One would imagine that Boruto would be quite spectacular if it were seasonal, however, the fact that it is weekly and the manga is monthly means there are a few limiting factors:
1. Animation quality is very inconsistent, often times SAKUGA level and other times... weekly shonen level. It makes sense.
2. There is more anime canon than manga canon. This isn't inherently bad, but there are a few times that anime canon arcs are boring or lacklustre. Other times (i.e. Deepa), they can be very good. Also, many seem to claim that the anime canon is simply filler and are not worth your time, but I really do digress.
3. There are fillers - the weakness of many weekly shonen. Let's face it, fillers are not good. Even in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, there were very few good filler arcs throughout the entire 720 episode runtime.
Now onto some inherent flaws of the anime (and possibly manga).
1. Some characters are pretty damn one dimensional. Right now, characters like ChoCho, Inojin, and a bunch of other genin of the generation have a lack of depth and a maximum of 2 character traits. Well, not that many of the last generation were that interesting either... And DO NOT get me started on Shikadai. He is cool and somewhat interesting, but he is literally a clone of his father.
2. It has some boring anime canon. Now this is subjective, and I don't absolutely despise any arc in particular, but arcs like the Jugo arc were really not worth watching. It had like, 2 good scenes. All I can really say.
3. Arsenals are not entirely shown. Canonically speaking, the fact that Naruto and Sasuke do not use the entirety of their arsenals makes sense, like in that one fight which occurs near episode 200 that I will not name, the other jutsus and gizmos they have would not have helped the situation. But still, it is disappointing for my inner fanboy.
4. Jutsu absorption doesn't work with ridiculously strong opponents. With Momoshiki, the idea of jutsu absorption and regurgitation was a parallel to Boruto's fatal flaw of desiring instant gratification, and Momoshiki's absorption ability was worked around very well, as the power was facilitated through vulnerable eyes and Momoshiki was not stupidly fast. Isshiki, on the other hand, is far faster and stronger than the strongest ninjas, and the only requirement for him to use his 'absorption' is just existing. Thus, Isshiki's Sukunahikona kinda just makes him ridiculously strong, and the issue is that it invalidates previously established abilities. Basically, ability absorption / nullification is bad writing in most cases, so do not do it.
And now, onto some good points.
1. Animation is absolutely gobsmacking when it shines. I can at least appreciate that.
2. The anime mostly handles the manga portions better than the manga itself - by adding additional arcs, extra episodes or minute touches to flesh out the context, world and surrounding characters. Quite good.
3. Characters like Kawaki, Mitsuki, Sarada and Boruto (kinda) have some surprising depth and good chararcter arcs, as opposed to the one dimensional characters or the parent clones mentioned earlier.
4. Anime canon (usually) provides character developments and covers defining events for certain characters that leaves them otherwise barren in the manga. For instance, the genin exams and the Mitsuki arc.
5. OPs and EDs are bangers, not that it really matters.
Yeah, that's about it. All in all, 7/10. But Boruto is the kind of anime that you should watch for yourself to see if you like it or not.
1. Animation quality is very inconsistent, often times SAKUGA level and other times... weekly shonen level. It makes sense.
2. There is more anime canon than manga canon. This isn't inherently bad, but there are a few times that anime canon arcs are boring or lacklustre. Other times (i.e. Deepa), they can be very good. Also, many seem to claim that the anime canon is simply filler and are not worth your time, but I really do digress.
3. There are fillers - the weakness of many weekly shonen. Let's face it, fillers are not good. Even in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, there were very few good filler arcs throughout the entire 720 episode runtime.
Now onto some inherent flaws of the anime (and possibly manga).
1. Some characters are pretty damn one dimensional. Right now, characters like ChoCho, Inojin, and a bunch of other genin of the generation have a lack of depth and a maximum of 2 character traits. Well, not that many of the last generation were that interesting either... And DO NOT get me started on Shikadai. He is cool and somewhat interesting, but he is literally a clone of his father.
2. It has some boring anime canon. Now this is subjective, and I don't absolutely despise any arc in particular, but arcs like the Jugo arc were really not worth watching. It had like, 2 good scenes. All I can really say.
3. Arsenals are not entirely shown. Canonically speaking, the fact that Naruto and Sasuke do not use the entirety of their arsenals makes sense, like in that one fight which occurs near episode 200 that I will not name, the other jutsus and gizmos they have would not have helped the situation. But still, it is disappointing for my inner fanboy.
4. Jutsu absorption doesn't work with ridiculously strong opponents. With Momoshiki, the idea of jutsu absorption and regurgitation was a parallel to Boruto's fatal flaw of desiring instant gratification, and Momoshiki's absorption ability was worked around very well, as the power was facilitated through vulnerable eyes and Momoshiki was not stupidly fast. Isshiki, on the other hand, is far faster and stronger than the strongest ninjas, and the only requirement for him to use his 'absorption' is just existing. Thus, Isshiki's Sukunahikona kinda just makes him ridiculously strong, and the issue is that it invalidates previously established abilities. Basically, ability absorption / nullification is bad writing in most cases, so do not do it.
And now, onto some good points.
1. Animation is absolutely gobsmacking when it shines. I can at least appreciate that.
2. The anime mostly handles the manga portions better than the manga itself - by adding additional arcs, extra episodes or minute touches to flesh out the context, world and surrounding characters. Quite good.
3. Characters like Kawaki, Mitsuki, Sarada and Boruto (kinda) have some surprising depth and good chararcter arcs, as opposed to the one dimensional characters or the parent clones mentioned earlier.
4. Anime canon (usually) provides character developments and covers defining events for certain characters that leaves them otherwise barren in the manga. For instance, the genin exams and the Mitsuki arc.
5. OPs and EDs are bangers, not that it really matters.
Yeah, that's about it. All in all, 7/10. But Boruto is the kind of anime that you should watch for yourself to see if you like it or not.