I love reading your writing; it's so skillful.

Teru Mikami is one of my favorites--Mikami and Near, actually--and I enjoyed how real, how canonical, how touchingly human your portrayal of him was.

This has inspired me to revise a Mikami-centered oneshot I wrote a short while ago. I'd set it away because I felt out of touch with the character, but I want to write again.

Thank you, and please keep up the good work.

Oh, Mikami :( This is lovely, heartbreaking and lovely - the section with Natsuko in particular, that glimpse of a life he might have had (if he weren't BATSHIT INSANE).

Somehow, it never really occurred to me that Mikami might want a wife and children someday, somehow, if he hadn't been so cra- dedicated to justice etc. It makes the last section, where his solace and belief and faith are so utterly torn from him, much worse.

I like that Mikami acknowledges that he's intense but 'controls' it - although whoever said it probably thought he was intense enough, without realising just how much bubbled underneath the surface.

And, of course, the observation that he's the last victim of Kira was wonderful.

(Can you tell I liked this?)

Impacting. A vivid and convincing Mikami portrayal - sad but fervent.

Opera, hm? For Mikami? That'd be interesting.

Anyway, as soon as I saw your summary (browsing around the Mikami fic section) I was hooked. It kind of said what the story was about, but made me a hell of a lot more curious at the same time... I should take summary-writing lessons from you. XD

*cough* So about the actual fic. It was amazing. I especially liked the chapter when he woke up in prison, which was very broken up and absolutely wonderfully well done. Honest. *bows* And I've honestly never thought about Mikami's previous life or love life... Wow.

This is astoundingly good work, especially since you're able to take Mikami seriously but characterize him with the same intensity, and not go over the top. Lovely.

~indigo

"The morning after Teru Mikami died the sun crawled up to fold light over a few horizons, illumine clouds that hovered above others." That, my friend, is a beautiful sentence.

ah, just as expected! not only are you a natural genius at writing matt, but at mikami also. the flow of consciusness (which i'd say is your trademark) you used for him really does match his character and i'm really glad that you wrote this because mikami is terribly misunderstood and underappreciated by dn fans... lucky for us readers that we have you, to give us an insight into all underappreciated-but-still-complex characters. and it all makes very much sense, because it's so much like him to have behaved this way - to have thought this way - and congratulations, you've done a splendid job on the subject!

WOW! This is so intense! You wrote Mikami very well.

Wow. That was... stunning. I'll definitely be reading more of your work.

Great job.

...Saulie, Saulie, Saulie. My goodness. I'm... honestly, I'm speechless after that.

(Hello, by the way- it's been a while since I was on this site ^^;)

"Out, out, brief candle--etc. But Teru Mikami's life doesn't really forget itself and Teru Mikami himself remembers more than he wants to for as long as he possibly can."

Even the summary is achingly beautiful- it gives me that feeling you get when you watch something tragically sad and beautiful and somewhat not of this world, like... well, just that.
I am so very happy that you wrote Mikami, because he is severely under appreciated, and when he is noticed, it tends to be for all the wrong reasons. You, on the other hand, have highlighted in six mornings (or are they 'mournings?')all the fleeting, tragic reasons which ARE what makes Mikami such a pitiable, complex character; this work really drives home the (mostly ignored)fact that he is "the very last victim of Kira".
Something which I must congratulate you on is the tying in of your theme (Ms Mikami). Although the phrase itself is only mentioned once or twice, there was an incessant feeling of an...undercurrent, I suppose, beneath all the moments in Mikami's life. Ms. Mikami- mother, taunt, possible partner, the secretary getting married, God, and ultimately, his mother, ever there and finally forgotten but always remembered (if that makes sense...^^;). I mean, a billion horrible fics could have been written with the very same theme, but of course you took it and made something beautiful. ^^
Your style/tone is just as pretty as I remembered- inner reflection, I think, benefits from the way you write it. The whole "let's interrupt thoughts like they really do occur in someone's head!" is wonderful in this particular fic, as it brings out the hesitation and sadness Mikami feels after his mother's death, as well as his insanity after Kira's. In contrast, the strong sentences in italics here and there ("This is God’s action. I’ve done right. I know I have.") really portray Mikami's intensity of character. Together, the two styles paint the haunting picture of a man, with strength and frailty and layers and memories and...thanks for writing Saulie. Really. The fandom's richer for your presence. ^^

Wow, that was LONG. X_@; Finally, just to say keep up the good work!
- and the ENDING. *sigh* Mikami finally forgets. But you- you've just reminded everyone why we can't afford to forget him in the first place.

^^ love, Reim.

Man, I love your style.

This story is great, and I'm very pleased that you used Mikami; he's such an under appreciated character.

(Which is weird because he's so damn cool.)

The last segment was, by far, my absolute favorite. It was brilliant and heart-breaking.

Also, I love how you put the feeling of loss for Mikami when it came to having a family and a wife, and the loss of his god. It's terrible that his whole life was ruled by justice and that it got in the way of making him truly happy.

(It was also great how the loss of his god was far worse than the loss of his happiness in his eyes.)

So, I love your story, and I love the way you write.
Can't wait until you write another one.

Great Aunt Florence.