Anna Karenina

All right, everyone.

SHINOBI From today, you'll start practicing with shuriken.

You're all beginners. But that's okay.

That's the reason why you're students at the Academy.

Be extremely careful so you don't hurt yourselves

or end up hitting your classmates.

Whoa!

All right!

No one's listening…

I just can't get it right.

It would be more worthwhile if I just drew pictures.

Well, we've been forced to practice this sort of thing at home.

Since I secluded myself in the woods and immersed myself in training,

my shuriken is perfect!

– He's pretty good. – Yeah.

Sh-Shikadai and everyone are watching!

Oh, my hand kinda slipped! That's weird!

Move outta the way!

This is how I do this…

Oh!

H-Hey, isn't that dangerous?!

Demon Wind Shuriken!

Let's go!

Such an unsteady shuriken.

With my kick, I'll—!

Metal!

L-Leaf Hurricane!

Are you all right?

Y-Yes.

You're Metal, right? I'm sorry!

Is this one of your pranks again?

Where did you get it?

You aren't supposed to be able to use a Demon Wind Shuriken yet.

Well, I found it in the lockers, so…

Hey!

That's my Demon Wind Shuriken. You can't just take it!

Oh, it belongs to you?

You guys…

All of you, come to the teacher's office after class.

What?

No "whats."

What? Why do we have to go too?

We haven't done anything.

It's called collective responsibility.

This kind of thing should've been a piece of cake.

But I couldn't… When I get nervous, I mess up!

Metal Lee Goes Wild!

I've pulled my share of pranks when I was young,

so it's not that I don't understand.

That aside, you guys fool around too much.

There was only a certain someone who was fooling around.

Hmm…

Well, you're setting a bad example for the other students.

Anyway, I'm ordering you to do volunteer work outside of class.

M-Me too?!

Me too?

You two will supervise everyone else. Got that?

Why me?

To begin with, it's against the rules to bring unauthorized weapons to school.

Oh, this…

The one you crashed into and damaged.

All right! I've been waiting for you!

You're the students from the Academy, right?

Shino Sensei told me about you.

These repairs require extreme care and attention,

just think of it as part of ninjutsu training and do your best!

Right!

– Looking forward to working with you! – Looking forward to working with you!

Aw man! Isn't there some ninjutsu to fix it all at once?!

By all rights, you should be doing this all by yourself.

This must be more of a pain for you, Class Rep…

It's okay, I like construction work.

Besides, working on the Hokage's Great Stone Faces is a great honor.

You got that right, Miss Class Rep!

R-Repairing the Great Stone Faces… I just can't mess this up.

I can do this alone!

Wait, Boruto!

Wha—?!

Don't go charging in all by yourself!

CONTINUE GAME OVER

We were on a roll too.

Boruto, you ruined it!

Sorry…

Everyone!

Please keep your breaks short.

Sorry.

Let's finish this up quickly!

Yeah!

Most of the work's done.

It's only your side that's left, Metal.

Whoa, hey! Metal!

Metal!

Huh?

Huh?

Come over here quickly!

Huh?!

Huh!

Huh?!

Are you okay, Miss Class Rep?

Yes.

Uh-oh, not again.

Man, I'm tired.

Today was rough.

And whose fault was it anyway?

Oh yeah, how about stopping for some burgers?

I have some discount coupons.

Cheer up, Metal!

You can just wing something like that…

The Seventh's face isn't all that perfect in real life anyway.

B-But…

You know, Metal, just working really hard doesn't mean it's all right.

Sometimes, you end up creating more work

and skimming over the essentials.

When you get nervous, you always make mistakes, right?

How did you know?

You think it wasn't obvious?

Anyway, even with stuff like that, you're too honest to a fault.

I'm too honest?

No matter how hard you train by yourself in the mountains,

unless you overcome that nervousness, it's completely useless!

Oh man, I didn't…

Anyway, I'm over this way, so…

Metal…

Shikadai, was that any way to talk to him?

You're one to talk.

I think Metal tries harder than everyone else.

Oww!

Just what did you do in school today?!

N-Nothing. It was all Boruto…

I just happened to get caught up in it!

Why are you making excuses? It's so unmanly.

Mo— Ow!

I'm home.

Oh, what's up?

Got into trouble, Shikadai?

No, Dad.

I didn't do anything.

Please talk to him.

He keeps getting into trouble at the Academy.

At this rate, you won't become a great ninja.

Well, that's how you go about learning at the Academy.

Just consider getting scolded as part of becoming a great ninja.

There's no such thing as a perfect kid.

When you get nervous, you always make mistakes, right?

Anyway, even with stuff like that, you're too honest to a fault.

So, I guess my son is just like the others…

He'll get scolded and lectured, and mature.

Otherwise, he'll become someone who's rotten inside,

someone who won't feel remorse when he's wrong or be able to say sorry.

Shikadai, was that any way to talk to him?

Yeah, you're right, Dad…

Don't worry, Temari!

He gets it.

Anyway, I'm hungry. Let's eat soon.

You're too easy on him. That's why Shikadai gets into trouble…

Huh? I'm the one getting scolded here?

I'm saying this for the sake of the Nara family.

And you give me this attitude?

– W-What a drag… – W-What a drag…

Both of you were just thinking, "what a drag," weren't you?

Well, no dinner for both of you tonight!

Damn it Dad, learn to read the situation, will you?

You already know that when she's like that,

she doesn't budge.

Oh man, I didn't…

I didn't know he was so sensitive about it.

I totally said too much, didn't I?

I guess I'll apologize tomorrow.

What a drag…

Damn it. You don't have a care in the world…

Huh?

Oh!

Metal! About yesterday…

That's…

It's like that time with Denki…

Metal?!

Wait up!

Shikadai?!

Hey, Metal!

I wanna talk to you…

Metal?