HeavenlyStick

Love and hate are two sides of the same coin author-san, and you my friend have a addiction to cliffhangers. A dangerous game, this is.

Double release!!!! I pledge allegiance. You're the best author-san, you do love your readers!

August from Vanitas no carte

Author couldn't include a cliffhanger, so they they had to make some MAX hype to torture the readers instead

Thinking about how the story's going, I can definitely see Rin/Sasuke becoming a thing with how much time they spend together. However, I don't think it'd ever work out. The faux pas of Sasuke naively asking Rin out has kinda let that ship sink. I'd go for Rin/shika now. But! Hear me out here, I can also see Rin/Sasuke being a temporary thing, as in a failed relationship. I think this could be a valid exploration because: maybe Rin is upset after Naruto reveals the truth and becomes a little more unstable/rebellious + trauma from konoha crush, and Sasuke has kinda learnt his lesson from last time, but the forrest arc/crush has traumatised him again, so, Rin & Sasuke both decide to 'get together' as a stupid coping mechanism (maybe it could be a replacement for the Sasuke defection scene/arc? idk) It'd end as an absolute train wreck, but we'd get the funnies of Naruto absolutely freaking out about it. Rin and Sasuke would hurt each other, but eventually they'd break up after learning to respect each other more, somewhat or something ; Sasuke would get to consolidate his Character growth (I don't feel like Sasuke's got resolved satisfyingly after his first try at Rin, he still has so many issues tho), and Rin would learn to be more independent from Naruto, while also getting closer in the aftermath (does that even make sense??) Wow, this is just an idea, but idk, I love the idea of Rin/shika, so maybe he fits into this idea somehow?? after Rin finds out that Sasuke would make a terrible partner. I think something like this would resolve the Rin/sasuke vibes while giving us some more sweet chara development (Rin especially) and your signature combo of angst + Naruto funnies. This is what you get when you ask for suggestions, sorry not sorry XD.

The work out into the chapter shows, ty. I started out crying, then laughing, then crying again. All round great ending to a great arc.

I've read too many naruto bashing fics lately....seeing him as a normal bro would be cool to read

Not the comment you asked for, but boy, this chapter got dark. It really makes me think the usual cheery, comedic tone is really just the set dressing to the mc's serious issues. As much as I enjoy the slice of life, I hope we get some serious chapters like this occasionally. The Narutoverse is seriously messed up, like wow.

Thank you for letting me know that that's a thing, I had a lot of fun looking it up.