Summary
The Otsutsuki clan possesses corrupted time travel powers, as revealed in the Boruto anime. Karasuki, a turtle-like creature, allows Otsutsuki to travel through time if he has enough chakra energy. Without the intervention of Sasuke and Boruto, Urashiki would have succeeded in changing history by stealing Kurama’s chakra from young Naruto.
Despite the string of failures, Otsutsuki is still the strongest villain in Narutoand as disclosed in Borutothe clan is even stronger than they were originally believed to be thanks to a completely broken power only seen in anime: time travel.
In the “Time Slip Arc” of the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime, Naruto tasks Sasuke and Boruto with patrolling the village for any signs of Urashiki Otsutsuki’s presence. Urashiki is part of a mission sent by the leader of the Otsutsuki clan to investigate what happened to Kaguya Otsutsuki. Other members of the mission include Momoshiki and Kinshiki.
After the deaths of Momoshiki and Kinshiki, Urashiki decided that he wanted to steal Kurama’s chakra energy for himself, but to do this, he needed to locate Naruto. Urashiki manages to infiltrate the village where he discovers that Konoha possesses Karasuki – an ancient relic of the Otsutsuki clan that can allow time travel. Instead of wasting time searching for Naruto in the present, he decided it would be easier to use Karasuki to travel back in time and locate Naruto as a child to steal his chakra.
The “Time Slip” arc is an anime-only plot that occurs between episodes 128 and 136.
Boruto reveals Otsutsuki’s major power upgrade
While Otsutsuki is known to have the ability to travel between dimensionsthe discovery of Karasuki reveals that they can also travel through time. As explained in the anime, this ability is not innate but can only be performed with the assistance of Karasuki, a turtle-like creature that can send and track creatures through time as long as it has enough chakra energy to complete the jump. As the only creature on Earth that appears to have enough chakra to power Karasuki, its usefulness to the Otsutsuki clan’s mission on Earth is undeniable.
If Sasuke and Boruto had not interrupted Urashiki’s plan to go back in time and confront a younger, less experienced, and less powerful Naruto, he would certainly have succeeded in his mission to steal Kurama’s chakra. . Of course, that outcome would completely rewrite history – most likely for the worse. Surprisingly, Kaguya, Ishhiki, Momoshiki all forgot or didn’t know that such a powerful Otsutsuki tool was right under their noses.
With Karasuki, Otsutsuki can change human history
Urashiki’s plan to use Karasuki to take down the younger Naruto wasn’t the only good use Otsutsuki could find for this overwhelming ability. Indeed, the possibilities are endless. Kaguya may have used it to prevent herself from transmitting chakra to her son, which ultimately caused her to break down. Isshiki could have used it to kill Kaguya before she attacked him, and they both could have used it to eliminate any human threat that ever existed.
While anime-only storylines like this one are not usually considered canon, the Karasuki seen there cannot be the only storyline for Otsutsuki. Boruto: Two blue tornadoes full of surprises, so there’s still a chance the story will introduce this one completely botched Otsutsuki the power to shake up the status quo once again.
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