New Boruto Synopsis Teases Start Of New Naruto Gaiden Arc

07/26/2017 10:46 pm EDT

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations may be less than 6-months old, but the anime is already doing better than anyone expected. The sequel picks up seamlessly where Naruto: Shippuden left off, and its heroes are expected to usher in a new era of Naruto goodness for fans. Just don't expect the series to bid its predecessors goodbye too soon. There is still another Naruto arc to adapt!

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Recently, news broke that Boruto would adapt 'Naruto Gaiden' into an anime arc. The storyline, which acts as an epilogue to Naruto, focuses on Sarada Uchiha as the girl fights to learn the secrets regarding her heritage. The arc is set to kick off with Boruto's 19th episode, and a recently published synopsis for the release confirms the suspicion.

You can read the full synopsis for "Sakura and Sarada" below:

"Sarada is dumbfounded to see Boruto being chased by his father for vandalizing the "Hokage Rock". However, seeing Boruto like this reminds Sarada of her father Sasuke who she has never met ever since she was little."

Of course, Naruto fans will be familiar with what episode 19 will lead into. Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring started off in a similar fashion. Sarada finds herself growing increasingly disgruntled with her MIA father, and she comes to believe Sakura may not be her mother after discovering a photo of Sasuke with Karin. Determined to question her dad in-person, Sarada escapes Konoha with ChouChou in tow, and the pair wind up gettng embroiled in a plot that has the Sharingan's bloodline in its sights.

"The village of Konoha has managed to change, modernized next to an era of peace. Raising high constructions, large computer monitors of transmission of images (televisions last generation), divisions and divisions (streets) connected to run (to mobilize) electric cars, The way to live in the ninja era has changed ...

The leader of the village is, the seventh Hokage. Boruto is the son of Naruto Uzumaki, to become a ninja must enroll in the school "ninja academy". But the students in the surroundings see Boruto with prejudiced eyes for the thing of being "the son of the seventh Hokage". However Boruto has unprecedented capabilities.

Boruto will meet new friends, and there will be an incident mystery how he will face this challenge, inside the heart of the whole team, now the story of "Boruto Uzumaki," begins."

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