Archive of Our Own

"What if Obito never realized he had the heart seal?"

This series explores this question and the aftermath of those events and how it affected not only Obito but everyone else and how Obito dealt with the domino effect that his error caused.

As opposed to a typical "Infinite Tsukuyomi" style bad end, I wanted to explore an alternate way that things could have ended badly in canon. While my original idea was to explore strictly the "bad end" this series instead focuses on the "fix-it" part of this concept and the struggles formed from that decision in the story. It's set in the Reset universe with the Bad End universe being featured in flashbacks.

The series title, "A thing that could never be known as human", comes from a line near the end of Harlan Ellison's famous short story, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream".

This series will have a total of 3 main parts:

• Dark Night of the Soul (Part 1)
• The Human Condition (Part 2)
• A Living Illusion (Part 3)
(Names are subject to change)

*This series should be read in order. Future parts will be confusing or out of context if other parts are skipped.

** The one-shots featured are "bonus chapters". The 3 parts can be read without them but I recommend reading them for fun!

• Iruka's Odyssey (Part 1.5)
• The Sun's Folly (Part 2.5)