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VISTORBELITUNG.COM,In the sprawling narrative of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, the relationship between Boruto Uzumaki and the Otsutsuki entity known as Momoshiki is one of forced symbiosis and profound conflict. Boruto is the vessel; Momoshiki, the parasitic consciousness seeking to reclaim control. Their dynamic is framed as a battle for Boruto's soul and destiny. However, a deeper, more unsettling parallel emerges upon closer inspection: a fundamental and mutual hatred for the "Divine Tree" and the humans it spawns the "Fruit of the God Tree." This shared contempt forms a dark, ironic common ground between the hero and his inner demon.
For Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki, the Divine Tree is not an abomination but a tool a sacred instrument of the Otsutsuki clan's evolutionary cycle. His goal, consistent with his kin like Kaguya and Isshiki, is to plant a God Tree on a planet rich with life, sacrifice a lower-ranked Otsutsuki as its fertilizer, and harvest the Chakra Fruit. This fruit represents the ultimate consumption of a world's life force, granting the eater god-like power and advancing the clan's genetic perfection.
Momoshiki's hatred is not for the Tree itself, but for the unintended byproducts it creates when the process is corrupted or left unchecked: humans infused with its power. He views beings like Kaguya (who rebelled and consumed the fruit for herself) and her hybrid descendants Naruto, Sasuke, and especially Boruto as "failed vessels," "arrogant thieves," and "impure" existences. They are mistakes, glitches in the Otsutsuki system, who wield the stolen power of the God Tree against their intended harvesters. His disdain is that of a farmer for weeds that have grown from his own seeds, threatening to choke the intended crop.
Boruto's hatred, in stark contrast, is born of visceral, personal trauma. He does not see the Divine Tree as a sacred tool, but as the root of unimaginable suffering. He witnessed its nightmarish resurgence during the battle against Isshiki Otsutsuki, where the Ten-Tails rapidly transformed into a new God Tree. He saw it instantly drain the life from everything and everyone around it including his mentor, Sasuke Uchiha, who was nearly turned to dust.
For Boruto, the God Tree symbolizes absolute loss, despair, and the relentless Otsutsuki invasion that threatens his home, his family, and his very identity. The "humans of the God Tree" he hates are not his friends or family, but rather the monstrous, transformed beings like the "Claw Grime" and the terrifying "God Tree Majins" (Divine Tree Demons) that emerged later—humans consumed and reborn as mindless, powerful extensions of the Tree. They are walking reminders of the fate he narrowly escaped and that continues to haunt his world.
This is where their paths eerily converge. Both Momoshiki (the pure Otsutsuki) and Boruto (the vessel resisting him) hold a powerful animosity toward the corrupted results of the God Tree's power in humans.
· Momoshiki sees them as flawed, impure abominations, unworthy of the power they hold. He would seek to erase them to re-establish the "purity" of the Otsutsuki harvesting cycle.
· Boruto sees them as tragic victims and terrifying weapons of an alien plague, born from a process that consumes everything he loves. He fights to destroy them to protect humanity.
Their objectives are diametrically opposed one seeks to perfect the cycle, the other to break it forever yet they find themselves targeting the same manifestations of the God Tree's influence. In a twisted way, Momoshiki's internal whispers of contempt for these beings might even, horrifyingly, align with Boruto's own resolve to eradicate them. This creates a psychological battlefield within Boruto, where his deepest hatreds are mirrored and potentially amplified by the very entity he fights against.
The revelation of this shared hatred adds profound depth to their conflict. It is no longer a simple battle of good versus evil, but a complex clash of perspectives on a shared curse. Boruto is not just fighting Momoshiki's control; he is fighting against a destiny that views the legacy of the Divine Tree a legacy now physically part of him as a vessel with the same destructive gaze, albeit for different reasons. Their connection is a "Twisted Mirror," reflecting a similar image of hatred back at each other, making their internal war not just about power, but about the very meaning of the power they both, unwillingly, embody. In hating the God Tree and its human offshoots, Boruto and Momoshiki are tragically, undeniably, alike.