Spoilers ahead for this review (although it's 10 years old now)
What if Kushina hadn't died? What if proper medical help arrived in time?
This is the central question of this Fanfic. It is an interesting idea.
But that also poses an interesting question:
How does Naruto grow up? How does strife come into his life?
Because he has:
The love of a parent (He is not unloved)
Someone to train with day-in, day-out with a library full of Jutsus he can learn (He is not unprepared/weak)
Friends who cherish him for who he is in Hinata, Kakashi, his own mother, Tsunade, Jiraiya, etc. (He is not alone)
He has everything he could wish for.
How does the Author manage to make it into an interesting story?
He doesn't. It is "Naruto& Naruto Shipudden: The Wish-Fulfillment Cut"
Also this story is through this change an AU Fanfic. A LOT of things change.
The Uchiha family isn't killed until only Sasuke is left. The people that are left are his mother, his uncle, and his "cousin Gabrella"
He doesn't become anything close to friends with Sasuke(He turns into the "Childhood Rival"), Sakura (turns into Sasuke's #1 Fangirl)
Team 7 consists of Naruto, Kiba and Hinata& Kakashi as Leader. Sasuke& Sakura team up with Shino& Kurenai
The Bell test resolves differently as well.
In the preliminary exam matches Gaara fights against Neji instead of Rock Lee, who he almost kills
This expels him from the city and the Konoha Crush starts with him outside the city bounds raging through the city as the One-Tailed Beast
Naruto, however, repels the Konoha Crush by killing the Kazekage and 300 Sand-Nin in one attack. At his normal genin age!
Gaara is led away from the fight and killed by Jiraiya
In the Wave mission they kill Zabuza, but spare Haku. He turns into another friend of Naruto.
Throughout this story Naruto is skilled, but also careless and even arrogant, especially later on.
This fucks him later on. In a HUGE way.
It's also noticeable that is has been finished in a time-span of 6 months. Dialogue is sometimes OOC. Naturally, the whole Ōtsutsuki shebang doesn't happen.
Throughout this I couldn't help but feel for characters who either died early on or were side-lined by the author in pursuit of other paths.
A lot of the strife and pain Naruto experiences simply doesn't happen.
It is a very interesting idea but it also could be improved in certain aspects.
Interesting Idea, but Hindsight is 20/20
Spoilers ahead for this review (although it's 10 years old now)
What if Kushina hadn't died? What if proper medical help arrived in time?
This is the central question of this Fanfic. It is an interesting idea.
But that also poses an interesting question: How does Naruto grow up? How does strife come into his life?
Because he has:
He has everything he could wish for. How does the Author manage to make it into an interesting story?
He doesn't. It is "Naruto& Naruto Shipudden: The Wish-Fulfillment Cut"
Also this story is through this change an AU Fanfic. A LOT of things change.
It's also noticeable that is has been finished in a time-span of 6 months. Dialogue is sometimes OOC. Naturally, the whole Ōtsutsuki shebang doesn't happen.
Throughout this I couldn't help but feel for characters who either died early on or were side-lined by the author in pursuit of other paths.
A lot of the strife and pain Naruto experiences simply doesn't happen.
It is a very interesting idea but it also could be improved in certain aspects.