New 'Boruto' Preview Highlights Shikadai's Struggles

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations has introduced a few interesting elements in the past few episodes, and some of that build-up is coming to a head as the Hidden Leaf Village prepares to take on the Byakuya Gang.

The preview for episode 46 of the series, "Go! The Crest of Night Strategy!," has both the Hidden Leaf Village and the Byakuya Gang's plans coalescing into one place and the shinobi's wills will be tested, namely Shikadai.

Shikadai and his team will be part of this plan to take down the Byakuya Gang and as been teased in the past, Shikdai is going to come to grips over fighting his new friend. But it seems he's not the only one having an ethical struggle as Ryoji seems to be having second thoughts as well.

Although his plan is being praised for sewing the seeds of chaos even without the gang doing anything., Ryogi doesn't seem too happy about this at the end of the preview. Whether or not this comes to pass in the next episode is anyone's guess, but surely Shikadai's involvement will speed things along.

Fans are wondering if the current episode's arc will be completed before the series begins its full adaptatation of Boruto: Naruto the Movie. But it'll be fun to flesh out more of Team 7's brand new ninja adventures, and even the major character in the upcoming story Katasuke was introduced in a new way.

The core of that arc follows Boruto as he goes through a dilemma during the Chuunin Exams when he's caught cheating, and his father is kidnapped by a new set of ninja baddies from the Kaguya clan. This new arc has been hotly anticipated, but it has raised many questions for fans of the series as Boruto has proven to have already learned the same kind of lessons he learns in the movie and the manga run.

For those unfamiliar with Boruto's predecessor Naruto, it has quite a storied history. Originally created by Masashi Kishimoto, the series ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump for 700 chapters. The story follows Naruto, a young ninja with a sealed demon within him that wishes to become the leader of his home village. The sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is set several years after the events of the original Naruto story and featuring the children of many of its key characters such as Naruto and Hinata.