I'm glad you found interest in this again. It's a wonderfully writen story, though Sou-chan still seems a little OOC, probably because he's still very young. I notice that you're changing him, slowly but surely, into Tenken. That takes talent. I applaude you!

You do know that they didn't use light bulbs back then? Good details, though. I like this story!

Update! Update now! I need the rest of this story!

...it's just...beautiful...

Just how do you write the emotional outbursts?!?!? They're fantastic, and so realistic! ^^

Hm...I can't really find anything wrong with this chapter!

No kidding! Shishio is definitely going to become rich after that, if the police don't stop him (as if).

Poor Yumi! And Soujiro, to come across that term so young!

"It's being alone when the worst thing happens to you."..."Being alone is a good thing. You can't be betrayed." hmm...I like that. It makes sense, and both are true...but then, if Shishio believes being alone is a good thing, than why does he gather up the Jupponagatana?

eh. Well, can't wait for the next part.

This is probably the best Soujiro fanfic on the site. (Ok, in fairness, I have not read most of the Soujiro fanfics on this site, so...) I think you really capture how the younger Soujiro's mind works. It's creepy and sad, but there's also something about it that makes you want to keep reading! (...that was meant as a complement...)

NO! I feel so terrible for that old man...so sad, it seems like everything's being taken away from him...
"...he mistook Shishio-san as a homeless samurai struck with leprosy..." He does look like one, if not a burnt zombie...XD
hmm...will Soujiro run into someone brother/sister-like and then they get taken away? O_O that's just a spur-of-the-moment question.

Haha, cute! A "happy family"! Shows that Soujiro still is childish, a little, and not totally a killer, or at least, not totally the way he is portrayed in the manga/anime, yet.
Please update soon!

Yumi is a wife? I thought she was a prostitute when Shishio met her... anyway, aside from that, the story is really good ^__^ Keep writing!

Nice! You portray Soujiro well! I've always wanted to read about a story from the time after he started traveling with Shishio!
As for Shishio having a family-brillant. I think you're the only author so far who has written about Shisho having a family!
Update soon!

you should write more!
;)

very nice...

"What does it matter if I killed to save my head or because I felt that it was fun? Why should killing in the name of self-defense, killing in the name of vengeance, killing in the name of philosophy, or killing in the name of justice makes any different? No one excuse is truly better than the other. Killing is killing. Period."
What a terrific line!! I feel like quoting this with your name and story and putting it in my profile, with your permission of course ^_^
So, can I?

Nice chapter!*giggle*
that's so cute!

I love it!! It's not exactly "cute" per se, but it is interesting and funny- though the last chapter was gory..and...wrong..but still, it's very good- and no matter if Soujiro looks haggard - he grows up to be cute, right? ^_^ And he has such an engima... lol, well, anyway, I like this backstory you're giving- I'll be reading, so please keep writing!!
And I agree. The moon is a giant ricecake ^_^