Village Hidden In The Bush

Somehow turned into a Boruto blog lol

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Chapter 34

Didn’t love this chapter but I just wanted to point out a few things

Hehe my prediction from chapter 33 got mentioned

-Either this is a retcon, a mistake, or intentional but this is ChoCho in BNNG chapter 34

& this is ChoCho in TBV chapter 34

& she makes it clear that she’s just now seeing both boys as attractive so it’s not even how omnipotence has been told to us so far. Don’t know what happened here exactly but it’s weird

-Another weird subtle moment is Eida watching ChoCho run to Sarada to go to the hospital with Konohomaru & her. Daemon asks her if she’s ok, which makes her think about Kawaki.

& the focus is on Eida feeling disappointed and likely culminating in her moving on from Kawaki, but it’s being glossed over that she never goes to see Sarada. This actually makes me wonder about my theory that Eida leans towards Sumire. I also wonder if she caught on to Kawaki caring about Sarada’s health last chapter but not caring at all about hers & that’s why she didn’t go.

-Why does Code think Sarada is important to Kawaki? He also thought that back in the early chapters of TBV. I wonder if this ever gets explained because it actually does stand out as weird in story. Cant tell if it’s just Ike giving Code & Sarada more relevance/things to do or if this is intentional. Bc he seemed to forget/retcon the chocho thing so I can’t tell exactly if this is just something overlooked

-Sumire being called her name continues to be depicted as standout moments to varying degrees. It represents Sumire shedding her persona that was more tied to her anbu mission, class rep, & finding acceptance as her true self. It feels her moment with Boruto calling her name is being built up with each reintroduction she has.

-I also saw people theorize that Kawaki will kidnap Hidari’s bulb & put it in the dimension with Naruto & Hinata. It does make a lot of sense to me but I also think it’d be bad writing for Kawaki… it’s making him this 1 dimensional flat villain that he was not depicted as originally. In sasukes descent to madness, he had moments that anchored him to his good-willed nature like his care for his teams when fighting killer bee. Or how obito still cared about Kakashi & rin after his injury & didn’t turn cold until rin died.

I do feel it’s a huge chance Sasuke won’t be back until Naruto & Hinata are but this way annoys me for Kawakis character. It’d be better if it’s deemed necessary by Boruto, Kawaki & Sarada, not a hostage situation. We’ll see how things go though and just see what Amado offers him next chapter

[mayakonoha]

I was like the ONLY person who noticed how weird the chocho retcon was and it was significant enough to be asked in an interview. My eye for detail & pattern recognition goes crazy

Pull up my car fax next time we’re doing community notes on my posts

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Wait, yall are asking other boruto accounts to discuss & fact check MY theories ? 😭😭😭they're THEORIES! I cannot believe I just saw a post quoting everything I said in an anonymous question like what the hell. I'm not on here all the time and try not to wad deep into fandom cause of weird stuff like this ironically lol.

& then the reply is basically like "this is absolutely not happening" 😂 bc I said Sarada is probably overestimating herself trying to keep up w Sumire from things all stated in canon... I started off talking about how Sumi & Sarada are foils years ago & been correct when analyzing their characters. I constantly get vindicated & now yall pullin community notes on me like we on Elons dusty twitter 🚬🫩

Yet & still I'm not always right and people don't have to agree with me. This is just something I do for fun, and so much fun already has been taken out this story as is. No anime, shipping wars, one sided relationships, misogyny, lack of depth & timidity in writing. Please don't make it worse.

Ppl can’t even just have fun without it getting turned into a debate and dissection I’m not the one writing this manga why am I under scrutiny like this. But also if you want to argue my points down then do it to me directly. 😊

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Damn, boruto has a blank expression when she is being taken away and taunts code into going after Sarada knowing that would be a possible outcome.

I wouldn’t say he don’t care maybe what we’re seeing is internal conflict like it’s too much going on at the moment for him to see if she is fine. I think he’s a bit worried because again he didn’t know the drawbacks of Sarada MS which explains why he reacted that way 2 chapters ago. He did check her condition after Sumire asked and said she was fine and Himawari did heal her.

