This week’s episode of Boruto, titled “The Eighth Truth,” wraps off the Labyrinth Game Arc, which has been running in the anime’s original format. Fans were treated to some surprising information about Kiseru in the last episode, who was previously portrayed as a villain who was secretly supporting Ouga. It everything came crashing down at the end of the episode when Boruto was given the mission of saving everyone. In today’s episode, we see Boruto face up against the real Ouga and end up saving the day for everyone. Like the maze in which Boruto finds himself, it contains intriguing turns that readers will love.
In episode 281 of Boruto, the youthful Uzumaki saves the day.
The ninja Boruto struggles to find a way out of the maze
In the opening moments of episode 281, Boruto finds himself surrounded by prisoners whose cells are made of glass. He is relieved to find that they are still breathing but unconscious. It’s likely that Yastume and Rokuro are also awake and aware that this was all a genjutsu, therefore the three of them will leave the area first. For a while, the gang doesn’t even notice that they’re going in circles.
Then a barrier materialises, cutting Boruto off from the rest. Rokuro seizes the moment, and in exchange for the map, strikes Yatsume. Boruto returns to find Yatsume unconscious on the floor and Rokuro nowhere to be seen. Rokuro is depicted at a location with noticeably differing air pressure, implying that maybe there is a way out after all. However, behind another door, he discovers Ouga’s puppet, which immediately launches an attack.
Meeting Ouga, Boruto
In episode 281 of Boruto, Yatsume reveals to Boruto that she has lost control of the insect within her and that she would turn against him once she is possessed. But Boruto keeps up with her and follows until she kunai attacks him. Before she loses control and assaults him again, she begs him to kill her. But Boruto knows that, like Kiseru’s strike, this one did not injure him, proving that they are still subject to genjutsu. He takes the knife in the back with no qualms, and Yatsume finally exposes her actual identity as Ouga.
To what end did Ouga set out?
Ouga states that she was interested in doing the experiment since human wants to intrigue her. When individuals are put under pressure, their actual emotions emerge. She says that Jigen inspired her to learn more about the connection between desire and the life force and that she is Amado’s eighth Inner, made to help with his studies. She says she did it because she needed to discover her own personal motivation to keep living. Without any drive to nourish her body, she was starting to waste away. Despite the failure of her purpose, she is peaceful and has done no harm to anyone.
Ouga finds motivation in Boruto
In the next episode of Boruto, #281, Ouga states that the genjutsu would be destroyed if Boruto stabbed her with his kunai. She also asks him to silence the lab’s alarm by removing a scroll. But Boruto is worried that she won’t regain consciousness with the rest of them. She confesses that she just doesn’t have the self-control to force her body to awaken. Boruto tells her to look for an aspiration rather than a want that will make her feel alive. Even when her world falls apart, he doesn’t leave her behind and even rescues her from the abyss.
The door is always open for everyone to come back
After the motivational speech and rescue in Boruto episode 281, Ouga sits up in the lab and decides to wake up the others. In contrast, Mitsuki takes the Leaf Anbu’s radio. At the same time, Boruto’s voice may be picked up through the gadget. He reassures them that even though they are up in the mountains, everything is alright. A bustling throng is seen getting ready to leave as a Shamo approaches Boruto to deliver a letter. Ouga, writing the letter, describes how happy she is to have finally found her passion.
Tell me about the events in the last chapter
In the opening moments of Boruto episode 280, Boruto confronts Kiseru about the killings of Batta and Fugo. As Kiseru made his escape, Yatsume and Rokuro showed up. Following him, they were ambushed as they tried to hide underground. After a short battle, Kiseru ran away, leaving his scroll behind. When Shomo opened it, he found a mission brief, confirming his identity as a Leaf Village secret agent. As an alternative, Squad Sarada was able to acquire identical data from a Leaf Anbu team.
Meanwhile, Ouga had figured out that he and his subordinates, Boruto and Kiseru, were caught in a genjutsu when they faced Boruto again to force him to work for Ouga. He chose to pick a battle with the young Uzumaki rather than tell him the truth. Shamo, who knew the truth and tried to stop them, was injured in the conflict. He finished his explanation just before collapsing. During the episode, Kiseru stabbed Boruto to break the genjutsu, and the next thing he knew, he was waking up in a glass chamber in a science lab.