RamenRenegade

Hi Ramen! Good to see you again! Congrats on life, marriage and a daughter! That's wonderful!
 
I think every NS fan understands where you're coming from. Not pathetic at all. It was incredibly disappointing. And I'm sure lots of people walked away from the series/fandom feeling completely used, if that makes any sense. Like they put in all this time and hope and energy into this story, and it ended so unsatisfactorily for every ship, and for the characters themselves. I mean, it's not like we're all on this site saying 'Yeah, I guess I could see NH happening. And Naruto wanted it too, so I'll go along with it.' Lol - that didn't happen!! So I'm sure there are lots more people who left the fandom the moment they read the last page, and in anger, just never came back. Not to any NS forums, not to finish stories or art, not to anything. They just dropped it. Remember that guy who burned all his Naruto manga? lol Ouch!!
 
Anyway, it was terribly disappointing. It still is. I just think of it as an unfinished story. Naruto's journey never came full circle, let alone the pairings just turning into a joke. So I think it's completely natural that writers have to wait till they have some distance from the series before they start back on their own stories again. And yeah, life definitely can overwhelm writing time. Especially with a job and a child!! I feel ya!
 
On the flip side, there are still people coming here, there are still people talking about Naruto, and there are still lots and lots of people reading the ffs. Even creating new ones! So that makes me feel better, that there are a lot of people still around that are like me, thinking of Naruto as an unfinished story. And now it's up to the other creations ffs, fan comics, and art to become the ending of the Naruto series for me.
 
It's so good to finish your stories. It's hard to move on to others when you still have them open. So I whole-heartedly support you finishing the ones you still feel strong about, and doing it for yourself. And you'll probably be surprised how many fans are still lurking around, rooting for you to finish too.
 
Hang in there! Glad to see you back!

Thank you for your kind words.

RamenRenegade is DEAD!!

Long live RamenRenegade!!

Ok so its been a while since I've been on this site and TBH there was a point where I thought I would never return. So for me to be sitting here, typing these words, formulating these thoughts, are suprising to me. Yet here I am.

Years ago, when I first decided to begin writing, for me it was merely an exercise to help me improve my writing skills. I really had no end goal in mind outside of just getting better. It didnt take long, however, for this to become so much more.

From hearing from the fans my stories seemed to garner I felt motivated to continue and quickly this became almost theraputic to ignore all the pressures of daily life and just write and to then read/respond to reviews and use that as fuel and experience. It was an invigorating time for the creative side of me.

So what happened? What changed? I'd like to say it was life. I had just gotten married. The talk of children (I now have a daughter) began to be bounced about. And my career, though promising, was in flux. I simply couldn't give writing the attention needed with all of the change that had suddenly crashed upon me like a wave.

But honestly, that's all kitten. If I wanted to, I could've found the time. It's easy to find the time to do something you loved. But I couldn't. Wouldn't. But why? Because I no longer loved it. So the real question was why? What was it really?

It was Naruto. How it ended. And how Narusaku ended. Look I'm not going to get into how disappointed I was in Kishi and the myriad of issues I had with his decisions pretty much after the Pain arc, but I was disgusted. So much so, to the point I needed to step away from fanfiction writing and abandon my stories which was something I hated to do and swore I would never do because one day I woke up, opened my laptop and realized the motivation to write was no longer there.

Now, I'm sure some if not most of you might consider this laughably pathetic on my part. Trust me, whenever I think about this there isn't a moment that I don't consider it to be. How could a man, finished with college, with a career and fiancé be so affected by something so trivial? Sadly, I was. And so I chose to walk away and focus on other creative pursuits.

Which begs the question; Why am I back? Why now? Well, as they say, time heals all wounds. But truthfully, I don't know why. Just as I woke up one day and knew I was done. I woke up today and felt as though I wanted to return. And so here I am for whatever that's worth.

And though I have no motivation to read Naruto, Boruto or anything Kishi, I am, ready to get back to it. And my focus, my main focus will be Seven Sins and Blade of the Shinigami. Both are the stories I feel need to have closure. So I am officially back to writing those. As to when new chapters will be released I cannot say. I'm still in the process of dipping my toe. And as for Book IV of the Chronicles series. I think I might be done with it. Sorry. But I don't have the heart to continue. Maybe that might change in the future but for now...

Thank you for allowing me to bare just a bit of my soul and I look forward to entertaining you in any little way I can.

Good to see you and it is good one of  NS writer is still alive lol, keep it up with  you fanfics.

 

Thank you so much!

 

It's been a while.

 

*Looks around.*

 

*Crickets*

 

Anywho, here is an updated chapter of Seven Sins.

 

Chapter 26

Where were you Ramen R I hope you bring us more fanfics.

 

 

Lol! I haven't gone anywhere. I've been around. In fact:

 

A New Chapter of Seven Sins is now available.

