Warning: Episode 64 Spoiler
The plot for this story is changing starting with episode 64. Future Boruto never appears in the past. Instead, he sends Naruto all the DVDs and a time freezing jutsu scroll. The DVDs will be labeled what day and time they should watch them. Most of the time, they will be watching the episodes after they happened.
Boruto episode 64 was a big eye opener for me and can't stop watching it over and over again. I never fully understood why Boruto kept saying Naruto doesn't acknowledge him. I thought he was upset Naruto seem to care more about his job than his family, not fully understanding why being Hokage was his father's dream. Naruto pretty much spelled it out: He treated Boruto as a little kid and never tried to understand him.
Every flashback covered in this episode, covers whenever Naruto lectures his son. In my opinion they were not bad lectures. I always admired Naruto ability to say things when others need to hear them, however, that admiration blinded me from seeing the truth. Boruto did not need those lectures.
I was honestly surprised Boruto had no idea Naruto used to paint the Hokage faces or that he did pranks for attention too. Hinata told Boruto that Naruto used to get in trouble a lot. Naruto even told Boruto if he's doing a prank, be more creative. I guess Boruto really wasn't listening.
Two reasons why I'm changing the plot starting with episode 65:
When I look back at all chapters I wrote before this episode aired, they really don't fit with the reason there was strained relationship between father and son. I even want to re-write all the chapters, include my favorite, the Ramen chapter (especially after learning Boruto never knew about Naruto's pranks as a kid). But that will take a lot of time, and slow down updates.
When I started to write this story, I didn't think much about Future Boruto. Having him just stay at the house while everyone else goes on with their daily lives isn't realistic. We don't know much about his character. So it's difficult writing reactions for him.
Before episode 65 aired, I already outlined the next two chapters and still plan to post them. I may or may not do Chapter 12, still debating.
Chapter 10: In the movie, Sasuke stops by the house to see Naruto, but he wasn't home. This chapter will cover what if Naruto was home and how Boruto would ask Sasuke to be his master.
Chapter 11: Episodes 56-61 After watching scenes covering Boruto cheating in the Chunnin exams and getting caught, father and son have a long talk
Chapter 12: Episode 62-63 The reactions will covering from beginning of episode 62 to when Sakura tell Boruto that Naruto was taken away.
So the new plot will start at Chapter 13 or 12, depending if I write reactions for episode 62-63.