Is it fair to compare Boruto to Shippuden?
Old topic I know, but I was thinking about boruto's early pacing and i remember how fans were thinking about how the series felt "unnecessary".
Boruto gets much better later on in the series but honestly I don't think the early hate was forced. There were many occasions where the legacy of previous characters were kind of belittled to make the Boruto characters seem more legitimate, not to mention how easily boruto scaled up in power before the momoshiki arc. It could be argued that the power of Karma, though i quite like its concept, is sometimes just too convenient too in the type of abilities it manifests as.
Though the "overriding who Boruto is" part is dope it just doesn't happen in a way that made me feel real urgency.
But my main question is this- Naruto's arc is over and Boruto is dealing with a unique environment that is detached now from the premises that made Naruto endearing.
Should Boruto be kept in the shackles of the rollercoaster that was Naruto (Naruto WAS objectively better cmon now), or should it just be watched as its own completely separate anime that's just trying to do its own thing?