I think you did a great job with this one. Short, well written, moving; a great piece. It's going in my favorites. :)

Thanks for writing!

"...Like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad."

Anyways. Good one-shot. No complaints here. Still looks like it could be expanded on, but I won't ask for it. You sir, get a gold star.

Make another chapter! Please! I loved how you did that! You are an awesome writer!

Great work. One problem, though. A little chapter, what the fuck. No sequel, nothing. I hope you do something about this.

well i must say this is my fav one shot i think you could continue on this if you wanted to i always wondered how the story would have gone if shinji had been brave enough to do this

Its been awhile since I've found a good EVA fic not to mention that EVA fics arent as popular to write as they once were. I really enjoyed this short little story and what you did to transform the harsh ending of episode 22 into a more pleasant one... Even if it would never happen in a million years. _

The job. I really like that whole cicada voices moment.

Well, even though it's been done before, I liked how you did this. I agree with you, most see Shinji as a wimp and Asuka as a bitch without actually looking in depth at the characters, but in this day and age, most people just worry about appearances and don't give a damn about anything else. Anyway, I liked it, but I can't say much because there isn't much to talk about.

So, I'll say good job to you and maybe I'll get to see more from you.

Amazing work, just completely amazing.

Style was stupendous, (especially your use of the cicadas) and I'm a sucker for quality WAFF, so kudos to you.

Hope you have more inspiration like this, because in all honesty you're an astounding author with a true talent for writing, and I look forward to more such works.

Nice piece of work this was, and I do agree with you, this wasn't too out of character and I could see it as Shinji's last hurrah before everything went down the crapper.

bravo, very good. Few people seem to understand that Asuka is a not a cold hearted bitch at heart, and that Shinji is not a pathetic little coward either. It seems that everybody just thinks that because he doesn't like confrontation and fail to realize that he becomes pathetic only after Asuka trying to kill herself and having to kill Kaworu. Before he was a quite normal if somewhat introverted and lonely person.

Again, bravo for this excellent one-shot.