Darkening System Start From Naruto Chapter 327 Discussion

I've finished Naruto and Tokyo Ghoul arcs and this is a very nice story. If at one time you wished Naruto or Kaneki were less of a sunny idealist and more selfish, then this novel will satisfy you. That's pretty much about it.

I have no idea why this has such a low score. 17 people (thus far) rated the lowest possible 1, which puzzles me. This story follows the elements of original canon while filling the gaps with consistent logic, is well written and is paced nicely. MC tailors good plans in order to darken the protagonists, and his intersections with the characters are fairly interesting.

The only thing I felt was particularly strange was Spoiler

how much the author stretched Danzo and Hiruzen's demise, and by what means. I understand that MC wanted to milk these two for darkening points, but at the last moment the excuse used to protect them was too much in line with Chinese culture and disregarded the original world. After everything Danzo did, he was cheeky enough to punish himself arbitrarily and force Tsunade to defend him through moral and legal means, because of his past achievements, and not to "chill" the hearts of older generations in favor of a promising younger generation. Yet conceptually, this is exactly what should be done by Konoha's moral code that started from Hashirama, to sacrifice for the nurturing of the newer generations. No matter how dumb people are, they aren't so blind as to be morally kidnapped by Danzo, of all people. If they can put themselves in the position of Danzo and feel "chilled", then much more easily they can place themselves in the position of Naruto and feel his mu*derous intent. By doing this, they're practically saying that the elders can bully the newer generation to death, and this would turn them generation resentful to the extreme.

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