However, Kishimoto rejected this offer and proposed his former assistant Mikio Ikemoto to draw it the writer of the film Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Ukyō Kodachi, created the plot. Boruto is a spin-off and a sequel to Kishimoto’s Naruto, which follows the exploits of Naruto Uzumaki’s son, Boruto Uzumaki, and his ninja team.īoruto originated from Shueisha’s proposal to Kishimoto on making a sequel to Naruto. In November 2020 Kodachi stepped down, with Kishimoto taking over as writer. It began monthly serialization with Kodachi as writer and Kishimoto as editorial supervisor in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine, Weekly Shōnen Jump, in May 2016 and was transferred to Shueisha’s monthly magazine, V Jump, in July 2019. Boruto Manga Boruto: Naruto Next Generationsīoruto: Naruto Next Generations is a Japanese manga series written by Ukyō Kodachi and Masashi Kishimoto, and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto.
