Boruto

Boruto is a Japanese manga series written by Ukyō Kodachi and Mikio Ikemoto and illustrated by Ikemoto, with supervision by Masashi Kishimoto. It is a spin-off and a sequel to the manga series Naruto by Kishimoto, and follows the exploits of Naruto Uzumaki's son Boruto and his ninja team. The manga began serialization under the title Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, 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. Kodachi stepped down in November 2020, and it was announced that Kishimoto would take over as writer. In April 2023, the series concluded the first part of the story, and, following a brief hiatus, continued in August of the same year with a second part titled Boruto: Two Blue Vortex where the protagonist has been falsely accused of killing his parents by his allies, yet he still decides to fight to protect his hometown.