oh goodness god, imean this is the third time reading this fanfic and still, tears keeps on falling.. oh my.. i love youko a lot, she's a meddler in a good way, and great she's hot.

i love sei too.. she have this certain playful features, but still her seriousness connotes she can is--can be that damn serious. oh well.

oh! it ripped my heart when, sei kissed youko so hard that she felt blood lingering on her own lips. and she didn't even wait for youko.. aw.. sad..

the ending it's awesome though.. it's so heavy... but i love the angst..

thanks for sharing your talent.. :)

Indredible~! Just like every one of your stories! Love it!

This is the second time I read this fanfiction, and I'm still amazed by the way you can write these "slice of life" about the characters and at the same time make them look so interesting, intense and alive.
Maria-sama ga Miteru is not my favorite anime (too slow and poetic for the barbarian I am) but throught your words, its difficult to not love Sei, Youko and all the others.
Thanks for your work, I had a great time reading this :)

i couldn't tear myself away as soon as i started reading this - the best seixyouko fic there is! mind you, i was at work the entire time (bad me).

thank you very much for the blood, sweat, and tears (hopefully none were shed)you have spent on this wonderful creation. loved you're shiznat insert in one of the chapters.

oh yeah, great job on Inter Nos too. cheers!

a very good read! i hope you will write more about youku and sei.

Damn you for making me lose a whole night worth of sleep because I just couldn't stop reading no matter how hard I tried. I even tried to distract myself from the story in order to catch some sleep but I couldn't since it was just too good! And now I want more. No, I NEED more of these long and superbly written stories of Youko X Sei or Sachiko X Yumi. My compliments. A job well done! MORE!! <3

My sincerest apology for not reviewing each chapter ethnewinter-san. I was so enthralled at the very first chapter that I didn't even notice that I finished the whole thing in one seating. It was simply captivating.
It's been two years since you've finished this story and have not written another one for the Marimite fandom but I was hoping you would though, continue writing in this universe as you mentioned at the end. That is if you want to so no pressure.
Thank you for the wonderful read and I hope you'll finish Inter Nos as well. I can't wait to start reading that one. More often than not, I try to wait for the author to complete a story before I read it(to avoid reading abandoned works), but I think two years of sporadic updates is a good indicator that perhaps you will not abandon said story (?).

best fanfiction i've ever read. Don't have any sei like vocabulary and long review writer questioins in suggestions. Just...appreciation for your skill an ability. i have to wonder, though can anyone who's not close to being as hurt as they were in 11 and 12 write something like this?

hi y not write a sequel to this story

Oh lol of course I meant IC... typo my bad :P

Hello!

So I've just finished this story and I wanted to tell how much I loved it. You are really a superb author! The characters were so OC and I loved their development aswell. You know it was lovely to read a Sei/Youko fic which is basically not tragic and pretty positive overall and it actually never turns fluffy and irritating. Oh right it might not have sounded like a compliment but too romantic stories overwhelm me.
And i have to second those reviews mentioning your nice sense of humor, you made me crack up several times. Yep, before I forget I also got to tell you that I fancy your writing style. The story was so refreshing, so beautifully written.
And one last thing: I almost loved your disclaimers more than the fic haha. I found them very entertaining, especially that very long one about Eriko.

Thanks a lot for your story and keep it up!

D'you know, it's been an awfully long time since I dared visit the HiME fandom, but I have been on a bit of a Marimite kick lately (anticipation for the 4th season an' all), so I decided to read some fanfiction. And of course, almost all of it was terrible. (groans) I shuld have guessed there wouldn't be any stunning ones since the last time I was here. And then I remembered this- I read it before, a while ago, and I don't quite remember all of it, only that it was very good, and very in-character, and very enjoyable. Also that Sei can make 'caesar salad dressing' sound positively wicked.

And then I got to the coat closet scene again and began laughing hysterically, which is really not helping. In a good way. But you have a very good style, you know...I think I've said it before, but even if it takes a couple chapters to get used to, your stories inevitably draw a person in. Ahh, this review doesn't make much sense...I'm tired, and a bit morose. But I wanted to say thank you for writing this, because it's really quite something. (even if I tend to enjoy Sei/Shimako more) ((Yumi/Sachiko ftw))

This was a great fic; long, drawn out, but discrete and sharply observed.

I do not agree with the reviewers who thought the end was too precipitous. The way you have written them, Sei and Youko are two highly intelligent people who are afraid to move to the next level, but comfortable with the status quo when they discover it's reciprocated. They discover they desire one another, and slip into an easy pattern, but mutual desire isn't the same as the wish for a long-term relationship. So once they realise they both want the same things, I can see them reacting in exactly this way.

And I liked how they were older, and I liked that you made jokes that would only make sense in English, even if it sacrifices realism for a joy of language. The only thing which is really incongruous, I think, is that Youko doesn't seem to have any work she needs to do for the Christmas break, which seems somewhat improbable for a law student.

But yes. I'd ask that you write more, but you don't really need to. It's all in this story already.

P.S. I had a look at your bio. Please don't take this the wrong way, but what is the proclamation of your arrogance in aid of? You aren't the first person to crack open the spine of 'Of Grammatology', and it proves nothing and reveals everything to say it. You would do just as well, if not better, to let your writing speak for itself, since it is perfectly capable of so doing. This isn't an attack, and I don't need a reply, if you don't want to send one. Just think about it.

This piece is sensitive and dramatic, while lacking largely in angst ridden melodrama. The characterisation is spot on. This was a joy to read, and coming from a pretentious ass like me, that is saying quite a bit. ^_~

Excellent! Just excellent! Wonderful pair, wonderful story and wonderful ending. Thank you for a very wonderful reading!