Boruto's Creative Triumph: Outsmarting Foes with Tactical Genius
Sophia Edwards
Published May 17, 2026
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WARNING: SPOILERS FOR BORUTO: TWO BLUE VORTEX MANGA CHAPTER #33
Even though 's sequel has provided several ups and downs, recently finished an epic battle that proved it's a series worthy of the epic ninja franchise. Longtime fans of Naruto are more than familiar with the franchise's larger-than-life battles, complex genjutsus, and brilliant tactics featured in every arc, but Boruto has done a lot to set itself apart from its predecessor with varying success.
The , and it didn't take too long for the franchise to continue with Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. The anime provided a plethora of filler arcs that featured more slice-of-life adventures featuring the next generation of ninja than the manga, which focused on delivering a more dramatic and focused story. While there have been a few compelling arcs and exciting new additions to the cast, Boruto arguably had a hard time stepping out of Naruto's shadow in an attempt to cement its own identity.
Since the time skip and transition into Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, the story has thankfully felt more concentrated. However, its plot, pacing, and battles have arguably lacked the cohesion or satisfying surprise victories that the Naruto story pulled off consistently. Thankfully, that changed in Boruto: TBV chapter #33 when it ended an overwhelming battle with clever tactics instead of a newly introduced overpowered ability.
Boruto's Overwhelming Foes Should Be Bested By Creativity
Previous storylines have each had specific goals that they would work together to accomplish. The same can not be said for the current group of antagonists, the Human God Trees. Each newly sentient Claw Grime is modeled after a particularly haunted person, but their personalities and interests are horrifically morphed. This created a troublesome monster with Mamushi, the Human God Tree result of the captured Bug, the elder who fell victim to Eida's charms and Daemon's abuse.
Their full might was put on display in the latest onslaught against Konoha when Mamushi decided to finally give in to their urges to hunt and consume Eida. His terrifying ability to mass multiply gave Boruto, Kawaki, and Konoha a taste of what it might be like if they ever had to fight Naruto's shadow clone jutsu, but in a much more brutal fashion. Even though Mamushi's intelligence dwindled the more it had to stretch across his physical clones, his overwhelming numbers nearly proved too much to handle.
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Boruto's new techniques continue to give the brilliant tactician a leg up on his enemies, but the franchise has ever seen. Her ability to manipulate gravity to the effect of creating black holes nearly finished the battle against Mamushi, but because she hasn't learned to control it without extreme harm/exhaustion, it failed to quell the overwhelming numbers of the obsessive Human God Tree. Thankfully, it opened up the opportunity for the story to deliver a clever victory reminiscent of the Naruto series' best fights.
Two Blue Vortex Finally Impresses With A Clever Victory Instead Of An Overpowered New Jutsu
After learning how to advance the properties of Ino's Mind Body Transmission Jutsu, her son Inojin was able to play a significant role against the flood of Mamushi. Just as the enemy forces were about to claim their prize, Inojin entered the battlefield. After carefully analyzing the foe's abilities and determining that Mamushi's eyes were the key to their multiplication, Inojin used their Mind Body Transmission on a single Mamushi, establishing temporary control over the entire enemy army.
The brilliant tactic worked because no matter how many clones Mamushi created, they all shared a single intelligence, like a type of hive mind. Inojin's action instantly stopped every clone in their tracks. This opening gave the young Konoha ninja the chance to use Mamushi to look directly at Daemon with the intent of destroying the young cyborg's eyes, triggering their ability to reflect the intent back onto every single Mamushi clone, causing all of their eyes to explode at once.
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Human God Trees still hide a lot of secrets, but the battle against Mamushi proved that their Rinnegan eyes are the source of their most special abilities, and destroying them may be the key to neutralizing their frightening abilities. The win feels incredibly refreshing after the last few big battles, each ended with a main character pulling a new ability almost out of nowhere. Hopefully, it's a sign that Boruto: Two Blue Vortex is beginning to move more towards clever tactics than relying on big attacks.
Boruto Is Finally Feeling Like The Sequel Naruto Fans Want
Many of the did include overwhelming abilities that could wipe out mountains, but what made them truly special was the use of intelligence to earn a win against overwhelming strength. Sasuke's win against Deidara using a reverse summoning jutsu to escape the artsy Akatsuki member’s sacrificial explosion, and Naruto's narrow defeat of Pain are prime examples of tactics winning against stupendous might. But many of the battles featured in both Boruto series ended much differently.
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Throughout both of the Naruto sequels' manga and anime, several fights in Boruto have managed to thrill audiences with moments of flashy techniques and characters' farming aura. Sarada's newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan Ōhirume technique can create black holes that easily made short work of Human God Tree Ryu, and Kawaki's complete obliteration of Guro helped each character seem intimidating. However, like most of the , those wins almost seemed too easy for the story's heroes.
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Naruto’s creator has stated that the Boruto series is no longer his own creation. Mikio Ikemoto is currently more responsible for Boruto, with Kishimoto now acting as more of a supervisor. The creative shift is increasingly apparent when comparing the Naruto and Boruto manga. Still, Inojin's win against Mamushi feels like a step in the right direction to help Boruto: Two Blue Vortex feel more like a true Naruto sequel than trying to be its own creation, but it's ultimately up to fans to decide if that's a direction they'll care for.
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