This is very powerful and moving, and written in a captivating style. Very good.

T_T That was SO SAD! I feel so bad for Ryou. It seems that you're taking the angst route for fics right about now, but hopefully fluff will work its way back into your system soon. (Stories as descriptive and believable as yours just makes a person really depressed...)
By the way, i happened to notice your use of ideas and words from Aristotle's Poetics. ::cough cough::catharsis::cough cough:: I love the variety of words that you use to describe the simplest things. A person would say: "I jumped," and you could make it into a 25 word sentence if you wanted to. ::eyes get sparkley:: I admire you so much! *_*
hope you continue writing soon!
luvvies!
*aznstarangel*

*gawks* You have never, ever ceased to amaze me by the way that you capture what would really happen to such love with the given characters. There's no OOC or anything like that, you really use the character's true personalities. That is something that you do not see very often. Kudos to you and your awesome writing skills! _

*blinks* Well, I have split comments about this...one is "Poor Ryou!", and the other is "Yeah, good for you, Ryou! _ Strongest man alive!" O.o; Think me weird, but both applies.
He took up writing, huh? *arches eyebrow* Then maybe he should become one of *us*, if he loved fantasizing so much. *giggles at idea*
Kouichi (YnI): *rolls eyes* As in confiding his feelings in a diary, doofus...
Geez, you don't have to be so _blunt_, do you? Hmph. Oh all right, getting serious now...
First reaction: "Poor Ryou!"-Take one
T-T OMG How can anyone ignore sweet lil Ryou? (Besides the obvious fact I like Yuugi more, but shh..! P) Shouldn't there be a time for all your friends, even just a friendly phone call? @_@ Seriously, man, you guys all need to reprimand yourselves. Bakura is an exception, because he shows NO love whatsoever. . Wish he did, though, and maybe this one-shot would have a happier ending note. But good nonetheless. _ You say this is something like "Silly Me", the other one-shot? I say not - Bakura didn't betray him like Yami did to Yuugi (Oh, and mind you, I STILL haven't forgiven Yami; not quite). But I'm sure others would have a different opinion than me. Hey, I'm only 14, what would you expect? _
Second reaction: "Yeah, good for you, Ryou! _ Strongest man alive!"-Take one
_ Whoohoo! *cheers* Yeah! That's the attitude, Ryou! *hugs him* Nobody bosses _anybody_ around here. Uh, wait...reconsidering the statement made...besides Anzu/Téa. Yeah, that's right. Besides any of *her*. (Bleh!) We can boss her around all we want! _ WHOOHOO!
Kouichi: You must forgive her, Guard-chan...you see, she's just finished a candy-cane (not those mini treat sized ones, the big ones!), and you can imagine the after-effects, ne? *groans* I have to deal with a sugar-high hikari reviewing one of her friend's story...I hear you laughing! *starts turning insane* AAHH! NOBODY PITIES ME ANYMORE
-; I'm not THAT hyper, am I?
Kouichi: *blinks* Oh no, you're not. And I'm actually NOT being sarcastic. LOL.
_ After uttering complete nonsense for the past few minutes, I think I'd better move on. You've taken into an interest in writing one-shot-song-fics too? _ Great job, me too! LOL. But seriously; you gonna update "Near You Always" anytime soon?
ME WANTS FLUFF! Especially YY/Y since you just wrote "Silly Me". T-T Oh, that reminds me...*goes off to hunt Yami with flamethrower*
Kouichi: *coughs* Okies, we're done. Outta here. *sees dot on horizon* Looks like aibou got him good...*smiles proudly*
_ Keep up the good work and update soon!
Hime no Ichigo

Well written and insightful. This take on Bakura's life is typical, probably because no one really knows that much about him. Then again, it makes him a fun character to write for, because there are few limitations set by the anime and manga.
Anyway you wrote him well.
I can see you're getting into one-shots more than continuing NYA. I understand; I get bored easily and have yet to complete any of my stories (or even start writing them again-I haven't written in a year 0) but I wanna know how that ends!
Ahem, I say, this is very good.

The strongest man alive...
And he IS! Just to hang in there, to not give up and run away is the most courageous thing you can do. Loving the way how you communicate his determinedness and self-sacrifice. Also, the introspective way you've written is extremely well-done. You've really put yourself in Ryou's postion and I swear if I had picked this up off the ground in diary form , I would have read it, then gone running off to find Ryou, it's that convincing (or maybe it's because I'm a crazy fan-girl _)! You just keep on getting better!
Toodles 'til next time,
Bug-chan

YAY! Another fic! You're so talented .
You really like them song fics don't chya? Ne who, this is a short review if u wanna even consider it that, buh, oh well, I promise, I'll write a longer one soon! Ja ne!
By the way I hope u n ur fami had a very Merry christmas, and u have a bright and prospersous New Year!
P.S. I finally updated Silent Tears! . See ya later! Nuff Luv, MUAHZ! XOXO!

Wow...that was a very powerful story...trying to imagine Ryou talking like this is a little hard, but at the same time, he's the easiest one to see saying such. Don't know if that makes sense..._;;
But, like I said, this is a very moving fic. I can almost relate to how he feels. Great job _