The Night of the Shooting Stars

Boruto notices his classmates are so consumed by the coming graduation exams that no one has time to spend together. Finding Shikadai, Inojin, and Chōchō worn out from training, he tries to strike up a conversation only to have them talk shop. When Mitsuki points out a slimmed-down Gongorō Kamakura on television praising a famous carp so delicious its taste is never forgotten, Boruto seizes on the idea of catching and eating it themselves and rallies the class to come along. Pressed by Shikadai on why he cares so much about a tedious camping trip, Boruto admits he wants everyone to do one thing together before they scatter after graduation.

At home, Sakura sees that Sarada is unenthused about the outing, and her daughter's grumbling about Boruto stirs fond memories of her own complaints about Naruto during their Academy years. Sarada cannot picture treating the Hokage so casually, but Sakura reminds her that to her he has always simply been Naruto, and that although she cannot promise friendship lasts forever, the friends she made back then remain her friends today.

At the campsite, the group tries fishing for the carp and comes up empty, since a caretaker explains the rains have driven the fish into hiding among the rocks. Boruto nearly hooks one but reels too hard and snaps his line. After a dinner of curry, he heads back to the water with Sarada and Sumire following. He and Sarada fall into an argument that Sumire finds amusing, and she thanks Boruto for helping her change.

When the carp finally takes his line and begins dragging him in, Sarada joins the struggle and Sumire summons Nue, channeling its chakra to keep the line from breaking. The rest of the class arrives and lends their own techniques to haul the fish in, and together they share the catch. As Sumire draws their eyes to the star-filled sky, far above on the moon Toneri labors to mend distortions rippling through spacetime.

The episode is part of the Boruto anime's Graduation Exams Arc. It stands as the only installment written by Ukyō Kodachi, who co-wrote it with Kiyomune Miwa.