

Mitsuki has subtly hinted various times in the anime that he is unsure of if
his will is actually his own.

> During the _Mitsuki Disappearance Arc_ , Mitsuki goes to Iwagakure and even
> goes as far as to attack Boruto with lightning in order to verify if his
> feelings were created by his father Orochimaru (Boruto Episode 79). And it
> does make sense, considering how much of a calculating genius his father is.

To clarify this, is Mitsuki's doubts about his will a sign of emotional
issues? Or did Orochimaru plan for Mitsuki to become friends with Boruto (and
in a way, impose his will on Mitsuki while making Mitsuki think it was his
own)?


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Was Mitsuki deceived into being friends with Boruto?


Orochimaru is a very focused (Mad scientist) student of jutsu i dont think
Mitsukis' emotional growth/wellbeing is something he ever considered let alone
planned. As far as Orochimaru careing for him goes it's the equivalent of a
farmer raising cattle


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Fundamentally, You could argue that he did, but probably not in the way the
question implies. Mitsuki is a clone, so in that regards he is more or less
human. His emotions are going to be derived from Orichimaru's personality,
especially his younger self, and how he was raised. In that regard, Orochimaru
did do the activity to make him think for himself, erasing his memory on
failure. As a side effect, Mitsuki's emotions are fairly low in intensity.

Orochimaru then used the success of that activity to point Mitsuki to Boruto.
With that, Mitsuki was nearly blank shell emotion wise, as shown by his
general lack of strong emotions. He was only allowed to leave once he matured
enough to think for himself, and then he was sent to Boruto. Most likely, that
is the only real "designed" part of Mitsuki's emotions, that Orochimaru forced
him to mature and then gave him a "sun" as they are so called in the Naruto
universe. Mitsuki in turn becoming friendly to Boruto is his own thing.

It could be the case though that this all came about because of unseen
manipulation by Orochimaru. Mitsuki is a clone, yet is also a lot more
kindhearted than Orochimaru, which could mean there is some manipulation to
tone down that apathetic/evil nature. It could also be though that was more
Nuture than Nature, so In truth there is no full and clear answer, in the
Manga, Anime, or any other source. The Anime will probably give some answer in
a few episodes though, as its fairly clear Mitsuki wants to answer that very
question himself before he returns to the Leaf. This is Anime only though as
far as I know.

TL;DR : There is some manipulation as shown by the experiment Orochimaru did,
but that was one to teach Mitsuki to think for himself. There is also the fact
that he was pointed to Boruto, but that is more priming than design. Mitsuki
is mostly a clone of Orochimaru, so he is at least mostly human and has his
own emotions, so it was still mostly his own choice to be friends. That leaves
one unknown, if he was engineered/designed to be like he is emotionally or
not, which could count, but is unknown. Regardless, Mitsuki was free to make
his own decisions after he passed the test, and he chose to checkout this
person whos picture he was given (Boruto). He wasn't forced, tricked, or
deceived into anything beyond meeting him.


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