Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 35: Japanese Fans React — "The Villain Shinju Seem Friendlier Than the Heroes"
BORUTO第35話 日本のファンの反応
“lol the Shinju (the Divine Trees) look like they get along better than the Konoha + Boruto camp does.”
木の葉＋ボルト陣営よりも人神樹のほうが仲良さそうで草
On Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 35, the most-liked Japanese reactions zeroed in on an irony the series keeps leaning into: the antagonist Shinju (the Divine Trees) come off warmer and more bonded than Boruto Uzumaki's own camp, while the supposed "ally" side is stuffed with nastier people — "more stressful than the villains." The recurring themes: a running "pot cat" comedy bit between Jura and Hidari (and a fan theory that Masashi Kishimoto secretly storyboards those panels), Code freezing up at Amado's dad-jokes, fresh "Borusara" (Boruto × Sarada) moments melting people, and Kawaki betraying everyone again — to the point fans openly say they feel nothing for him. Underneath the jokes ran a sharper thematic read: BORUTO deliberately lacks NARUTO's "everyone unites" spirit — these relationships run on mutual benefit, not bonds — plus theories that Jura could learn "love" and turn ally for the final boss, and a Momoshiki timeline puzzle from the Chapter 1 cold open. And after all that, the thread ends on the eternal Boruto question fans never stop asking.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 50)
- @BUNGISAN👍 32
I get that there's no helping it — biologically, and because you can't save the original people they were made from, and the world ends, so they have to be beaten. But honestly the Shinju were decent characters and I didn't want them to die… If anything, the "ally" side has way more genuinely vile people on it. It's stressful.
生態的にも仕方がないし、倒さないと原型になった者も助けられないし世界が滅んじゃうから倒すしかないのもわかるんだけども、 人神樹たち割と良いキャラしていたので死んでほしくなかったんだよなぁ…… むしろ味方サイドの方が悪辣なヤツらが多くてストレス
- @user-wh4vm2oi3m👍 0
Aren't the Shinju kind of… weak though? I'm not really feeling the threat from them.
人神樹さんたち、なんか弱くない？あんま脅威感じないんだけど
- @ンモモ-nm2👍 2
Well, at the end of the day they were spawned by trash-tier Code from the Ten-Tails — which Naruto's generation managed to beat. The earlier ones were based on Moegi, Shinki and Bug, so they were pretty weak. But Jura's been on a whole different level since the last raid; he's not going down the same way.
しょせんはナルト世代でも倒せた十尾からクソザココードが産み出した存在だからなあ これまではモエギ・シンキ・バグが元だったからかなり弱かったけど、流石に十羅は前の襲撃から別格だったし同じようには負けんでしょ
- @Jin-sum-mer👍 32
Jura: "What… is this?" Hidari: "It's a pot cat." Jura: "Cute… give me… more." Hidari: "Next time. ☝️"
十「これは…何だ」 左「鍋猫だ」 十「かわいい…もっと…くれ」 左「また今度、だ☝️」
- @な-w1c👍 11
So the cat was Hidari's adorable little Peanuts.
猫は左のかわいいピーナッツだったか
- @Borughosto👍 4
My theory: Masashi Kishimoto personally storyboards ONLY the Jura-and-Hidari scenes.
十羅と左のパートだけ岸影様がネーム描いてる説
- @reboootlove5926👍 4
That blend of serious and funny — I really feel the JoJo influence in it.
そのシリアスとユーモアが混ざってる感じってのが凄くジョジョの影響受けてるとこだなと思う
- @sk-zr8lg👍 6
Code straight-up emergency-shutting-down because Amado's dad-jokes grossed him out had me cracking up 🤣
コジが、アマドのおやじギャグにドン引きしたみたいに緊急停止してて笑った🤣
- @kinokoko2369👍 8
I'm really curious what Amado's plan is — transplant Code's Claw Marks into Kawaki, or use Code as bait to bargain with Jura?
コジの十方をカワキに 移植するか、コジをエサに ジュラと交渉するのか アマドの考えが気になる
- @kinokoko2369👍 2
Feels like Kawaki was wary but still caught off guard. If he could manage his own offense and defense without leaning on Amado, you could imagine him killing Amado off and teaming up with Code instead — but right now Amado literally holds his heart in his hand.
