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So, we have Boruto Two Blue Vortex Chapter 21, titled “Mangekyo Sharingan.” In this chapter, we finally get to see the true powers of Sarada as she uses her Mangekyo Sharingan for the very first time. The Mangekyo Sharingan, or Ohirume, is probably one of the most overpowered abilities I have ever seen. For a character like Sarada to unlock such a powerful ability, I’m genuinely happy for her.

When it comes to Sarada in the main story, I’ve always felt like she was being left behind compared to the other main characters—especially Boruto and Kawaki, and even some of their predecessors like Naruto and Sasuke. Throughout Boruto Naruto Next Generations Part One, I voiced my concerns about whether Sarada could truly keep up with the rest of the main cast. Deep down, I always knew she would get a moment to shine—and now, 21 chapters into the time skip in the Boruto manga, Sarada has finally had that moment.

Now, I genuinely believe she can stand on her own without relying on Boruto or Kawaki to come to her rescue. That was a recurring issue at the end of Part One—after Boruto and Kawaki became pure Ōtsutsuki, Sarada was essentially left in the dust. She needed a major power-up, and regular training just wasn’t going to be enough. She is an Uchiha, after all. The only realistic way for her to reach their level—or get close—was for her to awaken an MS (Mangekyo Sharingan) ability strong enough to let her fight independently. This chapter perfectly captured that.

Sarada absolutely destroys Ryu using her Mangekyo Sharingan—Ohirume—which is an astonishingly powerful ability.

So, let’s dive into Chapter 21.

At the beginning of the chapter, we see multiple flashbacks of Sarada from Part One. These include her talking about her goal of becoming someone like Lord Seventh, and her complex relationship with Boruto. It’s clear that Sarada has some feelings for Boruto, and her friendship with Sumire made her question how she felt about others having feelings for him as well—for example, girls like Sumire.

Then we see more flashbacks of Sarada failing to protect Boruto—like when Kawaki tried to kill her and Boruto sacrificed his own eye to save her. We also witness the Omnipotence event unfold from Sarada’s perspective. She realizes that the world is unfair—Boruto is being targeted while Kawaki, the one who made Naruto disappear, goes free. This injustice is what ultimately triggers her awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Following this, we get an explanation about her awakening. Sasuke is shown speaking to a younger Boruto about the event. He tells Boruto that something terrible has happened—something beyond normal understanding. Sasuke explains that Sarada insists everyone has been deceived, and he believes her, especially because she has awakened the MS. That alone is enough proof for him. Sasuke says her eyes will be a great asset in the battles to come. Though she’s not fully aware of her awakening yet, Sasuke notes that once she realizes she has the Mangekyo Sharingan, she will quickly grasp the extent of her abilities.

Back in the present, Sarada uses her MS against Ryu. At the end of the last chapter, she created a black hole around Ryu to absorb the iron sand that had been restricting everyone on the battlefield. Ryu tries to attack Sarada again with iron sand, but it gets quickly sucked into the black hole once more. He soon realizes that this black hole is one of Sarada’s new MS abilities. Sarada confidently states that even though she just awakened the power, she instinctively knows how to use it.

Ryu attempts to attack her again from a different angle, hoping the iron sand will bypass the sphere and avoid being absorbed. However, the sand is suddenly repelled in the opposite direction—toward another sphere that formed in the air, which then absorbs even more sand. Ryu notices multiple black spheres around the battlefield and counts four black holes suspended in the atmosphere.

Suddenly, both Ryu and Sarada begin to float mid-air. Ryu attempts to pull himself back to the ground using the iron sand, but even the sand begins to levitate. Mitsuki observes that Sarada is using gravitational force. Each of the black spheres exerts a gravitational pull, but selectively—only affecting Sarada, Ryu, and the iron sand. This means Sarada can choose which objects or people are affected by her ability.

While in midair, Ryu starts getting pulled toward one of the spheres, seemingly about to be absorbed. During all of this, we get some compelling dialogue from Sarada—dialogue that I think is essential for her character development. Given how often she was sidelined in earlier chapters, especially toward the end of Part One, this moment truly elevates her status as a key player in the story.

She explains that her goal of becoming Hokage felt so out of reach because she was never strong enough to stop the calamities from happening—from the Ōtsutsuki invasions, like Momoshiki and then Isshiki, to dealing with Kara members, and eventually the Omnipotence event, where Boruto was wrongly framed for killing Naruto. Sarada had no power to stop any of it. She admits that she was scared to face how weak she truly was during these moments, so instead, she shied away from it.

