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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

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Naruto’s son, in a village at peace, resenting a father who is never home. Slow to start and mostly anime-original, and the last hundred episodes are better than its reputation suggests.

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Can you skip Boruto: Naruto Next Generations?

Yes, on a first watch. It is self-contained, and nothing in the main Naruto story depends on it. Come back to it later if you want more. Show only the Naruto essentials.

Every arc, and what you can skip

293 episodes across 25 arcs. 195 sit in wholly anime-original arcs, of which 63 are safe to skip. Anime-original is not the same as skippable, which is why the last two columns are separate.

EpisodesArcMaterialVerdict
1–18Academy EntranceAnime-original because there was barely any manga to adapt yet, and still where the story starts. Episodes 16 and 17 are standalone and skippable.Anime-originalWatch
19–24Naruto Gaiden: Sarada UchihaAdapts the Naruto Gaiden manga, and the best-regarded stretch of early Boruto. Sarada, Sasuke, and the question of who her mother is.CanonWatch
25–33School Field TripAnime-originalSkippable
34–39Graduation ExamsThey graduate, which everything after this assumes. Episode 39 covers Mitsuki’s past and comes from the manga.Anime-originalWatch
40–50Genin missions and the Byakuya GangFilm after this arc: Boruto: Naruto the MovieAnime-originalSkippable
51–66Chūnin Exams and Versus MomoshikiThe arc that retells Boruto: Naruto the Movie at four times the length, with material the film had no room for. Watch this or the film, not both.Mostly canonWatch
67–70Chō-Chō and Metal LeeAnime-originalSkippable
71–92Mitsuki’s DisappearanceTwenty-two anime-original episodes, and the best long run the anime wrote for itself. No part of it is in the manga.Anime-originalWatch
93–105Parent and Child Day, Shinden, JūgoSide material, largely adapting the spin-off novels. The Jūgo arc at 98 to 103 is the part worth keeping.Anime-originalSkippable
106–111Steam Ninja ScrollsCanonWatch
112–119Standalone episodes and KonohamaruAnime-originalSkippable
120–126One-Tail Escort MissionAnime-originalOptional
127–136Time SlipBoruto is thrown back to his father’s genin years and meets Naruto at twelve. Anime-original, and the arc people name when they tell you to keep going.Anime-originalWatch
137–151Mujina BanditsSets up what Kara actually want. Episodes 137 to 140 are standalone filler before it starts.Mostly canonWatch
152–156After the Mujina BanditsAnime-originalSkippable
157–177Kara ActuationAnime-original, and the series turns here. Kara arrive, and everything after it is a different show.Anime-originalWatch
178–187The VesselKawaki, and the reason the first episode opened the way it did.CanonWatch
188–220KawakiThirty-three episodes and the peak of the series. If you watch one block of Boruto, this is the one.CanonWatch
221–231Chūnin Re-ExaminationAnime-originalOptional
232–255Great Sea Battle of KirigakureTwenty-four anime-original episodes in the Mist, made while the manga got ahead again. Self-contained, and better than its reputation.Anime-originalOptional
256–260Standalone episodesAnime-originalSkippable
261–273Kawaki and Himawari at the AcademyAnime-originalOptional
274–281The Labyrinth GameAnime-originalSkippable
282–286Sasuke RetsudenSasuke and Sakura on their own, with Boruto barely in it. Adapts the novel, and skippable unless you want everything.CanonOptional
287–293Code’s AssaultThe last seven episodes, and they stop rather than end. The story continues in the Two Blue Vortex manga, which has not been animated.CanonWatch

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Where it sits in the Naruto order

Release order
#14 of 14
Chronological order
#14 of 14
Released
5 April 2017
In-universe era
Next Generations

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