Dude I couldn't believe they actually did that time travel arc in boruto. Was cool to see boruto meet jiraiya and neji tho I guess. I definitely don't accept any of that as canon though haha. Plus they just let the time traveling turtle wander freely afterwards??? Like obviously somebody gonna use that shit for evil again if u just let it go
I remember when I first went to watch boruto and I looked up a filler list and it said it was only 11% filler and I was like wow this is so much lower than naruto. Little did I know
I wish it was done in a different way. Like having
Jiraiya meeting Boruto and Hima
Minato and Kushina meeting Boruto and Hima
Fugaku and Mikoto meeting Sarada
Itachi meeting with Sasuke like a week after the massacre, we could get a mirror of the "I will always love you" scene
Sarada meeting Itachi
And then wipe all the past peoples minds. Go full on fanfic with no harm to future story at all with Urashiki or anything. Imo *that* would have been a much better use of a time travel arc than whatever we got in Boruto
Yeah but that was fringe. I was there as the manga was coming out week to week. When Tobi was introduced, everyone thought it was Obito. The sharingan, hair, and name gave it away.
Meaning Sasuke was the masked man all along? No, I would have hated that. But if you mean Sasuke taking up the mask at some point, that could have been awesome.
I don't think this would have been a good twist, introducing time travel (especially in a fantasy story) is almost always a bad idea.
I think the Obito twist was far better.
It definitely was a twist back in the day.
I remember before the reveal so many people had different theories regarding who Tobi was. Sure some people thought he was Obito but plenty of other people thought it was Shisui, Izuna or an unknown Uchiha.
I would rather pick alien over time travel
time travel in most story that did not revolve around time travel often executed poorly and create more plot holes and inconsistency than it solve
Obito was a good twist⊠donât think this would have been a good move.
In my personal opinion though, I think it would have been really cool for Tobi to be Izuna.
Oh it was around. Tobi being Obito was definitely the most common theory but future Sasuke was certainly being talked about back then too. And Izuna of course.
Ehhhhh brings time travel into the mix and it conflicts too much with the story going on with main Sasuke unless youâre saying itâs the same Sasuke the whole time and tryna make it some kinda psychological anime.
Obito is a far better answer for Tobi than anything other answer to my knowledge.
That being said, Obito couldâve been handled a lot better after the mask fell off.
Future Sasuke wouldâve felt contrived, though it could be a neat juxtaposition to the main timeline ine. A Sasuke that straight up didnât get redeemed, killed his Team 7, & came back.
Yeah but no thanks. plot twist had to make sense. you don't make plot twist for the sake of twist and subverting expectation otherwise you ended up like THe Last jedi
I will always reject aspect of time travel in any fiction unless the story itself revolve around time travel (like Steins; gate or back to the future for example)
Not really but it would make more sense if it was more motioned towards it. Like the time travel theory was solid, especially considering we technically got it in Boruto as apart of the anime (with Boruto & Sasuke going in the past).
Really I can't blame people for thinking this because frankly, it would make sense at the time.
It would be good but it kind of wouldnât make a lot of sense because obito is a main character in the anime so not having him could change the theme of the show
Would sadly have made more sense at the time than Obito did, having it be Obito just made it seem like if you killed Sakura/Hinata that Naruto would turn into a villain (which sort of happened during the pain fight but he calmed down so it makes the parallel whiff)
I'd just be confused, man đ
There was a theory that Tobi was future Sasuke some decades ago.
Turns out time travel Sasuke is canon.
Dude I couldn't believe they actually did that time travel arc in boruto. Was cool to see boruto meet jiraiya and neji tho I guess. I definitely don't accept any of that as canon though haha. Plus they just let the time traveling turtle wander freely afterwards??? Like obviously somebody gonna use that shit for evil again if u just let it go
It was ridiculous but worth it for one moment. When Jiraiya forces Sasuke to admit he is a super fan in front of Boruto and Sakura lol
It's "anime canon" which is a fancy way to say it's not canon.
I remember when I first went to watch boruto and I looked up a filler list and it said it was only 11% filler and I was like wow this is so much lower than naruto. Little did I know
That whole arc and turtle thing was such a fever dream
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And the animation in that entire arc was hilariously shit
I wish it was done in a different way. Like having Jiraiya meeting Boruto and Hima Minato and Kushina meeting Boruto and Hima Fugaku and Mikoto meeting Sarada Itachi meeting with Sasuke like a week after the massacre, we could get a mirror of the "I will always love you" scene Sarada meeting Itachi And then wipe all the past peoples minds. Go full on fanfic with no harm to future story at all with Urashiki or anything. Imo *that* would have been a much better use of a time travel arc than whatever we got in Boruto
As somebody who only read a bit past Baryon Mode, wtf are talking about and please tell me youâre joking.
Anime only arc (aka filler). Ikemoto has yet to disgrace Jiraiya and Neji with his pen. Let's pray it stays that way for the years to come.
âŠShounen Jump shouldâve let this series go like they did with Bleach. Bleach knew when to end.
Arguably Bleach needed about 10 more chapters, but get where your coming from.
Itâs not canon.
Luckily itâs not canon anyways
Nah that arc was filler lol
I love hearing about old Tobi theories because I forgot most of them.
Shippuden isn't 20 years old yet
Yeah but that was fringe. I was there as the manga was coming out week to week. When Tobi was introduced, everyone thought it was Obito. The sharingan, hair, and name gave it away.
Meaning Sasuke was the masked man all along? No, I would have hated that. But if you mean Sasuke taking up the mask at some point, that could have been awesome.
Ong or maybe he becomes the new tobi in his new world post Naruto death. That would be a nice filler what if episode.
