Hello everybody! After a long life of lurking, I decided that it was time to get over my shyness and share with you some of my attempt to add a touch of personal feeling to one of my favorite manga of all time.

Since the very beginning, and it was quite some time ago, I felt that this series was touching me, as it was deeply hitting on subjects that always moved me a lot, then and today, years passing notwithstanding. Friendship and camaraderie, family, purpose in existence, spirit of sacrifice, force of will, all while brewing an epic struggle between good and evil, yet with the twist of fighting fire with fire with the risk of getting burned even when winning.

I don't know where the original story will go, as I feel like there are a lot of hints that would still be very much worth exploring, but at the same time I believe that the momentum built as of chapter 146 would need some closure. Undoubtedly the visual force and the spirit of the author will do justice to a long journey with the audience, but I cannot help but going with the flow of my thoughts and attempt to put in words what is my view for an ending according to my desires.

A few notes for the readers: (i) the story picks up from chapter 146, the last available (at least in English) at the time it is drafted; (ii) English is not my mother tongue, I tried to post something not hurting grammar and dictionaries too much, but I know I have limits, please bear with me; (iii) I tried to respect characters' traits to the best of my ability, as a careful borrower; (iv) I do not mean to hurt anybody's feelings, expectations or view; I would welcome any comment and criticism, but trust me when I say that I honestly enjoyed picturing the scenes I attempted to describe and am sharing them with you in good faith; (v) the rating is conservative, for the sake of prudence, and (v) I am still polishing some parts, which do not feel so fluid; I am unsure how to do it though, and I thought that readers' suggestions would be also helpful.

Well, enough with the ados, I hope you will enjoy the reading, at least a little.