Ikemoto was Kishimoto's assistant and helped with Naruto. He was chosen as the successor due to his familiarity and art style ...

Boruto continued as Boruto ... According to Kishimoto himself, he used to give rough outlines to the team and they would fill in the gaps themselves, with the goal being to bring the outline ...

“In the case of Boruto, I initially wrote the broad outlines of the story, but very succinctly,” Kishimoto explained. “We then organized a meeting to discuss it. Ikemoto-sensei is really the ...