{"id":"ao","summary":"Ao, a former Mist shinobi, is revealed as a member of Kara and faces Boruto's team.","episodes":[{"title":"Our Fathers' Example","summary":"During the memorial for those who fell in the Fourth Great War, Shikamaru and Ino remember their fathers. Ao, the Mizukage's aide, visits Konoha to thank Katasuke and leaves Mugino some advice.","n":178,"romaji":"Chichi no senaka","en":"Our Fathers' Example","aired":"2020-12-13","type":"canon","chapters":[],"id":"boruto-178","pos":715},{"title":"Victor's Scheme","summary":"Jigen moves ahead with the plan for the Vessel, which must be moved without being detected. Victor offers one of his ships to keep it for himself, but the airship suffers a disaster in midflight.","n":179,"romaji":"Vikuta no inbō","en":"Victor's Scheme","aired":"2020-12-20","type":"canon","chapters":[],"id":"boruto-179","pos":715},{"title":"The Assassin, Mugino","summary":"Boruto visits Mugino's house, and Mugino tells him he was a war orphan turned assassin until the Third Hokage rescued him. Before leaving on a secret mission, he leaves Boruto his turtle.","n":180,"romaji":"Ansatsusha Mugino","en":"The Assassin, Mugino","aired":"2020-12-27","type":"canon","chapters":[],"id":"boruto-180","pos":715},{"title":"The Vessel","summary":"Kara humiliates Victor for losing the Vessel, and Kashin Koji incinerates him as a traitor. In Konoha, Boruto takes the chance to train with his father and shows him new techniques, including Water Style.","n":181,"romaji":"Utsuwa","en":"The Vessel","aired":"2021-01-10","type":"canon","chapters":["boruto-16"],"id":"boruto-181","pos":716},{"title":"Ao","summary":"Konohamaru and Mugino are attacked by puppets at the crash site. Team 7 escorts Katasuke by train to Ryūtan, and Ao gives Boruto another view of scientific ninja tools; afterward, Koji tasks Ao with recovering the Vessel.","n":182,"romaji":"Ao","en":"Ao","aired":"2021-01-17","type":"canon","chapters":["boruto-17"],"id":"boruto-182","pos":717},{"title":"The Hand","summary":"At the Ryūtan research center, Boruto meets Sumire again and tries out scientific tools, excited by the researchers' work. Naruto calls them to go looking for Konohamaru and Mugino.","n":183,"romaji":"Te","en":"The Hand","aired":"2021-01-24","type":"canon","chapters":["boruto-18"],"id":"boruto-183","pos":718},{"title":"Puppets","summary":"Team 7 and Katasuke search the crash site and defeat some advanced puppets. They find Konohamaru and Mugino in a cave, but Ao appears, and Mugino sacrifices himself to bury him.","n":184,"romaji":"Ningyō","en":"Puppets","aired":"2021-01-31","type":"canon","chapters":["boruto-19","boruto-20"],"id":"boruto-184","pos":720},{"title":"Tools","summary":"Shaken by Mugino's death, the kids listen to Konohamaru: honoring him means completing the mission. Ao, who survived the cave-in, receives orders from Koji to eliminate Team 7 and Katasuke.","n":185,"romaji":"Dōgu","en":"Tools","aired":"2021-02-07","type":"canon","chapters":["boruto-20","boruto-21"],"id":"boruto-185","pos":721},{"title":"How You Use It","summary":"Boruto tricks Ao into using a tool that drains his chakra. Ao responds with mirror drones and knocks Konohamaru out, but Boruto beats him on his own and, instead of killing him, makes him think about what he has done.","n":186,"romaji":"Tsukaikata","en":"How You Use It","aired":"2021-02-14","type":"canon","chapters":["boruto-21","boruto-22"],"id":"boruto-186","pos":722},{"title":"Karma","summary":"Kashin Koji kills Ao and flattens Team 7 with a Rasengan. Boruto's mark absorbs his technique and Koji withdraws. On the way back, the team finds an unconscious boy with the same mark on his hand.","n":187,"romaji":"Kāma","en":"Karma","aired":"2021-02-21","type":"canon","chapters":["boruto-22","boruto-23"],"id":"boruto-187","pos":723}],"chapters":[{"title":"The Vessel","summary":"Kara's Inners discuss the loss of a “vessel”. In Konoha, Naruto and Sasuke talk about advances in ninja prosthetics, and Konohamaru investigates a crashed airship with Mugino.","n":16,"en":"The Vessel","volume":5,"id":"boruto-16","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":716,"episodes":["boruto-181"],"cast":[["jigen","Jigen"],["victor","Victor"],["momoshiki","Momoshiki"],["kashin-koji","Kashin