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Reviewer: Dani Ebonsng Anonymous Date: 05/07/05 - 02:51PM Title: Giving Up the Ghost

Lovely! I found your story and read both chapters at once. I love your original female characters, and adore how you really got into Hakkai's head. I can't wait for more!

Author's Response: Hakkai is hellaciously hard to write for; I'm grateful that you found my characterization to be accurate. ^_^ Thanks so much for reading and for liking!

Reviewer: Dayast_Joy Signed Date: 05/04/05 - 08:32PM Title: Giving Up the Ghost

This was a GREAT read. You're really brilliant with true to character conversation! And your description of Gojyo through Hakkai's eyes captures the heart of the character perfectly: honest and open, (but capable of erecting barriers because he gets hurt real deep from loving too much), not smart but quick and more compassionate than a saint. I love how you weave in elements of the anime into your stories so seamlessly, like Hakkai's reverent whisper to Kanan that he would like to live for himself for a while, reminiscent of the chapter when they beat Chan Li Sou (sorry, I'm not sure how to spell that). And your humour is just spot on as usual. I'm a dreadful greedy pig, but please WRITE MORE! Also, I liked the "Jien teaching Gojyo to belch on command" memory. OMG, I can just imagine what the uptight, cultured Kougaiji would look like if Doku did a demo for Lirin to learn. Hahahaha, the images you evoke are just so rich -- like Gojyo sleeping with no inhibitions and Hakkai like a prim corpse next to him! Thanks for sharing your genius, and I'm eagerly awaiting more stories ;D

Author's Response: YOU, my friend, are marvelous for my ego. ^_^ I like to think that of all of the Saiyuki characters, I write Gojyo (or things regarding Gojyo) the best. He's my favorite character, which helps. ^^; I'm glad you caught my references to the anime, as oblique as they were. ^^; I'm terrible like that. Now, though, not only do I want to work on this story's sequel, I want to write a fic where Dokugakuji teaches Lirin how to burp on command. Is that all right with you?

Reviewer: Tavam Signed Date: 04/16/05 - 04:48PM Title: Giving Up the Ghost

... I wrote a review earlier, but something happened here and EftW broke temporarily and ate my review. So I must try again... rrr

Right. Wow. Just wow. The first chapter sucked me in enough to keep me reading (love your OC girls!) and the second was worth waiting for. ^_^
Your Hakkai may be wordy, but they are such wonderful words! So poetic and just right. and I had a quote that I loved, but now I've lost it.
Oh and I do love Gojyo's "Bring it." *smirks* Do please continue!

Author's Response: "Bring it" sounds like something he would say. ^^; Thanks so much for following this story! I loved it a lot when I first wrote it, and got zero response for the longest time, so I wasn't intending to ever write a sequel... but these things happen. ^_^; The OC--at least, Yukiko--will be returning for the conclusion of the story, once I get off my butt and finish the third section. I hope it'll be worth the wait.

Reviewer: Stage Signed Date: 04/11/05 - 06:41PM Title: Giving Up the Ghost

Heh. Being a book nerd is the best. I wrote a monologue called "Suave" that is being preformed in the school's black box production...it's a guy onstage going on about how Russian novel references make girls swoon. XD;; Aahhhh~, I hadn't realized that this was ongoing thing. How happy I am now! :DDD

Author's Response: ^_^ Yep, ongoing story. The next chapter is still knocking around my brain. It's being like Athena. I need to get someone to crack my skull open and get it out. ^^; Thanks for reading and for liking! (And that monologue does sound rather amusing.)