Anna Karenina

TOY KINGDOM

It's these! They finally got more X Cards in!

TOY KINGDOM Thank you very much for coming in!

We did it!

I finally got them!

I cannot wait!

Hurry, let's crack them open now!

Yes, let's!

I wonder what I'll get!

EXTREME NINJA CARDS

EXTREME NINJA CARDS I'm so excited!

EXTREME NINJA CARDS

What are those?

Cards?

Huh?

Sarada?!

These aren't just regular cards!

These are X Cards!

X Cards?

Extreme Ninja Cards, a.k.a. X Cards!

It's a card game based on famous shinobi in history.

Everyone's hooked,

and all the stores from the big ones to the small ones sell out instantly.

The battling game itself is pretty fun too.

It's an intense game of strategy that's really fun to play!

You two are hooked too?

Okay…

Please let me get a rare card!

Oh!

SEVENTH HOKAGE NARUTO UZUMAKI

SEVENTH HOKAGE NARUTO UZUMAKI Wow!

SEVENTH HOKAGE NARUTO UZUMAKI It's a super special rare card of Lord Seventh!

What the hell? Not my dad again?!

I have so many of the same one!

I don't wanna see my dad's face on a card too, ya know?

You got the Seventh Hokage and you're bummed?

You're so spoiled.

Besides, the card I was hoping for…

isn't this one!

Using money earned from your missions to buy cards?

Men are so immature.

Huh?!

Hey, Sarada!

Hurry, let's go taste the new desserts that just came out!

I'm coming!

Wait for me!

Women are the same too!

X Cards Proxy War!

What did you get, Shikadai?

I got Lord Mizukage.

Very nice!

I got Mr. Kiba!

What are you all up to?

Oh, Shino Sensei!

These are really popular right now. They're X Cards.

Oh?

So that's the X Card thing that everyone's talking about.

It's popular at the Academy too.

So, I know about them.

Is there a card of me as well?

Huh?

Uh…

Now that you mention it…

I've never seen a card of Shino Sensei.

Me neither.

I see.

I guess you have to be pretty famous to be on a card.

I guess people like me, or Kiba…

But Metal just got a Kiba card.

What?!

Yes!

Oh…

There are many shinobi.

These things happen.

Oh, look…

AKAMARU

AKAMARU Even Akamaru has a card!

Did you say Akamaru?

But there's no card of you, Shino Sensei.

I've never heard anyone say they've seen one.

Yes, same here.

Well, it is what it is…

It's probably really bothering him deep down inside.

Pretending he doesn't care makes it even harder to watch, doesn't it?

Shino Sensei is actually really strong.

But is his presence so unnoticeable, even for a card?

I kinda feel sorry for him.

All right, I've decided!

Decided what, Boruto?

Let's do something to make Shino Sensei into a card!

Huh?!

Make him a card?

How exactly do we do that?

Don't you know which company makes X Cards?

KAMINARIMON

And so…

please do something about this, ya' know!

I understand the situation.

Now then…

So, Denki's dad's company makes the X Cards.

Still… To make a direct appeal to the company president is kinda…

Shino Aburame presently does not appear in X Cards.

And…

Here's the list for the second series.

Oh, the list!

Let's see here.

Hmm…

Shino Sensei's name isn't in the second series either.

Oh…

Oh! Please look!

UDON (GENIN) ANKO MITARASHI KANKURO (GENIN) ATSUI UNDECIDED There's an open space right here.

You're right!

Ah, as you can see…

The final person hasn't been picked yet.

I respect each and every shinobi,

that's why I'm having such a hard time deciding.

Then we'd like you to put Shino Sensei's name there.

Yes, he's definitely a candidate, but…

Please!

Sure, Shino Sensei doesn't stand out and he's long-winded, but…

Hey! That's not a good endorsement!

But he's a good teacher!

At the Academy, he seriously interacted with us.

Yes, I agree!

Hmm…

Since you're all so passionate about this…

Just…a minute, please!

Metal! What's up?

Please excuse me.

But for that final slot, instead of Shino Sensei…

I'd like to nominate someone I really respect,

my papa, Rock Lee!

Huh?!

Oh!

That's right! Metal's dad also isn't…

I know!

I looked at the list,

but his name wasn't on it!

In order to make my father's greatness known through X Cards,

as his son and student…

I cannot back down here!

The Handsome Blue Devil of the Hidden Leaf…

Rock Lee, huh?

You're right, he's also…

We were almost settled here!

Well, I can't back down either at this point!

That spot belongs to Shino Sensei!

No, my papa should take precedence!

I'm saying it should be Shino Sensei!

It has to be my papa!

Hey, hold on, you two!

What is it?

I understand where you're both coming from.

But for the Kaminarimon Company…

shouldn't we put out the card that will sell the best?

– Huh? – Huh?

As a company,

we have to offer products that our customers want.

Right, Father?

Yes, but—!

These X Cards are kind of a hobby for me—

Then all the more, we should pursue a profit!

If the cards don't sell,

it will make it harder to continue releasing them!

Well said, my son.

Besides, aren't you always saying that creating things

that make people happy result in good products?

Denki, you just got really intense all of a sudden.

Gotta hand it to the future ninja-president.

Anyway…

To determine the final slot,

how about choosing the one who's more in demand of the two?

In demand? How do you decide something like that?

Hmm…

We'll go to the players.

We'll take a survey among X Card customers and let them vote.

Interesting.

And whoever gets the most votes—

Will become an X Card!

Yes, I can promise that.

All right!

Sorry, but I don't intend to lose, Metal.

I'm not gonna let Shino Sensei live the rest of his life in obscurity,

even though he doesn't stand out.

That's my line, Boruto!

No longer will I allow my unnoticeable papa remain unnoticed!

Aren't you guys kinda dissing them?

I won't lose!

I can't lose!

BALLOT BOX

BALLOT BOX So, this is the ballot box, huh?

X CARDS SURVEY SHINO ABURAME ROCK LEE PLEASE CHOOSE ONE KAMINARIMON COMPANY Yeah. One's been placed at every store

that carries X Cards.

So? What's your plan to win Shino Sensei votes?

I'm relying on your intellect for that, Shikadai.

It's on me? What a drag.

Don't you have any ideas?

Well, it's not that I don't have any…

OUR HERO SHINO ABURAME FOR AN X CARD Here you go!

OUR HERO SHINO ABURAME FOR AN X CARD Here you go!