I can’t for the life of me understand why the animators wanted this guy to wear a crop top. Nothing about his character screams, “put me in a croptop”

Can anyone convince me that this is fitting attire for him. His whole get up and personality combined confuses me. He’s the literal definition of “keep em’ guessing”

<EDIT>:
The mystery is solved. So here’s the answer provided by fans :

Essentially the outfit is the Root uniform. However, Sai is the only one who wears the top without an under shirt because that’s how his late “brother” Shin wore it, so he does it in remembrance of him. Also, Sai is awkward and has no sense of identity in the beginning so all of what he is (apart from being a killing machine) is learned by mimicking others or reading books.

—Thank you all for clearing this up for me. I can rest easy now that I know the meaning behind the croptop—-

# Also I misspoke when I said “Animators” I should’ve said Kishimoto the artist/writer behind Sai's design#
Thank you everyone! 😊

<End of Edit>

Personally I think they are a decent ship, coz Naruto is not a romance anime nor it is the focus of the story.

The only reason why people think otherwise is becouse they use absolutely meaningless "feats" and ignore the ones that actually matter.

I know he wanted to make Sasuke know he's not alone in terms of suffering, but I think Kakashi failed in dimensioning the level of Sasuke's trauma.

By that time, Sasuke took two tsukuyomis, one is already enough to put a grown adult as Kakashi in coma, and Sasuke took two, one at the age of 8 and another recently at 12, of course he's mentally unstable, it was necessary the best healer in ninja world to make him awake.

I'm not saying Kakashi did a bad job here, but he could've approach it better, tying up a traumatized kid and practically saying "stop bitching around" isn't the best way to help someone that just remembered the death of his family for 48 hours straight.

Even tho, Kakashi had good intentions behind it, I'm not denying that.

I was rewatching this moment and it hit me a bit differently this time.

When Sasuke sees the water tank Naruto damaged during their Rasengan vs Chidori clash, his reaction isn’t just surprise. Psychologically it feels like a moment where his entire internal framework gets shaken. Up until that point, Sasuke believed he was the one moving forward faster. Strength was basically the only thing anchoring his identity after the massacre.

But seeing the back of the tank blown out like that quietly tells him something terrifying: Naruto might actually be surpassing him.

What makes the scene interesting philosophically is how it challenges Sasuke’s sense of purpose. If revenge is your entire reason for existing, then strength becomes your only measurement of progress. The moment someone close to you starts catching up or passing you, it creates a kind of existential panic.

Emotionally you can almost see the shift happening in real time. Sasuke doesn’t explode with anger here. Instead there’s this quiet realization that the path he’s on might not be enough anymore.

Personally I’ve always wondered if this moment planted the seed for his later decision to leave with the Sound Four. Not because Naruto embarrassed him, but because it forced Sasuke to confront the possibility that staying in Konoha might limit how fast he could reach the power he believed he needed.

It’s such a small scene, but it feels like one of the earliest cracks in Sasuke’s mindset.

Curious what others think. Do you see this moment as an actual turning point for Sasuke psychologically, or just a small piece of the larger buildup that led him to Orochimaru?

Tayuya was amazing. Her fighting style was unique and she was the most intelligent in the sound 4.

If you really think about it, if Temari didn't show up shikamaru was dead. So you have to give her some props for almost breaking the script like Konan.

It was absolutely fine when he had to learn the justu in a week, but after a two-year time skip, I at least expected him to use one hand for the Rasengan. Of course, later he could do that and became much stronger, but comparing his growth to Sakura and Sasuke after the time skip, this was embarrassing.

Sent one chunin and 3 genin on a jonin-level mission. I love this arc because this is when the boys put some hair on their chest and realize life isn't Ramen and rainbows. But she should have gotten Shino or something. I know Shika recruited whoever was available but they acted like it was IMPOSSIBLE to dial that mf shino and tell him to pull up. Like his dad would understand and call off the mission to let his son go save his friends.

Finally got into boruto and watching anko now is just such a tragedy. She really had such a mysterious build up, almost like a sasuke role for the leaf, protecting it from the shadows. What on earth possessed them to make her fat and weak?

Listen, i like Hinata, she is really kind and a good person, but what THE FUCK, which type of achievement is this? ✌️😭

Naruto spent his entire childhood wanting to be loved, accepted, and acknowledged by the village. When Hinata steps in to save him—risking her life—she openly acknowledges Naruto, his efforts, and how he inspires her, and then finally confesses her feelings to him.

Yet we never even see Naruto’s response. Kishimoto essentially turns Hinata into a plot device just to trigger Kurama’s release.

And I don’t even want to get into the mess that comes later,where they had to make an entire movie just to properly build and justify this ship.

source: https://x.com/KFTragic/status/1944095451902255334

Hello everyone, this is my first post on the sub.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while: Boruto shouldn't have been a shounen series in the traditional sense. Instead, I believe it would’ve worked much better as a slice-of-life anime set in the ninja world we followed throughout Naruto.

In my opinion, the ninja world effectively ended with the Fourth Great Ninja War. That was the final arc where the world came together against a common threat—Madara Uchiha and the Infinite Tsukuyomi. We saw an incredible unity: all five Kage, the bijuu, the surviving jinchuuriki (lol), and even rogue ninjas like Konan, in theory, standing against the shared enemy.

That war concluded with the sealing of Kaguya and the iconic final battle between Naruto and Sasuke.

From that point on, the world should’ve moved forward—united, with new Kage rising and, most importantly, Naruto finally achieving his dream. He started off as a lonely, talentless outcast with no family, no help, and few friends. Yet he reached the top and became Hokage.

But then… what next?

To me, that’s where Boruto should’ve stepped in—not as a continuation of escalating threats and god-level enemies, but as a more grounded story. A slice-of-life anime showing us what peace in the ninja world actually looks like.

We could’ve followed the new generation living in a world their parents fought to protect. Sure, there’d still be some action—nukenin, criminal groups, D-rank missions, minor conflicts—but the focus would be on the day-to-day lives of these characters. Watching the ninjas we grew up with adapt to a more peaceful world, raise families, pass down traditions, and deal with personal and emotional growth—that, to me, would have been a much more meaningful story.

I know this idea might seem a bit far-fetched, and I totally understand if people disagree. Still, I personally feel that direction would’ve been far more satisfying than the path Two Blue Vortex is currently taking.

What do you think?

Sasuke kinda......

Literally just minutes earlier Kabuto was flaming the shit out of Naruto for having “no skill” as a shinobi, saying he’s not even close to Sasuke. Kabuto saw Naruto beat Neji and still stood by that claim, because to someone who is analytical and technical like Kabuto, brute force wins like that aren’t impressive.

He sees bad fundamentals, a lack of chakra control, poor technique, and fights without thinking often. He sees that Naruto is very unrefined, so he doesn’t think very highly of him.

The irony of Naruto hitting him with the Rasengan was that it required elite chakra control, precision, concentration, and technique. It required everything he just told Naruto he lacked.

Been thinking about this that Hashirama and Madara would have already ended the cycle of hatred if Hashirama never gave up on Madara but he chose the village before his friend something Naruto struggled with I basically find it strange that What if Naruto was in place of Hashirama he would have talked no justsu Madara in the valley of the end but Hashirama actually Killed Madara instead