Positively amazing! Loved it! It was so accurate to the manga love your story for that!
Keep it up!

hey i love ur story and i wish there was more ryou and mint storys cuz theres only one page there needs to be more so could make a other one plz cuz i loved that story so much and i dont normally see ryou and mint together so that what makes them so perfect for each other dont ya think anyway just want to give u my opinion so peace

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How like Ryou to come up with such an intricate scheme to win Mint over, knowing the way to her heart is through dancing. And the last scene leading up to the kiss was brilliant.

I also love how learning a new style set Mint up to grow both as a dancer and as a person. In exploring the Latin dances she was able to embrace the fierce, strong side of herself and to express it in a way that is suited to her passion.

That was just so adorable! I love this couple, so adorable. It was a creative story and I must aplaude you for it. I'm new to the Tokyo Mew Mew fanfic section, and the actually anime and mange as well. I just started watching it yesterday. I've done my fair research on chracters and I have to say so far Mint is the best character in this series.

I also heard she gets better and not so cold. And when I first saw Ryou I thought I was going to fall in love with him. And I did. So put two of the best chracters in Mew Mew together and you get a adorable couple!

Ugh, I'm blabbing on and on again, sorry. Cute story, your writting is quite good as well.

Beautiful. I truly enjoyed it.

True.

/True/.

B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T. Do you know what that spells? It spells 'brilliant'. But of course you knew that, because you, my dear, are brilliant. And so is this fic. Just, my GOSH, True, how do you DO this amazing work?

You're attention to detail astounds me, honestly. Either you really do your research or you know a heck of a lot about a lot of things. xD And the way you weave all the information and details into the narration of the story is flawless. You have such a handle on characters and plot lines and settings that everything you write just flows so beautifully - there wasn't a single spot in this fic that didn't fit perfectly in with everything else. Nothing was boring, or superfluous, or tedious to read. I don't feel as though I'm explaining myself properly. ;

And there were just so many moments where I wanted to 'squee' out loud! And I don't even /like/ this pairing (although reading this may have changed my mind xD). A couple of people have already said this, but it’s amazing how well this flowed considering the nature of the story – the setting changed multiple times, as did the atmosphere, the events spanned several weeks, and most or all of the characters exhibited a HUGE range of emotions.

The contrast between the ballet instructor and the Latin instructor made me giggle, for some reason.

Also! We got to see Mint develop even more as a character! What with the whole being devastated and having an emotional breakdown at the beginning to giving a rose to the younger dancer who took her place at the end. Lovely.

The romance didn’t feel forced! And the little agreement Mint and Ryou made at the end was perfect – just a really small part of the story that made the whole thing even better and was lovely and realistic and would be impossible for anyone but you to think of.

Boy, Ichigo sure does like to throw Mint’s tea around, doesn’t she? xD Oh! And I just remembered what else I was going to say. The whole idea that Mint’s style of dancing would change because of being a Mew (and the part about becoming more muscular and ‘chunky’ and having to cover up the marks she’d gotten from fighting with foundation) is, again, brilliant.

How about we just sum this whole thing up as a brilliant masterpiece and call it a day, yes? :3

Honestly though True, you are definitely one of the (if not THE) most talented authors in this fandom, and that’s really showing through in this fic. :3 You’ve reached (or have always been at) at level all of the serious writers on this site aspire to reach. Your understanding of emotion and people and the world and the English language are beyond incredible, and you always put your gifts to good use.

Keep being wonderful, truly.

~Gypsy

; FF isn't letting me log on. Bah humbug. I absolutely have to review this, though!

Oh True. You've really done it this time, I must say. This was... amazing, incredible, all of those. Your characterization, description and original concept all flowed flawlessly. Since I’m a dancer myself, and recently had a wonderfully spontaneous breakdown (though not because I got kicked off a lead ;) I really connected to this story.

I do have a couple of points (no pun intended .) to make about some of the descriptions- for one, pointe shoes (I assume Mint is wearing them ((forgive me if I’m wrong)), since you mention her on her toes a few times) only lace up to the ankles, not up the calves. Also, when Mint does her ballet demo for the Latin class, you mention she runs on the tips of her toes, and lands on her toe; is she wearing pointe shoes then? Because she probably wouldn’t have been wearing them before, since they’re certainly not good for ballroom (they’re not unlike blocks of wood) so did she stealthily put ‘em on before her performance? But that’s just me being exceptionally picky.

Following that, there were so many details of this that I loved. One line in particular- ‘Ryou was random. Why waste effort trying to understand him? Either he would explain or he wouldn't; in the meantime, she might as well dance.’ This is very accurate, since Ryou can be a bit bi-polar indeed, and it’s nice to see Mint ‘letting her hair down’. And I agree, Mint does fight as though she’s dancing. It’s good to see that even allowing the occasional breakdown, she’s still retaining her style and grace even with the pressures of being a superhero. She’s a well-developed character, and, naturally, you captured her beautifully. Ryou too. Which leads me to my next point...