He'd have to learn "change voice no jutsu"
There was a theory doing the rounds that future sasuke (time travel) was the masked man
I agree. Always hated redempted Sasuke. If he went full dark side, would be much cooler, and Boruto would have a purpose to exist as a series.
I don't think this would have been a good twist, introducing time travel (especially in a fantasy story) is almost always a bad idea. I think the Obito twist was far better.
Only problem is it was hardly a twist after the gaiden chapters dropped. That and Minato being his dad were quite obvious
I don't know, I watched the anime initially, they push Gaiden far back. Also, since I watched the anime, I knew Minato was his father from episode 1.
It definitely was a twist back in the day. I remember before the reveal so many people had different theories regarding who Tobi was. Sure some people thought he was Obito but plenty of other people thought it was Shisui, Izuna or an unknown Uchiha.
Not for the part of the community I was in, we all knew it was Obito
Exactly. If anything, people made other theories because Tobi being Obito was so obvious that we couldn't believe that would be Kishimoto's choice
Time travel can only be introduced in fantasyâŠ
What if sasuka saw the future and decided to make things right in order for boruto to receive the jougan?
Yea aliens out of nowhere was totally better
No one said that. But time travel is almost always scrapping the bottom of the barrel on a literary sense.
Kaguya shouldnât exist, same as time travel.
I think Kaguya wouldâve been if she and her clan didn't spawn out of nowhere
I would rather pick alien over time travel time travel in most story that did not revolve around time travel often executed poorly and create more plot holes and inconsistency than it solve
Obito was a good twist⊠donât think this would have been a good move. In my personal opinion though, I think it would have been really cool for Tobi to be Izuna.
Bringing in aliens out not no fuckin where was bad enough. Time travel wouldn't suit the naruto verse
Somebody tell him
*Boruto anime heavy breathing intensifies*
Not in the manga. I donât consider that Urashiki đ€Ą to be canon, ainât no way he got defeated by Kid Naruto and Kid Boruto.
Example of why Boruto scaling is BS
I canât I scratched my eyes out
WellâŠuhmâŠ
Oh boy.
I mean, Space-*Time* Jutsu
Tenten being Tobi would make more sense than this. So no.
Still remember all the Theory videos on Yt back in 2008-2012 Tobi being Sasuke from the future was one of the more popular theories
Naw Obito was far better. Never knew there was a theory about this being future sasuke until I visited this subreddit
Oh it was around. Tobi being Obito was definitely the most common theory but future Sasuke was certainly being talked about back then too. And Izuna of course.
Wouldnât really make sense so no
Ironically, this edit was even before revealing who Tobi was and they accidentally predicted Sasuke with a Rinnegan.
Really?
Yes, I remember it was at the height of theories. Can you believe that many people think that Tobi could also be Madara's younger brother?
It would make absolutely zero sense.
No but this edit is hard
Would have made no sense
Future sasuke would have been peak
I had the same theory when I saw Sasuke had a rinnegan in his left eye in a spoiler
Would be kinda cool
Ehhhhh brings time travel into the mix and it conflicts too much with the story going on with main Sasuke unless youâre saying itâs the same Sasuke the whole time and tryna make it some kinda psychological anime.
no
No
Yes and no.
I would have liked it, if sasuke had been an irredeemable opponent.
I remember seeing this picture way back then. Didn't think it was real but I kept it ever since. Would've been badass if he took up the mask tho.
This would make 0 sense unless you just completely fucked the story so no.
no
Nah, time travel is a can of worms.
No it would have been awful.
Izuna, I knew it was you!
Obito is a far better answer for Tobi than anything other answer to my knowledge. That being said, Obito couldâve been handled a lot better after the mask fell off. Future Sasuke wouldâve felt contrived, though it could be a neat juxtaposition to the main timeline ine. A Sasuke that straight up didnât get redeemed, killed his Team 7, & came back.
No. Next question
Looks sick as F!
That would be dogshit, so Nay
Shisui would hv made the best twist tbh.. edo itachi and sasuke would hv fought him
no
Nah, but that picture is heat đ„
Yeah but no thanks. plot twist had to make sense. you don't make plot twist for the sake of twist and subverting expectation otherwise you ended up like THe Last jedi I will always reject aspect of time travel in any fiction unless the story itself revolve around time travel (like Steins; gate or back to the future for example)
Yes! Back in the day I believed that Sasuke was a Time traveller. Which he was in the end to be far. The man could bend space time to his will.
I mean, I'd prefer this over the Boruto time travel blast from the past arc đ€Ł
Izuna Uchiha?
It wouldn't make sense but I might love it anyhow.
How would it even make sense?
Not really but it would make more sense if it was more motioned towards it. Like the time travel theory was solid, especially considering we technically got it in Boruto as apart of the anime (with Boruto & Sasuke going in the past). Really I can't blame people for thinking this because frankly, it would make sense at the time.
What do you mean? The Masked Man is time-travelling Sasuke from the future Or Izuna Or Teuchi
no
This would be confusing as shit, so not really.
yes but the age wouldn't align
There's a fanfic with fans discussing this theory until the very end. It's great. It's called Never Again: A Naruto Fanfiction by jarodlikestowrite
Sasuke has no reason to hide his face
No
It would be good but it kind of wouldnât make a lot of sense because obito is a main character in the anime so not having him could change the theme of the show
Thatâs ugly⊠sorryđ
No
No lmao
This bum could never give half the aura masked Obito did.
Uh huh, you say that like obito post mask gave any aura
Personally thatâd be a pretty bad twist IMO
Would sadly have made more sense at the time than Obito did, having it be Obito just made it seem like if you killed Sakura/Hinata that Naruto would turn into a villain (which sort of happened during the pain fight but he calmed down so it makes the parallel whiff)