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Just reread this (again). It is such a beautiful love story. Sighs. The ending is so touching that it makes me sniffle and get teary-eyed. Thanks *so much* for writing this and sharing it with us!

im speechless..this story was very very good. i was gripped from the moment i started reading it. the emotional scenes n humour... this is GREAT! thank you for such a great story. you really made my day ^^

Wow...I have to admit when i first got into the ruroken story many a year ago my favourite characters were the main couple of kenshin and kaoru. its only very recently that i started thinking about the story from the other characters point of view first aoshi and then strangely i found myself interested in reading fanfic around saitou. that was an ecellent story. it completely went in a direction i was not expecting. when i think about how u started and where u ended there are so many small subtlties that gave the story an incredible fullness. u did something i dont think many authors are able to convey, like the reader is living the lives with the characters. the ending was so sad and heartbreaking and very touching that i cried a bit. it was extremely well written. and props to eiji for not giving up and being so persistent. the other thing i was very impressed with was the little historical facts, pretty appropriate, im also impressed how u were able to weave the ainu into your story. not many peeople would try to be that historically accurate in a story ( the only reason i know about htings like the ainu is that i've studied them)i know this is an older story so i'm not sure if u even come on to here anymore but i just wanted to say how much i loved reading this. and its probably not even going on anymore but if i have time i'd love to do some fan art just gotta practice ^ ^ again thanks for writing such a wonderful story i hope you write more ^ ^

Let me just say that I believe that you have ruined any future Saitou/Tokio stories for me, I don't think any other has a chance and will never live up to this. This was absolutely fantastic, I never tired of reading it throughout its entirety.

I loved Saitou's wit, the way his personality leaked through he writing, it was as though we were really inside his head, thinking what he was thinking, seeing what he was seeing. Everything tied in with certain events--Tokio's habit of poisoning her sweets (and some other things that I can't possibly remember at the moment as I've finished reading this last night). I also loved your characterization of Tokio--she was definitely the woman Saitou would have loved beyond anything.

The original characters weren't flat and boring, and by the end of this story I'd say that I was quite fond of them--Naoya, Kazue, Snowflake--all of them. I loved the tribute that Tokio had to her two cats at the end, when she sewed littele snowflakes on her clothes and the midnight colored obi--the two gifts that Saitou had given her.

Everything was just perfect. I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry in this last chapter. In fact, it's one of the few fanfiction stories that I just want to reread right away. At the moment I can't think of reading anything else. So I'll definitely be back to reading this (I read Sundial by the way, which was also fantastic--I should probably review that soon too).

Thank you so much for providing us with such a moving story between two people who loved each other more than anything. It's even more moving because it's Saitou--who is, frankly, an ** :)

By the way, you write the best. Saitou. Ever. It made me want to weep.

~nessie~

Aw man this was the best Saitou and Tokio fic that I ever read! I spend the whole week reading this fic and I cried, laughed, got ** at the right moments and sighed...

Anyway, I really am suprised with the depth of your research about Hajime Saitou life and the manga storyline, the whole hitorical backgroung that you folowe was amaizing and i'm really glad for read a fic with such high quality.

Congratulations and I hope to read other fics made by you - fics of Saitou if you will?! ;) congrats again!

bye, bye!

Beautifully written, thoroughly researched and impossible to stop reading. What I love most of all is that it fits in so seamlessly with the original Rurouni Kenshin plot (and has increased my fondness for Saitou a lot!). Thank you so much for sharing :)

It made me so sad when this ended! This is like the third time I've read this story and I still don't want to end!

Damn it, damn it, damn it! I'm crying so painfully hard right now after reading the passing of the couple. *CURSES*
That was the most beautiful story of Tokio and Saitou I have ever, EVER read. I am so touched--you've captured their lives, their story perfectly, and I only wish that this could have been made into an OVA or something. Ugh, I stayed up all night to finish reading this because it's just so freaking good. You have a talent, my friend; genuine skill and creativity. I love this story so much, and these words cannot express my sentiments right now.
Rurouni Kenshin is such an amazing romantic tale. I hope you continue to write for this series and any other series, and I most certainly hope you can bring tears to my eyes again some day.
*SOBSANDWEEPS*

"Tokio, I hope you're not overly fond of this tea set." lol. I really like the dialogue in this story. I know this review is on an earlier chapter, but I've read the whole story, and it's amazing. Your insight into the characters is top notch. Bravo. Thanks for a wonderful read.

well, i should add this to the few stories that have ever made me cry like a...well... just cry with grief... somehow, when you've gone through a whole journey of life with characters, their ending is tragic, for the only fact that a great life has ended. you gave this story a true ending, which is death, and you wrote it with feeling. i hate crying for stories or movies. i can count the few times with one hand. and still... i cried for hajime and tokio.

as i calm down and my tears dry, i find it mortifying that im crying for your story and you probably wont ever read this, my apreciation and how i have lived your story for the past week.

i dont know if youre even recieving this reviews any more, but... this story is beautiful. i am amazed and in awe at the lenght and care the depht which you have created. i take my hat off to you. youre in for great things.

Holy crap. This is the BEST story I have come across since i started reading fics on FF. I have so many praises but i am speechless right now. Took me about 5 hours straight to finish this story from beginning to end, but I enjoyed every second. Truly, this is amazing.

you work ** your research, and this was an emotional chapter, especially the last paragraph of tokio's letter to saitou.
although i understand your inner criticism and perfectionism, my love for your story is insulted at how you belittle your chapters sometimes.

hold your head up high and keep working hard. youll make it.

the plot around the kunoichis was great, their goals and ideals and suffering. its fitting. you're really good. you really take this seriously.