I think it’s just a processing thought.

But again, its always Sarada-> Boruto

But it’s never Boruto->Sarada if you understand.

It’s a bit weird how it looks he barely cares or don’t have a big reaction to Sarada being a possible target for code especially knowing its the possible outcome code would’ve did and yet he kept taunting him and boruto didn’t take him seriously.

Again I wouldn’t say he don’t care but I’ll wait until the official viz translation come out tomorrow but maybe he went to free bug then instantly try to get back to where Sarada is because he knows code is going to target her. Imo I’m not worried about Sarada getting hurt because you know boruto will save the day and she will be a damsel in distress for the 100M times in a row. My My the Sales with definitely Tank if they don’t move from this whole Sarada plot and Sarada talking about her “feelings” for boruto + being a damsel in distress having to get saved by him.

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As of volume 5 this is the official relationship chart released today. Boruto doesn’t have mutual feelings with either girl as of volume 5. They also do not have Eida liking Boruto which is funny bc people swore she has a crush on him now

[mayakonoha]

Chapter 34

Didn’t love this chapter but I just wanted to point out a few things

Hehe my prediction from chapter 33 got mentioned

-Either this is a retcon, a mistake, or intentional but this is ChoCho in BNNG chapter 34

& this is ChoCho in TBV chapter 34

& she makes it clear that she’s just now seeing both boys as attractive so it’s not even how omnipotence has been told to us so far. Don’t know what happened here exactly but it’s weird

-Another weird subtle moment is Eida watching ChoCho run to Sarada to go to the hospital with Konohomaru & her. Daemon asks her if she’s ok, which makes her think about Kawaki.

& the focus is on Eida feeling disappointed and likely culminating in her moving on from Kawaki, but it’s being glossed over that she never goes to see Sarada. This actually makes me wonder about my theory that Eida leans towards Sumire. I also wonder if she caught on to Kawaki caring about Sarada’s health last chapter but not caring at all about hers & that’s why she didn’t go.

-Why does Code think Sarada is important to Kawaki? He also thought that back in the early chapters of TBV. I wonder if this ever gets explained because it actually does stand out as weird in story. Cant tell if it’s just Ike giving Code & Sarada more relevance/things to do or if this is intentional. Bc he seemed to forget/retcon the chocho thing so I can’t tell exactly if this is just something overlooked

-Sumire being called her name continues to be depicted as standout moments to varying degrees. It represents Sumire shedding her persona that was more tied to her anbu mission, class rep, & finding acceptance as her true self. It feels her moment with Boruto calling her name is being built up with each reintroduction she has.

-I also saw people theorize that Kawaki will kidnap Hidari’s bulb & put it in the dimension with Naruto & Hinata. It does make a lot of sense to me but I also think it’d be bad writing for Kawaki… it’s making him this 1 dimensional flat villain that he was not depicted as originally. In sasukes descent to madness, he had moments that anchored him to his good-willed nature like his care for his teams when fighting killer bee. Or how obito still cared about Kakashi & rin after his injury & didn’t turn cold until rin died.

I do feel it’s a huge chance Sasuke won’t be back until Naruto & Hinata are but this way annoys me for Kawakis character. It’d be better if it’s deemed necessary by Boruto, Kawaki & Sarada, not a hostage situation. We’ll see how things go though and just see what Amado offers him next chapter

[mayakonoha]

Recovery.

My short fan manga of Kawaki humbling himself & comforting Sarada after the events of TBV chapter 33. (This is not a theory, idk how likely this plot line is. I just made this for practice & fun. I want to write a graphic novel one day & this approach helps a lot)

I’d prefer no reposts on other sites but if so, must give credit. I’m MayaKonoha now <3

[axtrowrld]

Here’s a page of sarada’s recovery and I wanted to add more, thanks for the inspo🤩 @mayakonoha

This is a lot of work and took me a while and idk if I’m going to finish before the leaks/ chapter come out, I have to study for upcoming exams lol.

