KEY POINTS

  • Konohamaru is roped in to portray Nanadaime Hokage
  • "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" Episode 257 is airing Sunday
  • The episode will live stream on Crunchyroll

Naruto is asked to play the character of Nanadaime Hokage in a famous ninja movie series in "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" Episode 257.

The official synopsis of Episode 257 is out on TV Tokyo. Naruto is supposed to play the titular role in a movie called "Evil Jammer – Kagemasa." However, Konohamaru is asked to appear as a stand-in for the Seventh Hokage.

This will be Konohamaru's first time featuring in a movie. Moreover, Konohamaru is looking forward to playing Nanadaime Hokage because he has immense respect for Naruto.

However, the environment on the movie set is different from what Konohamaru expected it to be like. He is baffled by the situation.

Later, he hears some feedback from the assistant director. They initiate a discussion on making the movie more interesting for the audience.

In the previous episode, Cho-Cho and Inojin went out on a mission to locate a rogue shinobi who was hiding in Konohagakure. They were instructed to locate and bring him in. However, they ended up making some ramen with the former shinobi.

"Cho-Cho and Inojin end up making ramen to help a Rogue Shinobi and ramen shop owner by the name of Shingo Kumano who they met on a mission. They tell him that his ramen doesn't taste bad, but that it's missing something," read the official "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" Episode 256 synopsis, as per Crunchyroll. "Shingo asks them for advice to make it better. The former ninja takes advantage of his experience to develop a new menu. Will he be able to complete his ultimate recipe?!"

The cast of the anime includes Yuuko Sanpei as Boruto Uzumaki, Yusuke Shirai as Ikada Funato, Noriaki Sugiyama as Sasuke Uchiha, Kokoro Kikuchi as Sarada Uchiha, Ryuuichi Kijima as Mitsuki, Junko Takeuchi as Naruto Uzumaki, Chiharu Sawashiro as Hiruga, Hidenori Takahashi as Konohamaru Sarutobi, Shoutarou Morikubo as Shikamaru Nara, Kunihiro Kawamoto as Omoi and Nana Mizuki as Hinata Uzumaki.

It also includes Ryoko Shiraishi as Cho-Cho Akimichi, Atsushi Abe as Inojin Yamanaka, Yūichi Nakamura as Koji Kashin, Yūma Uchida as Kawaki, Houko Kuwashima as Delta, Kenta Miyake as Boro, Akio Ohtsuka as Amado, Junta Terashima as Code and Kenjiro Tsuda as Jigen.

"Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" Episode 257 is scheduled to air Sunday. The episode will live stream on Crunchyroll in Japanese with English subtitles.

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