A Note to My Followers

Um... so, yeah. This is awkward.

Face it, we all hate these notes. After your favorite story hasn't been updated in months, or even years, the writer'll publish a chapter. Excited, you think it's finally the chapter you've been anticipating... until you see it's a note that states the story will be going on hiatus.

Yeah. I'm a douche. I can explain, though.

Strawberry is my baby. It's the LONGEST fanfic I wrote. It's my most successful fanfiction I've published, ever. I'm kinda sad I'm abandoning it, too. I feel ashamed, sad, nostalgic, and embarrassed, but it had to be done.

I had a few eye issues when I was writing this fic. I had corneal scars, eyes were hurting, etc. etc. After I had to take a break from writing and I came back, things... got wonky. First, the Naruto manga ended and I was unsatisfied, downright disgusted with the series. It was so horrible, in my opinion, and all my characters became shitty. I really dislike what's going on with Boruto and stuff. I fell out of love with the series. I couldn't write anymore.

Cue 1-2 years later. I'm rewatching Naruto and I realize how good the first show was. I go on and saw how successful Strawberry was. I reread it, read the reviews, and realized how shitty it became. First off, Ichigo was an anti-sue. She wasn't a Mary sue, sure; she wasn't extremely hot and super strong and she didn't make Sakura uber jealous, but she was incredibly weak and boring. In my efforts to make an OC that wasn't a Mary sue, I made the radical opposite - an Anti sue. I realized that I didn't even know how to end the story. Was she going to die? Was she going to help with the Fourth Shinobi War? I had no clue! She was poorly developed.

Second, my plots. Some arcs were extremely weak like when Ichigo had that seduction mission (really? What Genin would be entrusted to that, nevertheless a novice one?), the most recent arc (which I literally wrote as a filler arc. It legit had no purpose to the plot. It was just... there, a filler before the Chunin exams.), etc. My writing wasn't bad in my opinion, but it wasn't strong. I'm not satisfied.

Finally, I was in seventh grade. My writing has improved, at least in my opinion, drastically. It's too late to pick up the pieces and try to glue it together. It'd be awkward to pick up where I left off. The damage was already done. Ichigo was set up to be a fodder ninja, I had no plans for her, and the differences in writing would be too drastic. My best bet was to create a new fanfiction.

Now, I know what you're thinking: I have trust issues, you're not going to finish this new story, I refuse to check it out! I've matured! Not finishing fanfictions was the old me - er, at least I think so. Anyways, I've written a new fanfiction that I think is pretty good. My protagonist is well-developed and balanced. I've written her to be strong, but not overbearing or OP. I think I've written her new ability to be practical. I've already written my ending for her and I actually know what's in store instead of blindly plunging ahead. My writing has improved and I'm more cautious when editing.

It's a Naruto OC!Reincarnation fanfic, very similar to this one. OC dies, gets reborn into the Naruto world, shit happens. Yada yada yada. Anyways, here's the link: s/12299428/1/%E9%A3%9B%E3%81%B6-Jump

If you want to check it out and give me another chance, it's up there. I'm really, really, reaaallyyy sorry. I feel really ashamed and very bad for doing this. :( Thanks for following me, reviewing, and giving my story love for all these years. You guys are the best followers anyone could ever ask for! 3

The (Indefinite? Undecided? Temporary?) End