Watching Boruto reject the man Naruto spent thirteen years becoming hits different when you remember how hard Naruto fought just to be acknowledged. Sasuke seeing himself in this angry kid, offering what Naruto couldn't, completes a circle that only lands if you've been there since the beginning. The animation during the final fight is clean enough to make you forget this is fan service, but it isn't, it's earned. This movie costs you the entire original series to feel it.

Boruto Uzumaki resents his father, Naruto, the Seventh Hokage whose duties keep him away from home. Beneath that rejection, Boruto burns with ambition to surpass the man everyone admires as a hero. With the Chunin exams approaching and Naruto set to watch, Boruto wants to prove he deserves his father's attention, so he turns to Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto's childhood friend and rival, and asks to become his apprentice. The exams go smoothly until a new enemy strikes the village and threatens its long peace. Facing real danger, Boruto begins to understand the hardships his father once faced and what being a ninja truly means. The story of the next generation begins here, mixing action, adventure and comedy.