Follow along with our guide to find out which Boruto episodes are anime-only filler and which ones are canon based on the manga series. Just like the its forbearers Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, Boruto is well on its way to becoming a filler-ific anime series.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations follows the journey of Naruto’s son Boruto as he attempts to follow along in his father’s ninja footsteps – only with his own set of problems to overcome. Unlike his father who was a largely an outcast growing up, Boruto is a bit spoiled and pampered thanks to his father’s now legendary status.
Boruto continues to be a very popular anime series as a continuation of the Naruto saga and currently airs on Cartoon Network’s Toonami.
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How Much Filler is in Boruto?
Updated on November, 8 2021
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations has aired since 2017 and is still currently in production. 226 episodes have been broadcasted. With 59 of the episodes being anime-only, Boruto is 30% filler.
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Episodes 1-20
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
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1 | Boruto Uzumaki! | Mostly Canon | 4/5/17 |
2 | The Hokage's Son! | Mostly Canon | 4/12/17 |
3 | Metal Lee Goes Wild! | Mostly Canon | 4/19/17 |
4 | A Ninjutsu Battle of the Sexes! | Mostly Canon | 4/26/17 |
5 | The Mysterious Transfer Student! | Mostly Canon | 5/3/17 |
6 | The Final Lesson! | Mostly Canon | 5/10/17 |
7 | Love and Potato Chips! | Mostly Canon | 5/17/17 |
8 | The Dream's Revelation | Mostly Canon | 5/24/17 |
9 | Proof of Oneself | Mostly Canon | 5/31/17 |
10 | The Ghost Incident: The Investigation Begins! | Mostly Canon | 6/7/17 |
11 | The Shadow of the Mastermind | Mostly Canon | 6/14/17 |
12 | Boruto and Mitsuki | Mostly Canon | 6/21/17 |
13 | The Demon Beast Appears! | Mostly Canon | 6/28/17 |
14 | The Path That Boruto Can See | Mostly Canon | 7/5/17 |
15 | A New Path | Mostly Canon | 7/12/17 |
16 | Crisis: The Threat of Failing! | Filler | 7/19/17 |
17 | Run, Sarada! | Filler | 7/26/17 |
18 | A Day in the Life of the Uzumaki Family | Mostly Canon | 8/2/17 |
19 | Sarada Uchiha | Canon | 8/9/17 |
20 | The Boy with the Sharingan | Canon | 8/16/17 |
Episodes 21-40
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
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21 | Sasuke and Sarada | Canon | 8/23/17 |
22 | Connected Feelings | Canon | 8/30/17 |
23 | Bonds Come in All Shapes | Canon | 9/6/17 |
24 | Boruto and Sarada | Mostly Canon | 9/13/17 |
25 | The Turbulent Field Trip!! | Mostly Canon | 9/20/17 |
26 | The Mizukage's Successor | Mostly Canon | 9/27/17 |
27 | A Shinobi Bout of Friendship | Mostly Canon | 10/4/17 |
28 | Declaration of War | Mostly Canon | 10/11/17 |
29 | The New Seven Ninja Swordsmen! | Mostly Canon | 10/18/17 |
30 | The Sharingan vs. The Lightning Blade, Kiba the Fang! | Mostly Canon | 10/25/17 |
31 | Boruto and Kagura | Mostly Canon | 11/1/17 |
32 | The Quest for Souvenirs | Mostly Canon | 11/8/17 |
33 | The Super Beast Scroll Slump! | Filler | 11/15/17 |
34 | The Night of the Shooting Stars | Mostly Canon | 11/22/17 |
35 | The Parent Teacher Conference! | Mostly Canon | 11/29/17 |
36 | The Graduation Exam Begins! | Mostly Canon | 12/6/17 |
37 | A Shinobi's Resolve | Mostly Canon | 12/13/17 |
38 | Formation of the Three-Man Squad? | Mostly Canon | 12/20/17 |
39 | The Path Lit by the Full Moon | Canon | 12/27/17 |
