Pre / post timeskip story start.

Time travel (single / multiple characters).

Non-naruto centric (a deal breaker for many).

Strong team 7 (Not sure how to put it - stories where the premise is basically 'Kakashi does a proper job training team 7').

AU & humor are good. Not sure that romance would pop up that often given DLP's tastes.

 

SI needs to be a tag, considering the slew of (shitty) SI stories people have been throwing around lately. I for one want to be able to dodge those at a glance.

 

You don't like SI stories?

I for one would be interested in reading a story where You wake up one day as Naruto

 

In my experience, especially in Naruto, SIs are simply an excuse for someone to masturbate furiously to the sound of their own voice.

I'm sure there's a couple that are done well and make coherent, meaningful stories, but it's by far the exception.

 

I think there is a difference between a self-insert story and a story about a person from the real world being sent to a fictional one.

After all, the author can come up with an OC instead of sending himself.

 

SI stands for Self Insert.

But most OC stories, and literally every single (modern guy/girl reincarnates into Narutoverse) are SIs, even if the author claim they aren't.

 

You know what I'd like to see? An SI written entirely in First person from the SI's POV and the SI isn't referred to by name. A bit tricky to pull off but possible. Alternatively, an SI written in Second person which is probably even harder. The ideal story would be similar to the "You Decide" type of books (i.e Go to Chapter 31 if you wish to kill Haku or Chpater 39 if you wish to spare him.).

But back to the thread at hand:

• Obviously you would put in the genre which should be 2 most of thetime (i.e Action and Comedy). Though you may have to occasionally add a third in case someone does a 'wird' combination (Such as Angst, Tragedy and Comedy).
• The next would be the pairing and ONLY the dominant two pairings. A third may be needed sometimes but only if the pairing shows up more often than not. This does NOT mean that youlist pairigns such as Minato/Kushina or Fugaku/Mikoto.
• If it is Minor Character Centric then you can either use both that tag and the name of the minor character or (My personal preference) just list the minor character as the first tag.
• If there any MAJOR changes to the unverse (Such as Mianto and Kushina alive) then list those as well though most of the time a good writer would have incorporated that intot eh summary.
• Time travel, if not mentioned in the summary, should also be included.
• Basically anything that is prevalent should be included. For example, you wouldn't list Harry Potter as a Time Travel tag just because time turners were in it.

 

Beyond what has been already said Alternate Teams is a pretty common trope. Pre-Naruto stories are also somewhat common, if to a lesser extent.

Good job on the archives! It's really helpful.

 

The only good SIs as SIs are the ones that purposefully play with the concept. Otherwise just about every good SI I've ever read could have just been an OC and been far more interesting as a result

 

It also might be worth adding a category for the publication year. With a series as long-running as Naruto (15 years), as opposed to a series that wrapped itself up quickly (Worm, 2 years) or doesn't have a lot of material (RWBY), the date a fic was started plays a big role on the story. Some plot elements hadn't been introduced, and the series itself shifted in tone drastically at several points.

 

Would that include every character that's not Naruto? I could see people getting confused about the 'minor' part.

I feel like these conflict a little. Is there a good way to denote a strong central team without specifically referring to it being team 7? You may have Naruto on an alternate team not named 7, for instance, but the story still focuses on their strength.

 

"Bloodline" has become significantly less popular recently, but even so I still see it pop up every so often. A lot of people are writing Mokuton Naruto stories which are actually pretty dope so I don't mind.

 

Earth, fire, wind, water and heart.

 

Naruto / Captain Planet crossover, please?