New Boruto Episode Stills Tease Team Seven’s Prison Time

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations will finally be returning to the manga for more material for the anime series. The next arc will be taking on the events of the Mujina Bandits arc from the manga iteration of the series, but things will be slightly different than they were in that story. Because the original arc is one of the shortest in the series thus far, the anime is adding some new supplemental material. This includes changing how it all kicks off with the introduction of a brand new setting, Hozuki Castle, a prison for crime committing shinobi.

Part of Team 7’s newest mission involves this prison, meaning Boruto and Kawaki will have to sneak their way in to protect someone who is now the target of an assassination by the mysterious Mujin Bandits gang. So while the manga’s version of the events kicked off pretty quickly with an action scene and bank robbery, it seems like the anime is going to take its time to develop the identity of this mysterious group.

The first batch of spoiler-filled images for Episode 141 of the series tease the start of the Mujina Bandits arc, and fans can see Boruto and Mitsuki sneaking their way into the prison before meeting one of the prisoners. Meanwhile, Sarada’s doing some investigating of her own on the outside with a brand new (and adorable) disguise.

Episode 141 of the series is titled, “The Shinobi Prison: Hozuki Castle” and the synopsis for the episode teases as such, “The mission starts! They’re to escort Kokuri to a prison full of criminals! Managed by the Village Hidden in the Grass exclusively for shinobi — Hozuki Castle. Boruto and Mitsuki infiltrated Hozuki Castle as prisoners to help protect Kokuri from being assassinated by the Mujina [Gang]. Team Seven’s guard mission at the inescapable prison begins!”

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Originally created by Masashi Kishimoto for Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, Naruto follows a young ninja, with a sealed demon within him, that wishes to become the leader of his home village. The series ran for 700 chapters overall, and was adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex that ran from 2002 to 2017. The series was popular enough to warrant a sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations which is set several years after the events of the original Naruto story and features the children of many of its key characters such as Naruto and Hinata.