[mayakonoha]

Damn this is good !!! Ikemoto needs to let us tag team this manga & maybe then we can get it weekly 😂😂😂

[mayakonoha]

Recovery.

My short fan manga of Kawaki humbling himself & comforting Sarada after the events of TBV chapter 33. (This is not a theory, idk how likely this plot line is. I just made this for practice & fun. I want to write a graphic novel one day & this approach helps a lot)

I’d prefer no reposts on other sites but if so, must give credit. I’m MayaKonoha now <3

[axtrowrld]

Chapter 34 sneak peak!

[mayakonoha]

Lmaooo I’ve been working on a fan comic of Sarada recovering in the hospital but I’m on the last page now & didn’t finish before this spoiler dropped. Not sure if I’ll actually be accurate or not I just made a short story that I personally liked

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Sarada’s Mistake

I’m wondering if Sarada overestimated herself due to finally acknowledging her feelings and releasing shame (& the friendly rival w Sumire)

I started to think and I remembered that Sarada agreed with Sumire that she won’t be holding back anymore either. Sarada herself tied her feelings for Boruto to her strength, twice and so did Yodo.

So when she agreed to not hold back anymore, I’d assume it would extend to pushing her limits regarding her abilities.

We see her pushing her limits here (ch 31), pretending to be okay so she can keep trying to help out

Then blatantly overestimating how many Mamushi she can handle after already weakening

& later collapsing with currently unknown amounts of damage (ch 32)

I think this will spark a reflection for Sarada that something is still missing in this equation.

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Kawaki Is Misunderstood

Kurama wisely recognizes that Kawaki is not a cold heartless person yet. He does have the capacity to care for others still & show empathy. When Kawaki finally decided to start rebuilding his life it was because of Naruto & Sarada. He gets a Minato trading card & learns he was the 4th Hokage. While thinking about Naruto being the 7th, it seems to convey that he thinks of Sarada. If not, the story connects it to Sarada, Sarada did nothing important in the card trade so she wasn’t needed at all. So this moment has to be the reason why she’s written into the scene. I believe as him acknowledging her as deserving to be in the line of succession.

In the next pages, it’s Sarada & Naruto that are shown teaching Kawaki.

I also think Sarada was significant here bc when Kawaki first asks Naruto to train him, he was shown thinking about rebuilding the vase but he still didn’t do it. When he gets Naruto’s card, Sarada is shown before he’s motivated into action. Naruto alone wasn’t enough.

He obviously cares about her, but he’s mentally ill & tunnel visioned. He also cares about Hima, Boruto, and Mitsuki as well. It’s weird how ppl totally misread or neglect giant chunks of the story. This isn’t even debatable. He purposely elevated Mitsuki & Sarada’s efforts fighting bc he cared about their success as ninja. He was just teasing/trolling Boruto.

I also noticed after he’s rude he usually mentions that he wants to kill himself. It shows he does feel guilt and recognize his behavior is harmful. Even towards Eida, who I don’t think he cares for, he’s shown this guilt.

With Eida I think she reminds him of Jigen too much. Another person obsessed w him w insane otutsuki powers whom he doesn’t trust. This could change though. But I notice he gives Sarada a full explanation, which he said he’s done before, & self awareness that humanizes himself. But to Delta he just keeps it short and doesn’t even bother explaining himself. So he may never rly come to trust Eida or care for her.

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So when this scene drops in TBV chapter 33 & ppl feel blindsided, it’s wild.

Sarada was the first friend he made. Not only that, it was Naruto who declared it. Kawaki immediately distanced himself from her emotionally as a trauma response. In the next chapter there’s that connection made between her & the Hokage title for Kawaki. Which makes me think he softened the more safety he felt & took her up on her offer from likening her to Naruto.

Kawaki was having panic attacks from flashbacks & fear of Jigens abuse. That’s when Naruto hugged him, in his most vulnerable moment so far in the story, and Sarada was there to watch. Not only that, Sarada seeing him at his most vulnerable immediately turned around and likened herself to Naruto & wanting to be there for him. She also physically comforts him through his next panic attack like Naruto did before.

