I loved this story It was great. I felt really sad for sachiko.. she really did lose everything. and as I am a Light fan it makes me love him even more. Great effort.
There were so many touching moments in this too.. I was really tearing up when she sang that lullaby at the end. Beautiful.

keep it up. nice work.

I HATE YOU! You actually made me CRY! I doubt even if she knows that Light is Kira..she will never hate her son.. because thats just the nature of being a mother..a mother will always love and forgive their children..and even though Light might be a bit evil I can swear that Light still loves his family especially his mother..its really heartbroken..but its fair enough since L died so Light should die as well..may both of them live in peace..but I blame all of this at Matsuda-yaro! and Ryuk for dropping 'accidently' the death note..but then again there won't exist this story..

Wow, that was hard core. All the emotion you packed into it was unbelievable. It really broke my heart, to see Sachiko mourning her son while simultaneously cursing Kira. Poor woman, she'll probably never find out the truth.

Hoping inspiration finds you well,
Ember

This was absolutely great.

The memories of Light and his mother was very nice. ...It's very sad. Love that mother's spunk! I like her motherness. You should write more Light childhood stories.

No matter who it is. Even if it was the devil, there is always someone who cares and loves the 'evil' boy and girl.

im not sure how you did it, but that story was so sad that it actually made me CRY during it. no joke. it did. so, for your extraordinary efforts, emotional state, and extremely small time needed to make such a story, you deserve an A+ and a place on my Favorites List. /bow

Poor Sachiko, I feel so sorry for her. Good job.

I was doing some late night, uh, early morning reading, and I came across this gem. It made me cry, the sun's starting to come up, and I'm sitting at the kitchen table bawling like a baby! It was very emotional and pretty though. I loved every moment of it. The whole concept is beautifully tragic and heartbreaking and very real. Definitely a worthy read. (My reviews are so lame.)

Cheers!

WOW, that was so beautiful!Amazing!

Dammit! Light deserves to LIVE! LIVE LIVE! Tch! Stupid Matsuda! Okay, sorry, now I'm just ranting. My baby Light...T^T
I luv how you portray her memories, and how she wonders if she had to pay the price. I've never really thought about how Sachiko would feel...and all those motherly emotions were something I could never come up with. And I also understand her selfishness, how she's not like L, where she doesn't look at the whole picture, rather her own family. I guess they're just different like that. And how dare Near tell Sachiko that!? Heck, he doesn't even have a right to be at the funeral! So he doesn't give a damn about L's death, and now he shows up at Kira's funeral...for what? To gloat? And I especially enjoy how you sent Aizawa to tell her.
And it really makes me think back to the time where L talks to Light about lying...and how Sachiko will never know the truth. But I suppose, it's just people like Light who thinks it's appropriate for people to lie sometime.
Okay, now I'm just blabbing. The first time I read this story, I didn't find it particularly entrancing, just depressing, but now I can appreciate all the thought you give into every sentence. Good job!

Poor Sachiko. This almost made me cry a bit. Other than that, this was beatuiful. You did great on describing Sachiko's feelings. Very well-written.

That... was amazingly sad... Sachiko is one of those characters that don't get enough spotlight in the anime. I noticed her characteriztics in thsi stoyr. It was very well done... and I wonder... if she knew her son was Kira... what would she do?

I have a hard time reviewing your work right after I read it because I feel as though I've been put through the wringer. All that emotion that you dredge up so skillfully makes it impossible to do anything but grab tissues or just be horribly sad and drained for a while.

I can't imagine how you wrote this in only an hour, because it's incredible. Probably any longer than that and you would have perished from all the pain. I know it's a lot for me to take in in one sitting.

This is the second story that you've written very well from Sachiko's POV. She is an integral character (being Light's MOM), but the fact that so few people utilize her in fandom makes your use of her stand out. She is a bystander, but by no means detached, and only mothers can feel the depth of pain that she does at losing a son.

Every new paragraph and almost every new line of this story made everything hurt even more. It wasn't repetitive, it wasn't predictable; it was extremely realistic, even down to all the thoughts and memories that she's going through in the time it took to arrive at the morgue. Your spelling and grammar is perfect; I'm a stickler for things like that when spelling goofs ruin an otherwise serious scene.

Bravo for including Matsuda. That part was wonderful. It was also great to see Near surprised, and her reaction to his announcement was completely believable. Kira? Screw him, he killed my son. Oh, the gloriously angsty paradox of it all.

I love your work. I thought it deserved an intelligent review. Keep it coming!

This was so sad. ;_; I'm glad someone wrote a good story about Sachiko's feelings after Light died, especially since she was kept completely in the dark, and the imagery you used was beautiful.

I couldn't help myself. When I read this I started crying so bad. . . When Raito died, I cried out the same thing that Sachiko did; My baby. I have no right to say such a thing, and yet I do so anyway to every character that becomes cherished. I try very hard to avoid all knowledge of deathdates, because when they roll around I'll be depressed for three days. :p

I felt so bad for Sachiko. She lost nearly everything. Her husband and son dead, and her little Sayu stuck in a traumatized state. One person can go through a lot of things in their life. For Sachiko, life was good. She was married to a prideful husband. Her daughter was cute and precious. Her son was incredibly intelligent and handsome. Slowly it left her, piece by piece until the life she once knew was merely a memory, and an empty home.

Oh, baby!Raito is such a cute little thing. That scene was so sweet-- that cheeky little "No."-- too cute! X3 And the flashback to Sachiko finding out that she was pregnant was so romantic, so filled with that once in a lifetime feeling of a first child.

What can I say, but. . . brilliant. An absolutely brilliant display of talent when capturing the pain in Sachiko's heart.