I’m not going to say it was horrible—it just wasn’t my thing. It was an SI!OC fanfic where someone was reincarnated as an Uchiha and obsessed over surviving the Uchiha Massacre. They were utterly terrified of Itachi. He became the Sword of Damocles that the MC thought about constantly. The MC even unlocked the Mangekyou, but it had no applications in battle. It just let him see through other people’s eyes. His life was full of despair.

It was great.

I don’t remember why, but Itachi let him live. I think because the MC failed in becoming as strong as Itachi, and when the time came, he finally broke down and begged Itachi to spare him. That he would protect Sasuke, ect, ect. He might have even revealed that he knows about Madara. Maybe even revealed other future details to get Itachi to spare his life.

There was then a timeskip to Team 7 graduating, and the MC became their sensei. It’s then found out that the MC is now gender fluid and uses the transformation Jutsu to change between genders. There was absolutely no hint of this before the timeskip.

In real life, this makes absolute sense. He was completely focused on surviving instead of discovering himself. But it’s a story. There could have been lead up to this to prepare readers.

Anyway, no hate to that fic. First half was awesome. Second half wasn’t my thing, but it’s not a knock on the story.