I can't really speak for the other reviewers who didn't really like the non-Naruto arcs, but personally at this point of the story, the experiences of the missing Konohan heirs and Uchiha brothers have been the greater intrigue. Great stuff, very much enjoyed.

Hi! I'm sorry to bother you if you're not still active, but just in case, I wanted to say that I read this all in one go over multiple days and it pretty much made my entire week. I'm sorry to see that apparently you got a lot of crap for this story-to me, it's been an incredibly engaging narrative from start to finish and I sent a full several notes full of my incoherent screaming to my friends as I read this wild, wild ride.

The characters' powerups are all incredibly cool, your fight scenes are dynamic and dramatic and twisty and suspenseful (Sasuke vs Gaara is a personal favourite! Kirin, jesus), and most importantly, the story has this sense of /heart/ that really gets to me. I fell in love with these characters, what they fight for and what they've lost, and this final, climactic arc is truly a work of art to me. I swear I almost teared up a little listening to that One Day More omake-I could tell Itachi had something up his sleeve, and the sense of the /scale/ of everything coming together, this massive, epic confrontation between so many converging forces and paths-it's truly amazing, and absolutely exceeded my expectations, I'm not sure how you manage to juggle so /many/ disparate pieces and characters and arcs and fights, but it was wonderful and I was smiling or tense or tearing up throughout the entire thing.

Itachi's death, and his final plans, his final contingencies coming into play-beautiful stuff. I loved his conversation with Kisame prior to that-his anticipation of the upcoming "betrayal" that he'd built up so long ago, and his continued guilt as his failure that had dogged his steps for so long. But then, in the midst of battle, his acknowledgement of the fact that he'd come to accept and value his Kiri soldiers, that he truly felt for their sacrifice and wasn't some, moral righteous avenger on the warpath-Sasuke was right all those years ago, that his brother had never lost sight of his humanity, no matter how hard he'd had to become. It was. Emotional. And same with Sasuke-he's truly become a worthy leader and warrior, worthy of the charge Itachi placed on him and the bonds he'd built with his teammates. But also him and Zabuza are hilarious and I love them-"yeah, yeah, I'm awesome..." Haku...I love him. His relationship with Sasuke at the beginning, and the way you showed Zabuza's changes from amoral killer to willing to sacrifice himself for Kiri to the point that he was comfortable admitting his care for him in front of an enemy, it's all beautiful. I really love team missing-nin, and you know it's an au when Kiri are pretty much the good guys, and the unwitting trump card, in this. Mei, Zabuza-their conversation with Madara and Naruto showed how much they'd come to the side of the light, and the determination to honour their promises and themselves by fighting (for) Konoha, no matter the personal risk.
And finally-that final confrontation between Madara and Naruto-damn. The emotional tension, his "three questions" line, and his condemnation of Madara for his crime, they all came together to lay out the scale of his crimes no matter that Madara had his sympathetic aspects and points (I mean, about the main branch Hyuuga...he wasn't.../wrong/, per se, that nobody'd intervened, though as far as we know it wasn't used to actively /torture/ the branch members...). And it felt like a relief to finally see that no matter how much Madara may have loved his son, and no matter how much Naruto loved him, Naruto finally set his morals in stone and condemned him.

I'd been a little-frustrated, before that-I really, really sympathized with Hinata's point of view up until the cursed seal started up, and even then I could understand her actions. I admired her from the start for being able to lead the sort of double life where she trusted Naruto to train her and saw that he was different, but also knew deep down what their "fate" would probably be and could always see his flaws and blind spots...even until the end, here, once she's clear-headed, where she thought about how she knew Naruto couldn't look past the love his father had given him to see the pain he'd caused everyone else. Her continuous rejection of Neji's philosophy, her determination to do everything she could for the people of Konoha no matter what, it was all an incredibly interesting take on Hinata's character (in my opinion, /much/ more interesting and morally acceptable than in canon/most fanon). I love her thoughts on the concept of changing your "set" path, the way she really articulates the pain the Uchiha cause to the people of the village in a way that the other characters do not/cannot, and her clear sightedness in the face of such obstacles as her feelings for Naruto, her own enslavement, and the terrifying might of Tsunade.

Her, Itachi, and Sasuke are easily my favourite characters-they're all fighters, who understand sacrifice and loyalty and justice. Great stuff. Honestly, I'd totally back Hinata for Hokage after Tsunade-Naruto's great and all, but I think he needs to do some deep soul searching first to face the parts of himself Madara's influenced, to finally understand the oppressive hand the Uchiha laid on the village-what, the punishment for rebellion is death? I know why he's been so clueless over the years but I think he needs to fully understand the toxicity before he can root it out like he wants-Pein was right, the Seals are a symptom not a disease and removing them is a first step but having an Uchiha as Hokage again...idk, might not be the best acknowledgement of the Sealed shinobi's ordeals.

