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review about reviews One of the most depressing of all Dead
Fics... Never have I loathed the concept of the Dead Fic so much
as in this case. Time and Again and Here and Now may not be
perfect Naruto fanfics (in general they're rather too much
Darker And Edgier and Bloodier And Gorier and there have been a
number of unfortunate deviations from canon) but they're
actually superior stories to the actual Naruto manga. Apart from
a bit of a slow start, the story told in these two fics is
simply superb with real drama, mystery and likeable characters
far beyond anything Kishimoto himself has been capable of.
Flaws? OK, it gets off to a really slow start- it takes Naruto 2
chapters to stop being a prick to everyone because he doesn't
believe they're real (this should have been resolved in the
first chapter after the prologue) and his schtick about not
being able to control his 12-year old body enough to even walk
down the street in a straight line fo