Why does Iruka look so damn old in Boruto?
Okay lets first establish age.
Pretty sure Kakashi was 14 when Naruto was born. Then at the end of Shippuden Naruto just turned 17 so Kakashi would have been (14+17)= 30-31 at the end of the 4th Ninja war. At the beginning of Boruto I’m pretty sure it’s been 14 years since the 4th Ninja war (Though I remember them at one point in the anime saying it was 10 years ago but then I think they changed it to 14).
So 31+14 = 45. So Kakashi is 44-45 in Boruto which honestly isn’t that old so he should still look pretty young and HE DOES.
Here is Kakashi’s face in Naruto vs his current face (as Sukea) in Boruto.
LOOKS LIKE HE HASN’T AGED A DAY!
Now Iruka was 10 during the nine tails attack/Naruto’s birth. So he is 4 year YOUNGER than Kakashi so Iruka is 40-41 years old in Boruto.
Here is Iruka’s face in Naruto vs his current face on Boruto.
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?! He looks like a rickety old man!
He is now dead eyed with hollow cheeks and deep laugh lines. He is only 40 years old! That is not old!
Some might say that Kakashi always wears a mask so he had less sun exposure therefore he looks younger. Or “people age differently.” Wellll this is an anime and I doubt they thought of that when they did the character design because that makes too much sense. I will also say this. Iruka’s face looks way older than even Jiraiya’s and Jiraiya WAS 50!
50 Year old Jiraya VS 40 Year old Iruka
Even without giving Iruka grey hair Jiraiya looks like a spritely young hunk in comparison. Iruka looks like he can’t lift a hardcover book.
And without comparing him to others, 40 IS NOT OLD.
Reference of how young people in their 40s can look:
Now there are totally people that look worse at these ages but these are some possibilities for fit floppin ninja who are fit AF. Aaaaaand these actors are all white and white people age pretty terribly.
So in summation… There is no reason for Iruka to look this old, and his Boruto design is trash.
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