'Boruto: Naruto Next Generations' Episode 261 Spoilers Tease The New Arc

Kawaki joins the Ninja Academy with Himawari and her friends in "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" Episode 261. The new episode is titled "Kawaki Enters The Ninja Academy."

The official preview trailer of Episode 261 shows the first day of the students at the Ninja Academy. Himawari is excited that she will take classes with her friends. Moreover, she looks forward to becoming a shinobi.

Kawaki looks disinterested as he is taking classes with children. Himawari is happy that she will be classmates with Kawaki.

However, Kawaki is on a covert mission as instructed by Naruto and has to hide the fact that he is a shinobi. He will attend the school as a regular student while executing his mission.

Can he hide his true identity as he pretends to train with newbies in the Kawaki-Himawari Ninja Academy arc?

"While strolling through the village, Kakashi and Boruto come across some people arguing. Boruto sees a gloomy-faced young couple and learns they're engaged, and that their grandfathers are feuding," read the official synopsis of Episode 260, as per Crunchyroll. "For the sake of their future, Boruto wants to help them out and asks Kakashi for advice, but Kakashi is totally uninterested. However, something seems to sway Kakashi and he decides to help."

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, Saori Hayami as Himawari Uzumaki 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 261 is scheduled to air on Aug. 7. The episodes are available on Crunchyroll, Apple TV and Hulu. The new installments will stream in Japanese with English subtitles.