Kishimoto's plan for Neji's fate in Naruto is something I have made peace with compared to Oda's treatment of Bon Clay which ...

This article contains spoilers for the Boruto series. Kishimoto inspired Boruto by Neji's sacrifice for NaruHina. Neji's ...

At first, it seemed like these characters would be Naruto's sworn enemies, but they ended up becoming close friends.

According to this Naruto theory, Kishimoto wrote Neji as a potential Akatsuki member but dropped the ideas due to his similarities with Sasuke.