As promised, an "official" review on .

My apologies for not getting to this wonderful story sooner. I won't make that mistake again though with Half Moon and 'ADD'. ;)

I really do enjoy your writing now even more than when you started. The flow and style are excellent. The characters are rich, engrossing, and realist (well, as realistic as daughters of rock icons/olympic medalists/Knight Sabers can be, anyway XP)

And once again, I'm not gonna quibble with minor plot stuff here... its not important because the point to the story was the healing of Yumeko (primarily) and in turn the healing she provided to her friends. For that, this story gets a Five star rating on the official Analog rating scale.

Well done!

(And sorry I'm a couple of years late, again :P)

Ah well I knew everything was going to go to hell sooner or later. But now Yumeko's a doped-up underage drinking vigilante terrorist turned murderer. NOW what's she gonna do? XP

this has to be one of the best fics i've ever come across...I really wish i'd read it sooner...but i found it only recently...so...

anyways i loved how you made the characters so realistic...i may not know much about the original bubblegum crisis...but i loved it all the same...your righting style is so descriptive yet to the point...it kinda makes me feel inferior cause i know i could never write something so wonderful...if you should choose to continue it anymore...I fully support you in that...i loved every aspect of your writing...plus i commend you for making me cry my eyes out and become so attached to the characters...very few writers even proffesionals could possibley portray everything as perfectly as you did...Anyway...i'm rambling now so i guess i'll shut up now...^_^

ONE,
TWO!
SALUTE YOU I DO!
*salutes*

GOOD JOB!^_^
chow!

~THE WOLF WAS HERE~

Hi, as promised, here's my review more or less copy-pasted from the mail I sent you a couple of days ago:

I very much liked the concept of Yumeko and Xania going on a road trip (Ok, it's been some time since I've read the chapter, although it's coming together again...so please don't kill me if I'm mistaken about something ^.^).

I really liked Yumeko's implied dependancy on her painkillers, but then again I wrote quite an essay on that part already...the only thing that kind of bugged me about it was that Yumeko clearly suffered from impaired judgement back in chapter 1 ("no pepper spray, I need another shot..."), and in chapter 2, she clearly suffered from withdrawal (to quote the line I'm referring to: "The longing feeling in the pit of my stomach made me realize what it was. I needed a hit!")...but then, after chapter 4, her borderline addiction didn't get mentioned until she told Bert she'd poured the last one out...

IMHO, that was a little sudden, since she already had symptoms of withdrawal...
(I hope that doesn't sound too harsh :( )

I noticed you spent a lot of time developing Xania's character...it was pretty interesting to find out why she's been acting that way in the earlier parts of the story...

I suspected that she had some sort of rotten childhood, but the way you characterized them surpassed anything I'd imagined...I sincerely hope you didn't base their characters on people you know (or knew)...
Also, I liked Jill's character...although she's only been featured in a couple of lines, she earned herself a lot of points for saving Xania from that hellhole...

The action in this part was somewhat less numerous than in the other ones, but it was REALLY exciting to read, let me tell you! First Xania's abduction and Yumeko's first "human" kill...and the implications thereof...
You realize that no one would have survived a 40mm grenade...'normal' frag grenades have a guaranteed kill radius of about 25 metres, a grenade fired from a launcher should be slightly more powerful, since you don't depend on your strength to throw it a safe distance away...

Then there was the fight against the boomer where Priss arrives just in time to save her daughter...I love the way you wrote the chase around the house and onto the roof! That really was a cliffhanger btw...or it would have been if you hadn't posted chapter 5 as well ^^

There the story really picks up steam btw (I gather you're a fan of Evanescence...well it's metal, therefore it's good music :P ) That part was wonderfully done, it's a huge leap in Yumeko's character development combined with the graveyard scene in chapter 7...I think it's also the point where Yume really forgives herself for having been unable to save Michiko...

And then there's the endfight! Madigan dies! Happy Dance time! Yes, I never liked her :P
Having Yumeko black out was an evil twist...and quite unexpected at that...guess that boomer pushed her too far :)

Well, it was just a minor blow to GENOM though...

Well, Xania working as a social worker? It'd be interesting to read about that... *hint*

I'm really glad you didn't exaggerate the amount of medals Yumeko won during the olympics...else it would've turned out to be a nasty case of Mary Sue ^^

I really liked the implied competition and camaraderie with Sonja...

That man Priss talks to during the competition wouldn't happen to be Ishmael would he?

/me still grumbles about that "grey" KS reference :P

A very fitting end to a very awesome series of fiction. I enjoyed every chapter, melded with every character, and loved every facet of the story you crafted. I understand that time seems to slow when your working on something like this, and that things don't always go the way you want them to, or need them to for that matter. Maybe, just maybe though, you'll read this and appreciate your ability to write that much more.

Cut me an email or two, praise shouldn't be limited to a 10 letter block.

Just dropping a quick note to say thank you for finishing the series! Well written, IMO, though some of the angst got a little strong for me. Looking forward to any future writing you may do.

Hi. I've finished reading this most recent part of your long running BGC series, and I must say I'm very impressed with how it turned out. I only ran across the fics by chance barely a month ago, so was spared the severe wait between parts. If you continue this story further, I will eagerly wait for them to appear.

When I first started reading Next Generation and Farewell to arms, I will say I was slightly confused about some events, only to learn this was based on the OAV version, not the 2040 series I'm accustomed to. Only put 2 and 2 together when I checked out your site, mostly to figure out why you insisted Nene was a redhead when I swore it was blonde. Boy was I suprised.

Aside from the confusion I faced from not realizing it wasn't based on 2040, I actually managed to enjoy the entire series as a whole. It's an awesome story, which got better with every new part. It was nice to see how the Night Sabers and Yumeko matured throughout, as well as how your writing got even better throughout your years of writing this. The battles were good, the character interactions realistic... and how you were able to get this reader to feel like Yumeko did when she spoke about Michiko after her death. It's probably because I lost some relatives when I was younger, followed by my one aunt dying recently, but I actually felt for Yumeko when her best friend died and she decided to cope.

I sincerely hope that you continue this series one way or another, as there are a few questions that I believe haven't been answered yet, such as Yumeko's father's identity. Although I have a feeling I know who it is, you didn't make it official. Here's hoping for another story soon