Review Detail of Little_Sapling in Naruto: The Shinobi Genius

It is generic to the point that it becomes boring. In essence, the protagonist replacing our favourite Uzumaki is statedly a master manipulator and schemer of sorts. Unfortunately, in every dialogue he is the very picture of your average 12 year old otaku. Reading it gives me second-hand embarrassment. On the other hand, the moments where he's under the pretext of manipulating people, it's so blatantly and painfully obvious, that all the believability and immersion is gone. It hits all predictable tropes in such a manner that by reading a few chapters you'll already have a rough outline on everything that'll happen from that point on, namely most "issues" and plot points he'll want to change being discribed as following: "Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Naruto. You should/shouldn't do, think or be this way. I'm a genius and smart, so you should follow my advice." "Oh okay, you are now my best friend.". This story loves to pretend that its characters aren't humans with complex desires and intricate personalities, but NPC's with preprogrammed responses. In the end, I think it lacks passion. I've realised I'm ranting now. It's most likely because I'm tired of reading these stories where the protagonist is supposed to be a genius, but thinks and talks like. an. idiot! 2,8 out of 5 and that's only because it is on WebNovel.com.