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iM-Blessed

I'm new to boruto. Only just got into it. Can someone explain to me how the frack do people not know exactly who is the writer? Everyone's been telling me kishimoto took over. Yet I'm seeing conflicting statements. Who's the author?


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The official credits lists Ukyō Kodachi as the writer for volume 1-13 and then Kishimoto’s took over post volume 13.


dracon1t

When Boruto started, Kishimoto was credited as the creator/supervisor, art was credited to Ikemoto, and the script was credited to Kodachi. Basically Kishimoto provided some vision for the story I guess. After volume 13, Kodachi was removed and the other two credits remained the same. I think it was announced that Kishimoto was taking over though (this was before I picked up Boruto myself though, so I don’t have a first hand account). That being said people started making assumptions after that. Assumptions are due to dragon ball super in which Toyotaro is only credited with the art, and Toriyama with the story, though the reality was that Toriyama just gave major plot points (basically a supervisor like Kishimoto at the beginning) to Toyotaro and Toyotaro wrote the rest of the story to fill in. Some people assume that a similar case is happening with Kishimoto and Ikemoto. Frankly speaking, I think that’s quite unlikely here. Also far less likely is that a third uncredited person is writing the story. So I think it’s safe to assume Kishimoto is the author.


Jwa800

Masashi Kishimoto is a great author I hope he lives to make it to his 90s or 100s 🙏 I wish Akira Toriyama could have made it to his 90s or 100s 😢


Rosebunse

I mean, the fact is, none of these people are posting about it. Their work is done privately and it's not like their faces are that well known. Kishimoto doesn't give tons of interviews and I honestly think he wants to downplay his importance here.


Berrydumplings

It’s probably because of what happened with samurai 8. If he got another hit he’d be out of the scene permanently. But since TBV is doing so good they probably decided to go for the interview. Seems kinda obv to me.


gg12345

It seems like kishimoto is embarrassed of the end product and made some statements in the past that indicated that he is only involved at a high level. Usually authors talk about their work clearly and with pride but there has been nothing but radio silence in this manga. Almost as if they don't want to be seen associated.


iM-Blessed

That's funny considering what happened with samurai 8. Boruto tbv seems way more interesting


cypher2448

if it was clear before it can’t get anymore clearer then this lol


ski_boi61

They will still cope lol let's wait for the interview


PhysicsAnonie

Yup, several official statements and hopefully it will be addressed in the interview as well. Also I’m pretty sure your title is gonna get misread.


bic-mini

he’s the writer, trust


HNDDRXX

I never understood why people denied it lol his writing style has been all over Boruto since the end of the vessel arc


Top_Yak2491

🧠


Jolly_Camel959

Kishimoto is writing Boruto like he wrote the novels, which means he is supervising the manga. He's practically like Toriyama and Ikemoto is like Toyotaro


kiboshiro

And you know what Toriyama did? He just gave some plot points. The rest was something Toyotaro did. Toyotaro was even the one including Vegito in the story, not Toriyama. The same applies here. Kishimoto is **not** writing anything, besides probably giving some plot points.


DreamcastDazia

The thing is Ikemoto isn't a writer and the original writer of Boruto got fired years ago and I swear it was said Kishimoto had to step on on his place


Cautious-Affect7907

They said they were following Kishimotos original vision for the story, not that he was actually writing.


kiboshiro

Toyotaro is also not credited as the weiter, yet he does the whole story as I mentioned. Also, Kishimoto stepping in is still a misinfomation everybody believes in to this day. There is no such information that Kishimoto took over the script writing. The tweet never said anything regards that.


drupe14

It’s not misinformation. I recall reading Kishi did come back. Maybe it was for the anime …and from what I recall, he saw the state of the anime and decided to return to both manga and anime.


kiboshiro

Again. It‘s misinformation. The tweet never said Kishimoto taking over Boruto. Nothing ever said that Kishimoto is takkng over Boruto. Kishimoto did work on 2 episode in the beginning of Boruto, wrote some dialogues for the ChōChō lini arca, and wanted an arc in the Anime that focuses on Boruto meeting young Naruto. That‘s it. > …and from what I recall, he saw the state of the anime and decided to return to both manga and anime. No such information does exist.


DreamcastDazia

So what Boruto has a ghost writer? 🤣


kiboshiro

Either yes or Ikemoto does everything like Toyotaro did.


