After 10 Years, Boruto Bids Farewell To The Seventh Hokage Forever

10 years ago, the official manga adaptation of Naruto's sequel series, Boruto, began on May 9, 2016. Upon the serialization of this series in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #23, it was made clear to us that this new story would be focused on Naruto Uzumaki's son, Boruto. While the Seventh Hokage was always going to be relevant, he was never the main character. In Boruto, Naruto Uzumaki started as the strongest in the world, but with time, he was getting outclassed by new, powerful enemies before eventually being nerfed and then subsequently sealed in Boruto Chapter 77, released officially on January 19, 2023. Since then, Naruto Uzumaki has been cut out from the main plot of the Boruto series, and now, 10 years after the beginning of the series, it's time for us fans to accept that Naruto will never return as Konoha's Seventh Hokage, for better or for worse.