Boruto

Toonami expanded this weekend which I am very happy about because the bigger the block, the more room there is for 7th Moon some day. Part of this expansion was including Boruto, the sequel series to Naruto. The wierd thing is Naruto is still playing, so Boruto gives away the ending to Naruto yet we're still supposed to be surprised by what comes next on Naruto while already knowing, kind of like when Dragon Ball Super aired at the same time as Dragon Ball Z Kai and we saw Buu being firends with everybody immediately following watching him kick everyone's ass in the past.

For those not in the know, Naruto wrapped up in Japan a while back and the author went on to write about the next generation of ninjas, the children of the cast of Naruto. Naruto became the Hokage like he always wanted to, so he is successful and he married Hinata Hyuga, so that worked out and it is canon so deal with it. His son is Boruto and takes after him in a lot of ways (read: totally Naruto) but he also has a dojutsu, an innate eye jutsu that seems to be a variation of the Byakugan. It has been over a decade, the world has moved forward and after the last Ninja World War, there really isn't a need for ninja, but the tradition continues anyway, and all Boruto cares about is the fact that his dad is too busy being Hokage to be his father-well that and chili burgers. The first episode begins with a flash forward showing Boruto in a fight showing the last gasp of the ninja era, and the rest of the episode covers how a normal day for Boruto gets a little wierd when his dojutsu picks up on something otherworldly and it appears that he will have to hunt down some sort of demon or other evil spirit.

The biggest problem with Boruto is that it established that Naruto won the Ninja World War and has kids with Hinata and we also see the fates of everyone else from Naruto, so it just kind of kills the tension in Naruto Shippuden because from now on, every time you see someone almost die and wonder if their going to make it, and then find out immediately they're still alive fifteen years later, the next episode has kind of lost that edge. More spoilers, Sasuke comes back to village, marries Sakura and they have kids too, so this whole war between the two is just ridiculous at this point because now we know this just isn't going anywhere. SPoiler alert again, if you have been following the dub on Toonami, the whole thing Madara said a few weeks ago was actually the truth and sums up where Shippuden will be going, so expect the last two Jinchuriki to fight the Uchihas until Naruto wins and spares Sasuke.