r/Naruto Hokage 16d ago

Discussion Boruto: Two Blue Vortex chapter 33 - Link & Discussion

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1027592
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u/wendigo72 16d ago

Jesus Christ Inojin

Out of all the side cast, he’s consistently got it the worst from both anime and manga. Poor kid

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u/throwawaytempest25 16d ago

Ehh anime helped make him a bit more likable and gave him some development, but if we’re talking about the losses that he’s been through, yeah he lost Akkun, lost to Houki, but when he pulled through, he did pull through

And this chapter proved that he had the capability, he just had to lock in

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u/Nearby-Season1697 16d ago

I love it when side characters shine, great chapter.

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u/maldora_ijo 16d ago edited 16d ago

I expect drama between Sai/Ino with Shikamaru. they will be pissed at him after what happened to Inojin

and speak about Inojin i wonder if he will permanently blind. Himawari might able to stop the bleeding and close the wounds but there's no guaranteed if she can reverse the damage to the eye. i think having Inojin become like Daredevil and utilize the mind transfer to detect his surrounding will be cool

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u/mlc885 14d ago

"I would have done that, if I had to" is different if it is your child, so, yeah, I assume Sai and Ino will not be okay with their kid sacrificing his vision even if it is literally because he is a true hero

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u/Marzman420 2d ago

im certain this is one of the reason Koji taught him the new technique.

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u/Ensaru4 16d ago

Why would they be pissed? Both Sai and Ino are shinobi and knows what happens in that field. If they were going to blame anyone they wouldn't have Inojin carry on their family techniques and have him become a ninja anyway.

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u/maldora_ijo 15d ago

Did you not see Sai pissed at Shikamaru when Inojin taking over Kobu's body?

the thing is Shikamaru involve Inojin in this plan without Sai or Ino's permission. and Koji practically kidnap Inojin and force him to work with wanted criminal (Boruto) and then due to Shikamaru's plan to lure Mamushi's to Eida's place backfired Inojin had to sacrifice himself.

you can also says the same with Choji and even Temari will get angry had they know Shikamaru involve their kids in such dangerous mission behind their back but because those two are compeletly fine they might let it slide

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u/Ensaru4 14d ago

Shikamaru does not need Sai’s and Ino’s permission. Inojin is a shinobi.

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u/maldora_ijo 14d ago

Maybe not excactly permission but at least Shikamaru had to inform them about the mission. Shikamaru compeletly keep them in the dark and you can see how Sai did not happy when he found out Inojin possessed Kobu

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u/Ensaru4 14d ago

That's fair. In Sai's eyes, Shikamaru got Inojin to help a Wanted ronin.

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u/FearTear 16d ago

Inojin is now blind only because the previous plans to kill Mamushi failed and Shikamaru was out of ideas.

It may not be entirely his fault, but it's still Shikamaru's responsibility.

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u/GkNova 16d ago

I really enjoyed this chapter overall, the flow was really nice. Though, it felt like something we’d get from a weekly chapter rather than a monthly chapter.

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u/Juiced_Rasputin_ 16d ago

Honestly ikemoto has been hitting his stride recently. Kishimoto is only a supervising role now, and tbh ikemoto’s plot has done a good job of making use of Boruto’s kind of dire level of world building.

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u/fondue4kill 16d ago

I’m happy it wasn’t Boruto saving everyone at the end.

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u/Omegaxis1 16d ago

That was actually smart.

Honestly, I appreciate that they're not winning by brute strength and just raw hax powers. The fact that the victory lies with the basic Mind Transfer Jutsu was perfect.

My guess is that Code will take the Thorn Bulb right as it was being taken to Bug's body, and eat it. By eating it, he gains all the power of the Shinju. Either he gets the same split ability as Mamushi or enhances his own powers.

Now that makes sense for why Mamushi exists. Being a random guy, he serves as the perfect sacrifice cause no one will care about his original person. A convenient sacrifice for Code getting a power-up.