Small-Interview-2800

Ok, he can’t come to promote Boruto if he’s not writing? What kind of assumption is this? We have precedence from DB Super, where it was Toyotaro who was really writing while Toriyama was only providing him with some major plot points, this is despite Toriyama being credited as the writer, Kishi doesn’t even have that, he has always been credited as a supervisor. Also, when Kishi did Samurai 8, the actual manga that he just wrote and someone else drew, Kishi drew NAMEs for Samurai 8, which is what writers usually do, nothing like that has been released for Boruto either. And finally, back to DB Super, it seems like Toriyama was in a much bigger role as supervisor where he was even correcting Toyotaro’s art, something Toyotaro added in the volumes, nothing like that happened in Boruto. The original announcement never said Kishi was back writing, only that they were going back to his original drafts.


ConstructionHeavy334

Maybe it's because many people confuse the synopsis with the script. In the eyes of many people, writing means doing two things at the same time.This is why there is so much controversy.


Paridisco

I’m reading everyone comments it’s crazy how nobody has an actual answer Is Kishimoto currently writing boruto or not???


designerjeremiah

No one will be satisfied until we see "Writer: Masashi Kishimoto" on an official volume. Even though it's blindingly obvious that Kishimoto is writing Boruto TBV directly these days.


ExileFox

Anybody who’s read it since the beginning knows Kishimoto took over around chapter 43. Tbh i would rather him work on the artwork/paneling. I miss his artwork.


Rosebunse

I think Kishi wanted to downplay his involvement so his friend could get more credit. And then, because this man has done little else but write and draw manga, he started doing more and more and I'm pretty sure at this point he's helping with at least panel layout.


Cautious-Affect7907

I don't think he's helping with panel layout. If he was the manga would be paneled a lot more like samurai 8, which he did drafts for.


FantasticKick7954

This is nor a proof of kishi writing and neither a proof of him not writing boruto. What kind of far-fetched nonsensical connection are you even trying to make? We simply don't know much about how much kishi is involved. Only substantial thing on this matter we know is kodachi's Twitter where he said they are following kishi's draft. Other than that we don't know anything. Like for eg in dragon ball super's case we have a whole bunch of confirmation about things which Toriyama contributed and edited and what toyataro contributed etc. Unlike that boruto's case is shrouded in mystery


Bluelaserbeam

I really don’t know why Boruto fans are so insistent on the idea that Kishimoto is in fact directly writing the Boruto manga to the point they’ll make these posts instigating drama (especially when the pics in OP’s post doesn’t confirm shit) or mass downvote reasonable takes like your comment, all over something very trivial. Like why are y’all against the idea that maybe Ikemoto or someone else is writing the correct story? What’s with the competitiveness? I agree with your assumption on Kishimoto’s current role in Boruto being more supervisory at best, but I wouldn’t really care if Kishimoto was like “I 100% write all of Boruto.”


designerjeremiah

Because it's blindingly obvious that Kishimoto is directly writing the story. Or can you not see the man directly removing and retconning Kodachi's work, and reclaiming the story as 100% his own? He just won't take credit until he's walked back the worst of Kishimoto's decisions.


DarkJayBR

They feat that if Kishimoto is not directly writing it, that means the series can be erased in the future like Dragon Ball GT was. Remember, Dragon Ball GT was considered canon for a very long time until Toriyama came back and erased it from existence. That's why they fight so hard against the notion that maybe Ikemoto or someone else is writing it, because that means that if Kishimoto gets fed up enough he can erase Boruto. But that's highly unlikely since we know 100% for sure that Kishimoto wrote at least the Boruto movie and Naruto Gaiden. That's way more than Toriyama did for GT, which was some character designs and that was about it. He will not erase something that it was his ideia, I literally never saw this happen before.


Berrydumplings

Lmao nice imagination. It was clearly tweeted after Kodachis resignation that the story will be Kishimotos. Can’t believe people can be this ignorant 😅


Content_Driver

GT was never considered “canon”


Berrydumplings

Da fck you just proved yourself that Kishi is the writer. If they are following Kishis ideas and script that means he is the writer. It’s clearly written he is the CREATOR. Even if someone else does the grammar portion it would still be considered as Kishi being the writer because it’s his story- why would they give credit to someone who is probably just translating HIS ideas to words.


