Naruto is definitely a bad Hokage in my view, he is bias and condones nepotism. His close friends children are given first priority in everything, especially Sasuke's since I think he was in love with him and probably still is. If I was in that village I would've left long ago.

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Jun 25, 2019 8:00 AM

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I'm glad the narrative is going this way (what little we have of it rn lol)

Shikadai is much more serious than Shikamaru, and I think has the best personality for the chunin elite position above his comrades.

A breath-of-fresh-canon was needed, even if it was for like 5 minutes in total :)

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Jun 25, 2019 8:32 AM

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It was a pretty good recap but they did sarada dirty

Jun 25, 2019 1:38 PM

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We NEED MANGA CONTENT. Also, imagine your own father saying someone should be promoted over you, smh. I know a lot of people are upset about Shikadai not being a Chunin in the manga, but tbf they never really specify his rank

Jun 25, 2019 2:56 PM

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I thought the episode was a nice recap of the past arcs (Chunin exams & Mitsuki's Will) as well as talking about who to promote to Chunin and become a leader. I like how Naruto talked about Denki and how much he has improved and the qualities that made him a Chunin candidate. I think Shikadai was a great choice to promote to Chunin. I would like to have seen Sarada get promoted, but I can understand why they didn't promote her yet.

Jun 25, 2019 5:00 PM

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Somehow I think we would know the chuunin would be Shikadai. But after listening to their reasoning for promoting Sarada, I had a feeling it would be her. But I should have know they would follow Naruto's step and pick a Narai member for chuunin.

Jun 25, 2019 9:55 PM

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Pretty fine episode despite the massive recap!

As I hinted above, there was definitely a little too much of recap but it’s good that they narrated and assessed each and every round. Sarada was nearly on the verge of being picked but good thing Sasuke’s little briefing helped the other two to drop their bias (or was it really?). Something tells me Shikadai is more suited to be a Chuunin so I’ll just leave it at that.

Next episode looks fairly interesting, let’s see how our new captain fares in action!

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Jun 28, 2019 9:32 PM

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Oh man Shikadai got to be Chunin first just cause his father was the first in the previous show, that's just awful.

They certainly picked the worst of the New Generation to get it.

Press F for Sarada & D for Deadbeat Dad to Sasuke.

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Jun 29, 2019 12:11 PM

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It's more of a filler than any other filler in boruto. I'll rate boruto 1 point lower just because of this episode

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Jun 30, 2019 9:55 AM

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Shikidai! Like father like son! First in his class to be promoted to chunin just like his father
A big ol' recap episode, nothing much to see here

lihle808 said:
The chuunin exams arc was the only arc that was better in this series so far.

Did you just say these chunin exams were better than OG Naruto chunin exams? oof...

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Jul 1, 2019 6:55 PM

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The thing that kills me about the entire boruto series is that they have to make the kids almost exact replicas of their parents. No one is allowed to be different. Metal is a clone of rock Lee. Shikadai is a clone of shikamaru. Cho-cho is fat and ugly just like choji. Sarada is a 60-40 mix of sasuke and sakura. Mirai fought a lesser hidan. And now shikadai is the first chunin of the group just like shikamaru was (I actually would've preferred Mitsuki or sumire over both shikadai AND sarada). Mitsuki is the only on who's actually different than his parent and only just, he still has the same pale skin and the same extending snake arms.

Aug 12, 2019 5:46 PM

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Just thank god they didn’t choose Denki. Most useless character ever.

Oct 23, 2019 1:32 PM

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Useless recap episode AND Sarada got snubbed wtf I wasted my time.

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Jan 21, 2020 6:38 PM

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They really did Sarada dirty this episode. She's more than qualified but naaaaaaaah! Of course the shitty Shikamaru clone gets it instead. Ugh, I'm actually pissed off lol.

Feb 19, 2023 2:14 PM

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To finally get a small recap of what happend these past episodes, it was a big relief

May 23, 2023 8:43 PM

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Epiosio recapitulando el examen de chuunin para elegir a este mismo

Jan 6, 2024 6:36 PM

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Basically a recap episode, but we got their thought process on picking the Chuunin and that they are now aware of what we were aware of that 1-fisherpole-style user has been doing recon for awhile now

Originally I assumed Shikadai or Mitsuki, but due to events, Shikadai. They gave good arguments for everyone though I disagree with holding on to Inojin for so long. I honestly did not consider Denki, but he does make sense too.
In the end, based on the ACTUAL EXAM, it would be Sarada versus Shikadai, but they decided to include the Hidden Stone events, but in that case, should be Inojin!!!!! I'm not going to say why, I'm getting sad just thinking about. Q_Q

Shikamaru was right to criticize Shikadai even if Boruto did not cheat

Apr 2, 2024 2:06 AM

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oh it was just their way of doing a recap ep, and then they picked Shikadai for promotion at the end, kind of boring tbh

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Apr 9, 2024 6:32 PM

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