I’m not going to lie, your vivid descriptions of Ryou Shirogane... ballroom dancing... made me drool just a little bit. I’m officially shipping RyouxMint now. Although I think it’s quite unfair that Ryou can be all sexy and doing the splits when I can’t. (*twitch*) Do the splits, that is. ;)

I’ve been dying to start up with ballroom/ Latin dancing for years now, and this fic has only rekindled that! Mind you, my only experience with Latin has been... eh, a dance convention one time and an impromptu session in the middle of an airport, so needless to say I’m not an expert.

This is a fantastic fic; I enjoyed every second of it (and jeez, True, 9000 words? X3). I would’ve reviewed sooner even, but I’ve been helping out at a dance camp, which is essentially glorified babysitting a la magic wands and tutus, and have been insanely busy.

Wonderful stuff!

~Kiichi xoxo

Oh True. You've really done it this time, I must say. This was... amazing, incredible, all of those. Your characterization, description and original concept all flowed flawlessly. Since I’m a dancer myself, and recently had a wonderfully spontaneous breakdown (though not because I got kicked off a lead ;) I really connected to this story.

I do have a couple of points to make about some of the descriptions- for one, pointe shoes (I assume Mint is wearing them ((forgive me if I’m wrong)), since you mention her dancing on her toes a few times) only lace up to the ankles, not up the calves. Also, when Mint does her ballet demo for the Latin class, you mention she runs on the tips of her toes, and lands on her toe; is she wearing pointe shoes then? Because she probably wouldn’t have been wearing them before, since they’re certainly not good for ballroom (they’re not unlike blocks of wood) so did she stealthily put ‘em on before her performance? But that’s just me being exceptionally picky.

Following that, there were so many details of this that I loved. One line in particular made me laugh- ‘Ryou was random. Why waste effort trying to understand him? Either he would explain or he wouldn't; in the meantime, she might as well dance.’ This is very accurate, since Ryou can be a bit bi-polar indeed, and it’s nice to see Mint ‘letting her hair down’. And I agree, Mint does fight as though she’s dancing. It’s good to see that even allowing the occasional breakdown, she’s still retaining her style and grace even with the pressures of being a superhero. She’s a well-developed character, and, naturally, you captured her beautifully. Ryou too. Which leads me to my next point...

I’m not going to lie, your vivid descriptions of Ryou Shirogane... ballroom dancing... made me drool just a little bit. I’m officially shipping RyouxMint now. Although I think it’s quite unfair that Ryou can be all sexy and doing the splits when I can’t. (*twitch*) Do the splits, that is. ;)lol

I’ve been dying to start up with ballroom/ Latin dancing for years now, and this fic is rekindling that! Mind you, my only experience with Latin has been... eh, a dance convention one time and an impromptu session in the middle of an airport, so needless to say I've got a bit of a ways to go. x3

This is a fantastic fic; I enjoyed every second of it (and jeez, True, 9000 words? X3). I would’ve reviewed sooner even, but I’ve been helping out at a dance camp, which is essentially glorified babysitting a la magic wands and tutus, and have been insanely busy.

Wonderful stuff!

~Kiichi xoxo

Hey, Tawny! Well, what can I say? Curiosity got the best of me and I figured nothing could really hurt if I read this. XD And you worked so hard on it, too. It's long, and when I say long, it's decent (I don't think I've made clear of my Chicagoan slang; decent means excellent, superb, phenomenal, stuff like that. Not just... Regular.). When a fic has 9000 words, that's when you know the author is not playing around. The author is not bullshiting and stuff like that. XD You took this really seriously, and that I can just tell from the word count.

The premise is really fun too. Minto and Ryou? Mixed with dancing? I wonder how you came up with such a fun idea. XD Yeah, I realize KO could have told you to write something like that but meh! One can dream. XD The start of the story is amazing... It just catches your attention. I like how you went on and on about her powers and now she couldn't use them now because the situation-the problem at hand doesn't really call for it. It gets you thinking, and it gets you wondering about what's going to happen next. God, this is proper Chiharu-style ranting isn't it? XD I dunno what Ethnie calls a non-review, but I hope I'm not doing anything wrong? XD

Something that also intrigues me is your single quotation marks... I'll admit... A few months back and I wouldn't have understood why you use them. XD Now that I've started reading my AP English book, I realize that British people use them? I should smack myself because someone's told me before, but... XD Not every British person uses them, you know? It's just that the book I'm reading uses single quotation marks, because it's a British book, and when I first started reading it I thought of you and your sister, because you guys use them. XD But this book is baaaaad. And this fic is not bad. XD Gah, back to writing my review like a good Chiharu. Uh, so my favorite character is Minto! XD

Another thing! I've noticed this a long time ago, but do you... Well, you write "Minto" when someone says her name, but when you're writing about her in third person, you use Mint. Is this intentional? XD I didn't want to be a douchebag and ask for the sake of asking, but now that I have a pretty review to back it up... XD Anyway, she's my favorite character and you really did her justice. Her characterization was so spot on, and I think she has the best characterization out of ALL the Mews. And you know who comes up second to her? Pudding. Everyone else is just so bland, but you've breathed life into Minto and helped her already-characterized self out. She really shines through this fic, Tawny!

