Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 18 Review: The Shinju Plan Fails

This article contains spoilers from Boruto: Two Blue Vortex.

Summary

  • Kawaki wants to start, threatens Amado

  • Konohamaru fails against Matsuri

  • Ryu's trickery leads to Yodo's danger

Boruto's The new arc focusing on Shinju turned out to be quite enjoyable, at least on paper. The idea of ​​the team heading to the Village Hidden in the Sand is certainly exciting, as is the idea of ​​Team 7 finally getting the big battles. no doubt Boruto: Two Blue Vortex set an exciting stage for the characters to shine.

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However, it must be said that the author has apparently struggled to develop the world again, as well as give fans an interesting exchange. Hopefully the next chapter of the Boruto series will be better, but it's safe to say that Two Blue Vortex Chapter 18 was a pretty disappointing continuation of the series, with little to offer other than a rushed progression of the same set-up points.

Kawaki's upgrades are coming soon

  • Kawaki gave up on a visit to Amado

  • Things will move quickly in terms of its upgrades

It wasn't long after Kawaki found out that Amado had restricted his attack power, and apparently right after his conversation with Boruto Uzumaki, he went out looking for the scholar and decided to threaten him. Fans saw this at the end of Chapter 17, and now, it's become increasingly clear that Kawaki plans to restore his powers immediately. Fans saw Kawaki threaten Amado in Two Blue Vortex Chapter 18, demanding that his settings be changed, to which Amado responded by putting him to sleep using a shutdown command. This development in itself is quite bizarre. Starting Kawaki using some settings tweaks certainly doesn't set the stage for an exciting start at all. Powers would have to be earned and the author had a 3 year time frame to evolve Kawaki in interesting ways. Powering it up using a settings tweak and switching to attack mode is just absurd. Regardless, it looks like Boruto: Two Blue Vortex will continue in that direction for now.

To destroy those monsters, I don't care if you make me one. – Kawaki

The most interesting one here was Amado asking Kawaki to engrave his karma on his daughter, Akebi, who fans know died a long time ago. Amado plans to bring her back to life using the way of the gods. He studied karmic resurrection for a long time just for this purpose and did everything he could to bring his daughter back to life. That's exactly why he's standing where he is today, asking Kawaki to put his karma on his daughter and bring her back to life. To readers' surprise, Kawaki agreed to the deal, however, only after he was done with Shinju, and even then, if she turned into an Otsutsuki, he plans to finish her off for good, which certainly sets the scene. for an interesting development. Fans should be on the lookout for this, and it's moments like these that make the Boruto manga worthwhile, even if some decisions are questionable and the plot progression is weak at times.

Konohamaru Vs Matsuri's Failure

Konohamaru couldn't enact simple commands

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As fans already predicted, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 18 saw Konohamaru Sarutobi fail to do what Shikamaru asked of him. The idea was to befriend Shinju and then betray them by backstabbing them when they least expected it. Konohamaru could have easily done that, especially considering that he showed no reservations when Shikamaru shared this idea with him.

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In fact, fans, including us, were wondering if Shikamaru might decide to do this, given that he is Naruto's own protégé and carries the will of both Naruto and Hiruzen Sarutobi, both of whom would disagree with such a treacherous approach. However, this is not where Konohamaru falters. After being asked if Matsuri could refer to him using more intimate language, Konohamaru felt uncomfortable and rejected the approach, making his plan fail.

Is it Kazamatsuri Moegi? What is she to you? – Matsuri

This entire sequence itself is a catastrophic failure on the part of the author. First of all, the plot just goes nowhere with these two. Fans saw Konohamaru strike up a very unusual conversation with Matsuri, and the dialogue written here felt incredibly stiff, making little to no sense.

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Why Matsuri found pleasure in talking to Konohamaru wasn't even the focus, however fans had to believe that this was the most fun she'd ever had. Moreover, Konohamaru being uncomfortable being called “Konohamaru-chan” when he should be a shinobi willing to put his life on the line is pathetic. At best Konohamaru just put the handle and 3 kids under him in a horrible position and at worst he doomed the entire world simply because he didn't want to be called a certain way of a being powerful enough to destroy the world.

Ryu Vs Ninja of Konoha cheat

Ryu does everything against the ninja

Just as Konohamaru fought Matsuri, so did the young ninja Vs Ryu. They tried to force Ryu to use the Spine Soul Bulb to search for Boruto, and as she did so, they realized that they were the ones being baited by him, with Yodo jumping at the chance, ignoring every plan and preparing- it's for death. .

While Ryu's clever plan deserves praise, this entire sequence was incredibly rushed. The whole idea was to look for clues about Boruto in a corner next to a wall, which is absurd in itself. His world Naruto it is huge. The Land of the Wind itself is absolutely massive, with tons of potential for world-building, letting fans experience new environments, climates, people, and pretty much everything related to the land. However, the author chose not to use any of this in his story.

A great complaint of Boruto The series has been that Konoha gets too much focus while the rest of the world is there to be explored. Fans were excited about the idea of ​​Sunagakure being more involved in the story. However, absolutely nothing has changed in the author's approach here. The only difference here feels like a background change at best. Instead of leaves, fans now have sand in the background, and that's about as much as the Sunagakure author can give, which is disappointing considering the incredible potential that the Land of the Wind holds.

At least the series saw Araya save Yodo with a technique that works against Iron Sand, which set the stage for an exciting fight. Regardless of all the problems this manga has, they usually put up a good fight, which means expectations for the next chapter are high as Konohamaru Sarutobi prepares to take on Matsuri, while the young ninja face off against Ryu and the Sand of Iron. .

Boruto can be read through Viz Media. The series can be read by fans officially and for free on Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus app. The release date for the next Boruto chapter, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex chapter 19, is set for February 20, 2025.

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release date

April 5, 2017

Creative

Masashi Kishimoto

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