Beautiful! I loved it!

Original, touching, dramatic... inspiring. I never thought a fanfic would bring me to tears.

What I liked best about this story, however, was the narrative style. The letters give a true glimpse into Ranma's subconcious, and the weight of all that had passed in an unbearable amount of time. awesome!

To be honest I thought Ryouga would have smiled, embraced Ranma, and then shoved a tanto in her back...as good as it was that would probably have been a stronger ending.

0.o Holy cow, that's original. I totally didn't see that story line coming! When I read the summary I was thinking 'Ugh, just another poorly made sappy romance, oh well, I'm bored anyway'. I was planning to have a good laugh at this story and instead I'm...totally stunned 0.0 Great job!

Wow...interesting twist.
Very cool

*tilts head a bit* Really, I only have one gripe about the whole thing. The Kaisuifuu Unlocks the Jusenkyo curses...and it was destroyed. 'twas the Chisuiton that locks curses. Other than that, truly remniscient of your greatest works.

What an unusual take on the story and what a good one. I enjoyed this very very much. Well written and believable. (I always thought there was something between Ranma and Ryouga anyway.)
Great!

The way everything ended with I love you reminded me of the bar tender in Casablanca. It works but it can get over done. I wouldn't want to see a megacross off of this. Well not directly. There's allot of time covered in those mentioned moments. But what else would be going on to round out the story would you want to delve into what happened with the rest of the involved cast?

Why does Ranma stutter when writing? Other than that, this story was amazing.

Great concept and all, only wish it could've been longer.

It's odd, I never thought I'd find myself actually liking a Ranma/Ryoga fic before. But you know, I'm glad I didn't actually find out who it was that Ranma was sending the letters to until later. I really bit the hook and had to keep reading and I'm impressed to say the least. Definitely going on my favorites list and I'm definitely raiding your list of stories later.

Kudos. Ciao.

JR

Great story! I think some prequels to fill in the rest would be great.

This.

Is.

Brilliant.

So what?
Who cares about sappy?
The story is all that matters, and if it is good and moves mind to think outside the box and imagine another world, then all the better, especially when it moves the emotions (I shed a small tear at it.)

Keep up the very good work and work to make as good stories as this one is.
(So sue me, I like Ranma-chan stories.)

Seth O. Blade.

Nice fic. Interesting format. I've always been intrigued by correspondence format stories--it's a hard format to pull off--but I think you did an admirable job.

About some of the review comparisons to my "Cast a Second Line into the Sea"... Thanks for the nod, first off. However, I don't think some of the less charitable comments about the comparison take into account the fact that you obviously attempted to write a much shorter fic to accomplish the same thing, so of course, there's not going to be the plethora of setup you would find in a longer fic, so I personally don't feel that's a fair assessment. These shorter fics have to hit harder, go for the emotional jugular, and use less words in a more powerful tone, and I think you pulled that off quite well. It's an apples and oranges sort of thing, minimalist vs. verbose, and neither is better than the other, just different with different mechanics, so take those nay sayers with a grain of salt. Besides, it almost always boils down to a question of personal preference on the part of the reader, and you can't please everyone, but they're going to harangue you about it anyway. (Which is largely why I quit posting to the FFML, not that the FFML is worth much these days anyway. ;)

Anyway, kudos for the fic, and I'm raiding and reading the rest of your stuff. Give Ozz a swift kick for me just for grins. :)

Cheers!

Bravo! Very well done, but what else would I expect from Materia-Blade? What more can I say? I wish I was capable of a one shot but unfortunately I have the problem of a very overactive brain that spawns ideas that turn any one shot I could come up with into a full blown epic. Hopefully one of these days I'll be able to compose an actual work to submit and be proud of. My current submissions are garbage novice works and I've matured since writing them. Reading many many works helps evolve your writing sense. Keep up the good work and by god finish something once in a while. :P