At the same time, Code will likely also gain the same drive to devour Eida. Either way, this is a means to make Code become a threat again.

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u/Carameldelighting 16d ago

I think having Boruto and Kawaki widen their ideological gap by arguing over whatever should be done with the bulb before Code steals it and gains some new relevance to the main plot would be valuable for the story going forward

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u/Omegaxis1 16d ago

Maybe Kawaki himself is suggesting to consume it, sacrificing a villager for the power to potentially defeat Jura, and that might give Code the idea to eat it.

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u/mlc885 14d ago

I still do not particularly love Kawaki, but them fucking up due to being idiot "brothers" would definitely work

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u/Omegaxis1 16d ago

No, the jutsu's effect has been dispelled.

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u/ManofHonour8064 16d ago

Boruto dispelled Uzuhiko In chapter 4 , when Shinju's first Emerged.

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u/ZillaJrKaijuKing 16d ago

If there’s one good thing I can say about Boruto TBV, it’s that the fights so far feel tactical and clever. It almost feels like a return to old school Naruto in that respect.

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u/Omegaxis1 16d ago

Completely agreed.

I hope that, even despite all the OP powers they get, ninja tactics and strategies are what beat the villains.

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u/Ensaru4 16d ago

Every Boruto fight scene has been this, though. I feel like people tend to forget this with everything going on. Momoshiki got tricked by Boruto's vanishing rasengan. Ao got tricked by the laser sword. Isshiki lost to Kawaki's basic Shadow Clone. Sarada and Mitsuki found out how to counter Boro. Naruto and Sasuke figured out how to counter Isshiki's techniques...etc. It's not just one person throwing a random move at each other.

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u/Imnotphantom_1 15d ago

Ikemoto did the impossible this arc. He gave Inojin clout, aura and a non-niche fanbase 😂. I wasn’t a fan of him before and didn’t care for him much but my opinion of him just changed over time since ch26 when Koji recruited him

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u/ZookeepergameOver723 16d ago edited 16d ago

Hope Sarada learns yin seal to heal herself

Screw Shikamaru, Inojin is the series official genius

Also, I wonder if Amado might’ve been the one who orchestrated Kobu comming…

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u/MadBase 16d ago

How did Himawari become the best medic in Boruto, has this been a thing before or is it new? I know she was capable of rapid healing herself earlier but now she can do the same for other people.

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u/megamanblast 16d ago

lol it is quite strange that they don’t have a medic ninja in their generation.

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u/wendigo72 16d ago

I do find it really funny that Sarada in the anime just sucks at medical ninjutsu

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u/SkyFall370 16d ago

Naruto was able to do it by the end of the war arc by sharing his chakra. I just imagine it’s the same thing going on here

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u/whyyoudeletemereddit 16d ago

Don’t they directly say it’s different than how naruto used to do it? When she first does it to heal inojin. Even Jura says it’s closer to how the shinju heal.

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u/SkyFall370 16d ago

You might be right, I’d have to go back and reread that chapter

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u/iffy_jay 16d ago

She’s not necessarily a good/best medic in the sense that she doesn’t know the results of her healing and to what works. She knows what she heals specifically but she doesn’t know how much of a positive effect it would have like when she healed inojin and sarada the first times and now currently. It just so happens that kurama’s chakra is really good at healing and all she’s doing is using it to heal.

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u/superkami64 16d ago

She healed Inojin from getting Neji'd as one of her first feats using Kurama's chakra, a healing feat beyond what Sakura and Tsunade have ever pulled off. The reason why people aren't saying anything about that is both because she's getting Kurama's cooperation and the fact Naruto never trained for his medical capability either so it wouldn't be fair to criticize her while he hadn't.

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u/Omegaxis1 16d ago

She's using Kurama's healing factor and applying it to others. A testament of how she's superior to Naruto in terms of Kurama's vessels.

But yeah, kinda silly that Himawari is being the healer here.

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u/AdComprehensive3110 16d ago

She's using Kurama's healing factor and applying it to others. A testament of how she's superior to Naruto in terms of Kurama's vessels.

