The cover art and the tags made me think the protagonist was going to be a cool, calm, and collected sort of anti-hero but he is anything but. S*upid decisions like making your enemies stronger (twice!!) and then chasing after them to undo his mistakes, other questionable ideas, and just in general the MC is an idiot with a loud mouth who is way too trusting. It's clear the author knows a lot about Naruto so the world itself made sense, seems like they lost motivation writing it less than halfway through because it makes less and less sense as the story goes on.

It's a really difficult read if you like your protagonists to be sane.

First couple hundreds chapter is good then after that MCs iq starts to dive below average probably because author has lost motivation then it just detoriates more. Author sidelines MC and writes about other pointless character interaction which has absolutely nothing to do with the main plot and takes hundreds of chapters to do so. Its so blatant that if you skip several hundred chapter you still wouldnt miss much.
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The iq part, MC gives danzo and orochomaru method to attain rinnegan on the pretext that he wants to know risk of using that method. Because of this s*upid ass decision which almost made me drop this novel (which I should have) I had to read 100+ chapters of him chasing danzo with power close to that of rinnegan and later on several 100 more to stop orochimaru as well. That was the point where this novels quality dropped to 2 star. Btw rinnegan, tenseigan, eternal magekyo, etc becomes cheap since everyone has it and ffs even karin is running around with rinnegan. There are several other problems but for me these were just much more glaring.

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Finally a Fanfic that made you think it's not really fanfic but something more.

Truly a splendid writing with fresh plot and development. This is not the author wish fulfillment like usual, unlike 80% fanfics spreading on the net.

He start as weakling in Shinobi War where even the most skilled Shinobi might get killed at any moment. So he had to dirty his hand to stay alive by seeking asylum with Orochimaru right before the snake bastard defected and do whatever it takes to power up. Though he didn't follow Orochimaru... more>> defect from the village. He got his own plans.

Basically Antihero Protagonist from weak to strong, with a cunning mind that really uses his brain.

I am shocked there's no hype about this novel... Weird. <<less

The story has an interesting concept, that of someone reincarnated into the Hyuuga clan trying to activate the Tenseigan. He isn't one of those OP characters yet as of chapter 3, because the 2 known ways from canon on activating the Tenseigan are not possible for him. He can't get the Tenseigan right away due to the fact that he has to create a new way to gain it and even once he has he cannot use it to its full potential anytime soon due to the fact that he... more>> doesn't know how. Toneri was practically bred for the position and had all the resources needed to figure out how to use the Tenseigan to its full abilities but our MC just has himself. Not only that, but he's limited by the fact that if he gets too much power too quickly, he'll be snuffed out by those higher level than he is before he can become a threat.

As of chapter 11 so far, the plot is good and it's not a wish fulfillment story like most fanfics are. Try it and you might get hooked. <<less

Drags on a bit later on until it sort of lost me after the events after the selection for the Fourth Hokage in the sense that everything after that point sort of feels aimless and every moment of the story that feels like it should be just one chapter has been cut into eight or ten. I feel like every likeable character likes the main character and every unlikable character is befuddled by the protagonist's actions, sort of like an otome themed story or a Disney princess story, where all... more>> the guys are in their own little worlds. There's quiet some plot holes everywhere, from how, despite everyone else could be tracked, the clones of the protagonist are always hidden despite it just being the Forest of Death, to the little things that sort of feel like pointless filler.

However, on a whole, it's still better than 98% of the other content that try to do something like this so it's not that bad in all. You'll feel like the protagonist is somewhat unlikable from a reader's perspective, and his motivations are sort of strange, but in all it's a self-indulgent story. <<less

This fanfic is good to read, interesting plot, and author know much thing about naruto world, , it can see in how MC want breakthrough to Kekkei Mora need long preparations and calculation, not became too OP in the start story, , the weakness of this story is about Otsutsuki clan (Ishiki, urashiki, etc) because in manga boruto is still ongoing so maybe will make this novel awakward if read in future when Boruto story got different plot about Otsutsuki, but for reader now it is good novel👍

The novel is pretty decent. The conecpt of a hidden organization reminds me of "The Eminence in the Shadows". The protagonist is not extremely overpowered until later on, and the arthur follows the original plot until the later half of the story. Because the ending was kind of rushed due to the lack of creativity of the authur, there are a lot of loose ends to be tied and unanswered questions/Plot holes to be filled. However, the fact that the arthur is so knowledegeable of the Naruto Universe alone makes... more>> up for that. He creates his own power system that actually kind of makes sense (not really if you think hard enough) and captures more of the character's personalities perfectly. This book is more focused on the protagonist's journey than the person, It may not have the greatest ending (So much wasted potential), but it fore sure is one of the Best Fan-Fics I've ever read. Definitely worth a try. <<less

This series is very good. It utilizes its source material in a fantastic way I have not seen fan fictions do before. The author mainly uses the Naruto universe as simply a background to draw context from not as a primary plot driver.

This story could be taken out of the Naruto universe and stand on its own as an enjoyable story, which is something that is rarely seen with fan fictions. This means you do not need any prerequisite knowledge of Naruto. Any knowledge you already have, or gleam by... more>> reading the wiki, simply works to enhances the background and context of the story, something that a typical story could not take the time to flesh out in a reasonable word count. In this story, even small background characters have volumes written about them that you can read about on the Naruto wiki, which makes for a very interesting read.

This story has changed my opinion on what is possible for a fan fiction and after picking this story up, I find myself regularly picking up fan fictions which I almost never did before. I highly recommend anybody who likes Chinese cultivation novels or similar give this story a chance. <<less