Boruto Just Highlighted An Epic Naruto Easter Egg

When news broke that Boruto: Naruto Next Generations was in development, fans knew the new series would have its fair share of easter eggs. The anime takes place several years after Naruto: Shippuden and tells the story of Konoha’s newest ninja. Following the life of Naruto’s eldest child, Boruto is put at odds with others like Sasuke’s daughter – but that doesn’t mean the duo cannot work together.

No, if Boruto‘s latest easter egg has anything to say, then the powerful duo definitely know how to put their dads’ strategies into practice.

In the anime’s latest episode, fans watched as Sarada and Boruto borrowed a play from the fathers. During a late-night romp through the Academy, Sarada is seen throwing a Demon Wind Shuriken towards the building’s roof. Fans watched perplexed until the knife transformed into Boruto, letting fans in on the clever bait-and-switch.

For Naruto fans, the move is one they should immediately recognize; After all, Sasuke and Naruto did use the clever strategy during the Wave Country Arc. When Team 7 encountered Zabuza, the genin were stunned when the ex-Mist ninja caught Kakashi in a Water Prison jutsu. Instead of running away, the boys come up with a plan to save their teacher.

Unable to fight Zabuza head-on, Sasuke throws a Demon Wind shuriken at the ninja but misses on purposes. The baddie takes a moment to monologue about the Uchiha’s failure, leaving him open to Naruto when the ninja lets go of his transformation jutsu. Rather than flinging a weapon, Sasuke really threw Naruto over Zabuza, and the loud ninja was then able to throw a kunai which broke Kakahi’s watery prison.

You can check out the synopsis for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations below:

“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.”