Cancer, I am guessing. Beautiful, very touching at the end.

Magnificent.

Wonderful.

Oh, what a sad story! I got into Fushigi Yuugi nearly a year ago, but this is the first story of it I've read.
Another job well done... my compliments on the descriptions.

Wow, Solderini. This was sad... I never went so much for the angsty fics-- been more of an escapist. This was good, though. Cathartic, in a way-- makes you wonder a lot, too. Will the 2 ever see each other again, in yet another incarnation? What killed her, and were they old, middle-aged, or did she tragically die young? That would make it even more angsty. And since I'm an engineering major-- what is an "IV Monitor?" Synonym for an IV tube/needle/drip? Or a device for monitoring said IV tube?

What do you call 3 miles of curgical tubing at the Harvard Medical Center?

One IV league.

Ha ha ha.
Trying to get un-sad again. Damn tragedy...

I gotta go read some of your funny and/or smutty works now.

And please don't miss D and D this time cause we need your help. Need l33t kobold to open locks and sneak up on people... and especially get the traps. Cause as General Henry said, this dungeon's a f*in' meat grinder.

Oh my god! That's so sad! I'm gonna cry now!

Wah!!

That's the best Mits fic I've ever read!

wow..that's about all i can say right now. that was amazing-the words the setting the whole feel of the story- simply brilliant.i liked this first, because it took my breath away from the very first scentence with the descriptions of someone we don't know yet and second because you nailed mits character and you let his gentle,caring-partner side show instead of his usual silent watcher side. it was very well done. i also think the title was well chosen, because even from the begining i could feel the end coming and it really is irony at it's best. (well, i guess that's why you called the story 'irony' isn't it?) anyways, i'll stop typing now. keep it up cause you're a great writer.
~Tenshi Kitsune~

Very nice. Good writing, minimum of sap, which I so appreciate. You've got Mitsukake's tone and brevity just right.

Keep up the good work

Wow, that was very sad, but it was very well written. I like that you didn't make it clear right away who the story was about - it makes the reader concentrate less on *who* the characters are, and more on the emotions they are expressing. I really don't want to repeat what other reviewers have said, but you did a great job characterizing the relationship in only a few short scenes - I especially liked the one where they were cloud-watching. I'm definitely going to have to check out your other works after reading this one!

Wow... just... wow. That was lovely.

*watery eyes* *snf* That was excellent! The flow, the wording...the fact that it had Mitsukake. Poor Mits. *sits down and begins to bawl uncontrollably*

Oh, wow, oh, WOW... That was such a touching and well-written story! I feel so bad for those two, you know...

At first, I thought it was Hotohori/Nuriko, but somewhere along the middle I sort of realized. Anyway, like I said, you did a great job writing this fanfic. Angst is so good, and you wrote this one so well. Congrats ^.^

&..-- Touki Yume

*sniffle* Aww...

Oh. My. God. It's been a very, very long time since a fanfic made me cry. Excellent, excellent work. The imagery is so powerful - the pale hand, the hairless scalp... the small yet significant gestures of kissing the back of the hand, pressing it to one's cheek...

And your characterizations - I'm speechless with admiration. How you managed to create such a profound yet tender Mitsukake in just a few words, and even more astoundingly, how you managed to make Shouka into a three-dimensional person with a sense of humor, who does funny, clumsy things like catching her ear with a fishhook. It's like seeing an entire landscape depicted with just a few brush strokes. Bravi...bravissimi.

Finally, my two favorite lines: "I want this moment to be my epitaph," and of course, the last line.

I congratulate you - and I thank you.

Roku