An Individual from Earth finds themselves in the Shinobi World, equipped with a Scientific System. From that moment, he delved into scientific research far ahead of its time.
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Cover Pic: By Blueorca, let me know in the comments if you want me to take this down.
First off, this story is a very well put together translation, not an original work by Junkdog. With that disclaimer out of the way, I would like to say that I'm very happy with this story for the most part. The MC is reborn as Orochimaru with a system, but the system is practically never shown or present, and really just a plot device to give him scientific knowledge quicker and easier. Orochimaru is a natural genius and only gets even more powerful as he creates crazy serums to enhance his potential, going in a different direction than the creepy body shedding Orochimaru from canon. The characters feel relatively true to themselves, and it's nice to see an earlier timeline and younger characters than are usually presented in Naruto.
In terms of romance and harem, it's a bit of a mixed bad. Tsunade is obviously the main love interest however for a long time nothing happens between them despite Tsunade being rather forward. There are also no lemons or intimate scenes which in my opinion lead the buildup to come crashing down as there's no good emotional payoff for both the characters and your investment in reading about their slow progression. There is a harem however this has barely been touched upon and those relationships aren't even really developed at all, both because they're in their infancy, and the original author seems allergic to writing actual good relationships.
On another note, I largely disagree with the other review by ISwearImTrying. I never found the MC to be unlikeable nor did he ever express sorrow or disdain towards his system, so I don't know where he got that from. I do think that all the characters behave true to themselves as well, and the MC basically just acts as Orochimaru despite being a transmigrator. Ultimately I think that this reviewer's problem stemmed from having a superficial understanding of the events taking place, such as his gripe with Hiruzen putting Orochimaru under Konoha's top scientist, which is an obvious move
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Good idea, poor execution. MC is unlikeable from the very begging 'hurr durr my system is useless' type sh*t. Author also makes up a lot of things in relation to the source material, not in expanding kind of way, the changing things that were already established kind of way. Characters also behave differently from what you would expect. Another thing is the MC doing research out of his own money, accomplishing something everyone else tried but never managed, and then the hokage just going 'from now on you are going to continue your research under the supervision of our top researcher'. Does that even make sense? Is this top researcher even qualified to meddle? If you can just co-opt someone's invention just like that what's stopping the hokage from demanding the clan secrets and jutsus from the rest of the ninja clans? That opens bad precedent and would never be allowed by any clan head. The difference between a good Naruto fanfic and a great Naruto fanfic is politics and intrigue, and this one is not even good just okay'ish.3.5/5.0
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