Me in 2021 reading this and it absolutely changing my life

you're so talented! I'm v late and you will probably never read this but thank you so much for writing. seriously, writing fanfic is hard and takes a lot of effort and time, so thank you for this. Also, they weren't ooc so don't worry. I promise. Ofcourse I would love it if you could finish this but nonetheless thanks for writing this wonderful fic. You're absolutely talented and I wish you all the best :)

Wow, this is honestly one of the top-rated fanfic that I've read (it being a lawlight fanfic is a bonus) I love how you handled the concept of the afterlife, the Trial of Souls is written meticulously and descriptively, I can totally depict and imagine the scenes on my mind. Ican still remember the shock I felt as I read the rape trial arc. The slow build is also one thing that made this fic wonderful! How Light struggled and realized the true essence of justice, how he came to terms with himself and discovers his self. The cameo of L's trial also came as a surprise. Lastly, Mu. It is such an amazing concept I can't fathom how you came up with this unique idea. From the people to the landscapes, everything is so well written and elaborated. Despite having short dialogues, the interactions between Light and L are indeed entertaining. You managed to made them to not appear OOC while slowly changing their attitude because of the trials. And fudge! Light's constant pining to L is just!
All in all, reading this fanfic is such a great journey, Me reading this at year 2020, it is indeed sad to know that this will never be finished. I do wish that you are doing fine and is healthy and pardon me, still alive.
IF ever a MIRACLE would happen and you've decided you want to update this, I'll be oh so glad to read it.
I don't even know if you'll ever read this review, nonetheless, I wish you all the best. You are awesome !

2020.4.28 reread

okie I finally finished and now I have full scale depression bc like.. JUST when these boys started making progress it just ends on a cliffhanger 8rip me I guess

this was a lovely read, and it took the better part of 2 days for me to binge the entire thing lol. it really is a shame that it’s been abandoned, and I can’t help but feel a little sad on your behalf. I can tell that you really cared abt this story— I hope that you just got swept up in your busy life and that nothing bad happened to youwishing you the best, and wishing I was in an alternate timeline where this story reached its completion teehee

okay this chapter left me feeling a lot better abt the situations from chapters 6&7

onward I suppose but now I’m terrified 8’3c

**this review contains spoilers so if anyone hasn’t read this fic yet don’t read my review either lol

ok finally reading this after having it in my favorites for like a year lmao

so I’m reviewing right now instead of waiting until the end because I read through the part where Soichiro was basically forced to rape Sayu (made me want to die lol) and I had to skip the part where Light succumbed to the disgusting urge because I couldn’t handle it. I’m thankful for the trigger warning you had put up— I was expecting it to happen.

I guess I’m just not really loving the narrative that rapists are just victims of their violent sexual urges. I’m sure you aren’t of that belief either. rapists are unforgivable because they knowingly violate another persons body, not giving a fuck about consent. at that point it doesn’t matter how guilty they feel afterwards. I doubt any real rapists feel any remorse for what they’ve done.

...I just feel a different sort of crime could’ve been used as a way for Light to reach enlightenment. I’m also a very sensitive soul, and my heart bleeds for Sayu even though she was only a product of the trial Light is undergoing.

I’m going to proceed reading with extreme caution. this was my only gripe btw, everything else is simply perfect.

I started reading this when I was a junior in high school, I am now out of HS and out of college and in my late twenties. But, I have never forgotten this fic. I think about it every once and a while, I re-read it on the copy I made for myself. I remember the rush of seeing that it was updated and the painful way I would have to make time to read it so I could appreciate it fully because my family only had one computer that we all had to share.
Hell, I even remember the chapter that was posted FOR ONE DAY before being taken down and replaced with another one!
I have long been of the opinion that Death Note fanfiction and its writers are top caliber, there are so many fantastic ones, and it's a shame that a lot of them are unfinished/discontinued. Coexistence is Boredom, Genius is a Curse, The Prince, Death and His Shadow, other works of Ezan's...
This the one I read first, right after watching the anime, it's the one I was most excited about checking for when I got home from school. Thank you for that, thank you for creating something of such high quality that it made me want to read more and write fanfiction of my own.

