In recent times, fans have witnessed how anime series and mangas have opened a real floodgate for Japanese culture to invade the Western world. One cannot deny how anime has become way more popular than mangas. However, if it were not for the rich content available in the mangas, anime would have never existed. Mangas are a staple of Japanese pop culture. We are no strangers to the hype surrounding them. Furthermore, way before anime became popular it was mangas that made the rounds among the masses. And it seems like the hype for the texts is still alive and Naruto fans proved it.

Naruto is undoubtedly one of the most popular manga around the world right now. The impact of Masashi Kishimoto’s shonen manga is massive, to say the least. Throughout its incredible run, the manga sold over 250 million copies worldwide. And even after all these years, the hype surrounding Naruto has only increased. As we all know, not long ago the latest instalment for the Boruto manga was announced. And ever since, the 81st chapter of the manga has been a hot topic of contention among anime fans around the world wide. Surprising as it sounds, the fans of the manga have started counting the hours left for the next instalment to drop.

The post left the fans in splits as they played along counting the hours before the release. A fan wrote how the post made the time before release seem shorter as he commented, “bro making the time seem less.” Elsewhere, a fan praised Masashi Kishimoto’s manga series as he pointed out how the manga surpassed One Piece. A user had a hilarious reply as he commented how it was just a few hours while others also pointed out that the new instalment was just around the corner.  All in all, the fans were in good spirits as they shared hilarious reactions to the post.

When will the new instalment of Boruto drop?

The Naruto manga took the world by storm as it established itself as one of the greatest there is. Meanwhile, its spinoff aka Boruto lived up to Naruto’s reputation as well since it gathered decent attention from the anime fandom.

Not long ago the 80th chapter of the manga premiered worldwide on April 20. However, it will be a while till the 81st chapter drops. Reports by Twinfinite suggest that the next instalment after the 80th will drop on August 20.

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