I believe he also sees Sarada as someone who understands his pain from how she talked about her resentment towards Boruto & his privileges. (Ch 38) Bc truthfully, that’s half the reason why Kawaki took advantage of Omnipotence. Yes, momoshiki was a threat that does give initial & logical cause to attack but Kawaki also wanted a reason to justify his complex feelings around his place in the Uzumaki family & Konoha as a whole.

That’s why his rant starts with “otutsuki is a threat” & devolves into “*everyone cares for him but nobody cares about me which is good bc im trash” as he gets more emotional, he gets more honest about how he feels. Describing boruto as his brother again, just like what he told Naruto & Hinata before sending them away. It’s just buried under layers. Hopefully Sarada makes this connection & confronts him on some talk no justsu timing.

*just in case I didn’t make it clear Kawaki is jealous of Boruto the way Sarada was.

Even the conflict with Boruto eats at him. He intentionally reminds himself that Boruto is a ‘monster’ to justify acting out his feelings of resentment & insecurity, as well as shield him from the guilt & repress the fact that he actually cares about him. (“Why’d it have to be him?” double entendre)

Even before things spun out of control, Kawaki thought about how Boruto viewed him. He was secretly bothered that Boruto disliked parts of him to the point it was a driver in him wanting to rebuild the vase. (Which we all know as a metaphor for kawaki rebuilding himself)

Also with ppl he cares for he does care how those people view him. Notice the emphasis he puts on how high a cost it will be for him to be hated by Naruto & hinata to protect them.

(Funny enough I think his care for Boruto & Sarada also stem from them pushing back on his behavior. I think that’s what he distrusts about Eida actually. Her enabling & groveling comes off like an attempt to use him, I believe. Which he’s paranoid about from past trauma. He also initially started being cordial w Naruto for the same reason, he challenged his behavior.)

Overall Kawaki is beholden to his trauma still, so he pushes down his most honest feelings to stay focused on his goals. But the care still leaks out bc like Kurama said, he hasn’t dried up yet.

But he has never hated them & he’s not heartless. He’s just deeply traumatized similar to Obito & Sasuke & their behavior when they were teenagers.

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Kawaki Is Misunderstood

Kurama wisely recognizes that Kawaki is not a cold heartless person yet. He does have the capacity to care for others still & show empathy. When Kawaki finally decided to start rebuilding his life it was because of Naruto & Sarada. He gets a Minato trading card & learns he was the 4th Hokage. While thinking about Naruto being the 7th, it seems to convey that he thinks of Sarada. If not, the story connects it to Sarada, Sarada did nothing important in the card trade so she wasn’t needed at all. So this moment has to be the reason why she’s written into the scene. I believe as him acknowledging her as deserving to be in the line of succession.

In the next pages, it’s Sarada & Naruto that are shown teaching Kawaki.

I also think Sarada was significant here bc when Kawaki first asks Naruto to train him, he was shown thinking about rebuilding the vase but he still didn’t do it. When he gets Naruto’s card, Sarada is shown before he’s motivated into action. Naruto alone wasn’t enough.

He obviously cares about her, but he’s mentally ill & tunnel visioned. He also cares about Hima, Boruto, and Mitsuki as well. It’s weird how ppl totally misread or neglect giant chunks of the story. This isn’t even debatable. He purposely elevated Mitsuki & Sarada’s efforts fighting bc he cared about their success as ninja. He was just teasing/trolling Boruto.

I also noticed after he’s rude he usually mentions that he wants to kill himself. It shows he does feel guilt and recognize his behavior is harmful. Even towards Eida, who I don’t think he cares for, he’s shown this guilt.

With Eida I think she reminds him of Jigen too much. Another person obsessed w him w insane otutsuki powers whom he doesn’t trust. This could change though. But I notice he gives Sarada a full explanation, which he said he’s done before, & self awareness that humanizes himself. But to Delta he just keeps it short and doesn’t even bother explaining himself. So he may never rly come to trust Eida or care for her.

