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:( Poor Shika! Didnt know what he had until it was too late. *sniffles* I will miss this pairing in your fic- they were my favourite. Please have some KakaIru to ease the pain? Pretty please with a cherry on top? Tho I must admit I'm morbidly curious to see where this will lead for Shika and Neji...
But yes! at last, Sasuke's eyes have been forced open!!!

In other news, I'm sorry to hear you're finding it difficult to write. I find it very easy to read, if that's any consolation. :)

Wow.. just WOW!

I had goose bumps Reading about Sasuke realizing and accepting Izuna’s intentions. It was such a relief. I love the chapters about the grown-ups the most (by that I don’t mean chapters about Madara. Those are mostly depressing)
Neji – I can’t help but feel relieved about that too. I know that Shika will hurt (even though he looked ok, I know he’s trying to act cool) but it gives so much hope for Shika’s happy future.

I can’t wait to see who is going to be Shikamaru’s new operatives. I mean, I hope there are new people who we don’t know yet. There is so many cool characters in the original series that still didn’t make appearance in your story (like all those tokubetsu jounins, like Raidō or Aoba… except Genma. I was crushed when he died in your story. And chuunins… and Yamato…)

Finally – no Wednesday updates? …. I won’t complain because I think it was incredible that you are able to give us such a regular updates anyway. Thank you very much for not stopping with your writing. I really love it. You do such a great job and your writing is amazing.

Thank you.

I've been meaning to comment on Chapter 33 - better late than never, I hope. Having Yoshimi taken captive by the Orochimaru print is brilliant storytelling. You've always been great at worldbuilding and character development, but lately the plot has been particularly riveting.

Chapter 36. I'm sorry to hear the writing is being difficult, Mannah. But I'm sure you will be able to get back into the swing of things soon. You are an amazing writer with an incredible talent, so don't give up.

Anyway, on to the chapter. Glad to see Sasuke has finally opened his eyes to the fact that "Izuna" isn't the good guy, after all. And the part with Shikamaru and Neji made me sad, but I understand. I'm having sort of a similiar situation with someone I love right now. Yes, we loved each other for a bit, but, now, things have changed and it is better if we go back to being friends. It sucks, but that's just the way it is.

Please keep up the awesome work, Mannah, and I look forward to the next chapter.

Ch38 So Shika is free now and Sasuke knows about Izuna ... how can the writing slow down? ;)

Oh no, Shika letting Neji go makes me so sad! I really had not thought it would happen this way...

I do love that everything is moving forward now; Sasuke starts to understand the situation and they have a plan to work with! I really do hope they'll make it.

I understand that the writing gets difficult at times! And even though I look forward to the new chapters (with the impatience of a small child, I'll admit), I do think you should take all the time you need! I will wait and dance around happily every time you post something new.

Thank you for writing this story!

bittersweet. Are we really moving towards Shika being available for when Sasuke becomes alone?

So glad they are finally seeing Izuna for what he is..... So sad to see Shika and Neji separate.... who will keep Shika grounded now??? Great Chapter as always...... :)

Wow, that hit hard. You've been foreshadowing it forever, then you split Shikamaru and Neji up when one least expects it. Doesn't seem like it will be permanent, but who knows?

I am glad that Sasuke has finally opened his eyes to the fact that Izuna is not a what he presented himself to be but to have so many people around him who thought this, but never said anything is just astounding. Shikamaru being so blinded by his twisted fascination/love for Sasuke being super imposes on Izuna is was had him so faithfully following every sugary sweet false word that came out of Izunas' mouth. It is sad to see the break up of Neji/Shika. Love can and does happen that way. It mainly appeared to happen though because Shika laid the groundwork from the beginning that who he really wanted was Sasuke but from the origin stories Shika didn't want Sasuke until Naruto was in the picture. It just seems as thought it is being geared up to have Naruto die and Shika be there. Out of everything that has happend in this amazing story, every amazing plot line and twist and incredible scientific imagining, this naruto/ Sasuke story will end up being about Shika waiting 30 years to be with Sasuke and everything neatly falls into place. naruto being a "Bara" hybrid had no special meaning? Sai's conciousness can't be transferred into a body? Said and Shika think alike.
Poor Yoshi and Keizo being tortured by Orochimaru like Itachi was and they are children. This is a amazing story coming from a brilliant mind. Your ability to make your readers care about your characters is rare. Cold of Space, Tales, Real and Iterration will go down as some of my all time favorite "Books". Leader has been hard for me only because the years, trials and deaths that the Uchias have faced should have showed them that being naive about the world and people around them has always equaled death and destruction for them.