Originally Posted by
Rodin
I read an interesting post on Reddit about the Boruto anime when I was trying to work out where the filler arcs are. Apparently, all of the anime is canon, because they are officially not going to try to write filler arcs around a bimonthly series. So events are different in the anime, and they aren't going to pretend that they aren't. It isn't like Fullmetal Alchemist, where the anime has just taken off and is doing its own thing. The events in the manga will eventually get covered, and Kishimoto is involved with the anime. There just isn't going to be any nonsense like Hinata learning a new jutsu and then forgetting about it because of manga canon.