[axtrowrld]

My sarada redesign so far

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TBV Timeline & Arc’s

Okay so I’ve been making my own arc timeline for TBV. I obviously just don’t know how long this manga is supposed to be. I’m thinking for sure all of these arcs will be considered under the larger umbrella as the Shinju Arc once they are defeated & we move on. Anyway, it’s helpful to me because now that I see a clear pattern, I know what to expect going forward for the most part. If I had done this sooner I would’ve known the Mamushi fight was ending in chapter 33 by recognizing where we are on the timeline.

*also not inferring he won’t break this pattern ever bc the intro breaks that pattern in my eyes.

The volumes consists of 4 chapters & I noticed a pattern of 8 chapters opening & concluding a full arc. When I say full I’m referring to completing a major goal, like defeating a major villain.

Also I’ll update this as arcs finish to see how consistent the pattern stays!

Ch 1 - 16 Intro arc

I feel like the intro arc covers 16 whole chapters w 2 smaller arcs that happen. It’s the longest arc so far imo which makes sense as it was the introduction. Boruto gets interrogated in the Shinju arc as a further introduction to Konoha. Sidenote: it also supports the idea that Boruto & Hima are the 2 blue vortexes bc the Boruto Returns arc lasts 7 chapters & Hima open the next arc ch 8 with her own reintroduction. 🌻

It’s why tracking it is helpful bc I can see when important points are being set up.

Ch 1 - 7 Boruto Returns Arct

- ch 7 ends with Jura deciding to go to Konoha, BoruMitski fight & reconcile, InoShika are caught up to speed on timeskip events

Ch 8 - 16 Shinju Arc

-Ch 8 Shinju pull up to Konoha, the KuraHima 9 tails suprise, Mitsuki clocks Eida + Kawaki’s rude

- Ch 16 ends with team 7 arriving in the Sand village. Flying raijin flashback, SaraSumi fall out

Ch 17 - 25 Sand Arc

- 8 chapters in total

-17 starts w team 7 + Sand trying to manipulate the Shinju, BoruKoji tension (lol I’m just combining names to save words not referring to shipping)

- Fighting starts ch 18

- Fighting ends ch 24

- chapter 25 closes with Moegi/Shinki revived, SaraSumi make up + Sarada clarifies feelings

- 1 3/4th set up chapter no fighting, 1 resolution chapter no fighting

* ch 21/22 are the climax of the arc, Sarada confronts the conflict created at the end of the last arc. They end ch 25 on good terms.

Ch 26 - 33 Mamushi arc (will go to 34)

- 8 chapters if it wraps up in 34 which would keep with the pattern. A full arc is 2 volumes.

-ch 26 inojin recruited + crush confirmed, Kobu announces suspicions, SaraSumi exposed by Eida

- Battle starts ch 28

- Battle ends ch 34 (im assuming)

- 2 3/4 set up chapters no fighting (possibly 3 or 3 1/2)

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Current predictions for Chapter 34 & beyond (next arc)

This was a standout chapter to me. I like when multiple events are set up, developed or concluded in one chapter. So I’m posting early because I started seeing so many possibilities myself! Not gonna post the low quality pics of chapter 33

- Boruto Koji beef & fallout ➡️ Amado tries to secretly team up with Koji (or take him over)

- Code steals mamushi’s bulb ➡️ Code eats the thorn soul bulb ➡️ levels up to next Big Bad (I can’t estimate how fast this happens though… he could steal it and store it somewhere & hesitate on eating it which could last chapters.)

- We have 3 ppl out of commission of various health status… I don’t think a long fight is about to happen in chapter 34. We just hit the climax of an arc, so it’s most likely gonna be a set up for future events but we gotta deal w the ramifications of this one first. Then game plan. (That’s why I don’t think code gets a huge power up right now or a full on fight.)

- I could also see Code calling for a truce to defeat the last shinju. Waiting for his moment to stab them in the back. Boruto DID offer an alliance to him once, though Code proved untrustworthy. Hmmm not sure how likely this is to happen, but it did float to my mind.

