
by RikerOfTheSea
He died in the flames of the Leaf Village, his life cut short by war. But fate isn’t finished. Awakening in the East Blue, a world of pirates, marines, and dreams as vast as the sea, a shinobi must confront his past and decide who he wants to be this time. Savior, sinner, or something entirely new — this is his journey from darkness to freedom.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 15:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 15:48 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Adventure → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (1%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#9945 of 12,378 · 9895 below RS #50
By genre
beats 75% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 16% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.