 

Thank you in advance for reading.

Ok, once again I feel like I need to come in and restore some sanity to the ship. Guys, the fact that Kishi didn't write the actual screenplay isn't a shock. To me it was expected. Writing a manga or writing a novel is NOT the same thing as writing a screenplay. They are not. Nor is Kishi an animator. So that's out as well. I'm not sure what everyone expected his involvement to be.

 

Here's a perfect example. George Lucas may have created Star Wars, but did you guys know that he didn't actually write the screen  play for Empire or Return of the Jedi? He hired screenplay writers to do that work for him based off of a short story treatment of about 200 pages. He essentially gave the writer the plot, what he wanted and then supervised the creation. Sound familiar? It sounds to me that this exactly the role Kishi took and as a result this upcoming movie "could" be considered every bit as canon as the manga.

 

So even if Kishi chooses not to conclude the pairings by stories end, he could still do so in the movie and it would be canon if he says it is. Hope this helps.

What clip are you talking about?

But I don't get one thing:

 

Why would the people from the US branch know anything about the movie at all? Why would they need to know? I don't see how they could be involved in the development for the movie.

 

Not to mention that the movie is a project between Kishi and the anime team, not the manga team.

 

Maybe Kishi started giving tiny details about the movie to colleagues and that info spread all the way the Shonen US. It's a stretch though.

 

Perhaps I can shed some light here. I actually work in the world of marketing and entertainment. It would make sense that Viz would know about the script and perhaps even seen a rough cut or final cut of the movie by now. Naruto is one of their biggest titles and it's their job to market it to the western world. Whether The Last is to be the last release for the Naruto franchise or it is meant to mark the end of this era and the begging of a new one, it would make sense for Viz to need to know about the plans for the property going forward.

 

Remember, the movie is supposed to come out in about two months. Which means that the movie, is likely almost done already. They're probably about to begin post production for the movie pretty soon (if not already). Anyway, this is merely my opinion based on my experience in the industry.

So here's my latest updates!

 

A new chapter of my Chronicles series after a long hiatus:

 

Chapter 17

 

And I finished my short story Meet Me at the Cafe.

 

Enjoy. And   in advance for reading!

So here are a few updates. My short AU story about high school love is done:

 

Meet Me at the Cafe

 

And I just released the first chapter of Chronicles of the Seventh after a LONG hiatus.

 

Chapter 17

 

Thanks for reading!!

I love ramen with chicken and a nice boiled egg in it!

 

Thank you very much for giving my stories a try. It's always encouraging to hear from a fan. It keeps me writing. I'm really excited to start releasing new chapters of Chronicles and Seven Sins again. Can't wait to see what people think.

No, the 4 characters are fine. If you don't take advantage of the pairing feature, people searching pairings wont see your fic. To add a character to a pairing, go to the story's property page and click on arrow beside the character.

Wow! I had no idea that feature existed! I've updated all my stories to reflect the pairings. Thank you so much!

RamenRenegade has written yet another lovely NaruSaku oneshot:

 

FireWorks

 

Kudos and thank you Ramen (: Somehow now I wish Kishi would end the series this way...

 

Thank you for reading and posting a link to it here. I've been so busy I totally forgot to do so myself. Lol!

 

Great Oneshot from RamenRenegade :)

 

https://www.fanficti...761/1/FireWorks

 

Thank you!

 

Not sure, but I think they are asking people to use the new pairing feature. For example, if a user searched for [Naruto U., Sakura H.], fireworks wouldn't show up, and its also not otherwise clear from the filter what the pairing is.

 

Hmm, I had not considered that. So are you saying that if someone searches ONLY for a Naruto / Sakura story, "Fireworks" wouldn't come up because I added Sasuke and Kakashi as main characters? I thought the new feature would help expand search parameters when instead it limited it.

 

That  is right.

 

Sorry again my Engilsh is bad. I meant if you can put in the summary in your story If  it is a NS fanfic, so even the name of another Character of Naruto were in the filter  I will know that is a NS story. For example when I  read I did not know  that Fireworks were a NS fanfic, because there were the names of Kakashi and Sasuke. Who knows I   would  be reading a SS fanfic and  i don't  like that.

 

Good idea. I will do so.

 

On another note, I have just released chapter 1 in a 3 part story.

 

Name: Meet Me At The Cafe - Chapter 1

Genre: Drama / Romance

Characters: Sakura H. / Naruto U.

Current Word Count: 10,420 words

Rated: T

Summary: When Haruno Sakura overhears a conversation she was never meant to hear she finds her entire world turned upside down. Unable to get things back to the way things were, she must decide whether to give in to new passions or let a treasured friendship die away.

Here's a link to my newest one shot: Fever

 

Summary: When Sakura finds herself stricken with illness it's left to Naruto to nurse her back to health. Or will he just make everything worse?

 

Hope you enjoy.