Ah, isn't life but a mere dream?

Only the closest of kin will buy a man's soul for the price of her own. Love, romantic or fraternal, hurts all the same.

Disabilities are a hard issue to touch on in fiction. Works like this are well worth reading. Made me think about Real, that manga series about wheelchair basketball...

It saddens me that Neji would not know sexual intimacy or I know the outcome of the fight.

This was amazing. Everything from the Elder's political machinations to the emotions of Neji's last month was well thought out and moving.
I liked the way you did not belabor the ending, but instead left it to our own imagination. By the time I reached it, there were tears in my eyes.

This is an amazing story. Thank you very much for writing this!

I love this story. The possibility of something like this happening is pretty small, but the scenes afterward were totally plausible. The plot was strong throughout the entire story, and the ending was a wonderful hanger. I'd like to think Neji won though. :)

Thank you.

I think this was a good ending. :o It is so hopefully open-ended.
Unlikely that Neji won't die, since after all your depressing build up from the rest of the story, but because you haven't written his death, there's some doldrum niceness to this. I will just imagine things go ridiculous and that Neji doesn't have to die and everyone lives happily adventure-fully ever after. ^_^;

Wow. This is really tough. I'm starting to feel quite bitter for Neji. :(

But the story is great. All your descriptions are absolutely marvelous because as readers, we're blind as well. We can only see, taste, touch, hear, and smell through your words, and you did it perfectly for Neji. All that ache and bitterness and that beast inside him is so justified.

Very good job.

(continues reading)

I really liked it. Everyone was in character, the end comes slowly, unavoidable.
I liked Neji's actittude. Yes, he was going to die, but he would die for something.
And the end... I was seeing it coming, but still I was dissapointed when it finished like that. But when I thought over it, I changed my mind. I would have like to read more, who won the fight and all, but if you had continued it, it wouldn't have been the same.
I think I've missed some details, but it was you get reading somethingo more complex in a language you don't speak fluently. I'll likely read it again, when I have more time.

Hm, I suppose I understand the ending. Or not? I LOVE this story! And it's the last one I will read on FanFiction. And the best (or maybe sad) thing is, I could see this happening in the anime. Not that it would. But still. Magnificent Job.

Very well written!

~Nirii

A very powerful story. Thank you.

Probably the best Hyuuga fic I have read so far. Not only does it has excellent character development but it is a dark portrait of the Hyuuga clan. Simply moving and the images it shows are memorable.

Ooh, cliffhanger. Oh well, that doesn't change the fact that this is an amazing story. I've been following it since you first posted it, but I never reviewed. I got to say, I really love how you characterized Neji and well, all the characters. It was nice to see Neji try and pull through his blindness to make some lasting impact and having his friends support him was a nice touch. Great story you have here with an appropriate ending too, in my opinion.