One tiny question: Why haven't you update Captain Mis.?
Fantastic story really.
And well, I wanna know what happens next.

I just spent the last several days rereading this. It is just as delightful a read, as it was all the other times that I read it! Thanks so much for all of the wonderful S/T fics that you've shared with us!

really enjoyed this. Characterisation of Tokio is great in particular. Would love to read more =D

Hi! I really like the story. I was laughing out loud many times! the couples and their team. They are cute and funny.

I am curious, if Tokio's father, Kojuro, can be that scary. What will happen if Saito and Tokio have daughter..

Hope you update soon.

Thanks for writing.

So with a sprained ankle, I figured I might as well re-read this since it's been ages and I have to tell you, re-reading made me look into something I didn't notice before.

While Tokio and Saitou are no doubt hilarious, the minor/side characters just as endearing. Kenshin, Okita, Aoshi, and Eiji help round out the story so well. I especially love the conversation between Kenshin and Aoshi after Aoshi sics Saitou on Okita in chapter 15.

On that note, will we being Kaoru, Yahiko, or Sanosuke anytime soon? I'm very curious as to how you'd integrate those into the story.

As always, I can't wait till the next chapter!

Cheers..

I love this story! It's funny and has a interesting spin on modern AU Saitou and the Shinsengumi. Tokio is a bit of a mysterious character in the series, but this portrayal of her in your story is one of the best I've ever read. Please continue this wonderful story. It's a delight to read!

This story is hilarious. I love it. Usually, I only read Kaoru or Sano centered fics, but the title caught my attention and I decided to give it a shot.

So glad I did.

I love the interaction between Saitou and Tokio. Lovelovelove. I can honestly see Saitou in a relationship like this. I also love Tokio being the dragon lady, although we haven't seen that one in a while.

This story is so good that I stayed up all night reading it. I have never done that before. I am the sensible one in my family, who goes to bed at a recent hour because hey, it'll be there in the morning, right? But I just couldn't stop. I finally gave up at 3 and finished the last two chapters just now, but aside from that...

I'm so tired, so excuse me if I'm rambling.

I love your word facts. It's interesting, and you obviously did a lot of research. I also love the next chapter teasers, although with the teasers on this chapter it would be awesome if the next chapter came soon. I can't wait for it.

In other news, Happy Texas Independence Day! I love your story. Please update at some point in the near future.

i had forgotten your story but i found it again and spent some relaxing time over the holidays to reread it and catch up. great job. i guess to give the 'well-rounded critique' ff wants, i thought that katsu's appearance was a bit abrupt but what can you do.. the whole flu thing and toshiaki incidents were hilarious! i look forward to reading your next chapter (do you have many chapters in advance written?)

Okay...way, way, way over the top. This is beyond humor or silliness, this so many pages of frenzied, mostly empty text and dialogue that mostly serves to dilute the characters into something like a very badly over-exaggerated american comic who's director has a bad sense of proportion. You really let the dialogue take over; it wasn't a good idea. Or that's my opinion. Nothing can change that, even if I'm right. When are we going to stop reading page after page of what could be summed up as 'Tokio runs around terrifying people'?

I know crazy and demented are key words in this piece, but I think you let the dialogue and most of all, your violent version of Tokio-san run away with you. The Energizer Bunny in berserk mode runs rampant across the pages...it's just too much, absolutely hyper. The 'rap' of the dialogue can really take the wheel away if you let it, especially if it's sort of close to what you wanted to portray, and of course there's the fact that normally, having the text flow so fast and smooth is a good thing. But this time not. I'm finding this way over the top. I know you're portraying a situation where everyone is at their worse and under intense pressure; I still think it needs to be toned down. It's still a good story, of course, even if it's stretching the definition of fanfiction.

Let me start out that I'm not really a fan of AU fanfics, but yours has changed my opinion of AUs. I have really enjoyed your ability of give such details at to make, well at least me, feel like I was there witnessing the plot unfold.

The reaction from Tokio's parents reminded me of the song "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls. I throughly enjoyed reading about Saito's and Kojuro's glaring contest. I must say I'm quite curious as to how the fist fight excactly broke out.

As for tips or anything, I say that you should keep writing exactly as you are.

And for Saito, I quite enjoy his...perverse personality. I can totally relate to how he felt when she hid his Bruce Lee movie.

Please keep up the good work and update soon.

~Suki Redd

I love it ! Update so i can laugh my butt off

Hi there...I wanted to leave a review now while I was thinking of it...I admit, this review will act as a preliminary general overview. I've been reading it in rather large chunks, often at the cost of staying places much later than I should and having to ride the bus late at night or neglecting papers and presentations to amuse myself with your story. I say "preliminary" as I confess I haven't been reading too closely. Mostly, I've been skimming and speed-reading, pausing to read the particularly juicy parts, because my excitement will not allow me to pause and immerse myself entirely in the work: I just have to know what happens next. XD I assure you, I fully intend on going back and revisiting each and every chapter to give each the full attention they deserve.

