Reviews for Shades of Grey
Curclark chapter 26 . 5/18/2023
this would have been better if they hate fucked. but I loved it. I hate Sakura as a character if I'm being honest. However, I love this version of her.
ForeverDancingInShadows chapter 16 . 10/23/2022
The premise of this one was really interesting! I love the idea of Sasuke and Sakura being totally equals, and both having a chip on their shoulders. I don't have a problem with Sakura being OOC as some reviewers have pointed out. Because as the author mentioned in an A/N, Sakura is completely moldable, and can really fit any type, if done right. My problems all stem unfortunately from the execution of the story. I feel like many of these quarks of the story were because the author was young (I don't know this for a fact; I just assume), and I definitely give her some leniency for that. However… I made a valiant effort to get through this, because for all of the minor annoyances, I've been invested in the story and I'm curious to see what happens. I'm about to halfway point though and I think I just can't continue any longer. Those small annoyances have started to pile up so much that I'm unable to overlook them for my curiosity.

One of the biggest things for me is probably the random but persistent Japanese words smattered throughout. ("Hai," "nani?" "ne?") I suppose this is done so that we don't forget that they are in Japan, or that they are supposed to be speaking Japanese? Or maybe it isn’t this at all, and the author simply wanted to show off their Japanese skills? I can't be sure, but it's quite distracting and I would say it doesn't add anything the story. Meanwhile, other things are so glaringly Western that it's hard to see this as a Japanese world at all. Small things like putting an s at the end of Japanese words. For example, the plural of sensei should be sensei. Or them walking into their houses with their shoes on.

Other small things that have bothered me throughout the story are with some of the characters. For example, and this isn’t unique to this fic, but people. There is more than one food in the Naruto world. We all know that Naruto loves ramen, but he is a grown ninja. I’m sure he eats a balanced diet of more than just this. On that note, Sakura is the only character who seems to have matured. The others (especially Naruto) are stuck in their annoying twelve-year-old personalities. Why is she the only one who deserves development? I was especially annoyed when Naruto found out Sakura did seduction missions and KEPT pushing the issue when she clearly didn’t want to talk about it. He continued to scream and cry and apologize… I’d like to think that 16-year-old Naruto would be a little more cognizant.

Finally, (and this might have annoyed me the most) was Sakura's "it can only be me" attitude, while she is at the top of her game and seems like she's great at everything she tries. She is a skilled interrogator, one of the top medics, a jounin sensei, a hunter and assassin nin, and (as she never lets us forget) the Hokage’s special apprentice which affords her special privileges and duties. Not to mention she’s a genjutsu specialist and apparently very skilled at delicate phycological brain procedures as well. As for the ”it can only be me attitude,” we hear that none of the other kunoichi are mentally strong enough to go on seduction missions, so it has to be Sakura, so that she can save all of the others. I guess with a skillset like this, it’s no wonder that she’s a bit full of herself.

Overall, it was a bit too "young" for me, but I hope the author continued writing though because it’s clear there is so much potential here.
cddlwawa chapter 15 . 11/13/2021
I hate this story so much im so sorry. i get that the role is reversed but sakura here is being so passive aggressive and sometimes too aggressive. she dont even have a good reason to be consumed by that much darkness. all this time she's just mocking sasuke when the only thing he need is help. he's lost. and sasuke never made fun of sakura in the original naruto too. sakura is being a complete bitch in this story and i dont like it. its even bitchier than sasuke ever was. he never bother her, he just wants to get his revenge. hes broken. hes actually being nice too her and make sure she didnt get hurt. sakura here is soooo unnecessarily annoying.
sabrinabom6 chapter 26 . 9/29/2021
I loved this fics, thanks for the story writer san, I hope to read the sequel please.
Cyan-Snake chapter 8 . 11/30/2020
Yeah this is a pile of shit.
Cyan-Snake chapter 4 . 11/30/2020
Fuck off. Leaving him alive.
pnxvi chapter 7 . 5/31/2020
oooooohhhg, this chapter is sooooo gooood.. i really love how cool sakura is as an interrogator here
Guest chapter 26 . 4/28/2020
There are many things I love about this story; it’s more realistic than most fictions, there are more real emotions too; I think Karin, Suigetsu and Juugo are more real, especially Karin, who’s always pictured as a bitch in other fictions; I am glad her and Karin become friends in this;

However, I think Sakura is sooooo OOC - it’s unbelievable! Haruno Sakura is a medic, a healer, there is no way she would go into torturing people, and be such a cold person... i guess you wanted to show how extreme she went and with the sequel maybe get her to slowly become more human, with Sasuke by her side. Pity you didn’t make it to the end of the sequel. I also noticed most your stories were left unfinished. It’s always so disappointing as readers to follow good authors who let them down...
enrimoe chapter 26 . 4/16/2020
i was initially looking for a good Sasusaku ff .-. my bad.. Sakura's so OP and cold.. it may be interesting to see if Sakura's heart can finally melt. somehow.. but idk... but wtf with the ending... i wanted to cry for some reasons... hmmmmm. btw thank you for writing this story
cherryblossomszahime chapter 26 . 3/21/2020
This is great!
Quickened chapter 26 . 1/13/2020
Title reference!
Quickened chapter 22 . 1/13/2020
Haha the conversation with Juugo piped up again, did I Jinx it?
Quickened chapter 22 . 1/13/2020
I’m slow AF, just took this chapter to realize that Sakura really does has Trust Issues. Like just a few chapters ago, probably last chapter, she had that conversation with Juugo and it got my mind thinking.
Quickened chapter 20 . 1/13/2020
Juugo is breaking through to her.
Quickened chapter 16 . 1/13/2020
Shit I’m shipping Sakura and Juugo together, My mind is dangerous!
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