Boruto Fan Art Brings Teen Sarada to Life

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations sets up the interesting premise of swapping the traditional protagonists of the previous two Naruto series, and instead, focusing on their children and the next generation of Konoha. One of these children is Sarada Uchiha, the daughter of protagonists, and former members of Team 7 along with series leader Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. Attempting to follow her goal of achieving the status of Hokage in her life to help the village, Sarada is a member of Team 7 as well, alongside Naruto's son Boruto and series villain Orochimaru's clone Mitsuki. Now, one fan has decided to skip time even further by drawing an interpretation of the young Uchiha as a teenager!

Twitter User JuneBuArt1 shared the artwork that portrays the "third ranked" student at the ninja academy, imagining what may happen if the series were to eventually jump into a sequel series titled Boruto: Shippuden:

My take on teen Sarada ❤️#boruto #sarada pic.twitter.com/f5VbldWPI7

— Junebu Art (@junebuart1) September 2, 2019

Sarada has managed to be an essential part of the current roster of Team 7, gaining a combination of her mother's strength, her father's Sharingan, as well as a series of ninjutsu that she's managed to master during her studies. While her parentage was at one time questioned by her, believing that her mother could have potentially been the underling of Orochimaru and one time partner to Sasuke, Karin, that theory was quickly disproven and Sarada is confident of her lineage.

Clearly one of the hardest working ninja in the Hidden Leaf Village, her smarts and skills weren't able to overcome the sheer power of Shinki during this new generation's Chunin Exams. Shinki of course is the adopted son of Gaara who, despite not being biologically linked to his father, shares mastery over sand, adding a bit of "metal" to the mix. Though obviously disheartened by the loss, Sarada has not let this dissuade her ultimate goal of becoming a Hokage herself one day. Perhaps if the franchise runs long enough, we'll see this come to pass.

What do you think of this artwork that imagine Sarada as a teen? Do you think we'll eventually see a "Boruto: Shippuden" created down the line? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the Hidden Leaf Village!

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.