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In this chapter, the MC is acting childish and immature, to the extent that it is almost on the borderline of being stupid because Kanae is not even subtle with his approach, yet he was aggravated. I find it surprising and funny that with a simple interrogation from Kanae, Hayase started acting like a five-year-old. I mean, I'm very familiar with how psychotherapy works, and their initial interactions alone clearly indicate that the MC is not that mature and collected, regardless of whether him having trauma or not. Anyway, aside from that weird beginning during the therapy plot, at least what Kanae advised him to do are reasonable and sound. Anyway, this is still an excellent chapter. Thank you, author.
I don't think it is a good idea to get anywhere near Danzo. It could quickly become too dark/edgy and spiral out of control, and there are already plenty of stories like that on webnovel. Instead, I suggest focusing on the water bending alone. This path is powerful enough, and expanding on it could provide many more exciting abilities. Adding too many elements could make it difficult to advance the story. Of course, these are just suggestions, and ultimately the decision is up to you. Don't feel pressured by readers and do what you think is best for the story.
He really is so childish, she said that she doesn’t wanna be baby sitting because it’s a waste of her abilities during war time and he’s instantly like hmm well I guess she wants to be here just about as much as I do. This is something very small but it shows a lot, for one she could’ve easily just done this act to better relate to him, keep in mind she has a lot of experience with people and is a literal yamanaka. And secondly his response to it shows his childish/immature nature because he doesn’t even think about this he just takes it at face value, not even having a slight thought of “oh really?” She also doesn’t want to be here on this task that the hokage assigned? Like bro fear an old person in a world where people die young.