A Teacher's Glory does not belong in the library--I read it and enjoyed it, but doing so gave me a headache. The flow is fractured and doesn't always make sense, and there were parts I found myself skipping because I couldn't make heads or tails of what the author was saying.

Would benefit greatly from an extra dose of coherence.

 

My understanding is that A Teacher's Glory was meant to be a crackfic (with Kakashi being actually killed by three genin and all) but it has evolved into something presumably 'more'. Personally, I can't get past the initial ridiculousness of the premise to take any of it particularly seriously.

 

The four fics I most eagerly await updates for atm are:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7478793/1/Daybreak_Part_I Daybreak by DigitalTart. Sequel to One Small Kindness

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8067258/1/Worth_Dying_For Worth Dying for by Shadow Rebirth. Naruto has a higher regeneration factor than in canon and graduates the academy half a year earlier.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7173680/1/Dead_Garden Dead Garden by Aaron Nowack. Sakura is the Kyuubi host and Kushina lived. Fair warning, Sakura is the primary PoV character (if you live and die by Naruto-centric fics).

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7096419/1/Rise_of_the_Uchiha Rise of the Uchiha by AlphaEph19. The Uchiha rebellion is successful and Itachi is on the run with Sasuke (again, Naruto isn't the primary PoV char).

 

The Girl with Red Hair. Pretty decent - a few typo's here and there, but overall...

I like it. HP/Crossover

 

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8235774/1/Trial_by_Ninja Trial by Ninja by Jacobk

Sakura beats Ino in the exam preliminaries. Also features an Ebisu that isn't a joke (which is always nice). Again, not Naruto-centric.

 

I came across this story recently, and thought it was quite well done. Bleach/Naruto, with Naruto as a vindictive, hateful, refreshingly believable Hollow.

Amenaza

I give it a 4/5, but I have strange taste apparently.

 

Yeah I rather like Amenaza as well, but there is something about it that kinda turns me off it at the same time. It appeals more for the fact that Hollow Naruto is in fact a Hollow and not a dude in a mask macking Tia and Nel.

Its enjoyable and decent enough quality for a distraction fic, but not Something that's going to define a genre other than one dominated by crap like Naruto/Bleach crossovers.

On reflection it's possibly because I find it really hard to relate Hollow Naruto to the one from the actual manga, but then again its not like Hollows are anything like Naruto is generally presented as for the most part.

I would give it a 3.5 leaning towards a 3 if anything.

 

That. Amenaza is great as a time waster, and the writing isn't too bad. But really, if not for Kyuubi interactions, I don't even want to call that Naruto anymore, but just a really strong Hollow.

 

I'll be honest. If we weren't told Naruto won that battle, i'd have thought Kurama won it and was just using Naruto's hollow body. There really isn't anything recognizably Naruto from where i've read so far. No shadow clone, different personality, no innate goodness. I'll read it because i'm bored, but this is basically bleach FF.

 

Also it's a bit sick in later chapters. Not really sure what the think of the author, but this isn't going to end up on my favorites. Naruto is genuinely evil the entire story.

 

Well he is a Hollow, not really people (creatures?) for fighting the good fight in the first place. But yeah the last few chapters rate pretty high on the sicko-meter.

 

Most of the Arrancar we saw were crazy but not sadist.

 

I'll take a genuinely evil protagonist; it's rare enough as is, but it's not done in such a fashion that I want to stop reading in disgust. The author falls into the problem of "everything else must be even more evil!" and the crossover feels forced at best; would probably be better as an OC Hollow honestly. The writing does need work; too many reused words and phrases, the flow isn't that great, etc, but it's a solid time waster.

 

Time waster indeed. It fucking sucks. The writing is bad, and the Naruto's 'descent' into evil sadism? Shitty. Very shitty. The fight scenes suck too.

2/5.

 

I think we've lost sight of this thread's original purpose.

 

Nah, I think we're still on track but we've ran out of good fics to suggest.

 

I don't believe so. We just have differing opinions on what constitutes a "quality" story.

Anyway, I'll go through my favorites list and try and pick some non-shitty stories out to recommend later. There's probably something on there that isn't awful.

 

Well, here's a pretty new one that's not too bad.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8157710/28/Naruto_Iron_Soul

Characterization is slightly different, but is okay. A guilty pleasure in this fandom for me right now since the power is features is actually different. 3.5/5

 

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