“Naruto becomes Hokage but struggles with fatherhood; son Boruto rebels against legacy while new threats emerge.”
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
BORUTO-ボルト- -NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS-
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Synopsis
Naruto becomes Hokage but struggles with fatherhood; son Boruto rebels against legacy while new threats emerge.
Naruto Uzumaki has finally achieved his dream of becoming Hokage, the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village that he spent his teenage years fighting to protect. Naruto and his peers now live in a world of peace, working hard to uphold an international truce built on good will and diplomacy. However, this stasis comes at a personal cost for the aging hero. Naruto and the shinobi he grew up alongside find that working to upkeep the neutral world takes them away from their families, and even the legendary warriors of Naruto's generation must contend with being mediocre parents to their bitter children, including his own son Boruto. Boruto Uzumaki faces a world completely unlike that of his father, finding unique trouble in the distance between the two. Contending with a society that heaps an unbearable load of pressure on his shoulders over his status as the Hokage's son, Boruto carves his own path through the world, fighting to make a name for himself as evil forces threaten to shatter the peace his father helped create.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 59 sampled reviews
What 59 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.74 · split reception
6.4 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 2.1
↑ 0.25
Running avg · Sep 2016 → Jan 2026
- 9 “For a long time I was influenced by the hatred around Boruto and that's why I avoided him as an anime, but after reading Naruto, I thought that I'm quite interested in how bad it is, and...”
- 10 “Listen, The anime is terrible, the anime has tons of fillers and it really makes it hard to watch boruto, however, the manga is getting interesting Chapter 67 - 69 (Current) is just super good,...”
- 8 “The manga is genuinely entertaining, featuring a moving plot, exciting climaxes, and high-quality fight scenes. However, the series suffers from unfair comparisons to Naruto and a lack of a proper...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 81 × 20 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 48m approx
- Published May 2016 – Apr 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M37432 catalog