lmao i find it so funny how code and kawaki are the reason boruto even has a plot😭
think about it:
the reason boruto got a brother was because he met kawaki and saw he had the same karma mark on his palm as he does. kawaki being taken in by naruto and welcomed in konoha brought them all of kawaki’s problems. jigen / isshiki dying is what made code a problem. code hates kawaki. kawaki escaped kara and with him gone, code would have zero reason to go out and look for him, unless jigen ordered it. now with isshiki gone and having inherited his will, code has every reason to find (and kill) kawaki and everyone else who was present at isshiki’s death. this is when code became a problem
maybe it’s a good thing we don’t know anything about code. the only thing we do know is: he worships the otsutsuki, has a karma but was an incompatible vessel, he hates kawaki for being the perfect vessel, and he and kawaki seem to be around, if not, the same age. we know nothing else. we don’t even know how he ended up in isshiki’s hands to begin with. all we can assume is, he was bought the same way kawaki was since it was mentioned isshiki had multiple kids he tested karma on. these kids had to have been acquired somehow at some place
anyway, what am i getting at with this post ?? that maybe, just MAYBE, code will get redemption and a family. i know that sounds wild given the current state of the manga and code’s character, but it’s been stated code will end up dying all alone. maybe that isn’t the case. other characters have brought up multiple times the question of “what is code’s destiny”. at the rate he’s going, he’s gonna end up all alone with nothing and no one (his current state). boruto’s destiny was to lose it all and die thanks to momoshiki (his current state), but we all know omnipotence is not gonna be permanent and we know boruto will overcome all his problems. kawaki is meant to be hated (they assumed he killed naruto and went to hunt him down), which will be his state once omnipotence is undone. boruto, however, forgives him. he loves him and wants to reconcile with him. his end goal is to bring back his family— the uzumakis back together as one (naruto, hinata, himawari, kawaki and himself)
destiny is a big theme in boruto as a series and with kawaki and code moving our plot forward (shinju included, who exist BECAUSE OF CODE), it seems like the story is having destinies changing. shit, we’re already seeing it with koji’s prescience since he’s mentioned destiny changing already before, i wouldn’t be surprised if our karma trio subverts all their destinies. boruto undoes omnipotence and regains his life and family when no one thought he could, kawaki accepts the love and family that took him in since day one that he always denied because he felt undeserving of it, and code lives. he goes through redemption (and maybe during this time we get a backstory on him on how he ended up the way he currently is) and gains a family when he was all alone with nothing and no one. basically, he gets the last laugh just the way he said he would
sorry all my thoughts are jumbled up here. this is just how i can see the story going and moving forward for some reason. again, the story mentions destiny changing, and it revolves around the karma trio. they’re essentially our pillars. without boruto, there would be no main character and story to write. without kawaki, there would be no catalyst. without code, there would be no conflict. i had to put this out somewhere cuz i never see anyone talk and / or focus on the karma trio like this. boruto is and puts the face forward, while kawaki and code are in the background moving things along for us and making the plot work and happen
idk about anyone else, but i think seeing them in this light is cool af sksk xD and now i gotta draw the karma trio at some point again. i just wanna see them be friends >.<
