Ordinary Group Owner: "Naruto actually ended pretty early, even earlier than Bleach."
Ordinary Group Owner: "But because of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, it's still popular. It's just not as popular as before."
Ordinary Group Owner: "Even though it's still the same story, Naruto and the others have already become supporting characters."
Ordinary Group Owner: "Its audience is no longer us, but the next generation of children, just like Digimon once was."
Tai Kamiya's generation of DigiDestined had been Su Yunqing's childhood. Digimon Adventure 02, Tamers, Frontier, and even the later installments belonged to the next generation of children.
Su Yunqing had watched some of them too, but they no longer gave her the same feeling she had gotten from watching Tai Kamiya and the others.
Naruto was the same. Although the arrival of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations had preserved some of Naruto's popularity, it was no longer their story, but the story of the next generation of children.
Substitute Soul Reaper: "Um, Bleach doesn't have a sequel, does it?"
Substitute Soul Reaper: "Like, one starring my son or something."
Kurosaki Ichigo asked hesitantly.
Although there was no Memory Copy of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations in the Chat Group, and he did not know its specific plot, based on some examples Su Yunqing had mentioned before, he felt that Boruto: Naruto Next Generations seemed to weaken Naruto and the others somewhat.
Kasumigaoka Utaha had also said that sequels to a work were generally not very good in quality and were prone to plot collapse. Very few could handle that aspect well.
Especially works where the sequel starred the protagonist's son. To make room for the son, something often had to be sacrificed. Sometimes, even their lives had to serve as groundwork for his growth.
Although the group owner had denied that