Red_Noodles
I honestly prefer this version of the story. Way too many fanfictions on this site give their mc some op hyper diversified bullshit powers without the mc putting any work into it, which is just lazy writing. "Oh, not only do you have telekinesis, but also can summon Master Chief from Halo with all of the future tech as well using some bullshit setting of his soul reincarnating within your body? And you have a system that let's you magically get op because you went on a quest to kill 10 rats from your mom's basement? That's great and totally believable." Having the phoenix force would have made almost any confrontation with other powerful beings completely anti-climactic. "Oh, is that the Hulk and Thor rampaging? Let me just flick my wrist and they're dead." You might as well end the novel right then and there. The problem with many fictions on this site is that the mc goes from 0 to 100 in no time at all with almost no effort, character development, or struggle. Do you know why manga and anime like naruto was popular? It's cause there was gradual and relatable development in the story line. How ridiculous would it have been if naruto went from getting his ass kicked at the academy to fighting off pain within a few months? Author, if you're reading this, for the love of anime god, please don't do the same shit as everyone else on this site does. Keep it slow and believable, it is much better for the mc to use his long life, wealth, and experience to resolve problems using his cunning, and maybe some help from not too op telepathic powers, then him having apocalyptic/phoenix level of power that throws all of his previous development into the proverbial dumster. Great job so far!
"Relatable" and "realistic" are two different things. I brought up Naruto not because it is more grounded in the real world's laws of physics, but because of a gradual development of an individual's strengths and personality that have been slowly built upon by both good and bad events over the equivalent of decades in the Naruto universe (including Boruto timeline). Also, Naruto wasn't just accepted as the leader of his village cause he was "good", it was because of years of sacrifice and loss that he went through that everyone saw was due to him trying to protect his village. Also, "happy go lucky" is far, far from the truth. If you watched the anime or read the manga, you would know that that was something that he showed on the surface to be liked by others, not because he felt like that all the time. It's those different emotions that ultimately drew people to the show, which makes it relatable since everyone in the real world has more than one side to them. However, I agree with you on Sasuke, that was an edge lord piece of c r a p of a character.
Axes:Im gonna call you out for saying Naruto or anime like it is relatable at all, because it isnt. We dont have powers or become stronger, we dont have people hate us like we are trash and then gradually say “oh well you are a good person, Rule over the village” Maybe Character development but even that is a stretch because Naruto is a happy go lucky person that shouts his goals at everyone and tbh ive never seen someone act like this and the other is Emo EdgeLord who tries to kill of his whole village, and i think the only people who can relate to that are school shooters🤷♂️ We like anime like Naruto because it is Wish-Fulfillment. We wish to have powers, become OP, get recognized by everyone, have people envy us. It is human nature to want to be better than everyone else🤷♂️