Koji"],["ao","Ao"],["boruto","Boruto"],["naruto","Naruto"],["mitsuki","Mitsuki"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["shikadai","Shikadai"],["inojin","Inojin"],["sarada","Sarada"],["katasuke","Katasuke"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["konohamaru","Konohamaru"]]},{"title":"Ao","summary":"Konohamaru and his team are attacked. Naruto orders an escort for Katasuke and his prosthetic arm; Boruto turns down the mission and on the train meets a traveler who is really Ao, sent by Kara.","n":17,"en":"Ao","volume":5,"id":"boruto-17","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":717,"episodes":["boruto-182"],"cast":[["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["sasuke","Sasuke"],["boruto","Boruto"],["mitsuki","Mitsuki"],["naruto","Naruto"],["katasuke","Katasuke"],["sarada","Sarada"],["ao","Ao"],["kashin-koji","Kashin Koji"]]},{"title":"The Hand","summary":"At the research institute, Boruto meets Sumire again and tries out new ninja tools. Then news arrives that contact with Konohamaru's team has been lost.","n":18,"en":"The Hand","volume":5,"id":"boruto-18","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":718,"episodes":["boruto-183"],"cast":[["boruto","Boruto"],["sarada","Sarada"],["mitsuki","Mitsuki"],["katasuke","Katasuke"],["sumire","Sumire"],["naruto","Naruto"],["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["shikamaru","Shikamaru"],["sai","Sai"]]},{"title":"Puppets","summary":"At the crash site, the team dodges puppets and finds Konohamaru and a badly wounded Mugino. At that moment Ao, the former Mist ninja, appears and attacks.","n":19,"en":"Puppets","volume":5,"id":"boruto-19","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":719,"episodes":["boruto-184"],"cast":[["boruto","Boruto"],["katasuke","Katasuke"],["sarada","Sarada"],["sumire","Sumire"],["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["mitsuki","Mitsuki"],["ibiki","Ibiki"],["ao","Ao"]]},{"title":"Scientific Ninja Tools","summary":"Ao dominates the fight with scientific tools. Mugino sacrifices himself to cover the retreat, and Boruto sets out to show him how those tools should really be used.","n":20,"en":"Scientific Ninja Tools","volume":6,"id":"boruto-20","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":720,"episodes":["boruto-184","boruto-185"],"cast":[["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["ao","Ao"],["sarada","Sarada"],["katasuke","Katasuke"]]},{"title":"How You Use It","summary":"The team works out a plan with a chakra katana while Koji Kashin reminds Ao of his mission. In the fight, a shadow clone of Boruto's fools Ao and opens the way for a Rasengan.","n":21,"en":"How You Use It","volume":6,"id":"boruto-21","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":721,"episodes":["boruto-185","boruto-186"],"cast":[["ao","Ao"],["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["katasuke","Katasuke"],["boruto","Boruto"],["kashin-koji","Kashin Koji"],["mitsuki","Mitsuki"],["sarada","Sarada"]]},{"title":"Fierce Battle Conclusion!","summary":"Ao answers with drones, but the team holds out and defeats him. When Ao falls, a giant toad crushes him and Koji Kashin appears, introducing himself to the ninja.","n":22,"en":"Fierce Battle Conclusion!","volume":6,"id":"boruto-22","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":722,"episodes":["boruto-186","boruto-187"],"cast":[["boruto","Boruto"],["ao","Ao"],["konohamaru","Konohamaru"],["sarada","Sarada"],["mitsuki","Mitsuki"],["katasuke","Katasuke"],["kashin-koji","Kashin Koji"]]},{"title":"Karma","summary":"Koji faces Konohamaru and even uses a Rasengan. When he attacks Boruto, Boruto's Kāma activates and absorbs the technique; afterward they find an unconscious boy with the same mark.","n":23,"en":"Karma","volume":6,"id":"boruto-23","manga":"boruto","lvl":2,"pos":723,"episodes":["boruto-187"],"cast":[["kashin-koji","Kashin Koji"],["katasuke","Katasuke"],["ao","Ao"],["naruto","Naruto"],["momoshiki","Momoshiki"],["sarada","Sarada"],["mitsuki","Mitsuki"],["orochimaru","Orochimaru"],["kawaki","Kawaki"]]}]}