- Ino (but possibly also Sai) snitches to Kubo enraged with Shikamaru getting Inojin hurt ➡️ Shikamaru loses his position ➡️ (I think either Konohomaru becomes next hokage candidate but/or something goes wrong. I’m thinking of “the age of shinobi is over” and I think Kobu will have something to do with it. I think eventually he realizes all the hokage candidates are involved in the scheme, and cuts funding to Konoha or something drastic.)

- Sarada blames herself for what happened to Inojin, & locks in to Hokage role (🤞🏾) rereading BNNG I think she might work with Sumire to develop a modern version of the 100 healings seal. Because it is weird that was brought up across 2 chapters and never mentioned again. She doesn’t have the time to develop it naturally and would need faster access to reserves to recover in the fight against Hidari & Jura.

- I think Hima goes through a depression as well, that will strengthen her resolve. Feels like a longshot but if she lost Inojin I reallyyyy hope they bring out Hanabi to comfort her at least. & introduce hyuga training to expand her arsenal

- Kawaki will feel humbled and change up his approach; it’s kinda giving Vegeta getting his arm broken by Android 18. Which led him to the training in the hyperbolic time chamber… which then led to Super Saiyan 2. I hope Ike doesn’t turn Kawaki one note. He should do some real shinobi training again and work with someone and show his redemptive qualities. I noticed he sent hima straight to Sarada in chapter 33, worried for her. He didn’t even have Hima heal him, even tho he also just got his face smashed in. It shows empathy on his part. Signs that he’s feeling some humility.

- Idk if Inojin is for sure dead. But he’s already had 2 fake outs. There’s got to be serious consequences this time (fool me 3 times blah bla…) if not death, blindness or something. I also notice how it’s paralleling Sarada’s eye getting injured rn & also thinking about how Code, Sasuke & Boruto lost theirs as well. Is this the go to injury in this series??? If they ever get tired of being shinobi they can sail the 7 seas lol 🏴‍☠️ that’s another reason I feel like he might actually be dead to break the trend.

- The shinju fights have been different than presented. Team 10 didn’t fight Matsuri, Sarada defeated Ryu, Inojin took out Mamushi. Sarada has already fought Hidari, and I believe she will again, but I don’t think she’ll be the one to defeat him. I think Hidari will either sacrifice himself for her or someone else gets him, like Mitsuki. (They are both students of Orochimaru!) Boruto & Kawaki also helped finish off Hidari the first time (& Boruto defeated matsuri) so I don’t think it’ll be them either.

Bonus

- we lost Yodo collecting the first 2 thorn soul bulbs. We lost(?) Inojin collecting the third one. From Koji’s vision in chapter 23, I think Jura will be present during the fight against Hidari. I know he’s talked about his visions changing, but in narrative I doubt that was shown for no reason. We only saw small snippets anyway

- My point being, we’re likely to lose somebody next arc. But who? (Again, maybe Hidari sacrifices himself to fully heal Sarada’s eye bc I noticed her injured MS eye was hidden in chapter 33. It also appears that Hidari could be making the “finger tap” gesture Sasuke & Itachi shared)

- Wildcard : kawaki eats the bulb (“the age of shining is over = awakened divine powers to enforce that ? Also makes me wonder if he had Eida send another omnipotence blast denouncing shinobi life in that scenario. Wild how I never considered this before!)

- Candidates for eating a bulb:

Kawaki

Code

Amado

Amado feeds one to delta

Borushiki

Random otutsuki shows up

Both Kawaki & Code eats a bulb

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My sketch! If boruto and Sumire had a child one day. I’ve been in a drawing dry spell so this was fun!!! I blended their palettes because I feel that makes the most sense. It’s my first time drawing Sumire & just having fun & not worrying about accuracy or realism or whatever

Thank you @axtrowrld for the inspo 🤎🤎🤎

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Sarada’s eyesight issues

In chapter 31 Sarada is shown bleeding from her right eye after using ohirume to take out Mamushi clones. We see her vision being blurred also, indicating she’s starting to lose her eyesight to her Mangekyo Sharingan. Since she’s the last uchiha (besides sasuke) people are theorizing how she’s gonna fix her eyesight.