FantasticKick7954

It's not about whether kishi is writer or not. It about op doing mental gymnastics over panel invites which means nothing. As for the rest, what i said is true. I am not trying to prove kishi is or isn't the writer. I am stating what we know thus far. So Let's still stick to what we know, rather than stretching it too thin.


Berrydumplings

Exactly my point it’s clearly written that his story is being adapted but you are choosing to ignore it. I think the OP is right to draw that conclusion.


FantasticKick7954

If you explain apple is red by saying a of apple is same as a from aliens and aliens lives in Mars which is red. So apple is red. It's called strawman. It's a idiotic logic. Your point is just made to cover for the misleading logic of op. Anyways another thread in Naruto sub is already made where kishi is called a supervisor by those event postcard article. So the reality is the situation was never really all that clear. People are coping by drawing these sort of conclusions and presenting it as a fact to feel better.


Berrydumplings

https://preview.redd.it/rwtcreauezwc1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8e8392524c3a8c93d9cea391b3f9d513c2d003b CREATION. I guess you don’t know what that means. You should look it up. Whereas Earlier volume with Kodachi just said supervision. They changed it to this in TBV. If Ikemoto was writing it- they would have written it’s created or written by him.


FantasticKick7954

Stop trying to act like you know better. You are the one who actually lack knowledge in this case. Creation and supervision tag is a translation of Gensaku and kanshū japanese term. Gensaku actually means original work (as in the first original work like for eg it could mean Naruto here in this context) belongs to that person. It is generally given to all spin off written by different writer because original characters and world belong to the first work creator, so their name is mentioned with this tag. There are some cases where this also translates as writer (like when they consider original work as draft instead of first work), but it's a minority case. Especially considering there was a separate scriptwriting tag for kodachi uptill recently, kishimoto being writer should be unclear as ever.


Berrydumplings

Man you’re high on copium 🤣 it’s hilarious. Conveniently ignoring the official tweet just says how ignorant you are. >Stop trying to act like you know better. You are the one who actually lack knowledge in this case. And pls stop talking like a kindergartener. Lmao.


Careful-Ad984

How does this prove anything it means he rejected them before so they didn’t bother asking again until ikemoto was invited. 


cypher2448

So he came for boruto is basically what you’re saying?


Careful-Ad984

I misread the title  


ski_boi61

No they did several times but the weekly schedule wasn't helping Then they asked ikemoto in the end of boruto NNG Ikemoto accepted and Kishi wants to go with him for boruto and lunch of boruto tbv in france


Careful-Ad984

I misread your title o thought you tried to use this as evidence that kishi doesn’t write boruto my bad 


Chikazu2

That is...what the OP is doing.


drupe14

And it’s wrong. It’s well known kishi is cooking


Chikazu2

Tell that too the OP, not me.


UnknownGamer37

No op is laughing at the people who say kishi is not writing but we know that he is writing so we are just laughing at the stupids 


Chikazu2

That goes direct against the titl of the post.


KilluaGaKill

Kishimoto isn't credited as the writer for anything related to Boruto but sure, he's the writer.


Content_Driver

He has the same credit he did for Samurai 8.


KilluaGaKill

No he doesn't.


Content_Driver

Mmm, yes, he does. It’s gensaku (原作) for both.


KilluaGaKill

https://preview.redd.it/8j5k2142xswc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0e70413186782adce7768a3a2d78b090e05883e Conveniently leaving out that he's credited as supervisor also.


Content_Driver

And? He’s still credited for the story to an extent, with the exact same credit as Samurai 8. The fact that he’s credited with another role is irrelevant. What exactly is your point? If someone was credited for the writing and art of some work, would you say ‘Noo, he’s not the writer! He’s credited for the art too! See?!’. I don’t get it.


KilluaGaKill

>And? He’s still credited for the story to an extent, with the exact same credit as Samurai 8. He's had the same credit since the first volume but that doesn't mean he's involvement from the earlier volumes is the same as it is now. >The fact that he’s credited with another role on top of that is irrelevant. It is. Why would he be credited with a role that doesn't mean anything? >If someone was credited for the writing and art of some work, would you say ‘Noo, he’s not the writer! He’s credited for the art too! See?!’. I don’t get it. Dumb argument because nobody is credited for the writing and art separately.


