How I know a fict plot is good enough on it's own. I initially came for Kurofai and only searched for Kurofai moments or their storyline. But I find I didn't mind reading chapter where Fai doesn't mentioned at all and actually looking forward to details of this adventure. This is amazing, and also the part with Yuuko. Thanks for writing and sharing.

Kuroganes skirmish here never fails to amuse me. How everyone gathers around expecting a show and ends up scattering to put out fires and beg them to stop fighting because someone is finally good enough to give kamui a run for his money haha

And fei wong reed begins to show his true colors to sakura too

And all of the magic users unite! To start singing rain rain go away! How excellent!

Dhxgxhsjjsi I'd forgotten how good the fight against giant invisible spider was. And how great syaorans "failed lesson" was segueing into that encounter. And that moment of kuroganes realization at the end

And how both fai and kuroganes parents are still working against him with everything that's in them, trying to get sakura to realize what's really going on

Again everything is so so so so goooood

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

(Don't have much time to read today so I'm gonna plunge into the next chapter instead of leaving a nice review here but just know this continues to be fab)

And off they go! And off i go to the next chapter!

What a great chapter! The aftermath is so intense!

So much goodness wrapped up in a single chapter oh man. I don't remember how many times I've reread now but it still has me on the edge of my seat every time. They way you incorporated ashuras madness and fai putting him to sleep (plus valerias history)? Sakura getting caught up in the magics? So good

And fai seeing syaoran on the stairs? Grabbing him and looking in his eye and demanding to know who he is? While syaoran has no clue what's going on but is realizing that there's something more to all this, something in him that he never suspected, that could explain so many things? "Too late" ringing out so loud and wordlessly as everything falls to pieces?

Yessssssssssssss

Zhdhfhduzuxusgxvxnwkz soooooo much happening i love it

Yessssssssssssss I never thought I'd type this sentence but what excellent politics XD

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Still good always good

All the explanations and politics and socialization and stuff starting to make sense to people

Ahhhhhhhh ahahaha i love how no matter how much kurogane determines to keep his cool when getting into enemy territory and talking with nobility he just. Can only take so much bs from the people around him and he generally hit that limit within about 5 minutes. Amazing

Also love yukito and sakura and all of the callbacks to kuroganes last visit as well as how much stuff in this chapter sets up what is to come

I love the interactions of kurogane at court. They're so nuanced just because of the form of the thing that even though he's about the most straight forward character imaginable, there's a lot going on in a look and a posture and it's riveting

Also oh syaoran XD

Aha! And so we have the fabulous beginning to /the rest of the adventure/!

The whole Wizard of Cere series is just a masterpiece and it's really well thought out. Everyone is in character and they all played a role. Bonus points that Ashura and Fei Wong are not complete villains. There is an explanation and reason to their personality, actions, and goals. It's also amazing to see Yuuko isn't extremely powerful (god like), she had limits.