40 | Team 7: The First Mission! | Filler | 1/10/18 |
Episodes 41-60
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
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41 | Strength in Unity | Filler | 1/17/18 |
42 | A Ninja's Job | Filler | 1/24/18 |
43 | The Byakuya Gang Surfaces! | Filler | 1/31/18 |
44 | Shikadai’s Doubts | Filler | 2/7/18 |
45 | Memories from the Day of Snow | Filler | 2/14/18 |
46 | Go! The Crest of Night Strategy | Filler | 2/21/18 |
47 | The Figure I Want to Be | Filler | 2/28/18 |
48 | The Genin Documentary | Filler | 3/7/18 |
49 | Wasabi and Namida | Filler | 3/14/18 |
50 | The Chunin Exams: The Recommendation Meeting | Filler | 3/21/18 |
51 | Boruto's Birthday | Mostly Canon | 3/28/18 |
52 | Sasuke's Shadow | Mostly Filler | 4/4/18 |
53 | Himawari's Birthday | Canon | 4/11/18 |
54 | Sasuke and Boruto | Canon | 4/18/18 |
55 | The Scientific Ninja Tool | Canon | 4/25/18 |
56 | Rivals, Gather! | Canon | 5/3/18 |
57 | The Reason I Can't Lose | Canon | 5/10/18 |
58 | The Tournament Begins! | Canon | 5/17/18 |
59 | Boruto vs. Shikadai | Canon | 5/24/18 |
60 | The Hidden Leaf vs. The Hidden Sand | Mostly Filler | 5/31/18 |
Episodes 61-80
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
61 | The Iron Sand User: Shinki | Mostly Canon | 6/7/18 |
62 | The Otsutsuki Invasion | Canon | 6/14/18 |
63 | Sasuke's Secret Weapon | Canon | 6/28/18 |
64 | Rescuing Naruto! | Canon | 7/5/18 |
65 | Father and Child | Canon | 7/19/18 |
66 | My Story! | Canon | 7/26/18 |
67 | Super Cho-Cho Butterfly Mode! | Filler | 8/2/18 |
68 | Super Cho-Cho Kiss Mode! | Filler | 8/9/18 |
69 | Super Cho-Cho Love Upheaval! | Filler | 8/16/18 |
70 | The Other Side of Anxiety | Filler | 8/23/18 |
71 | The Hardest Rock in the World | Filler | 8/30/18 |
72 | Mitsuki’s Will | Filler | 9/6/18 |
73 | The Other Side of the Moon | Filler | 9/13/18 |
74 | The Enemy, Ino-Shika-Cho! | Filler | 9/20/18 |
75 | The Trials of Ryuchi Cave | Filler | 9/20/18 |
76 | Incurring Wrath | Filler | 10/7/18 |
77 | A Fierce Enemy: Garaga’s Ferocious Attack! | Filler | 10/14/18 |
78 | Everyone’s Motives | Filler | 10/21/18 |
79 | Reunion with Mitsuki | Filler | 10/28/18 |
80 | Mitsuki’s Friend | Filler | 11/4/18 |
Episodes 81-100
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
81 | Boruto's Wish | Filler | 11/11/18 |
82 | Infiltrating the Hidden Stone Village | Filler | 11/18/18 |
83 | Ohnoki’s Justice | Filler | 11/25/18 |
84 | Ohnoki's Thoughts, Ku's Thoughts | Filler | 12/2/18 |
85 | The Heart Stone | Filler | 12/9/18 |
86 | Kozuchi's Will | Filler | 12/16/18 |
87 | The Sensation of Living | Filler | 12/23/18 |
88 | Clash: Kokuyou! | Filler | 1/6/19 |
89 | A Piercing Heart | Filler | 1/13/19 |
90 | Mitsuki and Sekiei | Filler | 1/20/19 |
91 | Ohnoki's Will | Filler | 1/27/19 |
92 | A New Ordinary | Filler | 2/3/19 |
93 | Parent and Child Day | Mostly Canon | 2/10/19 |
94 | A Heaping Helping! The Eating Contest! | Mostly Canon | 2/17/19 |
95 | Tactics for Getting Along with Your Daughter | Mostly Canon | 2/24/19 |
96 | Blood, Sweat and Tears | Filler | 3/3/19 |
97 | Shikadai's Decision | Filler | 3/10/19 |
98 | The Cursed Forest | Canon | 3/17/19 |
99 | Jugo and the Curse Mark | Canon | 3/24/19 |
100 | The Predestined Path | Canon | 3/31/19 |
Episodes 101-120
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
101 | Jugo’s Reinforcements | Canon | 4/7/19 |
102 | Melee! | Canon | 4/14/19 |
103 | Migration Season | Canon | 4/21/19 |
104 | The Little Roommate | Filler | 4/28/19 |
105 | A Wound on the Heart | Filler | 5/5/19 |