I'd like to applaud the attention you give your story. The characters are hugely interesting and the way you've adopted the AU-verse while still weaving elements of history is exciting. I greatly enjoy the bickering between Hajime and Souji as well as Hajime and the fearless Kojuro. Hajime emerges as an incredibly likable character in a sort of ironic way in that he tries his hardest to be disliked all the time. A true antihero that just emerges simultaneously entirely triumphant and whipped, heroic and lost. Hajime breaking Tokio's father's nose is probably my favorite moment in the story thus far.

The way you allow your characters to run free and verbally heap abuse upon one another...there's something very familiar with it. You must do a lot of free writing, right? ...like the bits of dialogue come rushing at you and you just write them like you hear them in your head, right? It reminds me a lot of the way I WOULD write my own characters if I decided to indulge their petty squabbles, which I don't always do. Sigh. You make a lot of things look effortless and it's great to find a writer who makes AU fun and refreshing. Mostly, I get bored and tired of the junked up RK fics cluttering up ffnet.

To be honest, I'm a bit appalled that I've only discovered this fic now and not when you started writing since I've been obsessed with Saitou-centered fics since the beginning of my RK craze. But thinking back, it may make sense. I stopped frequenting ffnet around three years ago, so probably dropped off the face of the planet right around the time you were formulating your brilliant story.

As much as I enjoy the character quirks, there was one scene in particular I wanted to point out to you that really struck me: the wake. I admit, I cried a little as Eiji-kun mustered the courage to see his brother for the last time. I myself buried a friend of mine a few months back in uniform. I was with Eiji as he initially refused to approach the casket. I, too, saw the hands that looked like mannequin hands. I felt the description of the face a little lacking, as I don't think makeup can cover the fact that the muscles in the face sag slightly in weird places and instead of a person, they just look like a wax statue. But you know, that was only my experience and maybe folks have done better jobs with restoring the dead to a more lifelike state than what I saw. But nothing thus far in my life has ever been as terrifying as approaching that casket. And I liked that Eiji and the officers sat around all night, drinking and talking because I related entirely. My friends and I did that when we found out...we just spent time together, drank, and told stories about him. It was a very surreal time. I think that was portrayed very nicely in the story. So I just wanted to share that with you before I forgot to tell you later.

Hijikata and Souji amuse me an awful lot. Kenshin plays his part as well. The only one that gives me a mild feeling of "out of place"-ness is Aoshi. I guess I feel that while he has the potential for sarcasm and biting remarks, I expected him to deliver his lines in a more humorless monotone versus the lighthearted flippancy you portray him with. Not a big deal, I like your story all the same, but I did feel that Aoshi felt off for that reason to me personally. (Like the other officers, I'm also utterly shocked that he's dated Misao so long considering how incompetent she is)

Also...question...is Megumi going to make an appearance at all in your story? I'm actually utterly shocked that she hasn't! Especially considering she and Yumi are naturally catty and verbally abusive, so would fit in perfectly with your cast of characters and do well to heighten tensions. The potential for screaming matches is just so juicy. (Oh, you must pair one of them up with some of your other squabbler characters! XD)

And I love all of Saitou's fistfights. I think I just love scappers in general. (grin)

I think I covered everything I wanted to say...I will visit your blog and continue reading and hopefully, you'll hear from me again. I'd definitely like to force you to revisit your story as I send more in-depth reviews. Haha.

The world needs wordsmiths. Keep it up. Whatever it is.

Nice. Er...as a writing grade, not the style. Snappy, vibrantly alive in a gritty 'real people' sort of way. Same old quality - I was a reader long before I found anime (the only consistent thing I know worth watching) and my standards have always been exacting. I just can't stomach sub-print quality. Someday I'll read the rest - right now I'm scouting (check your PM's)

omg I love you!

I was down and out for 2-3 weeks, kid went into the hospital for a couple of days, I got sick, doctors put me on new meds that made me worse off than before... Needless to say, not fun. I just got back online this morning to find this absolutely scrumptious chapter posted!

Wow- two years. Didn't even realize it had been that long. Hey, but you're doing pretty well as an overall average- you've averaged a chapter every 2/3 of a month. Congratulations on continuing this awesome project and not abandoning it.

I'm probably not going to drop in on LJ until tomorrow or something. I have to deal with extended family functions today. How sweetly appropriate that I share Tokio's extended family views (the views after she gets to know them). My brother-in-law's family isn't crude per se, but his wife is hell-bent on making everyone's life miserable. The world revolves around her (in her mind). Anywho, I guess enough ranting. It was awesome to get some chuckles in this morning!