Boruto

is a Japanese manga series written by Ukyō Kodachi (first 13 volumes) and Mikio Ikemoto and illustrated by Ikemoto, with supervision by Masashi Kishimoto. It is a spin-off and a sequel to the manga series Naruto by Kishimoto, and follows the exploits of Naruto Uzumaki's son Boruto and his ninja team. The manga began serialization under the title with Kodachi as writer and Kishimoto as editorial supervisor in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in May 2016, and was transferred to Shueisha's monthly magazine V Jump in July 2019. Kodachi stepped down in November 2020, and it was announced that Kishimoto would take over as writer. In April 2023, the series concluded the first part of the story, and, following a brief hiatus, continued in August of the same year with a second part titled

Boruto originated from Shueisha's proposal to Kishimoto on making a sequel to Naruto. However, Kishimoto rejected this offer and proposed his former assistant Mikio Ikemoto to draw it; the writer of the film Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Ukyō Kodachi, created the plot. A 293-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Pierrot with Kodachi's story supervision (episodes 1–216), was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2017 to March 2023; a second part was announced to be in development. Unlike the manga, which began as a retelling of the Boruto film, the anime begins as a prequel set before Boruto and his friends become ninjas in a later story arc. A series of light novels have also been written.