Masashi Kishimoto Takes Back Writing Duties For BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS Manga

Masashi Kishimoto will take charge of scriptwriting the Boruto Manga starting from Boruto Chapter 53.

Ukyo Kodachi has announced his departure from the position of scriptwriter for the Manga!!

漫画『BORUTO』について
Vジャンプ12月号（11/21発売）掲載の『BORUTO』52話をもって、当初からの予定に則り、制作体制が変更となります。
ここまで脚本を務められた小太刀先生、本当にお疲れさまでした。
今後、岸本斉史先生の原案をもとに連載して参ります。

— NARUTO・BORUTO【原作公式】 (@NARUTO_kousiki) November 16, 2020

Translation of the above tweet:

“About the Boruto manga:

Starting with Chapter 52 of Boruto, which is set to be published in the December issue of V Jump (on sale November 21), the production team will change as planned from the start.

We would like to thank Kodachi-sensei for all his hard work on writing the story thus far.

From now on, we will continue to produce the series based on drafts written by Masashi Kishimoto-sensei.”

Kishimoto’s previous manga series Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru finished in Weekly Shonen Jump in March 2020, giving him more time to be hands-on with his original series, of which he was only supervising previously.

Many are interested in seeing who he will kill off in his show and also interested in seeing Sarada development throughout the show.