SPOILERS FOR BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE AHEAD start strt Definition of start: noun A beginning of movement activity or development. This marks the start of Borutohttps://anilist.co/anime/21220/BorutoNarutotheMovie/ the best era of the Narutohttps://anilist.co/anime/20/Naruto/ franchise. Following the disaster of the Fourth Great Shinobi War arc the Naruto franchise was at a low point even for Naruto standards. Thankfully they redeemed themselves by moving away from Naruto and onto Boruto. This is the beginning of the ascent for the Naruto Boruto franchise. Plot: 10/10 The movie quickly introduces us to the concept of scientific ninja tools and their capabilities. This was a nice touch because the level of technology in the Naruto franchise has always been erratic. Borutohttps://anilist.co/character/121439/BorutoUzumaki wants to earn his dads praise but Narutohttps://anilist.co/character/17/NarutoUzumaki is too busy working as the mayor Hokage. Boruto sees the upcoming Chunin Exams as an opportunity to gain his fathers attention. During the Chunin Exams Boruto continuously contemplates using scientific ninja tools to aid him and eventually caves in to using them. All Boruto wants is to succeed so his father will acknowledge him but instead Naruto punishes Boruto for using scientific ninja tools. Shortly after the Ootsutsuki invade Konoha and Naruto gets captured in order to save the village. The Kage plus Sasukehttps://anilist.co/character/13/SasukeUchiha and Boruto rush to rescue Naruto and eventually do. Naruto and Sasuke have Momoshikihttps://anilist.co/character/127027/MomoshikiOotsutsuki nearly defeated but Katasukehttps://anilist.co/character/130419/TonoKatsuke unknowingly uses scientific ninja tools to revitalize him. This leads Boruto to delivering the final blow on Momoshiki and cementing himself as a Ootsutsuki leveled character in the Narutoverse. Naruto finally decides to be a dad and acknowledges his son for his achievements. All is well in Konoha and although the movie has reached its end Boruto was only just beginning. 500https://i.pin.com/originals/58/86/80/588680b26f1c5bcff595b812ac035589.gif Characters: 11/10 This movie introduces us to the next generation of the Naruto franchise. The new Team 7 Boruto Saradahttps://anilist.co/character/121440/SaradaUchiha and Mitsukihttps://anilist.co/character/121444/Mitsuki and the new InoShikaCho Inojinhttps://anilist.co/character/121441/InojinYamanaka Shikadaihttps://anilist.co/character/121442/ShikadaiNara and Chouchouhttps://anilist.co/character/121443/ChouchouAkimichi are the standouts of the next generation. Borutos character development throughout this movie is among the best of the best. He starts the movie as a child that only wants his fathers approval and becomes a true shinobi who understands what it takes to protect those that he cares about by the end. Most people only pass off Boruto as a spoiled kid but do not actually look at how he has grown and become something much more. The other new generation characters have much less screen time due to the constraints of the movies runtime but are still very interesting. All of them have a combination of their parents arsenals which already makes them better than their parents were at this age. Although their skill sets are similar to their parents their personalities are unique and make them very interesting characters. The next current generation of Boruto has a lot of potential to be explored and are looking to be the better version of the side cast from Naruto. The new generation always surpasses the previous one Kakashi Hatakehttps://anilist.co/character/85/KakashiHatake 500https://i0.wp.com/doublesama.com/wpcontent/uploads/2018/03/borutovsshikadai.gif?resize=5002C225 Animation: 10/10 The animation for this movie was handled by Studio Pierrothttps://anilist.co/studio/1/StudioPierrot just like previous entries into the Naruto franchise. Studio Pierrot really brings their Agame in this movie. The art and animation looks among the best of the best. There are even points in this movie where it is almost at the level of something like Demon Slayerhttps://anilist.co/anime/101922/DemonSlayerKimetsunoYaiba/ but not quite surpassing. On top of just the quality the fight choreography in this movie is second to none. The fights in this movie are the best the Naruto franchise has seen up until this point. This very well may be Studio Pierrots best work to this date. 500https://media.tenor.com/mcjjsv9JJ8AAAAC/narutoandsasukevsmomoshikigifnarutoandsasukerunning.gif OST: 10/10 The OST of this movie captures the feel that the Naruto OST delivered before and even gave a few new additions. The OST was never the problem for the Naruto franchise but was actually one of its strong suits. One of the new additions Spin and Bursthttps://open.spotify.com/track/1N39dPzIxDWzscoYwz8GWp?si=a4ad4fec2e2d4c2a is probably one of if not the best tracks in the entirety of the Naruto franchise. With that said the OST for this movie is top tier and does no part in dragging this movie down. 500https://media.tenor.com/DwSgjKfqn6IAAAAC/momoshikinaruto.gif Op/Ed: 9.9/10 The opening for this movie was done by none other than KANABOONhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3PWp9R5HvbQgxI5KBx5kVd?si=x6f1sxGQziOPKL1wJbRLQ. They have previously worked on Silhouettehttps://open.spotify.com/track/1di1C0QI6Y92yZPYn6XYAZ?si=1f17ee7023f9494f the 16th opening of Naruto: Shippudenhttps://anilist.co/anime/1735/NarutoShippuden/. KANABOON has blown Silhouette out of the water with this new opening theme DIVERhttps://open.spotify.com/track/7C1Lzlt1bOjNAxKboc9b98?si=b36e38337dcb4d03. Among movie opening themes DIVER is among the best of the best. 500https://animesher.com/orig/1/132/1329/13291/animesher.comborutothemovienarutoshippuudenborutouzumaki1329163.gif Overall: 9.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999/10 This movie saved the Naruto franchise and now has elevated it to even greater heights. When its all said and done we will look back at this movie that started it all and remember greatness. The reputation of the Naruto franchise has been saved and the start of the Boruto franchise is here. 500https://i.pin.com/originals/5e/62/a9/5e62a9dd76a0eb6290e727c8c054d384.gif To all the Peak Slayer and Boruto enjoyers I love you : Thanks for reading my review to the end Click here to read my other reviewshttps://anilist.co/user/NerfMiner/reviews