Naruto Sees Boruto Revive Rivalry With Gaara's Son

Naruto Sees Boruto Revive Rivalry With Gaara's Son
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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations' latest arc has brought back the focus to the fallout from the Chunin Exams arc. Not only has which seen a return of characters like Sasuke and even Urashiki Otsutsuki to the anime series, which means that Boruto will have to come face to face with his cheating during the exam. While the immediate fallout had him briefly lose his position as a Genin, the anime never really got around to exploring how Shinki felt considering that Boruto's cheating was pushed aside when the Otsutsuki Clan attacked.

The latest episode of the series cause to this rivalry between Boruto and Gaara's son Shinki as which appears that Shinki is very much still carrying resentment for Boruto's actions during the exam. As they now have to work together to protect Shukaku, there's going to be some rough patches to iron out.

 When Gaara knock down Urashiki briefly, he was orders Boruto, Shinki, and Kankuro to head to the Hidden Leaf Village to get Shukaku under Naruto's protection. Shinki denied to work with Boruto, but Boruto is necessary for this plan as he's the only one that knows the layout of the Hidden Leaf Village. Shinki still doesn't buy this, and constantly questions whether or not Boruto can keep up or even follow through properly on this task.

Boruto's trying to fight otherwise, which  it's honestly hard to see his point of view considering the last time these two were face to face Boruto cheated in a fight against him. Which is going to be a major problem  to overcome in order to win Shinki's respect, or to have him even see Boruto as a rival. That the way Shinki is now, he sees Boruto as a liability. Shinki hasn't seen the growth Boruto has gone through in the last few arcs, but which is not like Boruto acts like he's grown either.