Reading through Ludwig's pain made me so emotional. To see the real life consequences of having a wordless soulmate was handled so well — it felt so real and raw. It broke my heart having to read Ludwig suffer like that all of his life because Feliciano was mute, but it was all made up in the end when they had their happy ending. I'm definitely glad I came across this gerita fic. Five years later, it's still heart-warming.

A comment from 2020 and this is my first comment on fanfic!
The ending is so sweet and I love how the story is nicely written. The twist in the middle of the story really surprises me , I feel sad in the beginning few chapters as Ludwig's life was hard when he's young(I mean childhood)and finally to the chapter which shows how the two sweethearts met each other...awww I just love it!
I've never read stories with this kind of settings and for me, it seems extremely interesting. My english is bad and I hope you won't mind it.

bruh the FEELS OMG I THINK I CRIED LIKE TWENTY TIMES FUCK.

seriously though this was AMAZING THANK YOU

This is the first soulmate AU Hetalia fic I've read. I know there are a lot of them but this one's summary sounded interesting so I decided to give it a try. I know this is written in 2014-2015 but still I want to write.

This fic is good. I don't regret I started my soulmate AU exploring with this one. But oh how sad this is! (...and will become more sad; I just glanced the next chapter... I usually don't read angst and this is the very reason why.) Ludwig is so alone all the time. There is too much things to handle alone at so young... It's a wonder he hasn't seriously depressed or harmed himself. (I hope he won't start that when I continue on.)

This chapter was interesting because it described a little more about this soulmate system. Soulmate AU is in a way very interesting concept, but I found it weird how absorbed it is on that soulmate love is superior of any other kind of love. In this fic, I mean, I'm not sure if it is the same with others too. Because love have many forms. There are love between parent and child, love between siblings, love between friends... why is the soulmate love the best and the only love worth anything there is?

It's almost cruel. Like in that crazy woman's case who didn't find her soulmate. That can't be the only one. What if someone meets their soulmate when they are 98 year old? Is that person's live full of misery and bullying before that? Like they have the words on their wrist, true, but if the time when someone meets their soulmate is in far far future, will others think that person is failed in somehow or that they are not so good and valuable than those who find their soulmate early?

What if you will meet your soulmate at the age of 98, but refuse to wait? Is it taboo to date people before your soulmate or a start a family with a person with unmatching words?

What about Ludwig's mother? She had found her soulmate but they still break up. Isn't that a scandal? How could that even happen? Is she doomed in the eyes of society now? If even soulmate couples can break up, why is soulmate thing still seen so precious and desirable?

Ludwig should rebel and ask those kind of questions.

And I refuse to believe Ludwig is the world's first and only wordless person. There must have been others! Search for them - there must be a mention in a side note (written tiny font) inside some old and dusty history or medical book!

If the author sees my review, I don't mean to offend or criticize harshly how you have written your story. Quite the opposite - it's written very good style and I know the story is completed so what I write now won't change a thing, but the fact that this fic made me ponder this much indicates that it is indeed good. Maybe some of my questions will even get answers on later chapters? Let's find out...

This was a beautiful and well written fic! I loved the way you write their relationship it was pure and lovely 3

Hey, it's been ages since I first read this story but I'm finally ready to comment on it (and I know it's been a while since you posted lol) but...thank you so much for writing it. I struggled with pretty harsh depression in high school and every time I felt sad for about...3 years? I would open up this fic and read it all in one go. I cried so much through the saddest parts, understood exactly what Ludwig was thinking, but then...Feliciano came along, and every time he appeared it made me smile, no matter how bad I was crying before. For a long time this story gave me hope for my own happy ending, not necessarily for a Feliciano of my own to make me drop my fruit but you get the picture. Now, I'm still struggling, it hasn't been easy, but I'm in my dream college in my dream carreer and each day I'm a step closer to my happy ending, and I found the owner of my words. So thank you author-san for giving me hope for so long, your story is amazing, you have a wonderful gift for writing and I'm really thankful that you wrote it so long ago 3

ohmygod. It was so sad, beautiful, happy, romantic. I love the story! And I love you, the author, for writing this brilliant piece of art. I beg you to write ebene from Feliciano's POV and mkre GerIta fanfictions, because you're awesome at it. (Gilbert confirms, you're awesome) I'm big fan of yours from now. Hugs, Kisses and support, Mary PS Also, could I translate Ebene to Polish? Please, write back soon

I wanted to see an ending where Ludwig's parents return and see his soulmate...

This was a beautiful story. I don’t normally like GerIta that much, but this story was so well written and sweet that I enjoyed it. It is also very well written.

from a technique perspective this story is pretty well written. As a romance-angst story, it's pretty well written. And if that's what your looking for, then this would be a great story for you.
but I was really hoping for a man vs society story. How someone out of the ordinary combats the notion that you can only truly be happy if you have a soulmate. instead, i get something that supports this believe. It could have been much more meaningful, but that was kind of lost with that ending. But that's to be expected in this medium of storytelling.

Ebene from Feli’s POV!

I would assume that since they had CLASSES on soulmates, muteness would come up at least once.

This is so cute and beautifully written! I loved Feli signing too. It was such a great twist with just enough sweetness at the end. 10/10!

Definitely, a story in Felicano's POV would be too good.

this is beautiful huhuhu