警戒してたが予想外だったという 感じな気がする。 カワキがアマドに頼らずに 自分の攻撃と防御を 調整できればアマドを始末して コジと組む展開もありそうなのに 現状はアマドが心臓を握りすぎてる
- @upohggv54👍 1
With Kashin Koji written out, BORUTO is probably going to lean even harder on Otsutsuki Momoshiki now.
果心居士が退場によって、BORUTOはもっと大筒木モモシキに頼ることになりそうやな。
- @yo-bun-vo9zr👍 4
If the future doesn't change, then after beating Jura he's one-on-one with Kawaki (the Chapter 1 cold open) — which means he hasn't handed his body over to Momoshiki yet at that point. There might even be a reconcile-with-Momoshiki route.
未来が変わらなければ、おそらく十羅を倒した後、カワキとタイマンしてる(1話冒頭)から、すぐにはモモシキに体を受け渡してはいない もしかしたらモモシキと和解パターンもありえる
- @リュウ-t3w👍 3
Koji told Inojin to keep Mind Body Switch and the Mind Transmission Formation ready at all times — so he may well have known he'd get caught by Amado.
居士はいのじんにいつでも心転身と心伝陣を使えるようにって言っていたから、アマドに捕まるの知っていた可能性あるかもね
- @田中二郎-c4v👍 9
Is there a route where Jura turns into an ally here?
これ十羅が味方になる展開もあるか？
- @YUKI-msc👍 5
I bet Jura comes to understand what "love" is in his next fight with Boruto's group, and then shows up as an ally for the unknown final-boss fight.
十羅はボルト達との次の戦いで愛というものを理解して、 未知のラスボス戦では味方として活躍しそう。
- @金晶-d4d👍 8
Compared to the NARUTO days, there's just no will to all band together — I wonder if that's a deliberate contrast between NARUTO and BORUTO.
NARUTOの頃と比べて一致団結する気がない、のはNARUTOとBORUTOの対比なのかね
- @kao-z8v👍 6
I like that it's not about bonds or trust — it's everyone acting for their own mutual benefit.
絆や信頼ではなくお互いの利益のためみたいなところが良いですよね
- @鈴木紗理奈ラブ👍 10
The problem is I don't feel any appeal from Kawaki at all.
カワキに何の魅力も感じないのがなぁ
- @let2pebbles725👍 3
He's a small-timer running entirely on borrowed power, with almost zero of the "earned it through effort and brushes with death" growth — but maxed out on ego and forcing his will on others. Forget your normal ingrate; this guy repays kindness with betrayal at an absurdly high rate. He's the kind of person you should never get involved with. Watching someone like that strut around on power he was just handed and modifications… it takes stamina to sit through.
ひたすら外付けの力で努力や死線をかいくぐり成長する要素の薄すぎる小物で、自分の我や押しつけだけは最高のガイジで、 通常の恩知らずならまだしも、恩を超高確率でアダで返す下衆というか、関わったら絶対ダメな奴だからね。 そんな奴が外付けの与えられた力や改造で威張ってるのが…見るのにも耐性要るね
- @ハートゴー👍 9
Borusara (Boruto × Sarada) is so precious, I'm so glad.
ボルサラ尊いわあよかった
- @みこさ👍 0
I want a Shinju who ends up reading Icha Icha Paradise and turns ally at the end.
最後にイチャパラに行き着いて味方になる人神樹見たい
- @雪美推し👍 4
The cat-version of Icha Icha Paradise 😅
猫版イチャイチャパラダイス😅
- @ンモモ-nm2👍 1
They could honestly do a Jura-and-Hidari town-strolling road-trip spin-off, like the Springtime of Youth Full Power Ninja Chronicles — complete with a shock "the decoy will be anyone but ME" twist.
青春フルパワー忍伝みたいに十羅と左の街ブラ旅スピンオフ出せそう そしてまさかの「囮はオレ以外が行く」展開
- @Aga-o2q👍 0
Boruto: Two Blue Vortex is just a monster-panic manga now, come on.
BORUTO2部はただのモンスターパニック漫画やんけ
- @iruka245👍 2
I genuinely don't think anyone cares about Boruto anymore.
マジで誰も興味ないと思うボルト
- @アバターの編集の人👍 2
That's not true, Iruka-Piplup-sensei.
そんなことないよ イルカポッチャマ先生
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