I am not a huge light novel reader, but I liked this! I always love Naruto and seeing how much he’s grown from the “loser” he began as is always so touching. Especially seeing him with his kids

I am not really a huge Naruto fan, but my kiddo is. So when I had the opportunity to read this novel, I got it to read together. He LOVED it. I was just along for the reading adventure.

Naruto lost his chakra powers and needs help getting them back, no one really knows how chakra works, but Naruto finds the one scientist on the leading edge of chakra research and helps her (a little selfishly), but enemies are everywhere and Naruto's defenses are down. Can Naruto rely on his friends to help him find cure for his chakra and help defend his kingdom?

*please note - this is not a manga/comic

It was surprisingly intense but I enjoyed it. Not perfectly written some things seem to run contrary to what I've known about the characters from being a long-time fan. But I think it's still definitely worth reading about how someone else characterizes Naruto.