Then again, you could make anything work, I guess, I wanted to hate Naruto /so much/ throughout this fic but then you kept making him do these-things! That made me keep liking him and Akemi and Takeshi and. ugh. Anyways it didn't work. Though I thought his fight with Neji was /really funny/ lol. Neji, that passive aggressive bastard, would /absolutely/ respond that way to an offer to remove the Seal-all, like, HA slap me around all you want all you're proving is that I really AM inferior and this is my FATE so leave me ALONE the world really IS against me. I loved his mania and repetition of Hinata's line in this fight-very realistic reaction, love this for him, I think Hinata didn't give him enough credit because theoretically yes he was always on the side of the Resistance, but in practice yes he is and always has been more than a little bit of an asshole, I guess. I just love the contrast between her and Neji.

Ummmm I don't really have the time to talk about the Sandstorm but I think their fights are the Most Epic ever, I also loved Gai and his viciously submissive interactions with Fugaku on that trip to Ame, I loved Darui and co's conversation with Sasuke and acknowledgement of each other, I even thought that the storeroom beneath Ichiraku's ramen as a holdover from when Minato wanted some ramen in peace was brilliant and thematically moving, and also Chiyo hard carries, and I love Zabuza's tailed turtle bat form, and I think Temari's attitude and bite is great in general, and Shikamaru is the real og, and Kakashi deserves a hug, and Sasuke/Haku/Suigetsu as the 7 Swordsmen gave me so much life, and also Jiraiya's death had me emotional even if, yes, his techniques are really freaking weird. God, I hate Orochimaru /so much/-that twist was /brutal/, I absolutely should have seen it coming how did I not see it coming but I totally did not see it coming! He's so twisty, but I thought he'd at least wait till /after/ the fights! Gosh. And, again, I cannot emphasize how much in awe I spent most of this fic, all these pieces moving around the board that I could see and then, at the most unexpected moments, yet /more/ players showing their hands for plot twists and confrontations that surprised and exhilarated me again and again.

The encounter with Sandstorm in Kiri laying foundations, Oto and the Kazekage foreshadowed from the beginning, the three armies/resistances all convinced of their respective plan's efficacy, Ayame and the ghost of Shisui haunting all these characters in that first confrontation with Itachi, the incredibly trippy tournament arc with them all fighting against each other, each of these individual interactions felt like the ground was moving beneath me until they all collided in this last continuous blast, rocking everything over again in these high-stakes, tense showdowns across the scattered battlefield that is Konoha.

If you're still active and read this one day, it'd be really cool if you could give like. a breakdown of what you'd been planning would happen-I /really/ wanna know what was supposed to happen after this, since essentially everyone kind of owes each other (except Iwa, who absolutely did not sign up for any of this) and know each other, but there's all this stuff to sort out, and what even was the casualty count? Can you punish the Uchiha for being complicit? How do you reeducate the entire village, or is this more of a gloss over the history thing. Gosh. Not to push you, really-I think I've made it clear how much I love this story, even in its incomplete form, and thank you so much for writing and sharing this for us.

I think it was this chapter with the kiri vs kumo fight an I just wanted to say just so you know it was the 2nd raikage that had the black lightning the 3rd raikage was the guy that was bigger and bulkier then even the 4th raikage A
But except that I love your stories I'm currently in chapter 40 and I can't wait to see what happenes

dude, seriously? a pair of GENIN can recognize undercover jonin, but the fucking military police couldn't? Madara's regime is somehow so incompetent it didn't see several jinchuriki and the right hand to the raikage sneak in?

Was that a Princess Bride reference when he went “But I am afraid I know something you don’t know, I am not left handed”
Pretty cool

There is a shit ton of hate for this story in the comment section and I simply don’t see why, at least not yet. It’s an extremely good idea and the story is very well written. I’m not sure if something goes wrong in the future but I like this so far

I hate when authors say shit like "If you're looking for OP/Godlike Naruto blahblahblah" when readers express bullshit like what happened last chapter. Maybe you shouldn't have given him all of these abilities and the use of Kurama's chakra then? Why set him up to be insanely strong with all these incredible things if you will just continue to retcon him when you see fit? Stop with your terrible excuses. It's bad planning and writing.

Jesus, it's no wonder this story is never recommended. Never seen so many useless paragraphs of worthless side characters in my life.

Will Naruto and Hinata end up together?

Fucking amazing chapter and conclusion, god damn! Intense and built up a heck of a lot!

Do I spy a tsundere in Akemi...?

I also love how Naruto and Takeshi are friends already... and throw in a puppy to boot

This...
This makes me happy
No more sad Gaara

One of the best stories I've read. Creative premise, plot, and ocs. You dialogues flow really well.

This story was so good. Too bad it seemed to be abandoned. Hopefully, a last or two update might miraculously come.

so good