(fic) down, down into the river

[spiffytuna]

title: Down, Down into the River
series: Anohana
characters/pairing: Menma, gen
genres: drama, angst(?)
rating: G
summary: Her friends still carry the weight of the event that happened that summer.

Comments

[lavender88]

aww, this was great! i love the way you wrote about how menma sees her friends (anaru is beautiful inside and out, tsuruko is kind in her own way etc etc) and how she feels that she ruined them... it's like those moments in the anime where menma shows surprising perceptiveness and it hits home, y'know? then suddenly she says something like "i’ll be able to reincarnate. i will!, and you remember that she's just a kid, she's still a kid and baww ;__;

[spiffytuna]

awww! thanks bb, I'm so glad you think so! ;___; this was actually my first fic, so naturally, I was a bit queasy about posting it. I just hope my writing isn't incredibad, you know? there's a lot of work to be done to improve but I'm looking forward to it! haha

The romance in this anime us unclear, but the friendship is protrayed perfectly. It's so heartwrenching and packs so much emotion to see them reunited again after such a long time. OH GOSH, i mean yuki's crossdressing thing had just given me chills by how much he can't oet go of her. But the love menma has for her friends was executed so well in the finale with those letters. Because then, you really see all she wants is for her friends to be happy and aslijfkdlshf I teared up so much my glasses were foggy LMAO

and while I do love menma, she was so annoying through out the anime because she was so childish. my favorite would actually be yukiatsu followed by anaru and poppo.. yuki and poppo just slay me with their scenes ;___;

[lavender88]

for a first fic, this is amazing! i wouldn't have known had you not tell me - some people have to struggle to even get to this point. and by improving i hope you meant writing more, in which case i'll be looking forward to more stuff from you!

i'm always a sucker for the friendship/nakama trope, so i loved seeing them together like that! love love love. i love yukiatsu and poppo, but i am biased to love tsurumi more than i do anaru ♥ they're both amazing girls though ;3;

[spiffytuna]

That is incredibly flattering to hear. ;__; I read a lot so maybe I have picked up a few things? I definitely will so I hope not to disappoint! xD

Yesssss. Friendship/nakama with a bit of romance in the equation is always alluring. *__* lmao I guess we both like these four over memna and jintan. you can't help it though? they're such strong and touching characters. ahhh, totally unforgetable!♥

[ezyl]

hey, I really liked this. there was a really lovely somber feeling about the way Menma saw things kind of eerie but definitely in a good way ;__; and as I was reading I kept thinking about the last episode again and again when they're all trying to find her and she's trying to find them too and hnnnngh.

okay lame blubbering aside I thought this was really well done, and \o/ thank you for writing it

[spiffytuna]

awww, thank you! I'm glad you liked it. (: It's my first fic so I was really nervous if it was good or not, haha!