Naruto: I’m Shikamaru Nara, and I’ll Save the Stories That Deserve a Better Ending

I transmigrate into the Naruto world.

I was supposed to become Naruto Uzumaki, but I unexpectedly become Shikamaru Nara instead.

What's even more infuriating is that, as Shikamaru Nara, I awaken the Naruto Level-Up System.

You guys, who can relate!

Naruto-kun, let's be friends!

Naruto-kun, I'll help you become a genin, Shikamaru Nara will make it happen.

I'll make sure you get promoted to chunin and watch your back.

I'll give everything I have to help you become a jonin.

Naruto-kun, I'll make sure you sit securely in the Hokage's seat!

And I'll save all the characters in Naruto whose tragic fates still haunt us.

Zabuza Momochi and Haku, you two are going to live!

Tayuya, you cute girl, come here and let your big brother hug you!

Kimimaro, my brother, if Orochimaru can't cure you, I'll save you!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.