I'm relatively certain that you can take the fic at face value for the most part. If it was truely meant as a way of showing the negative effects of the time loop on Naruto's character, we would have seen more evidence of it in the actual writing. Frankly speaking, the author just doesn't strike me as capable of being that subtle. If he was, we would have seen at least some scenes reflecting on the fact rather than random fluff about Naruto learning more things. No, I'm sure that what we see is what we get, just a story about Naruto getting cooler with no real consequences. Even the recent turning fox thing is obviously just a setup for future powerups.
In terms of the character bashing, he's doing just that, he admits as much in the author's notes of his latest chapter.
That said, I'm still going to read it, each chapter is basically 10 minutes of vaguely amusing fluff. I do disagree with some of the directions the fic is going, but I can't really bring myself to care enough about the story for it to actually irritate me.
In terms of the character bashing, he's doing just that, he admits as much in the author's notes of his latest chapter.
That said, I'm still going to read it, each chapter is basically 10 minutes of vaguely amusing fluff. I do disagree with some of the directions the fic is going, but I can't really bring myself to care enough about the story for it to actually irritate me.