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This was genuinely such a waste of time and resources I could not have been more disappointed. They had an opportunity to finally turn this "quantity > quality" anime into a "quantity > quality" anime that would compare to the likes of other shonen anime (ex: Jujutsu Kaisen, Bleach, Naruto) in terms of BASIC visual flow, exept they failed miserably and achieved neither.

The frame rates per second are as low as ever and they in fact seem even laggier than the original series. It looks like they applied a phone filter to make all the images "prettier" but all it did was make them look ... un-realistically warmer while the detail hasn't necessarily improved.

This show has so much potential if the animation could only reach the basic standard, but they've decided to go the milking route and deny that possibility even after announcing a "quality remake" making this otherwise good show impossible for me to watch.

TL:DR If you like high quality anime, this is for you. If you are a highly empathetic person, this is for you. This anime is much better than the score it has.

In an age of rubbish quality animation, shows like Adachi to Shimamura are like finding a beautiful gem in a muddy river. The animation quality truly is amazing with great detail on facial expressions and body language, making the characters seem more adorable and real.

The story is excellent and very original in its take, as it simultaneously dives into the complexities of developing feelings for a friend (of the same sex) and the struggles ... of depression that people with less good looks and less fortunate families are often susceptible to. All in all this makes the show more realistic and serious (which most anime lack nowadays).

The show did spend slightly too much time on its side characters who were not interesting in the slightest compared to the main friend couple. There is also this weird astronaut girl who's reason for existing in the show makes no sense at all which I found somewhat frustrating.

Ignoring these 2 weaknesses, the show makes for a brilliant binge if you are in the mood for emotions, cuteness, realism and empathy.

Comparing Boruto to Naruto (from a hardcore Naruto fan):

The Naruto series started with smaller jutsu that then progressed into more important fights, continuously teasing the audience with the more mysterious powerful people (akatsuki, hokages, ect..) and then building a climax to show you amazing scenes with itachi, the previous hokages ect... You were really immersed into the story, naruto's struggles, sasuke's struggles, the hate and vengance relationship of the shinobi world, not to mention ACTUAL DANGER..

Boruto is non-stop family friendly, the characters are pretty much constantly fucking around whilst exchanging banter during situations of crisis. They immediately jump to the op shit and set the ... bar really high, completely destroying any interest in the development of the young ninja... They feed you non-stop happy positive music, 0 sad music, 0 proper character development. 0 ambu black ops, a useless chunin konohamaru that can only use the fucking rasengan to save his life, and to top it all off the hokages are so god damn bad compared to their older counter-parts (naruto exempt).

I'm 10 out of 12 episodes in and I can tell you this anime is great. However it has a major drawback that ( in my opinion ) prevents this anime fromentering my favorite's list.

DISCLAIMER: I am extremely picky with anime series because I'm an anime veteran. This criticism will be very harsh to get straight to the point. HOWEVER, I still enjoyed this series alot !!! Therefore I am sure you will too, so at least watch some episodes to get a feel for it.

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The amount of times a dramatic plot twist happens, the pace at which they happen and the immense lack of context and reason for them to happen in the first place takes away all the autehnticity this show has.

It's as if the sole purpose for these twists to happen is to entertain the audience. They are not attempting to convey a genuine story. They basically seem to happen for NO REASON.

They lack a genuine ressemblance to how humans would react to the situations portrayed in the anime.

This is the because there is a severe lack of communication between the characters during the plot twists and they poorly convey the context of their feelings and actions to the audience.

Because of this, the plot twists are completely empty on the inside and it is really hard to take them seriously. It almost feels like watching Jersey Shore or Secret Story.