I think you've done a great job of gradually changing Itachic's personality. I think Sakura has some serious multiple personality disorder. She is all over the place but that's okay in my opinion. She gets pretty annoying sometimes but I just skip over all the pathetic flashbacks.

What's not okay is all the filler. I'm not even going to skim anymore. I'm skipping the sides and going staight for the steak now.

Tomokazu really has no redeeming qualities. I'll be interested to find out what his main ambitions are. So far we know he seeks power and is intimidated by anyone he sees as a threat to his superiority. His minions mentioned he had no interest in the Hidden Leaf.

I'm surprised Pein has not dealt with him already since he betrayed the Akatsuki and is an active threat to the organization. It makes the Akatsuki seem less scary. I'm sure most would assume a betrayal of this scale would be quickly dealt with. Two members of the Akatsuki have betrayed the organization and lived to tell about it (though one was murdered and not by the Akatsuki). If this information was to reach the ears of the civilian gossip rings their reputation would surely be damaged. How can the Akatsuki achieve world domination if they can't even keep their own members in line?

By the way... I hate flashbacks. Especially ones that don't help the forward movement of the main plot. Neji 'loves' Sakura (don't care). Sakura literally helped every side character with some emotional bullshit (How? She can't even figure out her own emotions. Whatever, again... don't care). At this point I just skim through flashbacks and the search party's movements. I guess the Leaf really has nothing better to do with some of their most competent members than to send them on wild goose chases looking for a rogue ninja who they don't want to kill and doesn't want to return. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I want all 143k words to be used toward the forward progression of the story and I know it is silly but I feel like every word used for flashbacks and author notes is stolen from what I actually care about reading.

Okay... I'm done ranting. Thank you for providing this entertainment.

Not a good one. After reading the ‘RITP’ I tried to understand Sakura’s decision because I thought there will be something exciting or important why sakura chose the akatsuki over her friends (for many years) but there’s none. I hate her character now. Her reason is so stupid! She have no right to blame sasuke why he hate her now because she is so stupid. My ghad I’m so angry at her while reading this. Then at the end she became like a trash. She became weak. Her relationship with itachi didn’t even have a assurance. She chose fuck (itachi) over her friends that put their lives in the line just to get her back (how many weeks they chase her from the akatsuki) then she just dump them so easy like that!?

Now both of the ritp and this are not good.

Amo a Deidara en tu historia, es tan lindo con Sakura y a Itachi es un auténtico cabronazo celoso. No le entiendo, si no la ama que más le da con quien esté, estos Uchiha son tan complicados

the best stories make the reader feel something. this chapter definitely made me you for writing it.

7u7 ESE ITACHI AHORA NO LA DEJARA DESCANSAR
ME ENCANTOOOOOOOOOOOO

I can't believe you give a happy ending to that bitch

Nothings wrong at cursing at that bastard Sakura give him hell

this tomokazu shit was already getting old in "Ripples". Yawn.

I started reading this story for Itachi (I don't think I'm the only one, considering that's the pairing the fic is listed under) and I feel compelled to keep going cause I've already gone this far, but it's progressively gone downhill and I find myself skipping over most of the filler... which at this point is like, 90% of the chapters. And now, what little development ItaSaku actually had is gone to shit. Nice.

You've totally regressed Sakura as a character, she's supposed to be an ANBU CAPTAIN yet she's crying her eyes out over a CLAY puppy? As well as every other minor issue? ANBU are not supposed to be so outwardly weak, let alone a captain. She doesn't respect herself whatsoever and left behind people who truly love her for criminals she's known for a few weeks who admitted to using her as KYUBI BAIT? and why does she never have chakra anymore? or barely enough? is kisame still draining her? if so, why? the inconsistencies are becoming way too much to ignore.

Also, she seems to be unable to understand anyone's perspective but her own. I.e. not understanding why Sasuke would be upset that she interfered with him killing Itachi, considering the fact he told team 7 that doing so has been his #1 goal since day 1.

She KNEW Dei loved her, and she's got to be mentally retarded or completely self absorbed to not understand that she's been leading him on.

And Itachi. He has done nothing to show her kindness, promised her nothing, told her she meant nothing, and RAPED HER. But here she is, crying and getting mad because she expects him to "make her happy"? What? I can't even

I don't give a fuck about the OCs or her friendships with the rest of the akatsuki... BRING BACK ITACHI PLEASE

why is she such a doormat with itachi! WTF

everything else is great but the way she's so pathetic and submissive when he's being a douchecanoe is grating af

Love it!

I can't stop crying... but I loved the chapter

It wasn't that bad
Though I did struggle to read it because I cringed so hard at each paragraph of sukura with everyone else that I practically read 1 paragraph.
But my most favraite part of this chapter that got me laughing my head of would be when Kisame screamed
"WHAT THE HE'LL DID YOU DO TO MY KITTEN"
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I just couldn't stop laughing
But in my opinion this was your funniest chapter yet

loved it