Final Thoughts, Self-Critique, and New Book Info

Final Thoughts · Self-Critique · New Book Info

It was finally finished. If I had still wanted more after finishing my previous two books, then finishing this one felt like a huge weight had been lifted. The later stages had truly been exhausting to write! Let me start with some self-criticism. What was the biggest problem that appeared in this book's middle and later stages? The Ninja Alliance!

I regret creating Jack Ma Alibaba; I shouldn't have formed the Alliance when I had a high fever. Why do I say the Alliance was the biggest mistake? Because its appearance stripped this book of its Naruto "flavor"! Readers who have followed my books should know that I rarely write according to the original plot, and this book was no exception. But the problem was that I took too big a step and changed the framework as well!

It wasn't that the framework couldn't be changed, but that required the writing skill to pull it off, and I was a negative example. I failed to build the new framework properly, and instead erased Naruto's framework too! Maybe everyone found it fresh at first, but before long, it stopped feeling like fanfiction.

Beyond the framework, the Alliance also left me tied hand and foot, unable to use many satisfying moments. For example, I could originally have shown off indirectly through the new generation's explanations, telling the rookie ninjas of the other four great shinobi villages just how powerful the protagonist was. But now? Who was there to show off to? The Alliance's ninjas couldn't possibly not know how strong their own leader was, could they? And that was only one example. Many of the satisfying moments I had planned became impossible to implement because of that damned Alliance!

As I said when I