For some reason I've always liked the Krillen/Piccolo-relationship, despite the little attention it gets, and I really liked their interaction here. This was really well written.

OMG, that was great too! It was real sad though... but awesome nonetheless... excuse me, I need some time with me box of tissues...

Nah, it's not all *that* depressing. I like it. Even though you *did* write it a while back, I'm glad I read it. Piccolo's one of the best DBZ dudes there are.anyway, good job!

*sniffles* Gods.. you write so well. Your insight into the characters of DBZ are just amazing. Once again, a stunning piece of work that left me crying over my keyboard.

Me? Sentimental? Uh, no... - -;

This was just lovely. I waited until today, I just finished watching the ep where the boys find out about Vegeta and Gohan to read this. My timing was perfect. Your Piccolo and Krillian were Perfect too.

Great job.

*sniffle*

Hey I really enjoyed this story. You captured all of their emotions very well. I loved how you discribed how frusterated and discouraged they must have felt. And I especially loved the line "We all have been sighing a lot lately.." I mean no kidding. Anyway. Keep it up! Do more stories soon!

In the mean time Stay Groovy! _

Hey!

Great story! I really liked your insight on the emotions of Piccolo and everyone else. For some reason I really was very impressed with the part when Piccolo was talking about Vegeta's sacrifice.

It was this line here, "I really can't tell you for certain if he did that Kamikaze attack because he thought it would work, because he couldn't live with what he had become, or if he was trying to make up for all of the evil that he’d done. Maybe it was a combination of all of 'em. Guess we'll never know, "

Through all of the times that I watched the Majin death scene (and oh boy I've watched that episode more than ANY DBZ episode, I'd say no lying at least thirty times.) I had never really thought about the deeper meaning of why he died. Your insight was flawless, I had never thought of Vegeta dying because he couldn't live with himself, but its actually a very, VERY good point that I had somehow overlooked. I think I may ave just been inspired to do a fic,lol.

But Piccolo's emotions were very welldone, and I enjoyed the fact that you did put in a little about his thoughts toward Gohan. We all know how strongly Piccolo feels for him,as if he were his son. As much as I love and totally adore Akira Toriyama, there were so many places he could have put in emotional places that he didn't. Maybe he did it for us so we coul be left guessing and write good fanfictions about them. But heck he could have at least put in one good kiss scene.

Back to the subject, Piccolo's thoughts towards Gohan were done in a very respectful, Toriyama-esqu manner. He didn't dwell too much on the fact, because in my view I believe if he did then he wouldn't have been able to control his emotionas too well. It was done exactly as I feel Piccolo would have done himself, very well, I believe Piccolo is proabably the hardest character to write, because he is emotional underneath his emotionless exterior, but if you dwell to much on his emotions he comes across as being too emotional and not the Piccolo we are used to. But if you don't expose some of his thoughts and feelings then you make him too harsh, and not the Piccolo we know that loves Gohan and his entire family and all that. But I believe that you did a better job on him than most, and i give you my applause *applause*

Now I am going to go read some more of yoru fics, okay? I'll be sure to review! God bless!

How is it that I managed to miss reviewing this one - this, my tied-for-first favourite of all your stories? Ach, I guess I'm not as thorough as I thought I was, hn?

Tch, well, I can't help not reviewing this before, but I can review it now, right? *grins* Babble, babble, babble ... Anyway.

When I saw this the first time, a few months ago, I fell in love with it. I absolutely adored the way you portrayed Piccolo - cynical, world-weary and bitter - and Kuririn - likewise world-weary, but with a dogged perseverance and humour - without flaws, and how everything they said was so vivid. I loved your visual images, whether they were of Piccolo staring out at the stars, or Kuririn and Piccolo standing next to each other ... The angst, mixed with touches of humour that kept it from being heavy-handed, touched me deeply. Overall, I loved the story.

But now that I read it over, after having seen the scenes in the Buu Saga (un-cut, of course) after Vegeta's death and Gohan's presumed death, I appreciate this so much more. In the anime, Piccolo's feelings toward Vegeta after his death were well-expressed, and I was able to see how deeply Vegeta affected Piccolo. However, when it came to Gohan's death, Piccolo fell over, looked shocked, and got a bitter look on his face any time Gohan was mentioned. I thought Toriyama-sensei could have done a better job with showing Piccolo's grief. Kuririn's, as well - all he showed was a brief squeezing shut of the eyes, and that's all we were shown.

This is why this story now comes as a great relief to me, because it delved into feelings that the anime (and I'm assuming the manga, also) did not show. You were able to portray Piccolo and Kuririn's regrets and fears with a veracity that made it seem as though this story could have been an actual episode in the anime or chapter of the manga.

This was excellent work - though I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that. You should already be quite proud of it. Good job, good job!

Leia

No one else could have done this bit justice but you - the despair of one of the most stalwart, persevering characters of DBZ. Absolutely wonderful. And Krillin's upbeat personality (though strained from their dilemma) is a great counterpart to Piccolo's morbidity. Awesome.

YAAAAAAAAAY! Piccolo drinks coffee!

now that I have that out of my system, *sniff* poor piccolo... I'm glad to find a fic where he isn't the bad guy.

whoa...you totally rock da house. Your fic is awesome!

Very good... I think you did an excellent job with your characters, keeping their personalities wonderfully, but also using them to suit your purposses. Excellent job, and I hope you continue with more of this kind of reflection fanfiction in the future...

WONDERFUL STORY! YOUR WRITING IS INCREDIBLE!

*sighs* god... this is GOOD. You do this genre perfectly, depressing or not, the story is excelent. Everyone was captured perfectly (and two of my fav. characters too! Pic and Krilly!), just the way I'd imagine them feeling at this point in time. *sighs again* loved the end conversation, and the bit about Krilly still feeling nervous around Pikkoro even after all this time. The theory on Vegeta was excelent, and the feeling on Trunks Goten's failure thus far (of irritation, anxiets, ect) made the whole thing tense, adding to the atmosphere. Great story. ciao