Wait, Did Boruto Really Just Sacrifice One of the Sand Siblings?

It has been a little bit since Boruto drop into some big action, but the sequel is dipping its toes in it once more. Recently, the anime kicked off a new arc which has Boruto Uzumaki going through a life-or-death mission for the Hidden Sand village. And according to the show's latest episode, emphasis really needs to be put on the life-or-death with the episode 121 of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations has gone was there people watched as Kankuro seemingly killed himself to save Boruto and Shinki from a group of puppets.

Wait, Did Boruto Really Just Sacrifice One of the Sand Siblings?
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This latest episode with Kankuro fighting a slew of puppets created by Urashiki. The Otsutsuki made a whole legion of puppets capable of fighting on his level, but Kankuro had his own army. Despite not having all of his puppets with him, Kankuro held his own until Urashiki brought in backup. It was then Kankuro realized the position he was in, and he decided to self-destruct himself to destroy the rest of Urashiki's puppets.

 Boruto further teased  this decision by showing Temari's unclear reaction. The traveling ninja was seen experiencing intense dread shortly after Kankuro discharge himself, and that feeling continued. The last time Temari had this feeling, she learned her brother Gaara was in the hands of the Akatsuki while Kankuro was dying of poison. Now, people are eager to see whether Kankuro managed to fake his own death or whether Boruto has a revival in store. After all, the manga has shown Kankuro alive in recent arcs, so readers aren't convinced the ninja is dead. The big question remaining is how did Kankuro make it out alive.

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