Mitsuki (Naruto)
Mitsuki | |
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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations character | |
First appearance | Naruto chapter 700+1 - Sarada Uchiha (2015) |
Created by | Masashi Kishimoto |
Voiced by | Japanese Ryuichi Kijima English Robbie Daymond |
In-universe information | |
Relatives | Orochimaru (creator) |
Ninja rank | Genin |
Ninja team | Team Konohamaru |
Mitsuki (
In the making of the film Boruto and the anime series, Hiroyuki Yamashita was in charge of developing the character despite his small role in the film. Critical pen reception to Mitsuki has been mixed. While his role in the Boruto film was criticized for its lack of development, both his backstory portrayed in the one-shot and his role in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations were praised for adding depth to his character, even though he remained a mysterious child.
Creation and conception
Masashi Kishimoto designed Mitsuki to provide hints to his lineage through his snake-themed features such as his eyes. He originally had a shoulder length bob, but the author decided to change his hair to make him look more appealing, giving him a short white hairstyle instead. Mitsuki was given a kimono with long sleeves. Rather than making the outfit casual, Kishimoto made it suitable for war by hiding Mitsuki's hands in the design, making it difficult for people to know his intentions. He was also equipped with a ninja tool pouch, which is longer than regular pouches, on the fastener of his sash.[1]
Boruto
Mitsuki's Japanese
Appearances
Mitsuki makes his first appearance in the Naruto spin-off manga Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring (2015) as a young child training to become a ninja.[8] By the events of the film Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015), Mitsuki has become a low-ranking ninja, Genin, teaming up with Boruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha, and led by Konohamaru Sarutobi. In the film, the team takes part the Chunin Exams, to improve their ranking. After the post-credits scene, Mitsuki confesses to Boruto and Sarada that he is the son of the criminal Orochimaru, shocking Sarada.[9]
Mitsuki's backstory is explored in Naruto Gaiden: The Road Illuminated by the Full Moon (2016), where it is revealed that Mitsuki is an artificial human created by Orochimaru. Mitsuki decides to abandon his master and sets out toward Konohagakure to find Boruto, whom he regards as his "sun".[10] The manga series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2016) by Ukyō Kodachi and Mikio Ikemoto begins by retelling the events from the film, but afterward both Mitsuki and Sarada reject a ninja mission in order to save Boruto from an assassin.[11][12] He later accepts a mission to help Boruto, Kawaki, Sarada, Shikadi, Inojin, and ChoCho keep an eye on Eida and Daemon. He is one of the many people who is affected by Eida's omnipotence and tries to capture Boruto.
The anime series of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017) shows Mitsuki's entrance into the ninja academy, and his befriending of Boruto and his classmates in ninja training.[13] Mitsuki helps Boruto find the criminal behind the "Ghost" attacks.[14] In a following arc, Mitsuki goes on a trip to Kirigakure where he joins the Mist ninjas and his allies in trying to stop a rebellion led by seven swordsmen.[15] Following this arc, Mitsuki declares he will become a ninja to keep track of Boruto, feeling his encounter with him has changed his way of seeing life.[16] After this arc, Mitsuki and his friends become ninjas after passing a test, and he, Boruto, and Sarada form the new "Team 7" under the leadership of Konohamaru.[17][18] In an anime-exclusive arc, Mitsuki seemingly defects from the Leaf Village, and his friends go on a mission to prove his innocence to their superiors. They learn that Mitsuki is travelling with a group of artificial humans known as Fabrications from the Stone Village, who wish to perform a coup. He is eventually revealed to be acting as a spy, and once again joins his team after defeating the leader of the Fabrications, Ku.
Apart from the manga and anime, Mitsuki appears in the Boruto
Reception
Critical reception to Mitsuki's character has been mixed based on his limited appearances in the film's story as well as his role in the printed and animated series. Thais Valdivia of
Once Mitsuki's past was explored in Masashi Kishimoto's one-shot manga, McNulty felt his origins were engaging, but at the same time not completely explained, and believed this was due to the ambiguous nature of the one-shot.[28] Similarly, Melina Dargis, another The Fandom Post writer, considered Mitsuki's chapter the best in the first volume of the Boruto manga due to his connections with Orochimaru, and she felt it could have been used in the film.[29] Nik Freeman of Anime News Network found Mitsuki's backstory one of the best in the franchise's history because it was not a rehash of prior story arcs. Rebecca Silverman of the same site wondered how Mitsuki's origins might clash with Boruto's as the series' main theme due to the issues they both face: the relationship between children and their parents.[30]
After Mitsuki had debuted in the Boruto anime television series, McNulty wrote that while his introduction was overshadowed by the episode's focus on his ninja academy teacher
See also
References
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