:holds chest with quivering hands, and suddenly struggles to breathe:

I'm having a hard time... taking in the fact... that this isn't finished. I think I might actually cry. Please tell me that discontinuation is an impossibility...

I just can't begin to write out everything amazing about this fic. I enjoyed [and still am enjoying] it tremendously, and dearly, /dearly/ hope that another chapter followed by an ending will grace me soon.

I have my small, minuscule peeves, but they're barely worth mentioning... As in, older Subaru ultimately becoming this "Kiyoshi." I know that he no longer wanted to be himself... but I'm sitting here, dying for him to realize that he can never be anyone different. Or that from the reader's eye he still /is/ Subaru. Because sometimes I actually believe that "Kiyoshi" is another character...
But that is only one thing... I deeply adore, admire and /love/ the rest.

I'm quite envious at how perfectly and fluidly, like a gentle stream flowing on a sunny day, you write things. I've browsed through your other stories before, and have forgotten if I've left a review or not [soo sorry], but everything you write is grand.

I truly pray that 'Illusory Tandem' has not been abandoned, apologize for finding this at such a late time [almost 3 years... eep!], and hope that I will hear from you.

luv nk

PS. I am soo sorry for sounding like a desperate puppy! :bows:

Your fascination with glass is fascinating. And 'likening Kiyoshi to 'barbed wire cuts' is very, very apt. Twisted beyond relief. Death always comes upon people Subaru, or, should I say, Kiyoshi, loves.

I also love how the dreams in chapter 9 had been written. At first, I don't quite understand what they represent, but JJ had interpreted it quite well.

Wonderful story...It's been recommended by J.J. Blue and I'd say it deserves the recommendation. There are 2 things I'm confused about in this chapter...Subaru, bathing in the River? Is that possible, in a city such as Tokyo? And Wasn't Seishirou's spectacles lost in the fountain?

Just re-read this and wow. Even a few years later this is probably one of the most realistic, best thought out, best characterized interpretation of the time-travel theme I've read yet! I literally couldn't stop reading it.

But you haven't updated in over 2 years... Please don't say this is abandoned!

i love this story's plot. Seeing the older and younder Subaru is really interesting.

Wow... I really love this fic ! And I wonder what will happen next... Please do not tell me you have stopped this fic ?! Whatever the end will be, I want to read it !

I re-read your whole fic again. I just love it! Please do not abandon this fic! I'm really looking forward to the next chapter.

oh I guess I'm a bit late.. XD but I just found this story yesterday and I can't put in words how much I loved it

Please don't tell me that that was the end. Ohmygoodness, I can't fully describe in words how talented you are as a storyteller. Even though this is an AU fic, it's just so UNBELIEVABLY BRILLIANT and INCREDIBLY AMAZING, that it all seems so REAL. GAH. From the characterizations (Hokuto, Subaru- gah just all of 'em-) to the mood/emotion in this fic- simply wonderful. I really hope you continue 'til the end because this fic is too awesome to let it hang like this...(and because I'm dying with curiosity).

Oh my gosh, I love this. *__* The dream sequences are so well thought out, and I love the imagery, especially the mirrors. Wonderful work with this fic. I'm really looking forward to the next update!

~firedraygon97

Beautiful; simply magnificent. I love your style, and your vocabulary is so rich and sophisticated; something you, sadly, do not see much these days. Also, you managed to keep all of the characters so...in character. I have to say I have fallen in love with this fic. :) Now I wait for the next update. =P

omg. poor Subaru (kiyo)!
CLAMP's so evil for putting him in this position in the first place, and you had to go and torture him all over again! Well. Tres exciting stuff, nonetheless.
I'm getting the feeling that things are about to break very soon. Well, I guess Hokuto's already broken, and now it'll come down to Subaru and Subaru.
The plot's so intense!! I read this fic in two sittings!! And I'm really wondering how things are going to play out, because, (as incapable as my mind is) the only way I would be able to resolve this would be to kill them all off... which would suck. So xD xD Pls update soon!!

xD it's so cute when Subaru says "Tea! Lots of tea!" I can so imagine that.
Love your fic; your language is complex and really sophisticated. It's better than pretty much all the ones out there!!

Honey, you NEED to update.

=)

This story is delicious, cute, and heartbreaking. All the things that Tokyo Babylon is, actually. You keep the characters SO in character that I'm seriously picturing the scenes being animated in manga panels. LOVE LOVE LOVE!