Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Replaces Rinnegan With a New Top-Tier Dojutsu

Boruto: Two Blue Vortex keeps adding new Kekkei Genkai to the story’s already crowded power system, but it’s doing something more specific than simply raising the ceiling. The manga is also reshaping what players think “top-tier” eyes even mean—particularly by pushing the Rinnegan aside and elevating newer dojutsu, with Sarada Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan at the center of that shift.

Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Makes the Rinnegan Feel Outdated Through Nerfs and Replacements

The Rinnegan has long been framed as one of Naruto’s most extreme power anomalies—an ability said to be “godly,” tied to the Sage of Six Paths and capable of rewriting the rules of life and death. In the original Naruto manga, it first appears in chapter #238. Even earlier in the franchise’s discussion, it was treated as something close to a legend: a dojutsu so dominant that Nagato Uzumaki stated it gave its users the means to control life and death.

Sasuke Uchiha later reinforces that reputation. In Naruto chapter #696, released on November 3, 2014, in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #47, Sasuke explains that the Rinnegan opens up a wide set of possibilities, including immortality and reincarnation. In other words, the Rinnegan isn’t just strong—it’s presented as comprehensive.

“I started with the Sharingan, but now I have the Rinnegan too. Reincarnation, immortality, have many options.” — Sasuke Uchiha explains the powers of the Rinnegan, Naruto Chapter #696

But when Boruto arrives, the manga’s handling of the Rinnegan starts to feel restrictive. Sasuke remains the key Rinnegan user in Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, yet his on-page usage skews heavily toward two signature techniques rather than the broader “Six Paths” toolkit the eye is known for. The first is Amenotejikara, a spatial trick that lets him trade positions with an object or living being—or even swap two nearby objects—within a short range. The second technique involves opening rifts that connect space and time, allowing access to other dimensions.

The problem is that the manga largely ignores the full set of Six Paths Powers associated with the Rinnegan. Characters such as Sasuke Uchiha, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, and the Shinju are shown encountering situations where the Six Paths toolkit would matter, but they don’t lean on those options. Instead, the Rinnegan gets reduced to a narrower package: Momoshiki’s approach focuses on absorbing chakra and countering by becoming stronger, while Sasuke’s usage boils down to position swapping. The end result is that the Rinnegan loses the thing that made it feel special in the first place. It starts to resemble a flashier extension of the Mangekyo Sharingan rather than the franchise’s “god-tier” outlier.

At the same time, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex is actively empowering the Mangekyo Sharingan. In chapter 21, officially released on April 20, 2025, Sarada Uchiha awakens her Mangekyo Sharingan, and the manga immediately treats it as a serious leap forward. With her Mangekyo Sharingan, Sarada can use a technique called Ohirume—an ability that, in this narrative framing, allows her to exceed what the Rinnegan would offer even in its strongest moments.

The story’s broader direction also matters here: jinchuriki once sat at the heart of the Naruto experience, but in Boruto they’re being phased out in terms of story centrality and spotlight power.

Why Sarada’s Mangekyo Sharingan Is Presented as Stronger Than the Rinnegan

Sarada’s Mangekyo Sharingan was always going to be powerful, but the manga’s emphasis is on the specific mechanics of her Mangekyo jutsu. Her technique, Ohirume, lets her generate up to four black holes. Unlike a generic “big attack,” the gravity effects are described as immense and, crucially, something Sarada can fully control. She can choose who gets targeted by the gravity and pull them in with the jutsu’s force.

Once opponents are drawn into the gravitational pull, Sarada can then cause the black holes to explode. The aftermath is framed as crushing-level impact—enough to flatten just about anyone caught inside the effect.

“The restraints are gone? What happened? The Iron Sand is gathering in one spot. No, it’s being sucked in. Those eyes, that’s the Mangekyo Sharingan!” — Mitsuki explains Sarada’s Ohirume Ability, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter #20

To show how high this lands, the manga’s power comparisons lean on earlier matchups and escalating opponents. Jigen is used as a benchmark from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. In Boruto chapter 38, officially released on September 20, 2019, in V-Jump Issue #11, both Naruto and Sasuke—despite having Six Paths Powers—are described as being outclassed by Jigen. Later in the story, Jigen is confirmed to be weaker than Code. Then Code grows even stronger after revealing his true Karma power, and that upgraded Code is handled by Ryu.

Ryu is one of the Shinju who debuts in Boruto: Two Blue Vortex chapter #13 on August 21, 2024. Sarada fights Ryu across chapters 20 and 21, and the sequence ends with Sarada one-shotting him using her Mangekyo Sharingan power.

On paper, that’s the argument being made in-story and in commentary around it: Sarada’s output is portrayed as surpassing what Sasuke could do even while he had the Rinnegan. That framing positions her as one of the world’s elite users and reinforces the claim that her Kekkei Genkai is strong enough to outclass even the Rinnegan.

There’s also a “stacking” element to the claim. Ohirume is described as only one part of Sarada’s broader Kekkei Genkai package. The argument further notes that her second eye can awaken another overpowered ability, and that a final third power—Susanoo—has been referenced as something still to appear.

“Only those who have awakened the double Mangekyo can use this power. The Third power…Susanoo!” — Sasuke Uchiha explains who can awaken the Susanoo, Naruto Chapter #464

Taken together, the piece’s conclusion is that Sarada’s eyes are stronger than the “nerfed” version of the Rinnegan that Boruto: Two Blue Vortex presents.

The Rinnegan Still Deserves a Bigger Role in Boruto: Two Blue Vortex

The case being built is straightforward: the Rinnegan used to be an overwhelming, complete answer to almost anything. When Ohirume is placed side-by-side with the Rinnegan as it appears in Boruto, the Rinnegan “doesn’t hold up” in comparison. The argument is that Boruto: Two Blue Vortex needs to remove the eye’s nerfs and let it operate at the level it was originally associated with.

The Six Paths Powers tied to the Rinnegan are described as capable of granting immortality, tearing souls, repairing damage, manipulating gravitational forces of push and pull, and even bringing people back from the dead. If that’s the baseline expectation the series set earlier, then limiting the Rinnegan’s on-page expression undercuts the promise.

What Players Will Notice: Kekkei Genkai Power Escalation and the Rinnegan’s “Next Step” Problem

The Rinnegan’s decline isn’t treated as a small change—it’s presented as something that many fans don’t accept. The idea is that when a story introduces new Kekkei Genkai (like Sarada’s Ohirume Mangekyo Sharingan) while simultaneously making an older icon feel weaker, the balance starts to look intentional rather than organic.

That’s where the “upgrade” concept comes in. If new dojutsu are going to keep rising, then the Rinnegan needs to be pushed forward too—potentially even to a fresh level rather than a constrained one. The piece also adds hope that Sarada may be capable of awakening the Rinnegan as well, and that through the work of Ikemoto and Masashi Kishimoto, the series might eventually restore the eye’s former impact.

• The Rinnegan is framed as a near-mythic, Six Paths-linked dojutsu tied to control over life and death.
• Boruto: Two Blue Vortex is criticized for using the Rinnegan in a limited way, emphasizing only a couple of techniques.
• Sarada’s Ohirume is presented as a direct mechanical upgrade: up to four controlled black holes with selectable targets and explosive finishing power.
• The story’s power comparisons position Sarada’s Mangekyo Sharingan as exceeding what Sasuke could do with the Rinnegan.
• Further escalation is implied through the referenced second and third Mangekyo-related powers, culminating in Susanoo.

All chapters of Boruto: Two Blue Vortex by Mikio Ikemoto, supervised by Masashi Kishimoto, are available to read via Manga Plus and Viz Media.