Very good story man, keep it up! Can't wait for part 3!
-your friend, dislocated_nutsac

nice story so far, to be fair 'Naruto' was Kishimoto's first (and only?) successful manga.

story wise it feels like most relationships with Naruto are half-baked, therefore people not recognize Naruto as Minato/Kushina's son is understandable (because nobody cared about him I thought his Mother was a prostitute, not a well known clan member/Jonin Jinchūriki)

and any chance for NarutoXAnko or NarutoX fem. Kurama? (I know unlikely these days)

looking forward to more chapters

good chapter, greetings.

Yeah chapter one was the same ol' thing, like you said, but you do seem to actually flesh out the darker side of Naruto already. You do a better job of that than most stories do. I always enjoy a good Anko influenced story as well. Looks good so far, cannot wait for the next one!

Said I'd leave a word, so I will.

It is a damn GOOD scene with the Kyuubi. He is a manipulative, alien being of great power and Naruto just cannot oppose him. Thank you! No really, thank you for making Naruto unable to refuse/control the Kyuubi's power. Thank you for making him a child who doesn't magically says "no, I won't use your power, because friendship and brownies!"

Now Naruto has killed, Naruto was "weak" and it will weight on him, giving way to chara. dev! It's an all green for me.

Best writing to you,

Loved your descriptive imagery! The whole scene with Kurama was really great, kind of gave me Smaug vibes from the Hobbit. Also checked out some of your art cause I was curious and ngl, super surprised at how good it is. I was kind of expecting it to be some shitty scribbles. Can’t wait till the next chapter!

Honestly I was expecting to be disappointed when you said it was starting off with the Drunk Villager trope, but the way you wrote it out was super intense and interesting. Well worth the read!

I'm honestly not trying to add to the roast but I might so take a relaxing breath before you read that.

"Drunken dude attacks Naruto because he lost family member X to the Kyuubi."

I've seen this very characterization in COUNTLESS fanfictions man. I don't know where you go read yours but it's really nothing new and IMHO, it falls flat. Why? Also nothing but my opinion but it simply paints the villagers as nothing but entitled little bitches when they shouldn't be. They live in THE ninja village of the Will of Fire. Three world wars should have made them pretty accustomed to loss and the WoF should ensure they unite to better deal with it in a positive way. Somehow, no and enduring and the Will of Fire can go suck a dick, like always.

Of course, the citizens can also believe that the Kyuubi somehow became a kid and is using Minato's features. Which means either the Sandaime explained absolutely NOTHING about the sealing (stupid but possible and seen countless times in even the best fanfictions) OR the villagers don't give two cents about the Sandaime (also stupid, also possible and also seen countless times in even the best fanfictions).

You would have been original if the dude had stayed his hand, you would have been original if you had depicted the man as torn between wanting to believe Naruto is a kid and wondering how a kid can hold the Kyuubi.

What you did here? It's certainly nothing new, it is terribly one -dimensional and I'd say it's even worse than keeping the villagers as a blank slate. At least, the blank slate allows me to project a reason I find interesting as to the why of their behaviour.

With all that being said, your style is a pleasure to read so keep it up.

Best writing to you,

intense chapter for its length. looking forward to more

Another generic "beaten by the drunk villager"

looks interesting i will see were this story goes

interesting, I hope to see what happens later, greetings.

Man, taking that victory lap in your AN before we read the chapter seems like such a misstep now. You say you haven't read any fics that had shown the villagers to be anything more than two dimensional plot devices and then you give us the drunk, two dimensional plot device and the village that believes the vessel adopted, somehow, Minato's coloring. And this is your improvement? Ok, sure. You've really broke ground here.

I really liked this start.
It felt really intense and beautifully written with lots of details.
I. Want. More!