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 Reviewed By: Pocket pack of tissues  On: October 21, 2003 00:47 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 9 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 8 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
This is a wonderful fic, thank you so much for sharing it with us! It was really nice how you tied in the characters' past histories with the present, eg Megumi being from an illegal background to being a doctor, and Shishio turning up. Kaoru's insecurities are so natural, and you wrote them beautifully IMHO. I have a question though. In the first chappie, it said that Tomoe and Akira were siblings and that Tomoe got the bullet meant for Kenshin while he lived with them for a while. How come in your latest chapters say Enishi's her only brother and that Kenshin can't remember/didn't know in the first place who she was? Also, Enishi visited Kaoru in the early chapters as the neighbourhood bully, but he looks like a different person here. Like I said before, I REALLY like SotS (see rating above...it's only 9 and 8 for the top two because of a few spelling errors), but these things are confusing me. Oh well, please clarify them if you want in your next update. ;) I really want to know *why* Kenshin's superiors want Kaoru pregnant, and if Kenshin's going to kill/maim Kaoru. And how or when will Shura come into this? It's only been 2 days since you've updated, but I'm already going through withdrawl from not getting enough of your GREAT story. Good luck, and thanks for writing this fic!
 Reviewed By: Inu-baby4life [MediaMiner Member]  On: October 20, 2003 16:18 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
Wow amazing story! U deffinatly should have gotten way more reveiws. You have to finish, this is one of the best storys I've read in a long time. For the people who didn't reveiw, YOU SUCK!
 Reviewed By: nihon's flower  On: October 19, 2003 12:38 CDT
Comment/Review:
Yeah!!!! you updated it. please keep up the good work!
 Reviewed By: Merck  On: October 19, 2003 10:53 CDT
Rating(s):
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
I adore this fic. I'm not exaggerating - I've been watching out for your updates every few days for the past three months, and the main reason why I came onto mediaminer.org was for your fic siince it's not up on ff.net. I'm so ovr-the-moon-happy about the two new chapters. You made my day, especially since I was beginning to be afraid that you'd given up on this! ^_~ I like the gritty, real feel of this fic. It doesn't whitewash the facts of life, and even if this is an AU fic, all the characters are in character. Kaoru's worry that Kenshin is just playing with her is very realistic, and so is Sano and Megumi being worried for Kaoru's sake over her relationship with Kenshin.I can honestly say that this is my favourite RuroKen AU fic, and one of my most favourite fics in all the fandoms - period. I don't want to rush you or put you off, so I'll just say that please update when you are ready...your updates make so many people happy. Me, I go nuts in front of my computer. ^_^ But please, please, never give up on this fic. It's so unique and fascinating.
 Reviewed By: Chiruken  On: October 10, 2003 19:48 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 9 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 9 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 9 of 10
Comment/Review:
I find this entire story to be completely enthralling. I would very much like to see more chapters added, that I would. I like how you portray Kenshin in a humanized role, rather than the near god perfection we're accustomed to seeing. In most fics Kenshin is too perfect to have a mental breakdown. He's too perfect to have the doubts you've given him. He's too perfect to dwell for long in the pain of his past. You've made the character much more realistic. I also like how you've portrayed Sano. Sano is loyal. . .but he doesn't know Kenshin at first and, like most real individuals, is ruled by self-preservation. I'm glad to see that you've managed to portray this. Sanosuke can be Kenshin's friend, but it can't happen immediately, just like in real life. They have to get to know each other first. Kaoru, in your story, seems much more realistic than in the original. **shrugs** That's just my opinion, but I've always found her blind acceptance of Kenshin and his past to be. . .naive. Admittedly, the Meiji Era was a more innocent time than today, but I found that the way Kaoru blithely ignored Kenshin's shaded past was not realistic. Even the bravest of souls would pause and consider the dangers of being associated with a former hitokiri, yet she didn't seem to even think of it at all. In your story Kaoru is portrayed as a young woman with doubts and fears yet she's battling them to give Kenshin a chance, something too many people in his life wouldn't do. I'm curious about the "old man" Kenshin goes to see. Genzai-sensei I presume? What is his form of treatment? Is it mostly meditation and an open mind? I feel that he will be the key to Kenshin's recovery, not the psychiatrists he's been seeing all along who've kept him drugged up and off balance. All in all, I say bravo to your very entertaining fic and I really do hope you continue soon. I'm sitting on the edge of my chair waiting to see what will happen after Kenshin's appointment and when he returns to Kaoru's doujou. ^_^x Chiruken
 Title: Awesome Simply Awesome
Reviewed By: Aukatracesco [MediaMiner Member]  On: September 24, 2003 02:42 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
sorry but didn't do a review for the other chapters just decided to read through all the ones you had made so far and its all very nicely done can't say anything but wow awesome storyline great descriptive your story is diffenently oneof those few that cant even be rated properly on this rating system i hope to read more of your fics soon and wish you luck with them
 Reviewed By: tokyo rose  On: September 04, 2003 15:00 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 7 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
THIS IS AWSEUM!!!!!!!! please for the love of god finish!!!! but word to the wise, don't rush your ending. i've read many good stories with ending chapters that sucked and were just like the writer got sick of writing and just wanted to finish as soon as posible.
 Reviewed By: Kana  On: July 28, 2003 07:31 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 9 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
It's a very interesting story: I'm french and I have the courage to read it (even if I hate reading non-french fics...-_-)! I like the idea of Kenshin having a complete mental collapse.
Update soon!
 Reviewed By: onnie  On: July 07, 2003 20:37 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
great story. you are a very talented author i can't wait to see how your story continues to develop. good luck with the rest of your story! those ratings are too low for your story.
 Reviewed By: JML  On: July 05, 2003 01:29 CDT
Rating(s):
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
love this but for "Battousai" meaning "manslayer" (or "hitokiri", which literally means "people-kill") sounds wrong. "Battousai" can pretty much mean "Sword-Drawing Master" (well, "battou" is translated to "drawing of sword" while "sai" is associated with male names though i can't be too sure with the "master" part).
 Reviewed By: lillithan [MediaMiner Member]  On: July 04, 2003 15:15 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
Well now, this has to be the best A/U fic I've read since Broken Peices! Well thought out, mood is perfect, its almost as if I was standing there watching everything happen! Good job, its hard to find stories like that anymore! Honestly can't wait to see what will happen in the next chapter!