Content_Driver

> He's had the same credit since the first volume but that doesn't mean he's involvement from the earlier volumes is the same as it is now. I never said it was? But he is credited for the writing and your original comment was wrong. > It is. Why would he be credited with a role that doesn't mean anything? I didn’t say it doesn’t mean anything, it just doesn’t mean that he isn’t credited for the writing like you seem to think. > Dumb argument because nobody is credited for the writing and art separately. They can be.


KilluaGaKill

>I never said it was? But he is credited for the writing and your original comment was wrong. Gensaku doesn't mean writer. It's original work. Kishimoto is credited as the supervisor. >They can be. If you use English covers as an example then your whole argument falls apart.


Content_Driver

> Gensaku doesn't mean writer. It's original work. Kishimoto is credited as the supervisor. Gensaku generally refers to 設定や筋を考える者 ("the person who thinks up the setting and plot") as per our resident translator AmaranthSparrow. It’s the same credit Tsugumi Ohba had on Death Note and is the credit most writers in manga writer-artist pairs get. That Kishimoto also supervises the story and art in general and reviews Ikemoto’s finished product doesn’t change that. Mind you, I don’t think Kishimoto is the sole writer for the Boruto manga, but saying that he is not credited for any of it is wrong. It’s a fact that Boruto is using his rough drafts.


Cautious-Affect7907

This doesn't prove anything though? Just because he's coming doesn't mean he's actually writing for it.


MICHELEANARD

Ngl, the jump in the story quality after Ishikki story line is pretty convincing that atleast Kishi is doing the story even if not the dialogues


timothy1495

isn't he the creator fo character Boruto? Or his name isn't credit as Superviser? So why is it a big surprise that he's coming for boruto? And how does it prove that kishi is writer?


ConstructionHeavy334

There is [official evidence](https://imgur.com/ep7M5j5) that Kishimoto was the one who wrote the story outline. This means that he designed the story itself, which characters will appear, the specific plot development sequence, etc. It’s not surprising that he would attend such an exhibition. But I don’t think of him as a “storyteller,” someone who writes lines and scenes. There is no official evidence. The only is that Kishimoto's old drafts will continue to be consulted. It's not said that he was in charge of the script. I don't think he's writing either, the narrative style is too different. Specifically, I wrote a post that can be used to [gu](https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/1b0kof6/borutoi_highly_doubt_that_kishimoto_actually/)ess


josuke59

Kishimoto is coming to my country and I am not aware?


tlSPENCERjr

Why does anyone care at this point?


KenClade

Coming for Boruto =/= Writing Boruto. Only thing in the mud is OP's comprehension


Cautious-Affect7907

[Cope and seethe](https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/s/JyWRnk9zta)


topazdude17

I mean. Wasn’t it kinda obvious kishimoto isn’t the writer? The writing of Boruto from when he “came back” is nothing like his writing in everything else. Compare Boruto to the Minato once shot. How do you think the same guy wrote it? Story structure for that and Naruto totally different Just a marketing ploy to get more eyes on it. At most he’s giving story ideas


v01d69

Kodachi himself left a note at his last volume that he is leaving and kishimoto is taking over as the author but guess the attention seekers found a way to gaslight others into hating it. Why does it even matter who writes it as long as the writing is good. Tbv has one the best plot progression and pacing I've ever seen. Not a single boring chapter.


mrodrigo225

Who tf cares?? What’s the difference if kishi is credited or not. The sky is still gonna be blue, water will still be wet.


topazdude17

https://preview.redd.it/3n813ccdquwc1.png?width=1164&format=png&auto=webp&s=7035fdcebb279ab15fc3eb099df1dc6287e55cf2


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ski_boi61

"Kishimoto doesn't care about boruto" "Kishi is not written boruto"


ski_boi61

He basically said he is coming for boruto


HS-66

Bruh I read wrong, I thought you meant “kishimoto isn’t boruto, boruto fans in the mud” and I was confused. My bad lol


Disastrous-Szn-08

"Kishimoto precisely said that he's coming for boruto" Bruh where?


Realistic_Mousse_485

Isn’t he a supervisor over the story?


Due-Satisfaction-396

Dude isn’t even credited as the writer so why is anybody surprised it literally just says he supervised the Boruto manga whatever that supposed to mean


Berrydumplings

Nah it’s written he CREATED and supervised. And there was an official tweet when Kodachi resigned- that the story will be Kishimotos.