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It's not really a rec... but a couple of years ago I read a Naruto fic called Spying no Jutsu by Daniel Gudman, which takes place before the timeskip and has Naruto disguising himself as a girl so he can be a spy, and even considering what little I know of Naruto after the timeskip, plenty has been jossed in the curent fic. Still, when I first read the first three chapters, it was enjoyable and though the writing quality has become very weird, it is now completed. So... in case anyone was following it.

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I was a bit chagrined when I picked up 邊成浪子 last week and realised I was reading it really slowly--my Chinese comprehension clearly diminishes from disuse--but it was heartening to find that by the third and last volume, I had gone up to a volume within four hours. Which is not bad. Gu Long's novels are pretty easy to read; short sentences, brief descriptions and most of the narrative comprises of talking heads. ( Talking heads have adventures, indeed! )