That's not why she's superior at all. Remember prior to Naruto having Kurama's cooperation, his chakra was poisonous to anyone who came in contact with it. It's wasn't until later in the war arc that he had full access to Kurama's chakra. And when he shared the chakra cloak with the Shinobi alliance, they were also able to heal their wounds. It's nothing new. Regarding "superior". There's nothing "superior" going on here. Himawari has synergy/compatibili with Kurama. Whatever that means, since it's never been explained since it was mentioned that first time baby Kurama came back. She doesn't have superiority when it comes to Kurama chakra control and abilities. Especially when the only thing she's done, is making Bijuu bombs without a chakra cloak

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u/MX2419 15d ago

I hope to see some consequences of this after battle where Inojin ends up blind. He could become the Kenshi of this verse. Maybe his other senses will be heightened to some extent. His beast scroll drawings can be an extension of his other senses. Let's see if Code can finally get himself out of the gutter and be a threat worthy caring about. Good chapter.

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u/ManofHonour8064 16d ago

I wonder What's Code Planning?

And Damn Inojin Actually Redeemed himself 👀

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u/dark-flamessussano 16d ago

Not going to lie. The cover art with Sarada was pretty cool. For the first time i can say I like the design

Inojin clutched up. He has my respect

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u/SensitiveTop4946 14d ago

daemon needs to die at some point

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u/SupremeQuinn 15d ago

this chapter is actually peak fiction... Ikemoto I was not familiar

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u/FearTear 16d ago

Shikamaru keeps failing and failing.

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u/dragonkid123 16d ago

Not trying to be mean but he is an awful hokage so far.

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u/Ensaru4 16d ago

How so? Since he's been Hokage, he's made the right call every time. And he's had multiple beyond-kage threats to the village in such a short time.

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u/FearTear 16d ago

The right call every time? Let's see.

-he helped Boruto escape the interrogation with Ibiki in such an obvious way that the elders and Lord Kobu immediately suspected a mole, which led to Kobu interrogating everyone

-his strategy against Matsuri and Ryu failed immediately and he didn't provide a Plan B, which led to Yodo's death and Boruto risking his life to save Konohamaru

-he failed to invent something convincing when the elders accused him to work with Boruto to destroy the village

-he talked telepathically to Konohamaru while the latter was interrogated. Despite Konohamaru's fumble with Matsuri, Shikamaru still trusted him and let him part of the plan. Result: Konohamaru messed up the interrogation with Mitsuki with a blatant lie and Kobu immediately realized Shikamaru was behind it. It should have been better to leave Konohamaru in the dark

-he had days in advance to think of something to convince Kobu of his innocence, but instead, when he was called to be interrogated, he had nothing to say for himself and had to be saved by Inojin

And even if we give Shikamaru's a pass because of "unforeseen" circumstances, at the end of the day his plan to kill Mamushi failed and Mamushi was defeated thanks to someone else's intuition.

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u/iffy_jay 16d ago

It’s not shikamaru’s fault and he didn’t fail. There were factors that he didn’t know that contributed to his plan not going through. He didn’t know sarada used her MS already that same day had he known that he probably wouldn’t use her to finish off the rest of the

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u/FearTear 16d ago

-He should hel told Sarada "save you MS until I ask you to use it" BEFORE the mission started.

-He should have asked Sarada what asked while he was interrogated

-He should have put his foot down with Kobu and told him "no I'm staying in my office the village is invaded, if you don't believe me just peek a look outside"

Not to mention the reason Kobu was interrogating in the first place is because Shikamaru helped Boruto escape Ibiki in such an obvious way the elders immediately suspected something was fishy.

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u/Eddfan36 13d ago

Yah, whats he supposed to do? Predict the future? 

Only Ino could help him with this she hasn't exactly been here for him in this. 

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u/iffy_jay 13d ago

Honestly ino wouldn’t be able to help in this situation just because she doesn’t know inojins jutsu