A new "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" manga has been released.
Anime News Network reported that "Naruto" manga creator Masashi Kishimoto and Kenji Taira, who previously worked on "Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals," have created a "Boruto -Road to 'B'-" manga one-shot for the 36th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
The "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" manga is a collaboration for the film release next week. The issue also features a variant cover for the Aug. 4 book volume release of Kishimoto's "Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring" manga.
In Taira's half of the "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" manga, Boruto, Sarada and Mitsuki are called upon to take on a task. Taira illustrated this half of the manga in his super-deformed gag style.
In Kishimoto's part of the one-shot, the ninja Mitsuki will introduce Boruto and Sarada as members of his team. Mitsuki would have revealed his own identity, except that he teases that he "ran out of space" and urges readers to watch the movie for more details.
The "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" trailer also teased Mitsuki's parentage. The latest footage showed the film's protagonist, Boruto, with Sarada and Mitsuki. Boruto and Sarada were asking Mitsuki about his parents. Mitsuki revealed his parents' names but it was edited out of the "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" trailer.
It was previously reported that Mitsuki is "an enigma shrouded in many mysteries. A boy with a composed expression... His slightly-long white hair has a waviness to it." His name literally means "full moon" in Japanese. He was not featured in the manga but he was in the "Naruto: The Seventh Hokage" and Scarlet Spring sequel manga miniseries.
"Boruto: Naruto the Movie" will premiere in Japanese theaters on Aug. 7. Yuko Sanpei will play Boruto and Kokoro Kikuchi will play Sarada. Junko Takeuchi will reprise his role as Naruto Uzumaki and Noriaki Sugiyama will return to play Sasuke Uchiha.
