Industrious - Chapter 37
Added 2023-05-17 08:02:46 +0000 UTCFirst of two Industrious chapters!
I anticipate getting to the end of this arc, which should be around chapter 40/41 by the end of the month. This will leave things off on a good note, not a cliffhanger, while I put this story on hiatus next month. Just for one month. I've been writing Industrious for a solid half-year at this point and I need some time to sketch out the next couple of arcs before committing to stuff in the future.
Another chapter should be out by the end of the week, with The New Ron taking the weekend slot this time around.
Rock on and know that I appreciate all of your incredible support!
Comments
What gets me on this...is he knew it was an illusion almost right away, and played along with it, which has to be the first time I've seen that sort of response to this. Usually it's just "Seal it" or "Kill it", not 'play along'. Surprise Daughter Get! Yakumo is going to be surprised, then supremely embarrased when she finds out...and it'll be worth every moment to see this at the end.
Dancingrage
2023-05-21 03:40:06 +0000 UTCOr her, because of course Kotaro needs a furry waifu.
DB11
2023-05-17 20:44:51 +0000 UTCHmmm, I'm painfully reminded of a Superman comic where a psychic traps him in a perfect illusion of living his life on krypton complete with family. It was such a beautiful dream.
Ryune
2023-05-17 17:37:57 +0000 UTCOof, this one got me right in the Kokoro.
Kerrus Magrus
2023-05-17 12:36:50 +0000 UTCtbh, I started skimming when he was going through his illusory future life, but tuned back in for Kokoro. The whole scene makes sense with how she's involved, and it implies some interesting things about the metaphysics involved. Not sure if I'd enjoy a description of those metaphysics, but knowing that they're still there beyond the reincarnation is good by itself.
Joshua Roberts
2023-05-17 11:19:14 +0000 UTCBasically he made a deal with Yakumo's "dark side". Which translates into him getting a daughter, lol, when he finally has time to get his ducks in a row. Poor dude started this fic wanting to discover the secrets of the universe and chakra but the Harem call is too strong.
Guilherme Bezerra
2023-05-17 10:37:10 +0000 UTCPersonally I think that the explanation is more evangelion-like. Kokoro (Ido) basically is chakra currently, without even a body. Her way of interacting with the world is genjutsu, that is basically the most bastardized direct use of Ninshu between the ninja arts. As such for her ninshu is really easy to learn
Axel Wate
2023-05-17 09:16:44 +0000 UTCMy first thought on hearing that name was this https://overflow.fandom.com/wiki/Kokoro_Katsura
zeromass
2023-05-17 08:36:55 +0000 UTCHuh so it's not repressed trauma and negative thoughts/feelings like we were led to believe (Nor is it an it since they seem to have settled on the female gender).
Luker number 5
2023-05-17 08:32:07 +0000 UTCLink gose to chapter 31 instead of chapter 37
zeromass
2023-05-17 08:29:51 +0000 UTCThat was jarring as fuck. I'm gonna guess it's a genjutsu of some kind. Problem is it came out of nowhere. . .
Robert Krol
2023-05-17 08:20:49 +0000 UTCI very much like where this went an where it looks like it's going. I would find it hilarious if he checks Naruko seal him using Ninshu gets Kurama attention an he ends up having to Talk to him
Rockinalice
2023-05-17 08:18:27 +0000 UTCI got that, or well it was implied enough that I was thinking it. But the only thing I can think of as a reason it happened is that interacting directly with Yakumo’s chakra caused this hallucination, although the Implication of Ido knowing ninshu while yakumo doesn’t could be intriguing and imply something about bloodlines
Matthew Robar
2023-05-17 08:16:27 +0000 UTCSpoiler: Kokoro is this AU's Ido: https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Yakumo_Kurama
Slayer Anderson
2023-05-17 08:12:49 +0000 UTC….What? I can tell it’s a genjustu but it just kinda came out of nowhere and I have no idea what’s going on, you did a good job of making everything feel off enough to highlight the dream logic but I don’t know what caused this vision
Matthew Robar
2023-05-17 08:09:10 +0000 UTC
