Boruto Fillers: How many Fillers Are there?

Boruto is the follow-up anime to the events of Naruto. However, it is notorious for its high filler content. Not every anime fan has the time to comb through 293 episodes to find the manga-canon plot.

Anything that doesn’t follow the manga’s plotline is considered a filler, be it anime canon or partial canon, unless it follows the story written by Kishimoto and Kodachi; we will always consider it to be a filler.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations has released 293 episodes as of March 2023. Of these 293 episodes, 30 are complete fillers. A total of 222 (75%) episodes are either fillers, anime originals, or partial canon.

1. Which Boruto fillers can you skip?

Boruto consists of 75% fillers which can be hard to skip since most of them make up the plot of the anime. Some episodes, however, do not hold relevance to the main plot and can be skipped.

You can skip the episodes below:

• Crisis: The Threat of Failing! (Episode 16)
• Run, Sarada! (Episode 17)
• Team 7: The First Mission (Episode 40)
• Strength in Unity (Episode 41)
• The Genin Documentary (Episode 48)
• Wasabi and Namida (Episode 49)
• The Chunin Exams: The Recommendation Meeting (Episode 50)
• Super Cho-Cho Butterfly Mode! (Episode 67)
• Super Cho-Cho Kiss Mode! (Episode 68)
• Super Cho-Cho Love Upheaval! (Episode 69)
• Blood, Sweat, and Namida (Episode 96)
• Shikadai’s Decision (Episode 97)
• A Wound on the Heart (Episode 105)
• The Qualities of a Captain (Episode 113)
• X Cards Proxy War! (Episode 114)
• Konohamaru and Remon (Episode 116)
• Remon’s Secret (Episode 117)
• Something That Steals Memories (Episode 118)
• Konohamaru’s Ninja Way (Episode 119)         
• Hiashi’s Birthday (Episode 138)
• The Terror! Enko Onikuma (Episode 139)
• The Mind Transfer Jutsu That Lost to Potato Chips (Episode 140)
• Mitsuki’s Rainy Day (Episode 155)
• I Can’t Stay in My Slim Form (Episode 156)
• Great Sea Battle Of Kirigakure Arc (Episodes 231-232)
• Kawaki & Himawari Academy Arc (Episodes 261-273)

2. Fillers at a Glance

Boruto episodes can be divided into four types: manga canon, partial canon, filler, and anime canon. Here is a quick list of all the episodes and their division.

• Manga Canon Episodes: 19-23, 39, 53-66, 148-151, 181-189, 192-208, 212-220, 282-293
• Partial Canon Episodes: 18, 93-95, 106-111, 127
• Filler Episodes: 16-17, 40-41, 49-50, 67-69, 96-97, 112-114, 116-119, 138-140, 152-156, 256-258
• Anime Original Episodes: 1-15, 24-38, 42-48, 51-52, 70-92, 98-105, 115, 120-126, 128-137, 141-147, 157-180, 190-191, 209-211, 221-255, 259-281

3. Filler List

The filler episodes of Boruto do not originate from the manga. Instead, these are made to give manga the time to catch up with the anime series and often divert from the actual storyline.

4. Anime Original Episodes

Unlike other anime, Boruto has anime canon episodes that have not been adapted from the manga but are also not categorized as fillers. These episodes are made solely for the anime with approval and often involvement by the mangaka.

5. Partial Canon Episodes

Partia canon Boruto episodes are canon events which had a few panels in the manga, which later got expanded into a full episode.

6. Are Boruto Fillers Actually Canon?

The filler episodes, while not being a part of the manga, are still canon because initially, Boruto manga and anime were not autonomous. The creators have even stated that the entire anime is canon and disregarded all the episodes labeled as filler by the fans.

Filler lists for anime are usually made by fans and not released by the studios.

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In most cases, it is pretty easy to guess which episode is filler and which is not because if the anime doesn’t follow a particular plot of the manga, that part becomes a filler.

However, in the case of Boruto, the manga shows us the highlights of the main anime arcs and hence does not include every single thing from the manga itself.

Boruto manga needed some time to develop new stories and did not want the anime to overtake its current timeline, so some parallel stories were added to the anime.

7. How to Watch Boruto?

Boruto consists of a single anime series with 293 episodes and a movie, so you can watch them in their release order.

To find an extensive and detailed list of how to watch all Boruto episodes and movies, check out our watch order guide.

8. Conclusion

The majority of Boruto episodes consist of fillers, so if you try to cut off all of them, you will be left with a hollow skeleton. While you can use our list to skip some of the episodes, it is recommended to watch the rest despite them being anime originals.

9. About Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is written and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto, and supervised by Masashi Kishimoto. It came into serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in June 2016.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is the series that follows the exploits of Naruto’s son, Boruto, during his academy days and further on.

The series follows the character development of Boruto and the looming evil that challenges the fate of him and his loved ones.