She says that she felt unsettled about Sumire’s feelings—and her own feelings toward Boruto—which she ultimately rejected, viewing them as a sign of weakness. However, by rejecting those feelings, she also rejected the power that was hidden inside her. This was hinted at the end of the last chapter before Yodo died after being impaled by Ryu, when she said she sensed that Sarada had a power she hadn’t yet revealed. Because Sarada had shied away from those initial feelings, she was unintentionally restricting herself in battles against powerful enemies.

This is why she has always felt like she came up short when it came to stopping these calamities. But now, in this fight against Ryu, she finally has the opportunity—not just by accepting her feelings for those around her but by embracing the hidden power she had always known was within her.

In this moment of awakening her Mangekyō Sharingan, she finally unleashes her power. As Ryu sends more iron sand toward her, another black sphere suddenly appears behind him and begins to absorb his entire body. Ryu starts to feel the increasing gravitational pull drawing him in. As this is happening, Sarada declares that she’s not looking away anymore—because if she runs from herself, she won’t be able to confront the reality in front of her. She wouldn’t even be able to save a single person—like Yodo, who died.

Ryu then tries to escape by pulling himself along the belts connected among all the Shinju, but he quickly realizes that he can’t even move a finger due to the immense gravitational force of the black spheres.

Sarada continues her monologue, saying that if she truly wants to become Hokage—which is her dream, after all—she must begin by accepting herself and her true feelings. And this is where she reveals her ultimate Mangekyō Sharingan ability: Mangekyō Sharingan Ohirume.

Ryu’s body begins to convulse into the black sphere. He writhes in pain as his body is torn apart and eventually blown into particles, which scatter and fall like dust from the sky.

Sarada has finally done it. She has taken down an enemy on her own.

While Sarada has had many great moments throughout the Boruto anime and manga, this feels like a true turning point—a real “calling card” that places her among the top-tier characters in the series. I’ve been waiting for a moment like this. And even though it took years for her to stand on her own—without needing help from other characters—this moment is different. We’ve never seen anything like this from Sarada before.

I’m genuinely glad that Sarada now has an ability that allows her to stand tall and battle with the strongest. I’m also very pleased that Kishimoto and Ikemoto executed this development so well. I was afraid she would be given a recycled ability like Amaterasu, for example. And while the name Ohirume is another name for the sun goddess Amaterasu, the ability itself is completely different.

Sarada’s Mangekyō Sharingan power is truly unique, and I’m thrilled she received something this distinct. I feared a repeat ability—but thankfully, the creators delivered something new, powerful, and fitting for her evolution.

Not only that, let’s not forget Sarada does have access to the Susanoo. She hasn’t used it yet, so we’ll probably see that in future battles once the time comes. However, at this moment, Sarada has finally killed Ryu. She quickly falls from the sky, deactivating her Mangekyō Sharingan due to the exhaustion from using it for the very first time.

Mitsuki notes that she has used up all of her chakra, and with Ryu finally defeated, a thorn bulb has formed—meaning they can now save Shinki, who was devoured by one of the Shinju earlier in this arc.

We quickly shift to Ada (Eida) speaking to Kashin Koji, where she tells him that Ryu was just defeated by Sarada’s new power—something Koji had already expected thanks to his Prescience Jutsu. He even remarks that they’ve managed to achieve one of the most critical goals of this battle.

Ada confirms that Yodo was killed, which Koji says wasn’t in vain. Her sacrifice played a major role in this outcome, ultimately leading to Sarada awakening her Mangekyō Sharingan and using the power of Ohirume. So, in a sense, Yodo had to be a sacrificial lamb.

Boruto then questions Koji if there was any other way Sarada could have awakened her MS without anyone dying. However, Koji completely ignores the question and redirects it, telling Boruto that if he had shown up on the battlefield, Sarada wouldn’t have awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan. At this moment, Boruto realizes that even though Koji has the power of prescience, he is withholding some information—because many characters could die, but it will benefit the long-term goal of defeating the Shinju.

Boruto then asks about Konohamaru’s fate and whether he has any chance against Matsuri. Koji once again deflects, explaining instead that Jura is connected to all of the Shinju through shared senses. This means that if Boruto appears in front of any Shinju—including Matsuri, who is currently trying to kill Konohamaru—Jura will immediately know and appear.

Not only that, Koji outright states that Boruto has no chance against Jura and that doing so will ultimately lead to Boruto’s death. According to Koji, his prescience has revealed many permutations of this outcome, all ending the same way—with Boruto’s demise.

