[Birthday Column] Celebrating Boruto's Birthday on 3/27! Looking Back on the Blue-Eyed Ninja Who Fights Against Fate and Carries On the Will of Fire! | NARUTO OFFICIAL SITE (NARUTO & BORUTO) (2024)

Though he acts rebellious, secretly Boruto craves his father's attention, and struggles with loneliness.

While dealing with these feelings, a chance to show off his abilities approaches...

A hurdle faced by Naruto and his friends in the past: the Chunin Exam!
Boruto and his fellow Team Seven Members Sarada and Mitsuki are eager to take on the challenge.

At around the same time, Boruto encounters a man who will go on to profoundly impact his growth as a ninja:

Wanting to get back at Naruto, Boruto asks Sasuke to take him on as a student.
Sasuke agrees after Boruto proves himself by learning Rasengan from Konohamaru in a surprisingly short time period.
Boruto utilizes his natural talent and continues to hone his ninjutsu skills until finally, the Chunin Exam begins!

Team Seven easily passes the first and second rounds, showing off their teamwork.

The third round consists of one-on-one combat that tests each ninja individually.
Boruto wins his first match against Yurui from the Hidden Cloud, and faces off against Shikadai in the second round!
Struggling to hold his own against the Nara clan's Shadow Paralysis Jutsu, Boruto makes a decision.
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Aiming for the Nine Tails' chakra Naruto possesses, Momoshiki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki attack!

Konoha's ninja struggle against the overwhelming power of the Otsutsuki duo.
Naruto faces off against them in Kurama Mode to protect the village, but is heavily injured and taken away by the enemy...

Momoshiki uses chakra fruit pills to boost his strength, intending to settle things once and for all, but Boruto and the others refuse to give in!
Following Naruto's directions, Boruto creates another Rasengan.

Naruto adds his own strength to his son's and the Rasengan spirals larger and larger.

The Otsutsuki threat has passed, but a new challenge appears before Boruto: a mission to guard Tento, the son of the Land of Fire's daimyo.

Boruto is annoyed by his charge's spoiled attitude, but the two gradually grow closer through ninjutsu lessons.

They succeed in catching Shojoji off guard and the two boys manage to apprehend the criminals!

However, an even deeper darkness lies in wait for Boruto and his peers.

Unfortunately, the ex-ninja now works as an outside collaborator for a mysterious underground organization called "Kara".

Not long after, they find themselves on opposite sides when the young ninja are tasked with finding Konohamaru and another shinobi, who've gone missing.
Ao's years of fighting experience and scientific ninja tools give him a distinct advantage over Team Seven.

Despite facing an enemy utilizing technology far beyond anything Konoha has, Boruto doesn't give in.

And so the two bearers of Karma begin a strange coexistence.
Boruto hears the tragic story behind Kawaki's Karma, and Kawaki learns how to forge connections with other people.

When Delta attacks, Kawaki throws himself in the line of fire to protect Boruto's sister Himawari.
This greatly improves Boruto's opinion of the older boy, who he begins to see as a sibling.

In order to reclaim his "vessel", Kawaki, Jigen attacks Konoha and proceeds to abduct Naruto when the Hokage stands in his way.

Kawaki and Team Seven go to rescue him, but are stopped by another member of Kara, Boro.

Boro uses an unfamiliar, invisible jutsu that drives Boruto and his friends into a corner...

Sarada manages to destroy the "core" within Boro's body!
But with its loss, the Otsutsuki's body grows enormous and he rampages!

Boruto takes a series of hits protecting Sarada.
It seems like the end for Team Seven...but then something strange begins happening to Boruto's body!

Boruto loses consciousness immediately afterwards, but in the end the team rescues Naruto and returns to the Hidden Leaf.

As the mystery surrounding Boruto's Karma deepens, a Kara scientist named Amado seeks to defect to Konoha.
He rebels against Jigen along with Koji Kashin, forcing Isshiki Otsutsuki to reanimate into Jigen despite him being an incomplete vessel.
Isshiki immediately heads to Konoha in order to implant Kawaki with a new Karma, but Naruto is there to confront him.

As Sasuke heads to Naruto's aid, Boruto pulls him aside, and opens up to him about what happened during the battle against Boro.

Momoshiki completely possesses Boruto once again, and renders Sasuke unable to use his Rinnegan.
The Karma's progression within Boruto continues, hastening his Otsutsuki-fication.

Kawaki and Sasuke desperately attempt to wake up Boruto.

Finally...

Returning to the village after Isshiki's defeat, Boruto is once again the talk of the town.

Elsewhere, Code—who bears a white Karma and inherited Isshiki's will after his death—is secretly on the move. He awakens the cyborg siblings Eida and Daemon, and begins working together with them.

Kawaki leaves Konoha, wanting to protect Naruto from the danger presented by Code.
The only one able to sense Kawaki is Boruto, so the young ninja quickly pursues him.

Boruto and Kawaki have both survived.
But back in the Hidden Leaf, Code appears, and manages to get the limiter placed on his abilities removed.
Shikamaru's fast thinking during the encounter drives a wedge between Code and the cyborg siblings, bringing Eida and Daemon over to Konoha's side.

Since Boruto and Kawaki are the only ones unaffected by Eida's ability to beguile, the Revamped Team Seven is assigned to live with and surveil the two newcomers.

During this mission, Kawaki catches on to Momoshiki's presence within Boruto, and decides he must kill Boruto again to successfully wipe out the Otsutsuki.
Kawaki seals Naruto and Hinata in an alternate dimension to keep them from interfering, before going to kill the boy he sees as a brother.

Boruto is rushing home in the wake of his parents' disappearance when he runs into Kawaki. His attempts to talk the older boy down fail, and the two come to blows.

They succeed in restraining Kawaki, but Momoshiki briefly takes over Boruto's mind to help him escape.
Kawaki is hunted by the ninja of Konoha, who now see him as nothing more than an outsider who betrayed them.

At that moment, a strange light envelops the world.

Roughly three years have passed since Boruto left the village.
Code has sworn vengeance against Konoha, and attacks along with Claw Grimes that wield the Ten Tails' power.
The Hidden Leaf is thrown into chaos as the monsters attack civilians and shinobi alike.

Surrounded by these unfamiliar foes, things are looking grim for Sarada.

At that moment, Boruto returns to the village to save his former teammate!
Using the sword skills he honed through his years of training, he makes quick work of the Claw Grimes.

When Code still refuses to retreat, Boruto reveals an overwhelming ability.

Faced with this new form of Rasengan—Rasengan: Uzuhiko—that uses the rotation of the planet itself, Code is forced to flee.

...And Boruto quickly finds himself confronted by the ninja of Konoha.

After a brief conversation between brothers, Boruto uses the Flying Raijin Jutsu to follow Code to his base.

But what he finds there is not the Ten Tails, but Divine Trees who have evolved and become self-aware thanks to the chakra absorbed from people enveloped by Claw Grimes.

Boruto has no choice but to retreat in the face of the Divine Trees' fierce attacks.

Refusing to accept the hand dealt by destiny, Boruto has worked hard to gain the strength he has now.
As the threat of the Divine Trees looms large over the world, he prepares to face both them...and his brother.

The story of Boruto Uzumaki enters its second stage!