"Boruto is such a spoiled brat!"
Are we even watching the same show?
Alright so if ya'll are Naruto fans then you've probably seen or read the Boruto movie/anime and though to yourself:
"Fuck, Boruto is such an entitled little shit. He doesn't respect his dad at all"(1)
Well, here's the thing. Why should Boruto respect his dad? The only reason I can think of is just the fact that he is Boruto's dad. But Naruto is hardly at home and spend little time with the family. Since becoming hokage, Naruto just can't. But Boruto doesn't quite understand this. He is like 12. 'Hokage' doesn't mean much to him. He doesn't know what that role is or what it entails (besides from you get your face carved in a big rock), and just how fucking hard Naruto worked to get there. He doesn't know.
He is a boy desperate for his dad's attention, just like how Naruto used to be a boy desperate for everyone's attention. I have no doubt that if Naruto's parents never passed away, then Naruto would have been almost exactly like Boruto is now. Minato would have been a very busy person, and often would be too busy to spend time with his family. If you can't see that, then I suppose we watched different animes.
When it was just the movie and the manga had nothing extra to it, many people were accussing Boruto of being a selfish little brat, ungrateful, and just generally shit. But to me, Boruto is just like his dad was as a child. Isn't that normal? How could Boruto be grateful and unselfish? He wasn't there for the great ninja war. He doesn't know anything about the sacrifices that were made.
His opinion about his dad is that he loves him, but his dad's absence and seemingly disordered priorities frustrates him. Wouldn't it frustrate you? Put yourself in Boruto's shoes. Every time you speak with your dad it could just be another clone. You used to have some amazing, quality family time together but since your dad became the hokage, he hasn't had time for that anymore. Does that seem fair to you?
To top it off, Naruto isn't particularly understanding or even very nice to Boruto. He knows his son is pretty lazy, but he is unecessarily harsh on him. He explains that he doesn't really know how to behave around Boruto because he never had a father himself, but he had Iruka. He should know how to.
I think that the role of Hokage puts a lot of stress on Naruto, causing him to be less nice than usual to Boruto. And always being busy with work puts great strain on his relationship with his family. It's unfortunate, and I hope something changes soon.
Boruto is a good kid and from what he knows, he behaves in a way that makes sense. Stop trash talking my baby boy.
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