Lill
 Reviewed By: DecoyNeko  On: July 02, 2003 04:12 CDT
Rating(s):
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
Great fic! It sux that you haven't gotten a lot of reviews! *flicks off all of the people who read and don't review*

I love the Kenshin and Kaoru pairing! The way they're written in your fic makes the age gap seem a lot more noticeable so the reader can kind of feel the awkwardness on Kaoru's part. Well, I know I did at least ^^;;; I must say that your fic is very original, Ive never read a Rurouni Kenshin fic like this one before (and believe me, I've read a whole lot of them ^^).

Well, I'd like to post your fic on my website if you'd let me. E-mail me sometime if you are interested at NekomiGW@aol.com, k?

DecoyNeko
 Reviewed By: ddkktto  On: June 08, 2003 13:36 CDT
Rating(s):
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
don't worry about feedback, if you'll notice, the most reviewed fics are things that people jack off to ("The raunchier the better"), and just because your story doesn't appeal to lonely, sic, perverts, doesn't mean it's not good. In short, update FASTER.
 Reviewed By: wired syirm  On: May 30, 2003 13:46 CDT
Rating(s):
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
I am thoroughly enjoying this fic, but something that has been bothering me, with all Kenshin's...activities, isn't it likely that he would have contracted an STD? Or is the stuff they ween us on since pre-k just a bunch of exaggerated truths?
 Reviewed By: WhisperingMoon [MediaMiner Member]  On: April 25, 2003 04:13 CDT
Rating(s):
Style of Writing: 10 of 10
Spelling & Grammar: 10 of 10
Originality/Creativity: 10 of 10
Enjoyment Factor: 10 of 10
Overall Rating: 10 of 10
Comment/Review:
This is interesting.
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