Very interesting and well-done take on a self-insert. I thought the way you characterized and introduced Katsumi’s OCD was written well. Shame this has been abandoned. I wouldve liked to see more

This is still one of my favorite Naruto stories. I come back regularly to re-read it. Your approach to the SI is as fascinating as it is entertaining. I really enjoy Katsumi's mix of childishness and manipulation that requires knowledge beyond her years as well as a child's short-sighted goals and victory conditions. Watching all the little changes percolate out into the world through other characters' perspectives, and guessing at what they might butterfly away in the long term, is a lot of fun too.

Update?

Thanks for your history !

This is definitely one of my top 10 naruto fics. Absolutely loved it. I laughed frequently at Katsumi's antics. I really love Katsumi and her mother. I can totally empathize with Chiyoko. I also like how Katsumi needles Kashi-kun. Yeah, he's lost his father and he's in a lot of pain, but the defenses he's putting up are super toxic. Katsumi's badgering is very helpful I think, I the long run. She's tearing down his walls with logic. He needs to hear it. Also, Kushina and Katsumi are the best pair.

"Desperate mothers will do anything to protect their children, even sign them up to become child soldiers."

Yes, that seems like it makes sense.
"I'll protect you by signing you up for war."

Nonsense summary.

I absolutely love this. I couldn’t stop myself from reading it until there’s nothing left to read! You’ve written what I think is one of the best beginning a and introductions I’ve ever read in a fanfiction, and the story holds up amazingly well on its own even if you don’t describe characters that much. I can’t find a single thing to complain about in this story aside from how you seem to not have updated this fic in several years, but I have hope you might return one day and even if you don’t you have made something wonderful that you can be proud of.

I love how you write this fic but also I was wondering are they're gonna be time skips or are we gonna go through her whole childhood

This is one of the best naruto fics I've ever read I'm both excited to read it and sad to get to the last chapter I'm trying to read slowly so as to make it last

I absolutely adore this masterpiece

Look like Jiraiya has to pay the child support

Ehheehehe

the interactions are more natural than, like, every other fic on here

I kind of want a Katsumi POV, not going to lie, but this way of telling the story is very refreshing and it's nice to see what everyone else is thinking about the MC all the time.

That is exactly how I would expect a handler would handle political talk amongst those moving to a military dictatorship at war.