Ark I: Afterword

Yo, this is KeVi!

Well, we've just finished the first arc of the Naruto story called „Ant Dreaming of Heaven" and I'm incredibly excited. Honestly, when I started writing, I assumed Naruto would recover from his ailments around chapters 25-30, but the story kept evolving, and it was definitely too early for that, so I decided to abandon the idea of curing him. It would have been too boring, and this way, the story will be longer and more interesting.

Originally, I planned to finish the first arc when Naruto turned twelve, but I came up with some ideas, then some more, somehow connected them, and ended up having to finish it earlier. Just to remind you, Naruto is currently ten years and six months old.

In the last chapter, I hinted at a couple of things that I'll expand on soon, serving as a preview for the next events and the beginning of the second arc. I won't spoil, but the story was supposed to be quite tragic, and it will be.

As for the first arc... Well, I'm really pleased with it, but if I were to write it again now, I would definitely change a few things. For example, the situation with the Uchiha Clan, I wrote it somewhat impulsively, and now I regret it. I also had some thoughts about whether to rewrite it and not let Itachi simply massacre his clan as in the anime, but that would be too classic and boring. Honestly, after that chapter where Naruto talks with Itachi about his clan, well, I forgot about Itachi's existence for the next 15 chapters. I only remembered him at the end of the arc and came up with a pretty crazy plot for him, which kept me up half the night because I couldn't sleep :/ I don't know how it will turn out and if I'll be able to convey what I have in mind well, but I'll do my best.

The second arc will be called „The Adventure of a Cripple". Now, I can guess it will be definitely longer than the first arc, but it might also be divided into two parts. I've decided to write it in a darker atmosphere because the first arc came out too gently. We'll see how it goes.

I don't know if it bothered you before, but now the dialogues will be written in quotation marks. I was used to writing in the previous style (—), so I didn't think much about it. It turned out differently during translation, but it will look better from the new arc onwards.

Regarding the last chapters, I feel like the translation came out worse than usual, but you can judge for yourselves. Some of the names of the characters from the Black Market could have been translated into several different words, etc.

I think that's all I wanted to tell you. I hope you enjoyed the first arc and are eagerly awaiting the next one.

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