‘Boruto’ Anime On Life Support: Show Cashing in on Nostalgia? Suffering Slow Death?

At this point, many fans of the “Boruto” Anime are wondering if the show exists simply for the sake of existing. Suffering from major filler episodes issue, the case of this new generation of ninjas from Konoha is even worse than the previous one. “Naruto” certainly had its own times when episodes not related to the main story were used, but not to this extent. Will the anime ever recover?

For now, there is no denying that the “Boruto” Anime is doing well, but a lot of this can arguably be attributed to its legacy status. In the upcoming episode, for example, viewers will be treated to the appearance of Choji, Comic Book reports. There is no doubt that there are going to be some funny moments in this upcoming segment, but it won’t be anything substantive, either.

A huge reason for why many fans were eagerly waiting for the “Boruto” Anime is because of the promise of some new adventures that focused on Naruto’s son and his friends. Over the past few episodes, there have been very little of that. What’s more, the anime has arguably done its very best to come up with interesting stories but have failed more often than not.

The real meat of the “Boruto” Anime comes from the progression of the manga, but each chapter is coming through far too slowly to be realistically worked into the anime schedule. As a result, the animators and the studio have had to come up with their own stories at times. There is no denying that their efforts had been largely mediocre, at best.

If the “Boruto” Anime does not get back to its main story path soon, it will simply keep losing viewers both in Japan and internationally. It will need to act fast, or every Sunday episode will be treated as just another pointless endeavor.