yes! finallyI've been waiting. 3

Thank you for coming back. I really hope you'll be able to finish this story.

This story has stuck with me all these years. It is very long, but something about it is just... so vivid. I'm glad the spark is still there. I've reread the story over the years. I hope you find healing. Happy writing. :)

Aaaahhhhhhh, I am reading your response! I reviewed this hoping it would be finished someday :)

Be well. Life is hard. But I'm excited to see this finish :Db

I admire your commitment and tenacity, with this story and in life, and im grateful for ur return to this amazing story 3

Hello! I was a reader 15 years ago and I'm glad to see you back, but I'm sorry for your struggles and I hope you're getting the support and help you need.

I would love for this to continue and I'm excited to see where this story goes and how it ends.

God im like. 15 years too late but. Arghhh its so good no wonder this is like the top reccomended fic in death note fandom would you ever come back

I hope you still get these messages from long-time fans of your fic! I truth, I read this fic first as it was being published, and it's been quite a few years. I know in the last couple of chapters you mentioned that you were getting busy and doubtful of your own characterizations, so let me say that of all the Death Note fics I have read, this is the one that I remember the most.

These days I mostly read on AO3 and have drifted away from the Death Note fandom, but the new Death Note musical reminded me of everything. And this was the fic I wanted to reread the most, because it has stuck in my brain as bring so well-written and having such utter care put into the world building, such dedication to believable characterization and character growth. And perhaps the unflinching approach towards forcing Light to face his own foibles, his own hypocrisies! Many fics use horror and torture porn as a form of plot, but in this fic they feel not at all like 'torture porn' but rather the real extremes it would take to force Light to do any sort of introspection at all! So much of the experiences Light has to go through are so raw and grossly evocative that the horror really jumps off the page (well, screen). The trauma and reactions to trauma are unique among fics in that the growth feels believable. I suppose I can't emphasize that enough. Light maintains his arrogance, his pride, and his righteousness, even at the end of his Trial. Yes, he's changed, but his personality feels very much still in-character. I feel a large part of it is how much care you took to write out this development. The fact that everything was so slow going is a huge point in its favor; most fics, I think, often rush it to get to the romance.

But you didn't, and it resulted in what I think is one of the best afterlife-continuations and deep analysis of Light's character in the fandom.

Despite the fact that the fic is unfinished, I think even in its current form it remains one of the best Death Note fics out there. I know I'll be rereading it for years.

crying sobbinf this is literally my favorite fanfic i wish it wasnt discontinued

Reading this in 2023. This is my favorite DN fic really

just reread the entire fiction. Hope you are well!

i wish you were still online to know how much this fanfiction changed my life. its the most wellwritten piece of fiction i have ever read.

Hihi! Reading this in the year 2022 and wondering whatever happened to this fic that you stopped writing it! It was an addicting read! Thank you for all that you’ve written! Hopefully one day this fic will get 1000 reviews hahaha!

Any who, I’d like to leave reviews for both the you the author and fans such as myself—in this regard it’s feel nice to know I have some company, as other avid fans of this written work may agree. Absolutely incredible. This is probably one of my favorite pieces of literature to date, albeit among the many. I’ll probably always continue to live with an unrealistic hope that this fic will been finished. It’s difficult to face the reality…but I think I’ll be content having not seeing an ending. Just this having existed means the utmost to me. I actually started reading this upon a recommendation master post (Tumblr light-kun “nina”), and less it was out of any desire to read for the pairing or yaoi (which, I only learned there would be yaoi upon reading your a/n’s when I first pressed on the link!) for the for more…personal reasons. I hadn’t expected to feel so fulfilled. Where ever you are in life, after 13 years, I wish you well—along with my ardent and infinite thanks.
-Victoria 12/8/21

Me in 2021 reading this and it absolutely changing my life