Has this been discontinued? Because I'll be really dissapointed.. I love this story :)

O.O. Amazing... You have a lot of talent! Update!!

Really lovely imagery, very poetic. Very intriguing set-up (such evil cliffhangers you leave at the end of each chapter). :) I must know what happens!

Eagerly awaiting the next update (even though I'm nowhere near

You stopped. Long time ago. Too bad. You one of the dead ones?

...I'm actually more articulate than this. Just not right now. I haven't indulged in psychotropics either. Just tired. Many compliments; you are very good. The situation with the boy with the gun...Kenshin is always Kenshin. Same stupid situations. Why do these people always end up eating rabbits? There are so many other animals in the world. Someone should eat a tanuki or a squirrel. (Squirrels have been food for a long time, after all. Never shoot the barking squirrel. That's a rule.)

Great on the exposure, and the ages, and the dead. The dying are people. If Kenshin's sixteen, then Saitou's...twenty-two? Crikey. War ages all prematurely. The fight in the woods and possession of sword tension great, but all the time didn't see why Kenshin didn't break for Saitou's daisho as soon as he was out of striking range. He's faster, after all. Would have lowered chance of injury from engaging armed swordsman with bits of wood.

Oh, and Saitou arresting Hiko. Stuck in my mind. Hah.

You actually won't finish, will you? Oh well. Marking.

Wow, this fic's really good so far! And what a mean place to end the chapter!
I really like the Kenshin/Saitou interaction, I've always wondered how they'd interact in the Bakumatsu era if they actually talked and didn't start fighting. The interaction is very well written and believable.
Keep up the good work!

Great story!! vivid action scenes and i love the interaction between kenshin and saito. one of the best rivalary stories i have read. very realistic. do continue would love to read more

You need to finish!

Well, does this count as a break in chapters? About 2 years till chapter nine, maybe more... this story is so good! Any chance you're continuing on LJ? It's addictive.

You're not going to FINISH?! Seriously! Incredible work here! Please please! You write the characters so well! It's honestly amazing. Please continue!

very nice =) keep on the good work.. hope to see more chapters =)

Heh. I do hope you're going to continue this eventually. I'd love to see Saito actually find out Kenshin's age *grin* Anyway, this is really good. I think you were right to have the two of them fight it out before they called a truce - much more in character. Cheers!

Hello,

I have enjoyed this fic so far and I want to congratulate you on your quality of writing. Good writers on fanfic are few and far between ^_^. I noticed your request for elaboration on the topic of how a samurai viewed his sword from someone more learned on the topic. I have taken two years of Iaido which is one of the three sword styles that the samurai commonly used. In one of my classes my sensei addressed the idea of how a samurai views his sword. The samurai does see his sword as an extension of his soul. In fact to touch another person's katana without asking permission is the biggest insult among samurai, and to draw another's sword without permission is to challenge him to a death match then and there.

I hope that this answers your question! Thanks for entertaining us with your brilliant stories!

Wow. Just . . . wow. You're amazing.

Saitou is my favourite character, and this is only the second (yup, second) Saitou-fic I've found where a) he's well written, and b) the author actually intends to finish it.

Your characterizations are spot on, and you have transformed something as potentially boring as 'being stuck in the middle of nowhere in the winter' a wonderful melange of swordfights, tension, and frozen clothes.

I really like that Kenshin continues to consider and discard the possibility of simply leaving his 'travelling companion'. It makes both characters more believable. Well done.

Are you writing more? This is good.

pleease keep writing...