This is incorrect.

Sasuke started his descent into becoming the giant dickbag that he now is right around the time he started really seeing Naruto as an equal or even a superior - right after he defeated Gaara.

Sure Sasuke says that he wants to fight Naruto in the finals, but personally I don't think that Sasuke had even the slightest bit of doubt that he would hand Naruto's ass to him. After Naruto beat Gaara and Sasuke began to feel inferior is really where the change began. Itachi's interest in Naruto just compounded it.

In this fic, Naruto is always superior to Sasuke, and Sasuke begins to mistakenly believe that Naruto has been toying with him all along. It's the same sort of thing we see in canon Sasuke, only with an earlier onset due to the canon changes in this story.

 

All you've shown is that, at that point in time, Sasuke's friendship with Naruto is stronger than his feelings of jealousy - not that they aren't there. I was simply pointing out the beginning of Sasuke's jealous streak with regards to Naruto.

In First Try Sasuke and Naruto never develop any bonds of friendship, so there is no buffer there to mitigate Sasuke's jealousy.

 

Except a majority of the bashing going on in First Try:2 isn't even based on the Naruto:Sasuke dynamic, just Kakashi bemoaning about what a stuck up spoiled brat he is. Or other characters going on about Sasuke taking advantage of every advantage he can get (ie: 'stealing' moves) like a good little ninja.

 

At it's core Sasuke's problem was never being jealous of Naruto.

The problem is, Sasuke doesn't know about the Kyuubi granting Naruto strength.
All Sasuke knows and all he can know is that Naruto is growing faster than he is.

Now if Sasuke isn't even growing in strength as fast as Naruto how on earth could he expect to be advancing enough to ever make any progress in killing Itachi?

Sasuke's problem is his own insecurity and right as all these thoughts are really taking hold. Itachi returns looking for Naruto and shows that if he wants to he could butcher the people Sasuke cares about and Sasuke would be no more able to stop him than he was the first time.
Then Itachi mind rapes him again.

But this is too complex for most people to bother thinking about.
Having your whole family and everyone you care about slaughtered by your idol isn't a real problem.
Sasuke's just a whiny emo kid.
Having said idolised big brother use magical mind torture to force you to witness him doing it doesn't leave psychological damage.
Sasuke's just a jerk.

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It's not stealing, it's harmlessly making a free copy.
I say Sasuke should be commended for his efforts to put an end to the hate and embracing his pirate brothers.
Like all the people who steal manga.

 

Eh, whatever motivations he may have had, canon and most fanon Sasuke acts like a total dickbag, and even if I can understand where he's coming from that doesn't mean I have to like him.

On topic, this latest chapter did not interest me at all. I don't know what it was, but It didn't do anything at all for me.

 

In regards to First Try: Team 7

I'll be honest. At first, the whole radio-talk-show-interlude was pretty neat. Now it's just getting old. Of course, there's the possibility that stuff in the newest chapter could lead to actual events and not just more filler, but it's still pretty meh.

 

First Try was mildly interesting, though I always thought that the majority of the characters made nonsensical/illogical deductions that detracted from the narrative. If I were to rate it, I'd probably give it a 2.5 or a 3 out of 5.

First Try: Team 7 is a non engaging piece of junk that is not sure of what it wants to be and has a rapidly shifting perspective that compounds the fail. Following canon quite strictly and then making silly changes (Zabuza, Haku, who gives a fuck about them?) before moving on to follow canon strictly again is a definite mark against it. A 1 or (maybe) 2 out of 5 story.

 

Eh, I want to disagree, since I liked the premise of the original so much, but you're so right. If only...

 

The original was pretty reasonable - good idea and the style wasn't so grating when all the changing scenes were either Naruto pov or directly about Naruto.

Now it's just a canon + lol changes mashup with excessive bashing (multiple pov's in the same chapter all bashing Sasuke is excessive) and too many pointless scenes (there are chapters full of pointless scenes)

 

Problem about Sasuke comes from canon itself. In canon Sasuke copies Lee's using Sharingan and every body prises him for it says how much of a genius it was and that all of that nonsense. Later Naruto crates a combo inspired by Sasukes move everybody says he copied Sasuke therefor he is inferior.

This part made a lot of reader enemies of Sasuke an it only grew from there.

 

Lucillia posted the second chapter in a First Try AU:

Title: First Try Team 7: Divergence
Author: Lucillia
Rating: K+
DLP Category: Naruto
Pairing: None listed
Status: WIP
Summary: If a situation can go both ways, it will. At every crossroads, a new universe is formed, and a person will always take the road not taken, even if they never see themselves do it. Tsunade makes a different choice, and there are consequences.
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7275090/1/First_Try_Team_7_Divergence

I'm guessing that she got bored with the direction the previous one went - in this one Tsunade does something that leaves Konoha needing to look elsewhere for a Hokage (and they don't pick one of the usual suspects). It's too early to see how good it'll be, but the first two chapters are promising. Anyways, mostly FYI for those that liked the original.

 

Yes It looks more promising than other story. That was boring.

 

For those of you who care
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7715439/1/First_Try_Shippuden