History Fanfic / RedSherbetMayhem

Absolutely nothing to do with [[{{ComicBook/RED}} the comic book]] of the same name, or [[{{Film/RED}} the film]] based on said comic book.

** In the chapter 4, '[[TitleDrop Howl]]', the book Sakura finds herself reading [[spoiler:and eventually has no choice but to burn]] at the book burning is Jewish poet Allen Ginsberg's famous poetic work ''Literature/{{Howl}}.''

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5328489/1/RED RED]]'' is a ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fanfiction which began as a collaboration between authors [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/429815/Sherbet_Mayhem Sherbet Mayhem]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/368692/Oil_Pastel Oil Pastel]] but was later continued singularly by Sherbet Mayhem, which crosses over with/is based on/is inspired by Markus Zusak's ''Literature/TheBookThief''. Set in an alternate setting to BOTH stories, it features the cast of Naruto and mimics the writing style and follows the the rough plot outline of ''The Book Thief''. Konoha, no longer a village of ninja, replaces Germany, "Leaves" replace the Germans, the titular "Reds" replace the Jews and Orochimaru replaces UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. The story follows Sakura (who loosely takes the place of Liesel Meminger, the protagonist of ''The Book Thief''), as she grows up in Konoha under the looming shadow of war, trying to come to terms with the increasing oppression of the Reds- most especially one Red who takes shelter in her family home, a boy named Uchiha Sasuke.

While the story initially seems like a TransplantedCharacterFic, retelling the plot of ''The Book Thief'' with the names of ''Naruto'' characters and places plastered over the original story, it takes on a life of its own and deviates wildly from the original source material into unpredictable territory. Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke may have taken the roles of Liesel, Rudy and Max, but they make these roles their own and fill them out with their own personalities. The resulting story is gripping and emotional, not to mention a fascinating read as Sherbert Mayhem replicates the unique writing style of Markus Zusak, with the story narrated by a nihilistic, [[FourthWallObserver fourth wall-observing]] and somewhat LemonyNarrator who occasionally gives a guest spot to [[TheGrimReaper Death/Time in the form of a vulture.]]

* ContinuityNod: Despite being a completely seperate story from ''Naruto'' there are a number of these to these original manga:

** The trope is used again in chapter 23, merging the seperate scenes of [[spoiler:Hinata finding Sasuke and Konan and Naruto finding the two FANG guards who had killed Nagato a few days ago]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5328489/1/RED RED]]'' is a ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fanfiction which began as a collaboration between authors [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/429815/Sherbet_Mayhem Sherbet Mayhem]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/368692/Oil_Pastel Oil Pastel]] but was later continued singularly by Sherbet Mayhem, which crosses over with/is based on/is inspired by Markus Zusak's ''Literature/TheBookThief''. Set in an alternate setting to BOTH stories, it features the cast of Naruto and mimics the writing style and follows the the rough plot outline of ''The Book Thief''. Konoha, no longer a village of ninja, replaces Germany, "Leaves" replace the Germans, the titular "Reds" replace the Jews and Orochimaru replaces UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. The story follows Sakura (who loosely takes the place of Liesel Meminger, the protagonist of ''The Book Thief''), as she grows up in Konoha under the looming shadow of war, trying to come to terms with the increasing oppression of the Reds- most especially one Red who takes shelter in her family home, a boy named Uchiha Sasuke.

While the story initially seems like a CookieCutterFic, retelling the plot of ''The Book Thief'' with the names of ''Naruto'' characters and places plastered over the original story, it takes on a life of its own and deviates wildly from the original source material into unpredictable territory. Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke may have taken the roles of Liesel, Rudy and Max, but they make these roles their own and fill them out with their own personalities. The resulting story is gripping and emotional, not to mention a fascinating read as Sherbert Mayhem replicates the unique writing style of Markus Zusak, with the story narrated by a nihilistic, [[FourthWallObserver fourth wall-observing]] and somewhat LemonyNarrator who occasionally gives a guest spot to [[TheGrimReaper Death/Time in the form of a vulture.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Yahiko]], possibly intentionally mirroring his fate in ''Naruto'' canon.

* CutApart: In a [[ContinuityNod fairly blatant nod to a similar scene in]] ''Naruto'', the scene where Naruto is taking Sasuke to safety on Crystal Night and a Red comes to Kakashi's door at the same time seems to be suggesting that Naruto is bringing Sasuke to shelter at Kakashi's house, before revealing [[spoiler:he's actually taking Sasuke to shelter at Shikamaru's and the Red at Kakashi's door is Itachi come to ask Kakashi to look after Sasuke for him]]. The dialogue even matches up to make it seem like a single scene.

* {{Determinator}}: Sasuke; his strength of will and determination to survive is ''incredible.''

* JerkAss: Hidan.

* ShoutOut: In the chapter 4, '[[TitleDrop Howl]]', the book Sakura finds herself reading [[spoiler:and eventually has no choice but to burn]] at the book burning is Jewish poet Allen Ginsberg's famous poetic work ''Literature/{{Howl}}.''

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 15, 'The Things We Love'. [[spoiler:Sasuke is discovered and dragged away to the concentration camp.]]

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:Chapter 18]] is basically this and the narrator even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.