This fic may or may not be dead, now, but it's still an amazing read.
There are several deconstructive elements, especially within Team 7 itself. Naruto is really happy to finally have friends, but at the same time is worried on for both of his secrets will push them away, and Kakashi doesn't think to have the kids talk about problems like that, leading to serious Poor Communication Kills. Sakura is from a civilan family, common fanon, however that means her parents don't really get her new lifestyle and thus they grow apart. Also Kakashi manages to train the hell out of his kids while still making it look like he's doing nothing, but that means the other sensei accuse him of doing nothing to train his team and order an investigation into his teaching.
However, Kurenai and Asuma are at least given reasons for acting the way they do: from both their points of view, Kakashi is doing nothing to train his students or help them through tough times. And it's noted that someone (Danzou) had been running a rumor-mill smear-campaign against Kakashi for years so the guy never gets nominated as Hokage, thus really ruining his reputation with younger jonin. The effects of this are long-reaching and not dealt with at once, either, so well-done there.
No one is particularly overpowered. While Naruto's sealwork is awesome, a lot of the bigger stuff is not combat oriented, forcing him to do other things. Probably the best moment was how they finish the forest of death in minutes, but I won't spoil that here. Sasuke's also closer to his team, but then they all bonded over Kakashi not teaching them at first.
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This fic may or may not be dead, now, but it's still an amazing read.
There are several deconstructive elements, especially within Team 7 itself. Naruto is really happy to finally have friends, but at the same time is worried on for both of his secrets will push them away, and Kakashi doesn't think to have the kids talk about problems like that, leading to serious Poor Communication Kills. Sakura is from a civilan family, common fanon, however that means her parents don't really get her new lifestyle and thus they grow apart. Also Kakashi manages to train the hell out of his kids while still making it look like he's doing nothing, but that means the other sensei accuse him of doing nothing to train his team and order an investigation into his teaching.
However, Kurenai and Asuma are at least given reasons for acting the way they do: from both their points of view, Kakashi is doing nothing to train his students or help them through tough times. And it's noted that someone (Danzou) had been running a rumor-mill smear-campaign against Kakashi for years so the guy never gets nominated as Hokage, thus really ruining his reputation with younger jonin. The effects of this are long-reaching and not dealt with at once, either, so well-done there.
No one is particularly overpowered. While Naruto's sealwork is awesome, a lot of the bigger stuff is not combat oriented, forcing him to do other things. Probably the best moment was how they finish the forest of death in minutes, but I won't spoil that here. Sasuke's also closer to his team, but then they all bonded over Kakashi not teaching them at first.