Boruto\u2019s villains are \u201cpurely evil\u201d for one reason Studio PierrotBoruto creator Mikio Ikemoto revealed the reason behind the manga\u2019s \u201cpurely evil\u201d villains in a recent interview. On August 25, Ikemoto sat down with Masashi Kishimoto, the co-creator of Boruto and the creator of Naruto, for an interview with French publisher Kana, discussing the process of creating the ongoing manga and sharing little titbits about both series. When Kishimoto was questioned about Naruto\u2019s well-written and sympathetic villains, he revealed: \u201cIt\u2019s true that I want to tell human stories. From the start, I had opportunities to introduce characters as supervillains. \u201cBut since One Piece was already doing that, I wanted to do something different with Naruto. My villain characters also had a story. Manga is also an industry where you have to create what doesn\u2019t exist yet, which pushes you to try different approaches.\u201d Following Kishimoto\u2019s answer, Ikemoto also shared why Boruto\u2019s villains don\u2019t get the same treatment. The mangaka said, \u201cI try not to duplicate what was done in Naruto. That\u2019s why there are more purely evil villains in Boruto. Real villains.\u201d Both answers make a lot of sense for the respective stories. Naruto\u2019s antagonists aren\u2019t portrayed as mindlessly evil. Instead, they\u2019re written as deeply flawed characters and the victims of their world and circumstances. This gives us some of the most iconic villains \u2013 like Nagato, Obito, and Madara \u2013 in the manga and anime world. Boruto, on the other hand, has a different approach to the bad guys. But as Ikemoto mentioned, this acts as an advantage for the manga to get out of its popular predecessor\u2019s shadow. Speaking more about this, Ikemoto added: \u201cIn Naruto, the antagonists had clear goals and reasons for opposing the heroes, and Mr. Kishimoto fully realized that concept. As for battles, I couldn\u2019t add more to it. \u201cI wanted to create villains who are different from those in the Naruto era. I prefer irrationality in villains and wanted to show their differences compared to the enemies in Naruto.\u201d Kishimoto joined his co-creator: \u201cIn Naruto, I focused more on the lighter side, while Ikemoto is facing much more complex challenges. Please support him as he navigates this difficult situation\u2026\u201d Ikemoto\u2019s take on villains is definitely working as Boruto Two Blue Vortex is one of the most popular new-gen shonen manga at the moment. Thanks to his interview, fans will look forward to more evilness from its current antagonists, the Shinju. Learn more about the ninja world with our explainers on Himawari\u2019s new powers and Kurama\u2019s comeback. You can also find out our take on Boruto vs. Kawaki and check out our ranking of the best main characters in Naruto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boruto\u2019s villains are \u201cpurely evil\u201d for one reason Studio PierrotBoruto creator Mikio Ikemoto revealed the reason behind the manga\u2019s \u201cpurely evil\u201d villains in a recent interview. On August 25, Ikemoto sat down with Masashi Kishimoto, the co-creator of Boruto and the creator of Naruto, for an interview with French publisher Kana, discussing the process of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}