Very cute, wondered who Nakuru was though... Well written.

You know what I really love about this story? The fact that I haven't yet read the prequel fics on which it is based, and still managed to be drawn into the world of these characters.

Your writing style and handling of all these OCs just blew me away here. You are truly a very talented writer... I can't believe you reviewed my stories. I feel so so honoured! *dies*

_ I loved Jintoko and Saburo's interaction, how they had to sneak around..and that moment where, in Jintoko's own words, she sounded like a hypocrite. That was so funny! _ She truly is Sano's daughter, that cool, smooth attitude, and also the quick temper! But she really loves Saburo and he her, and you conveyed that so well.

I found myself feeling really wistful on Yuka's behalf, regarding Gijou...aw, I felt like giving her a hug. The reference to what goes on in the Hmura household was very funny, I enjoyed that!

Kenshin as a playwright? I simply LOVE the idea! That is positively awesome. I also like that Sano settled a 'real' job, lol.

The exchange between Sano and Megumi was very tender and sweet, I love that their love transcends all boundaries, even that of age. I am really excited to hear that you will also be writing more secondgeneration fics! I love these OCs. I can't wait to start reading the prequels too.

Thanks for a wonderful story!

Great plot and want you to make a story just for sano and Megumi.

This is just ... oh, so touching. I like your OCs, and you've not only kept Megumi and Sano IC, but developed them quite believably into later adulthood.

Really well-done!

A Sano-Saitou battle of WITS? Please. Saitou has the brains, Sano has the brawn. And the heart, I suppose. Ah, whatever. The little changes throughout made it much more clear about why Sano was so set against Jin and Saburo. Yay! _

This is nice. It has an emotional feeling to it. I think that the entire premise of the story is interesting. I would like to see more of Sano and Megumi stories.

Great story. I really liked it. Please continue to write more S/Meg stories as well as you wrote this

Very cute story. I love sano and Megumi and they make the perfect couple, please write more stories with them.

Thank you for providing a wonderful and beaituful story about SM. They are very cute and so Jin!

good fic

I'm a first time reader, though I understand it's a continuation of sort. It's AU right? Because Aoshi and Sano as entrepreneurs and Kenshin as a writer... Anyway this is a well written piece, but I would like to point out several things:

-For a relatively short one shot it has too many characters. I mean, some mentioning of Kenshin is fine, but Gijou and Ume and Kenta and Yuka and whoelse I missed... in a short story it's too confusing to have that many characters, even barely mentined, especially if your readers aren't familiar with your earlier works (I assume they are from those). The story is about Jin and Saburo, and Jin and her parents, so skipping the Yuka part may make this more tightly knitted.

-The ending is a bit abrupt in my opinion, but it can work this way as well I suppose. Still the feeling of closure is lacking.

-You seem to fear writing "said." I think you used it twice or thrice at most in speech tags. Meh, contrary to popular belief, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just an invisible tag to signal the speaker, no need to fear repetition there. On the other hand, going overboard with synonyms can distract from the actual conversation.

For example, taking a random line: “Is there something you want to…talk about?” she asked uncertainly. Hmm, I can see that she's asking a question, and the "..." makes it plain that she's uncertain. And ask isn't that bad, but there's the "crooned," "asserted," "raged," etc ~.~ You might want to tone it down a bit.

Anyway an interesting fic, I liked the conflict between Jin and her father, the way you portrayed Jin and Saburo, and Megumi and Sano as ageless lovers .

You said that you didn't put much SxM in "Digging up a buried path", I'm so suprised. Althought you didn't write much SxM momnets, I really enjoyed to read this fiction espeically the intereaction between SxM. It's so romantic. I appreciated of your writing skills. I liked this Sagara family fiction very much especially the conversation between Sano and Megumi. It's very interesting. Good try! I hoped you can write more SxM fiction in future. You're a creative writer. Thank you very much with all my heart.

that is weird, who is naruku? and sano and megumi make a weird couple, they are 4 years apart, taht is just weird. besides that, i like it, it has a good plot.