I'd forgotten how much I really liked (and, of course, now like) this piece. I was reading poetry for English when I thought of this, and I'm happy that I reread this. It really does sound like a poem by Osaka, but a little more organized. While not superb, I really did enjoy reading the poem. In particular, I like the one or two-word lines. Despite being angsty, it's really not overwhelmingly so. It's subtle, very Osaka-like. And the omake fits in very, very well. I loved this.

I can feel the Osaka love, and share it. Salute!

YAY. FOR OMAKE! XO ...This was an awesome and pretty Omake at the same time. Plus, it's also realistic, because this is seriously how all those insane girls would act! It's nice seeing Osaka having sides of herself, because everybody does. I say Osaka is a wonderful poet... XP Though of course, this site *would* mess up its original formatting...geh!

Well, it puts mine to SHAME. ;_; ...Oh well. ^_^ I'm revising through all my fanfiction anyhow, and I'm fixing up some of the crap. It was a pleasant surprise to see this updated, because I didn't expect it to be. This is still definitely one of my favortie fanfiction, and I can easily say it's my favorite Azumanga Daioh fanfic. ^^ Keep up the good work. I really liked some of the humor you did in the section as well.

I'm...a COOL KID too? :O

^_~ Luffs and kisshes! Osaka-neechan

As always your writing makes for very good reading. I loved the poem, it was a very interesting peek into Osakas mind. There is a reason she is one of my favorite anime characters.

The omake was brilliant. Did you really wait 2 years after writing the poem to write the omake? (I'm new, I just read them both today).

Good stuff!

*“Eh, thing makes no sense to me now, anyway,” Osaka waved a hand dismissively. “Don’t know what I was thinkin’ when I wrote it. I… don’t really know why I’m showin’ it to you guys…”*

Is she channelling your thoughts again?

*“I don’t know.” Yomi shrugged. “I… I watch people and listen, I guess.”*

She's Guinan! Quick! Get her a giant hat!

*De-Bespectacled One *
...kay, this qualifies as a War-Crime. Ugh. So. Bad.

*I mean, what if they missed an’ took out your… your corpus coliseum or somethin’? *
With Osaka, she probably DOES have gladitorial battles between idioms happening within her skull.

HEY your writing talent goes on to Poetry too? Nice, short (kinda long for a poem... I LIKE THAT!) and I think...that really sounded like Ayumu Kasuga speaking.'

For your writing skills, all I can say is; (wait for it...) DAMN I envy you! Not that I'm going to stalk you or anything for it, but...yea. Your good at writing, previously mentioned with you 'The more things change' fic, and... If you maybe need an editor at anytime...? E-mail me? (Gramma is my ultimate strength...it can be embarrasing for me, as a best subject...but I edit my friends stories and such. SO I'm always open to do it. I left my e-mail above.

-Cheers, mate
Chris
Post-Script: Keep it up, with the writing incredible Azu fics. and...yeah. Bye
Post-Post-Script: My e-mail isn't my real name. It's just to fool you. ^^

You are a wonderful writer. Wow...

*sigh* that was beautiful. I'm envious of your poetic skills. Osaka is my favorite character, and I love the way you portraied her life. There are quite a few anime characters out there who like to hide behind happy smiles or dream worlds, and Osaka, I imagine, might be one of them. Wonderful work, here.

That's just beautifl. I've always wondered why Osaka-chan is so spacey. Anyway, this was a fantastic poem and it shows a side to Osaka-chan the not many poems/fic do. Great work!

Wow. This poem actually has alot of meaning. Beautiful. Very well done. ::claps:: Great job.

I did not understand it but I know I felt sad

Beautiful!

Just realised I hadn´t reviewed this yet, even though I´ve read it a few times XD.

I just want to say that...this is one way of portraying Ayumu. I´m not sure if it is just how I see her, but it´s still very beautiful.
Actually I´m not sure at all about my view on Ayumu...maybe I should write something like this once...

This was sad and beautiful. :´)

I love it. There's a reason why some people are withdrawn in life, and you hit the nail on the head. I hope Osaka never completely wakes up. Because I love her the way she is.

To tell the truth, I have always wanted to write something like this, for Osaka-chan. I never thought her spacing out to be that normal, anyway.
^^ You can tell she's my favorite character from Azumanga Daioh. It seems Osaka always has some sort of force behind her, and I like it. You wrote this very poetically and uniquely--beautifully, even. A very good style.
Come to think of it, in both the anime and manga, we barely see Osaka's home. She sure is a strange young girl.
^~ Ja.