106 | The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The S-Rank Mission! | Mostly Canon | 5/12/19 |
107 | The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Dog and Cat War! | Mostly Canon | 5/19/19 |
108 | The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Haunted Inn! | Mostly Canon | 5/26/19 |
109 | The Steam Ninja Scrolls: Potato Chips and the Giant Boulder! | Mostly Canon | 6/2/19 |
110 | The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Resurrection Hot Springs! | Mostly Canon | 6/9/19 |
111 | The Steam Ninja Scrolls: Mirai's King! | Mostly Canon | 6/16/19 |
112 | The Chunin Selection Conference | Canon | 6/23/19 |
113 | The Qualities of a Captain | Filler | 6/30/19 |
114 | X Cards Proxy War! | Filler | 7/7/19 |
115 | Team 25 | Filler | 7/14/19 |
116 | Konohamaru and Remon | Filler | 7/21/19 |
117 | Remon’s Secret | Filler | 7/28/19 |
118 | Something That Steals Memories | Filler | 8/4/19 |
119 | Konohamaru’s Ninja Way | Filler | 8/11/19 |
120 | With Sasuke as the Goal | Canon | 8/18/19 |
Episodes 121-140
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
121 | The Entrusted Mission: Protect the One Tails! | Canon | 8/25/19 |
122 | The Puppet Battle! | Canon | 9/1/19 |
123 | Urashiki Returns | Canon | 9/8/19 |
124 | Decision Time | Canon | 9/15/19 |
125 | Boruto and Shinki | Canon | 9/22/19 |
126 | Shukaku's Trick | Canon | 9/29/19 |
127 | Make-Out Tactics | Canon | 10/6/19 |
128 | Urashiki’s Target | Canon | 10/13/19 |
129 | The Village Hidden in the Leaves | Canon | 10/20/19 |
130 | Genin, Assemble! | Canon | 10/27/19 |
131 | The Power of the Nine Tails | Canon | 11/3/19 |
132 | Jiraiya's Assignment | Canon | 11/10/19 |
133 | A Village Without Sasuke | Canon | 11/24/19 |
134 | The Power to See the Future | Canon | 12/1/19 |
135 | The Last Battle, Urashiki | Canon | 12/8/19 |
136 | Crossing Time! | Canon | 12/15/19 |
137 | The Samurai Exchange Student | Canon | 12/22/19 |
138 | Hiashi's Birthday | Canon | 12/29/19 |
139 | The Terror! Enko Onikuma | Filler | 1/12/20 |
140 | The Mind Transfer Jutsu That Lost to Potato Chips | Filler | 1/19/20 |
Episodes 141-160
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
141 | The Shinobi Prison: Hozuki Castle | Canon | 1/26/20 |
142 | A Test of Willpower | Canon | 2/2/20 |
143 | The Criminal Targeting Kokuri | Canon | 2/9/20 |
144 | Kokuri's Secret | Canon | 2/16/20 |
145 | Breaking Out of Hozuki Castle | Canon | 2/23/20 |
146 | Executing the Prison Break! | Canon | 3/1/20 |
147 | The Fateful Moonlit Battle | Canon | 3/8/20 |
148 | A New Mission!! | Canon | 3/15/20 |
149 | Friends!! | Canon | 3/22/20 |
150 | The Value of a Hidden Ace | Canon | 3/29/20 |
151 | Boruto and Tento | Canon | 4/5/20 |
152 | Developing One's Medical Ninjutsu | Filler | 4/12/20 |
153 | Harmony in Gold | Filler | 4/19/20 |
154 | Himawari's Ninja Trial Session | Canon | 4/26/20 |
155 | Mitsuki's Rainy Day | Filler | 7/5/20 |
156 | I Can't Stay in My Slim Form | Filler | 7/12/20 |
157 | Kara's Footprints | Canon | 7/19/20 |
158 | The Man Who Disappeared | Canon | 7/26/20 |
159 | The Hashirama Cell | Canon | 8/2/20 |
160 | To the Land of Silence | Canon | 8/9/20 |
Episodes 161-180
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
161 | The Castle of Nightmares | Canon | 8/16/20 |
162 | Escaping the Tightening Net! | Canon | 8/23/20 |
163 | The Pursuers | Canon | 8/30/20 |
164 | The Forbidden Jutsu of Death | Canon | 9/6/20 |
165 | The Quadruplet's Duty | Canon | 9/13/20 |
166 | Death Match | Canon | 9/20/20 |
167 | Their Decision | Canon | 9/27/20 |
168 | Training Begins! | Canon | 10/4/20 |
