-Author's Note- Hello Everyone! Thank you for your reviews! Especially the one from Sonoda Aki! And, I have some comments for that review. ---
You're right. I do have a lot of grammatical errors. But, sometimes you just have to skip them. I'm sorry that I have them, but even the best stories have them. The person who edits this story (WOot For Sabi-San!) even misses them. Sometimes you just can't help them. I'm sorry that I have them, and if you would like me too, I'll try and fix them. But, if it's not a big deal, I won't. After all, even published stories have grammatical errors.
About the characters, I thought it would be interesting to set the characters in a different setting. I'm sorry if I changed them so much you can't even recognize them, but it's always good to try new things, ne? And you're right, Tohru's major defining traits are that she smiles, looks on the bright side of things, and her strength, but I didn't mean to change those things. I didn't even realize I did! And I'm sorry if I portrayed Tohru as some whiny, snivelling rich girl, but she isn't meant to be that way. At least, not in this story. Tohru is my role model. I idolize her for her strength, and for all of the things that make people love her. I also idolize her because she tries to see the good in everything. After all she did say, "People aren't born being nice, they have to learn it." (Not exact words) It makes me want to be a better person because of it. But, sadly, I have my faults along with everyone else in the world. And to say I didn't, well that's just wrong. I love Kyou's personality, it makes him different from most other male manga/anime characters, who when they suffer, just stop caring. But Kyou is always willing to give things a chance, except for the odd occasion. And Shigure is just an all round pervert. He's the guy that relieves the tension in a room, or with the other characters. But he also has his serious moments, where his reflections are usually very correct. And I'm very sorry about the use of Crimson eyes. I'll try to add more variety to my descriptions next time.
Originality is a very over rated idea. I agree with you completely. But I didn't write this story because I thought it was an original idea. In fact, I've read so many InuYasha Suicidal fictions it's not even funny. Not that some of them aren't good, they just get boring after a while. And I'm sorry that you were attacked for being thought 'original' its really selfish for someone to attack something like that. I mean, why should they critize you, if they aren't original themselves? Everyone in the world is a conformist. No matter how hard you try not to be, you always are. For just even trying not to be a conformist, you're a conformist. Sad, isn't it? For just wearing clothes you're a conformist, and clothes are one of the necessities of life. (Not really, but whatever) Being an Individual in modern times is actually very hard. The society we live in demands that we follow it, or else we're discluded, disliked. But people who do that are idiots. You can't judge someone on the clothes they were, the people they hang out with or the color of their skin. Just think about it. If everybody wore the same clothes day after day, wouldn't the world being a boring place? Same with skin color. Personally, I like being a nice golden brown, or even a bright red like a tomato. It just gives some definition to my life. Making me just a little less different than someone else.
And just so you know, I will keep writing, because I enjoy writing this story. I enjoy the comments that come, that say 'update soon' or 'keep writing' it just makes me feel like someone cares enough about my story to take the time to read it, to give me some feedback. But I won't say I'm mature. I'm really far from it. When I first read your review, I wanted to ask you, who the hell do you think you are? But I realized, everyone is entitled to there own opinion. You think my story isn't that good, well that's fine with me. After all, it is my story, and I like the way that it is. I also won't say that I wanted to keep writing. Unlike other people, flames discourage me. Make me want to give up. But, as you can tell, I didn't. This is one of my favourite stories. I love to write it, and I love the reviews. So I decided to keep writing. But in response to this response, (did that make any sense?) I would like you to do something. I want you to give this story a chance. Just ignore the bad grammar, and ignore the spelling mistakes. Now, I don't even know if you're going to come and read this. I hope you do, but who am I to say anything? I may be a crappy writer, but I write for fun. I write because I want to, not because I'm obligated too. And who knows, maybe you're a good writer. But I haven't been given the chance to look at your writing. So I don't know for sure.
You can e-mail me at . You can flame me, you can do whatever you want. But feedback is always appreciated. And any of my other dear reviewers, e-mail me if you'd like to. Its always good to have feedback, no matter who you are, or how good you write. Well, I'll have the 'real' chapter up soon, in fact I'm working on it right away. I just thought I'd take the time to tell you my opinion, seen as how you took the time to tell me yours.