Boruto Uzumaki wants to be recognized as his own person in a village where his surname has already done most of the introductions. The protagonist of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is Naruto's son, growing up in a modernizing Hidden Leaf under the leadership of the Seventh Hokage.
His starting point gives him a very different problem from his father's. Boruto has friends, family, and talent, but he resents the demands that keep Naruto occupied with the village. Wanting his father's attention can become tangled up with wanting to outshine him, turning confidence into impatience and poor decisions.
Training and teamwork begin to challenge those assumptions. Alongside Sarada Uchiha and Mitsuki, and with Sasuke as a teacher, Boruto has to learn that recognition means little without responsibility. His misuse of a scientific ninja tool during the Chunin Exams exposes the gap between appearing accomplished and earning the trust that should come with it.
What makes Boruto engaging is watching that gap close through experience. He can be impulsive, competitive, and frustrating, but he is also capable of courage, remorse, and loyalty when the stakes become real. His story gives the next generation more to do than inherit familiar techniques. They have to decide what the shinobi legacy means to them. Having a famous father gets Boruto noticed; growing into himself takes considerably more work.