169 | A Joint Mission with the Sand | Canon | 10/11/20 |
170 | A New Rasengan | Canon | 10/18/20 |
171 | The Results of Training | Canon | 10/25/20 |
172 | A Signature of Fear | Canon | 11/1/20 |
173 | The Secret Behind the Underground Room | Canon | 11/8/20 |
174 | The Revival of the Divine Tree | Canon | 11/15/20 |
175 | Beyond the Limits! | Canon | 11/22/20 |
176 | Blockade the A-Un Gate! | Canon | 11/29/20 |
177 | The Iron Wall's Sensing System | Canon | 12/6/20 |
178 | Our Fathers' Example | Canon | 12/13/20 |
179 | Victor's Scheme | Canon | 12/20/20 |
180 | The Assassin, Mugino | Canon | 12/27/20 |
Episodes 181-200
# | Episode Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
181 | The Vessel | Canon | 1/10/21 |
182 | Ao | Canon | 1/17/21 |
183 | The Hand | Canon | 1/24/21 |
184 | Puppets | Canon | 1/31/21 |
185 | Tools | Canon | 2/7/21 |
186 | How You Use It | Canon | 2/14/21 |
187 | Karma | Canon | 2/21/21 |
188 | Awakening | Canon | 2/28/21 |
189 | Resonance | Canon | 3/7/21 |
190 | Escape | Canon | 3/14/21 |
191 | A Stray Dog | Canon | 3/21/21 |
192 | The Past | Canon | 3/28/21 |
193 | Cohabitating | Canon | 4/4/21 |
194 | The Uzumaki Family | Canon | 4/11/21 |
195 | The Flower Vase | Canon | 4/18/21 |
196 | A Power That Connects | Canon | 4/25/21 |
197 | Delta | Canon | 5/2/21 |
198 | Monsters | Canon | 5/9/21 |
199 | Overload | Canon | 5/16/21 |
200 | Becoming A Student | Canon | 5/23/21 |
Episodes 201-226
# | Title | Type | Aired |
---|---|---|---|
201 | Empty Tears | Canon | 5/30/21 |
202 | The Cult | Canon | 6/6/21 |
203 | Suprise Attack! | Canon | 6/13/21 |
204 | He's Bad News | Canon | 6/20/21 |
205 | Proof | Canon | 6/27/21 |
206 | The New Team 7 | Canon | 7/4/21 |
207 | Regeneration | Canon | 7/11/21 |
208 | Momoshiki's Manifestation | Canon | 7/18/21 |
209 | The Outcast | Canon | 7/25/21 |
210 | Clues to Kara | Canon | 8/1/21 |
211 | The Chase | Canon | 8/8/21 |
212 | Amado's Defection | Canon | 8/22/21 |
213 | True Identity | Canon | 8/29/21 |
214 | A Predestined Fate | Canon | 9/5/21 |
215 | Prepared | Canon | 9/12/21 |
216 | Sacrifice | Canon | 9/19/21 |
217 | Decision | Canon | 9/26/21 |
218 | Partner | Canon | 10/03/21 |
219 | Return | Canon | 10/10/21 |
220 | Remaining Time | Canon | 10/17/21 |
221 | The Chunin Exams Resume | Canon | 10/24/21 |
222 | The Night Before the Final Round | Canon | 10/31/21 |
223 | Inojin vs. Houki | Canon | 11/07/21 |
224 | The Legend of the Monster Cat | Canon | 11/14/21 |
225 | Best Friend Showdown | Canon | 11/21/21 |
226 | Samurai vs. Kagaku | Canon | 11/28/21 |
Our Guide to Boruto Story Arcs
The Boruto anime series and manga series share a common ancestor due to the manga’s genesis as a continuation of the anime film Boruto: Naruto the Movie. Many of the anime story arcs mirror Boruto’s manga closely, with slight deviations along the way, but still contains its share of filler.
Boruto Story Arc List
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime story arcs begin much earlier in Boruto’s journey when he is still training and meeting his teammates. The stories converge along the Versus Momoshiki Arc (from the manga) which the anime refers to as the Chūnin Exams Arc.
- Academy Entrance Arc (Episodes 1 to 15)
- Sarada Uchiha Arc (Episodes 17 to 24)
- School Trip Arc (Episodes 25 to 32)
- Graduation Exams Arc (Episodes 34 to 37)
- Genin Mission Arc (Episodes 40 to 42)
- Byakuya Gang Arc (Episodes 43 to 47)
- Chūnin Exams Arc (Episodes 52 to 66)
- Chōchō Arc (Episodes 67 to 69)
- Mitsuki’s Disappearance Arc (Episodes 71 to 92)
- Naruto Shinden: Family Day Arc (Episodes 93 to 95)