Twisted Takes, author of "Naruto Uzumaki: The Orange Flash"

Orange Flash FAQ

This is my current pet project. It's a different spin on the events of Naruto Shippuden. Puberty hits Naruto like a train, and as such, when he comes back, he's the hottest commodity in the city. However, all he wants to do is fulfill his promise to Sakura, see where his problem is? It's a blend of Comedy, Romance, Action, and Drama, the best genres around in my mind.

Q: Is it a harem or not?

A: Yes, technically. Naruto has a lot of female characters interested in him in this story, and he will even indulge some of them along the way. This is a typical element of harem stories, thus classifying it as a Harem. However, he won't end up marrying all of them. Why not? See the next question.

Q: Why can't he marry all of them?

A: I thoroughly despise extreme OOCness unless it's funny, really funny. None of the female characters in Naruto would be open to sharing a man with several other women. You may think that this would lead to a boring story, but it's quite the opposite in fact. Because he can only have one at a time, it creates more conflict between the love interests, and in turn, more comedy. Don't knock it until you try it.

Q: Why's Naruto so dense?

A: That's just how he is, a lot of people drastically alter his personality for the purposes of their stories. That's cool and all, but some changes are extremely jarring and he just seems like another annoying author-insert character. I'll admit, I've taken my own liberties with Naruto's character, but if you switched mine out with Kishi's version, he wouldn't severely alter the course of the story.

Other Questions

Q: Any future projects you can tell us about?

A: Right now, I'm going to focus on Orange Flash. However, I'm also a big Samurai Champloo fan, I'm considering writing my own Season 2 to the show to tie up any loose ends from season 1. Other projects I'm considering are a DBZ story about Gohan's high school career, or something Gundam related. However, these are just thoughts, and it may be years before get around to even attempting these.

Q: Who are you?

A: Who are you?