- "Could Ichigo not drop her cute, preppy act and behave calmly for five minutes together?"

Meh, I think you might want to drop the "not" in that sentence. Otherwise it makes Minto seem like she wants her to act cute and preppy! XD Something that conflicts with the rest of the sentence. The interaction between her and Ichigo was really in character... I could imagine everything that was happening at that instant. It's like Ichigo to yell at Minto for not doing work, but then she does work badly herself... XD But jeez was Zakuro quick to tattle on both of them! D: It's really like her to do that but jeez. XD

- 'I said, "what's wrong"? Why do you think I kept you behind? You're obviously bothered about something.'

It's so weird! XD It's so weird! Your British single quotations are so weird, Tawny! XD You do these all backwards and it's so amusing. XD But you wrote Minto dancing that first time in front of Ryou so well. Again, it was so vivid... I think that's what you do. You write vivid things that punch me in the stomach. This, Tawny, is your secret talent. XD

Later on in the story, Minto and Ryou just don't get along, do they? XD It's written in perfect character and it's amusing as well. I like how you handle them. You don't strangle them into interacting with each other and you give them room to grow to like each other. XD Just for the record, I thought I'd mention that I didn't need to look at any videos to imagine the dancing. Because you're just that awesome at explaining things. XD I dance, but none of this "sexy" stuff as you put it. XD And yes, you can shoot me for that one. XD The last scene was so gushy and I loved how you handled the end there!

In a sort of "Aww, they love each other!" kind of way. XD Will it make you happy if I said the ending made me smile? Because it did. XD Anyway, I guess that's it for me. I'll never really figure out how I'm able to type 5000 characters of review in such short periods of time. Really, the pleasure is all mine, I don't waste any time reviewing for anyone. XD

So Tawny, I like this, and congrats for writing Minto so centric-y! XD Now excuse me as I fade into the darkness.

“XD” was used 28 times in writing this review.

Just sayin'. *nods*

Sorry it's taken so long to review this - you posted it just before I had to leave the last night and then today... has been hectic. That aside: first of all, thank you so much for writing this for me! And for doing it so quickly, too! I was stunned at how fast you managed to write and post it, especially given the amount of words!

Which brings me to the proper review bit: The WORDS! O_O Mein Gott, woman! The word count! That's astoundingly impressive, the sheer amount of words you managed to write for this - and what's hellishly more impressive, is the fact that not a single word of it was wasted, nor did anything drag or seem in the slightest dull. You have talent. To carry a plot like this over so many words when it's just a oneshot... You've definitely done a good job plot-wise. Fitting everything around two totally different styles of dance - I would never have ever considered writing Mint into a Latin dancing story. And that idea itself blew me away; you clearly have a very imaginative brain in your head, and it looks like you put it to some good use. You completely flipped Mint out of her comfort zone, and yet...

That's the next thing: characterization. I've seen these two characterized differently across the fandom, and I have to say that I especially love your take on them. No-one has a character so perfectly IC, mainly because everyone receives and responds to that character differently. You've got a very unique way of showing them; Ryou was blunt, cool/collected, and impulsive but yet incredibly tactful. Taking Mint to the Latin class seemed spontaneous, but you actually to have it also come across as though he'd thought through practically everything. And Mint! She was superb - her emotional break-down was very well done, what with doing it in the stages you did, and yet holding to her stubborn, proud character by stopping her display those emotions in front of the Mews. But when she had her tantrum and Ryou turned up... she slipped so perfectly back into her lady-like manner. For your first time writing Mint in the spotlight, you've done an excellent job!

I felt the chemistry between both Ryou and Mint all throughout their scenes - but the ending! Oh, the ending was a fluffy chemistry explosion! Bah, so cute! _ For a pairing that's not canon nor particularly popular, you've made it extremely plausible. Kudos to you for that! _

My favourite scene has to be the first Latin dancing class. You made it seem so realistic, and so easy to imagine, that I saw it playing out far better than I do with a lot of stories. Maybe it was the easy, friendly and accessible atmosphere you set with the tone of the writing and the chattering dialogue? You explained the dancing very well, too - it wasn't overly described so that it became boring, but nor was it under-described in a way that meant I had no clue what was going on. In fact, I think you got the balance just right, leaving room for the imagination, and yet giving a feel to the fic. What you also did - which I liked very much - was break up the dance moves with narration; to list them all "And then Ryou did such and such a move, and Mint did this move, followed by this and this and this..." would be flat-out boring. YOU, on the other hand, slipped the dancing into the narration in such a way that it was tasteful, classy, and held the air of a true story. Your narration is sensational, I must say. _

Thank you, thank you, thank you again for writing me this! _ It's such a lovely prize!

KO xoxo

Wow...Just wow... this was a very beautifully written fic. I'm not a dancer and don't know anything about dancing really, but this was amazing. The way you captured the characters and their personalities was great. This was really cute too, but I more liked the way you captured them in this. I could almost see the intense look of concentration and passion on Mint's face in my mind. Simply put...This was lovely!