My theories

Himawari’s healing technique brought Inojin back from the dead. She may be able to achieve some type of miracle for Sarada because her healing abilities are still unknown

Amado making artificial eyes for Sarada, he did it for Kawaki who still has access to his dojutsu after the fact so it’s clearly a possibility. (& If so I hope Sumire helps in some way, I want to see more of the girls supporting each others dreams)

Hidari gives up his eyes and it works somehow… lol but I do think Ike could pull a storyline out of this because 10 tails is just chakra anyway. It’s her dad’s real chakra. He also has a desire to take her eye, mirroring Itachi & sasuke & how sasuke was the one who wound up with EMS.

With Hashirama / shibai cells, courtesy of orochimaru or Amado. Hashirama cells saved Obitos eyes (& speaking of, he’s a good example that there are work arounds for not having a true EMS)

Byakugou seal but I feel like it’s a bit of a long shot now… because it takes a long time to collect chakra for the seal, for one. Two, Sarada has never been a healer type (& I don’t like how girls/women get stuck w that role). & we’re 30 chapters deep & no indication Sarada practiced healing over the time skip so randomly whipping it out will feel unearned. But they have brought back ideas from the past like Boruto & Sumire w the chakra sword from NNG so who knows.

Kabuto & Shin clones who have sharingans. Kabuto pulled off spectacular feats like reanimation justsu to upgrading Madara Uchiha’s body (with hashirama cells). He’s a smart medical ninja and was incredibly gifted. By this time he probably could come up with an ethical way to help her achieve EMS since he’s the guardian of the shin clones (& changed his ways).

Anything is possible, it’ll be interesting to see what route they go down with her unique predicament.

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I don’t think this confirms the jougan isn’t canon, I think it’ll just come later on. I could be wrong, but I’ll wait for a direct confirmation before giving up lol. Since Boruto got an upgraded sword & access to Momo’s power for the Mamushi arc, they probably won’t give him the jougan so quickly. & if so, it might just awaken without use or be used to just do one major thing.

But I do think it’s interesting that it’s mentioned in this same chapter that Boruto is ready to die now with no contingency plan to save himself & the eye is finally opened.

Jougan is called the pure eye, notice Boruto’s intentions are being described to also be pure (completely transparent = purity) It might be meeting conditions needed to activate it. If canon, it’s likely Boruto will come close to death again or something significant happens that awakens it. We still don’t know what material Sumire added to the sword, and if it’s Nue’s chakra (or even Shibai who was depicted with the jougan), that could be another condition being met that could lead to the awakening.

It was also pointed out by Momo that Boruto is using his abilities. The jougan was obviously never momo’s ability so it’s not necessarily being negated. This might also explain why Boruto doesn’t have veins popping out, bc it’s not his natural ability, it might work differently. (But we’ll see how things turn out!)

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When it comes to your theory on how Sumire will show Eida what real romantic love is, what if Sarada is teaching her what real friendship is?

I mean think about it, the reason Eida made them immune is because of Sumire defending Eida and calling out what Eida want to experience which is ordinary romance while sarada asked Eida if she wants to be ordinary friends after Eida says she can’t experience romance or have genuine friendships bc of her power and that’s what made her choose sarada and Sumire.

I mean even in chapter26 sarada hugs Eida while pulling Sumire along and Eida was confused and sarada says how it’s her resolve for friendship.

Hmmm could be! Sumire seems to treat Eida cautiously like the danger she is, & it’s usually Sarada who forgets & treats her like a regular person. It does feel like Sarada is more able to be a friend to her. I’m curious to see how this arc plays out with Mamushi bc then we’ll have more clear answers on everything. There’s also been weird moments of tension between Eida and Sarada & that’s why I’m not sure if those were just red herrings, or this new friendship resolve was the development of that.

I think it would be great storytelling if Sarada teaches her about friendship bc it would really strengthen Sarada’s ability to be a hokage like Naruto. Kinda gives Gaara/Naruto vibes. Which is what I want to see from her!

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