Recommended Reading
immolo said:
Knight do you include Nine Tailed Serpent as a lesser fic becuase if so I must read.
I don't think it is quite up to
Nine Tail Serpent. It really depends on your meaning,
Sounding in the Dark and
Nine Tail Serpent are very different in genre, character, and other things. Sounding has Naruto leaving at seven, and character wise he is for the most part the same, but still different, he has all the attributes a shinobi needs, but still is, in a way, canon Naruto. Nine Tail has Naruto with the shinobi traits, but in this fic he comes across as more bitter and cynical.
If you are regarding the curse seal; I meant that his depiction of the effects of the curse seal are the some of the best, but does it in a way that is meant that it is more a gift with limits(and side affects). In particular all the ways the curse seal interacts with the demon seal, particularly with the latest chapters. Nine Tail has the curse seal that Naruto has seemingly based completely off of Anko, including all the issues that she has with it; just that he has more considering the fact that the curse and demon seal are tied together.
Sounding is a bit lighter of a fic, the Sakura/Ino bits don't seem to fit too well (they are really WAFFish while the rest of the fic would fit in canon, save for a few changes), the author also made some changes that affect the story (Zankuuha is a bloodline, it is possible to escape seal influence, but emo duck shouldn't have, as it is only possible at first activation). Nine Tail is more cynical and Naruto in it reminds me of an male Anko with even worse luck.
Yeah, um, basically it is a good read.