i agree, and the author mentioned Kinjo will train Naruto a bit in the near future.

character development. author has hinted that izumi will eventually grow out of her crush on itachi. she is a child. everyone has childhood crushes due to looks or other things. izumi will probably be the same. as for itachi, i agree. he is not a very good individual in canon, despite the justification for his actions. but his life in canon is not the same in this story. he has not carried out those terrible actions yet, so don't be too quick to judge him.

fight scenes and tense situations will come later the author mentioned he is building up the main characters early on before getting into the gritty actions.

his nickname is also green beast of konoha due to his wonderful jump suit

good catch, thanks

this is what Gai sounded like in canon, but it does seem pretty funny but Gai nearly killed Madara in a one v one, so he's not wrong here.

not yet, the meeting is canon and happened before the coup was even planned. however, the symptoms are there and visible, which is why Kinjo is afraid.

she's a lot more bubbly and less serious compared to most Uchiha.

i asked the author and he said that he didn't want to show every single training scene, so he won't go into lengthy scenes involving tree and water walking since they're well-known in the community. however, in this scene, kinjo was just testing if he could walk on water.

it's chapter 17 and the MC is 9, but author has mentioned he is doing more time skips and he'll probably be older fairly quickly. by chapter 50, he will probably be around sixteen, seventeen years old.

I asked him about it and he said probably in the future, but he's not comfortable writing romance when the main characters are children. later on in the fic

strange, is there something wrong with the chapter? commenting should work hmm thank you for your support

the author mentioned this was a possibly, so maybe? we'll have to see

i asked the author for the meaning of his name. he actually had the Japanese characters for the name prepared. Kinjo Takashi (透 節) Kinjo (penetrate, pass through) Takashi (moral courage, integrity).

the sky is the limit!

As the person uploading on the author's behalf I will give this fic a full score. This fic is not yet complete and has about 85000 words of this review. From what I have read so far, this is a fantastic fic with excellent pacing, character development, worldbuilding, and protagonist. The protagonist is from a civilian family and has to work from the bottom to reach the top. He and his family are all original characters but they feel very relatable and realistic. I love the protagonist's relationship with his family. Izumi and Itachi are part of the core cast and they are great. The side characters are all very in character and lovable, from gai to Hidan. As for the main character, Kinjo, he may feel dry at times, but his personality and character shines through when it matters most. He is hardworking, yet willing to spend time for his friends and family to help them. He seems selfless but he makes selfish decisions if he thinks it's the right thing to do. He helps a lot, but doesn't completely throw himself away to do so. The main protagonist is unafraid to make changes because he believes that while the good guys won, he shouldn't turn a blind eye to the mistakes and tragedies of this world with the knowledge he has. So he tries to change things for the better. The author has hinted that there are consequences for this but so far, things do look better. How the author will proceed I am excited for. As for worldbuilding, there are no info dumps or stuff like that. The worldbuilding is done through the flow of events. Some interesting stuff here, some interesting facts there. Like for fuinjutsu and diplomacy in the recent chapters. They all feel well integrated and doesn't feel forced or break immersion. He posts every week so all in all, I give this a full score. Thank you for reading. and I hope you enjoy the story too!

I will make sure to let him know thanks. I think he is a good author and he has already written about 80000 words for this fic. I will update as many as I can soon.