We then jump to Matsuri and Konohamaru, where Matsuri has already overpowered him. After Konohamaru failed to kill Matsuri in the last chapter of Boruto Two Blue Vortex, she is now on the verge of killing him. But in a sudden turn, Boruto appears via Flying Raijin Jutsu and takes out Matsuri in one clean strike using a sword imbued with the technique. So, not only is Ryu dead in this chapter—but Matsuri is as well.

However, this angers Kashin Koji, who becomes incredibly enraged because Boruto has completely ruined the plan. Yes, he saved Konohamaru from dying, but now Jura knows Boruto’s location. As Koji explained earlier, Jura is connected to all the Shinju via shared senses. On the final page of this chapter, even though Matsuri is cut to pieces, Jura sees Boruto through her eyes. This means Jura has now locked onto Boruto and will arrive on the battlefield in the very next chapter.

This is where the chapter ends—and honestly, it was another banger. Boruto Two Blue Vortex has been hitting consistently since Chapter 1. Ikemoto and Kishimoto have been absolutely cooking since the start of TBV. While the arc started off slow, the last two chapters have completely turned things around, delivering amazing action—especially with Sarada finally revealing her Mangekyō Sharingan ability, allowing her to stand among the top tiers.

Meanwhile, Boruto, by appearing on the battlefield, has effectively ruined Kashin Koji’s long-term plan to take down the Shinju. This action will now bring Jura to the battlefield, setting up a confrontation between Boruto and Jura. I do believe more characters will soon join Boruto in the fight.

After all, Jura is the main villain of this arc, and the goal is to eliminate him. But according to what Kashin Koji said earlier in Two Blue Vortex, no one truly has the power to take him down. Koji straight-up says that Boruto is not strong enough. No one inside the Leaf Village is. Which is why they wanted to keep Boruto away. But now, with Boruto defying the plan and appearing on the battlefield, Jura is coming—and according to Koji, he will kill Boruto.

Now, I do want to touch on something: there’s a dilemma I have with Boruto’s decision.

I understand Boruto’s perspective. He’s not going to let a comrade die. Even though Sarada awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan through Koji’s plan, it came at the cost of Yodo—who served as the sacrificial lamb to unlock that power and allow Sarada to defeat Ryu. And in Konohamaru’s case, we don’t really know how things would’ve played out in Koji’s ideal timeline. Maybe Konohamaru would’ve been saved eventually—but it sure looked like he was going to die at the hands of Matsuri.

So, at least from Boruto’s point of view, he couldn’t let one of his sensei die in vain. While Koji’s plan may have had long-term benefits, Boruto just isn’t someone who will sacrifice his comrades for the greater good.

So, of course, he will save him. I do understand Boruto’s perspective, but at the end of the day, he did mess up Kashin Koji’s plan, and that will ultimately lead to his own demise.

Now, heading into the next few chapters, the biggest question I pose to you, the reader, is this: Can Boruto defy his fate? I’m going to write another blog discussing that, because Kashin Koji is the ultimate source when it comes to information like this. When you have a character with an ability like his, I just think you should listen to him.

Now, obviously, certain characters are going to die, and Boruto is most likely not going to let that happen—such as with Konohamaru. So, I completely understand why Boruto did what he did.

However, with Jura and Boruto most likely clashing in the next few chapters, and with the way Kashin Koji has been talking about Jura’s overwhelming power, this perfectly sets up the opportunity for Momoshiki to finally make an appearance in Boruto: Two Blue Vortex.

If Kashin Koji is saying that Boruto will die against Jura, then Momoshiki will absolutely do anything to keep his vessel alive. Earlier in Two Blue Vortex, when Boruto was talking to Kawaki about Momoshiki, he revealed that Momoshiki has been completely silent since the Omnipotence event—meaning he is lurking somewhere, waiting to strike.

Boruto hasn’t used his Karma for that very reason, which means that, eventually, I do think Momoshiki will take over Boruto’s body—and the opportunity may arise in this battle against Jura.

Let’s not forget about Kawaki, too. He was pressing Amado about removing his limiters, as per Boruto’s advice during an earlier conversation in TBV. So Kawaki’s powers will likely be fully revealed soon. I also think Kawaki could make an appearance alongside Boruto to help take down Jura—especially since Boruto already reached out to Kawaki, and they both agreed they need to work together to defeat the Shinjus.

Some of the Shinjus have already been eliminated, such as Ryu and Matsuri. However, with Hidari, Mamushi, and Jura still remaining, they’ll need to find a way to defeat these remaining threats—especially Jura, who is clearly the main boss of this arc.

So, let me know how you, the manga readers, feel about this chapter in the comments section below.