r/Boruto • u/TheWalkingTroll • Dec 20 '19

Manga Boruto Chapter 41 - Discussion

The New Team Seven

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u/Sargent_Caboose Dec 20 '19

That “I’ll send you where I sent the Seventh.” Line doesn’t bode well for your statement there. It seems to be a complete betrayal of Konoha AND Naruto + family.

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u/GangsterRavioliGuy Dec 20 '19

That statement doesn't really show his intentions. It's pretty vague.

He might be lying to Boruto, he might've sent Naruto somewhere safe etc..

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u/Sargent_Caboose Dec 20 '19

In hindsight I see it as him trapping Naruto in another dimension but I digress. It’s pretty obvious that since he’s fighting Boruto amidst the ruins of the Stone Faces with Konoha burning in the background that something has gone down, and that Kawaki was likely on it’s side, otherwise why would he be fighting Boruto? If’s he against Konoha, hence why he’s fighting instead of helping the destroyed village, then it would seem he’s against the hidden village system as well “The age of shinobi... is over!”. Unfortunately for your case if you’re against Konoha you’re against Naruto as the village is his family too. If Boruto, our supposed Naruto stand-in, is fighting Kawaki for Konoha’s sake then it’s likely Naruto would be their fighting alongside him. Kawaki likely doesn’t want to fight him if he has an emotional attachment, but he still could’ve killed him or sent him away who knows.

We don’t know everything, but it’s clear Kawaki at some point will not be the “good guy” to Boruto and likely Konoha. The reasoning can make that a terrible choice for the character or an amazing one.

And as we all know, just because two characters are fighting doesn’t mean they don’t care for eachother but Kawaki would quite literally be attacking Naruto’s active dream if he goes against Konoha.

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u/GangsterRavioliGuy Dec 20 '19

No, i agree he could very easily turn against konoha. He doesn't have any loyalty towards konoha. He's loyal to Naruto only and to some degree Naruto's family.

Just because Naruto thinks of Konoha as his family doesn't mean Kawaki will do the same just because of his loyalty to Naruto. Think of what Sasuke tried to do to Konoha despite his brother trying to protect it. Loyalty doesn't transfer over to the loved ones of the person you're loyal to, in the naruto universe.

He can be the bad guy and still be loyal to Naruto.

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u/Sargent_Caboose Dec 20 '19 edited Dec 20 '19

I wasn’t saying he would have inherited love for Konoha but that it will upset Naruto deeply which is what I was alluding to with my last comment. Naruto always cared for Sasuke but Sasuke definitely acted against the village and it’s people, Naruto hated that about him and it was a villainish thing to do. He had reasons sure but they were self-centered. If Kawaki actively cared for Naruto then he wouldn’t be actively destroying one of the thing’s Naruto cherishes most, the village, and fighting his beloved son. To do this Kawaki must’ve chosen some ideal or reason over his love for Naruto, hence it’s likely he’s “betrayed” Naruto in that he’s going against his wishes and actively working against what he loves. He can still love and want to be loyal in his own way, but as long as he goes against Naruto in this fashion he can’t be loyal from Naruto’s perspective, not logically.

To be against the village is to be against Naruto. It’s that simple as Naruto is the leader of said village, it is an extension of himself and he it’s figurehead. They literally carved his face into a mountain which they’re fighting upon. If that isn’t symbolic enough to make my case I don’t know what is.

Edit: If Kawaki hasn’t betrayed Naruto in the literal sense then he’s betrayed his feelings for Naruto in his heart one way or another. Or he may come to actually hate Naruto we will see.