After watching Naruto, I can't help but notice these parallels between Greninja and Naruto. I know Infernape is inspired by Goku so this can be true too.
I don’t mind that Naruto never learned a huge variety of jutsu. His strength was always about mastering a few core abilities and pushing them to insane levels rather than becoming a jack of all trades . Instead of wasting time learning other jutsu, He refined the Rasengan and made RasenShuriken , mastered Sage Mode(This was a hella powerful jutsu. Even Shikaku said that Naruto is on a whole other level) and built a bond with Kurama which allowed him to gain access to KCM which is way more powerful than any new jutsus.
That said, Naruto gained access to all 5 chakra natures at the end of Shippuden so I wish he learned some other new jutsus by the time of Boruto. That would've been cool. He did use Earth Style once but that's pretty much it.
When I watched Naruto, I thought: why doesn't Naruto get more jutsu than just Rasengan and Shadow Clones? Sometimes I even thought why is he so dumb compared to everyone else.
I never thought I would miss these traits when I read Boruto. Boruto is the opposite of Naruto, he is a prodigy who has everything Naruto doesn't have. Boruto is cool, he masters more jutsu and also aura farms. But there is still something that doesn't click with him. Later I realised, it's the fact that I am not emotionally attached to him as I am to Naruto. When Naruto learned a new Jutsu or used a unique strategy, a sense of satisfaction and happiness came from the heart. That thing only works when your main character is dumb and has nothing in the beginning so you appreciate his growth. That feeling didn't click while reading Boruto which is why I don't like him as a protagonist too much. It feels a lot like Solo Levelling at some points.
This is my honest opinion on Boruto. I am a few chapters into the timeskip and I hope he gets better as a protagonist.
Also I feel a lot of people hate Boruto because of the way he was presented in the beginning. He has everything a child could have wanted, son of the Hokage and a Princess of the Hyuga clan. Was a prodigy as a kid, able to master 3 types of chakra natures etc. But just because his dad is busy with work, he literally wishes he rather had no parents . I know he developed a bit later but for a lot of people, first impression is last impression. Same reason why Sakura is so hated.
My overall opinion on the story is that it's between okay and bad. I have a lot of problems with it but I am sticking around because I love the Naruto world . Boruto has a potential for a good ending though unlike most modern shonen so I am pining hopes on that .
When I watched Naruto, I thought: why doesn't Naruto get more jutsu than just Rasengan and Shadow Clones? Sometimes I even thought why is he so dumb compared to everyone else.
I never thought I would miss these traits when I read Boruto. Boruto is the opposite of Naruto, he is a prodigy who has everything Naruto doesn't have. Boruto is cool, he masters more jutsu and also aura farms. But there is still something that doesn't click with him. Later I realised, it's the fact that I am not emotionally attached to him as I am to Naruto. When Naruto learned a new Jutsu or used a unique strategy, a sense of satisfaction and happiness came from the heart. That thing only works when your main character is dumb and has nothing in the beginning so you appreciate his growth. That feeling didn't click while reading Boruto which is why I don't like him as a protagonist too much. It feels a lot like Solo Levelling at some points.