Konbanwa, mina-san! ^^
It´s really hard for me to believe it has been so long already, but just today, on 10th February, my beloved AKame AU fanfiction has its 1st anniversary. Exactly one year ago I posted Prologue on this LJ, and it was just for fun, because I thought it was a nice idea and I wanted to ´practice´ my English a little. I didn´t really think that it will have any big success. And it turned out that I caught your - my dear readers - attention and it didn´t end with that. After a few chapters I realized that there are people who actually really like RW and wait for each new chapter. And just like that, before I could notice it, from originally planned 15 chapters became 20 and now it is already for sure there will be more than 30 of them. And even that will not mean the final ending of Jin-cowboy-and-Kame-bartender-story, I guess. ^^
It has already been a year, and I still love writing it, now even more than before, when I see that new readers keep appearing, and when I read your comments. From the start I was doing it mainly for myself, as an escape from the reality, and to express my never-ending affection to AKame, and even though it didn´t change since then, now I´m doing it also for all of you.
My huge THANK YOU belongs to everyone who gave RW the chance and started reading, and you have my gratitude for each comment you posted. I always look forward to your reactions excited, sometimes even nervous, and each of them gives me a push to keep writing even in the moments when I think I don´t have any energy left for it.
Some things changed, some remained the same, either in my own life or in case of KAT-TUN or Jin. And it was not always some happy stuff... But it has been a good writing year for me and I´m happy I could ´meet´ you all thanks to Red West, some of you even in person. ^^
Maybe the idea of some anniversary gift came up on your mind, but in this I have to disappoint you. I will do my best with the next chapter to post it on Friday, but not sooner. But I know you will wait for it, right? m^_^m
But at least, I can give you a small info in advance... Only exceptionally. XD The next (already the 29th!!! o_O) chapter will be called ´Bonds´, it will be more than 5000 words long and I´m quite sure you will like it much more than the recent ones. ^^
And as for RW in general... For now I´m planning to write 35 chapters plus Epilogue. But the number of chapters has been gradually rising for some time now, so it´s probably not the final number. So if (and that´s a huge IF) I keep the pace of posting, you can expect the ending in April at the latest... What will come next, that will not depend only on me. ^^
Thanks for attention to anyone who kept reading till this, have a nice rest of evening and see you soon again! ^_^/
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seiko22