Omg this is so boring

I hope you're well, Ezan... I remember reading this when I was a teenager, and I recently came back to reread it. I hope that if you ever decide to come back and finish it, you'll have many excited readers.

I'm with the comment below, but at this point I really just wish Ezan is alive and sound

I've been trying to find this fic for years and I haven't dared to read it for fear that it wouldn't be as good as 10 year old me remembers it to be. I'm so emotional, this fic brings back such vivid memories of the beginnings of my fanfiction obsession. This is the fic that has been on my mind since I first read fanfiction or dove deep into the death note world. It would come up whenever someone would ask for a recommendation for fanfics but I would spare them the heartbreak from both the angst and the main fact it is not finished, left to rot for ten years. *cough*stillalittlesalty*cough*

I've decided to read it once more, well for the 10th-anniversary sake, and it's just as good as I remember it. My heart always aches that it was never completed, but nonetheless, I'm still glad that it exists and that it was not deleted like many of my favorites of the past.

I will never forget this fic, this is the few fanfiction or hell books/stories that will stay with me forever. The afterlife au is something I have been in awe of ever since I read the concept; I have never since it copied or done before. Not sure if it has, but I have never encountered it before this fic. I find it amazing and creative. I sometimes wish to use it, but it feels wrong because of a part of me feels that if I use the concept, it'll water down how interesting and unique this fic is. I've never really read anything like this before and I love it. (If there's anything else like this can someone message me a link of the similar-ish fic, I'll use it to numb the pain and the turmoil I felt due to this fic). I love the characters and do not find them too OoC, mainly because I find how Light reacted to the trials believable. And ahhh I love it so much. I find no fault in this fanfiction besides the fact it's UNFINISHED AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

I just wish that Ezan would come back and at least tell us that they're still alive.

*cough*andmaybefinishthisficthathasbeenhauntingmesinceifirstfinishedchapter15*cough*

It's becoming a habit of mine to come here and check new comments every now and then.
And Happy Birthday Light!

Well, happy ten year anniversary of the death of this fanfic. It's strange how I thought of this a few months ago after so long since reading it. I've re-read the entire thing and to see now that it ended this way, exactly ten years ago today as I finish this final perplexing chapter, feels ominous. Ezan- I genuinely hope you are okay, and not dead or dismembered, and that you just gave up on this fic. In that case- I empathize as I have also given up on fics and deleted them instead of actually going back and re-reading my (seemingly terrible, in my eyes) writing in order to continue a story much later. The problem is that this is such a unique story that whether something terrible has happened and you cannot finish the fic, or you have decided not to, either way it is painful not knowing what happens or how the story should have ended. I play around with different ideas of how it could have ended in my head... Too bad, it's fair to say this will never be finished now, seeing as you have had people even this month reviewing waiting for the continuation of this story. It makes me want to write a fanfiction about your fanfiction, just to give us some sort of ending or relief. I don't have a good history of ever finishing a fanfiction either though, so that's unlikely.
But if I do, perhaps I'll post a link to it here as a review for some of the more admiring and engaged of your fans may see it. More than anything I just want to have some closure. The world of Mu is absolutely incredible. The parameters of this world are totally incredible and full of opportunity.
I hope you are well, and that perhaps you've just moved on from this fic. You said a few chapters ago that you would never abandon this fic until it was over. Well, 10 years to the day after your last update I should say we ought to consider this fic dead "in absentia".
If you are alive and well and have just moved on, great, and I wish you all the best. And truly, a wild feat to have written so much backstory to get to this point and created this alternate universe. You've done a great job and it was a pleasure reading the story even if it will never be finished...
Take care,
Krad

Not sure if you will ever see this review... but just wondering... Would you mind if I translate True Elision into Chinese and post to a fan site there? I love your work wholeheartedly and I will give you full credit... Just asking, I know you may never see this review...wish everything is well.