it's so sad... I can (sadly) relate to him (Yusei) in many ways
but good writing

Love it!

First of all thank you for writing and sharing this i know i dont even know you but i know what a great soul and brave you are to share this with everyone
pls you helped me and so many others to understand such a sensetive subject like this more beside where i live things like this would help alot
You see i live where my country is surronded by war frome every diriction syria iraq palistine my home that i dreem to see and many of the people i know not only lost there home but people they love too i lost someone dear to my heart too recently and somehow after reading this i think i feel better i know i got off subject but anyways thank you again

Hi! I really love this story and i keep having this idea, like, what if, Yusei eencounters his former guardian again? I think it would be cool... just an idea!

BAI

You are an amazing writer~ you hit my heart too many times... I sometime have thoughts like his but I have a friend that helps me as she suffers the same. We share our pain and found a way to escape~ thank you for this story~ Even when cutting starts or suicidal thoughts come to mind I think of what would change if I am not there for my friend (it could make her worse)... I have to say it again, you are an amazing writer and you really made this story real! xoxo

Why am I laughing but crying? it is so sad yet I laugh...

This was actually a very very good story. I really enjoyed and I feel so sorry for Yusei. And that woman who did all that to him as a child...? I just want to hit her in the face with a flaming machete and then push her into a pit and fill it with cheese and starving rats. Still, this was a very good, heart wrenching story. You did a very good job. This is being added to my favorite's list. :)

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AMG THIS IS SO SAD BUT I LOVED THIS STORY SO FREAKING MUCH! (Ik it is a tad late (well about 3 years late) but still) I really enjoyed this story (kinda sounds weird) but it is really relatable and very well written out and very easy to understand. Unlike most this actually had a plot and a very good one at that. You are a fantastic author and the ending wrapped everything up very nicely. Not like many were they either never finished and just called quits or just did a crappy half assed ending that really had either no meaning or just couldn't wrap up the frayed ends the story created. Very nice and I hope you do more stories like this again. I will enjoy reading more of your stories in the future.

really good chapter and story so far! although, i don't normally review because i don't have that much time, but this time i do! i wanna see what the next chapter will be like if it's as great as this one!

This story literally broke my heart and I practically cried at certain parts of it as well. The way you wrote this story is amazing; it's very powerful. I also noticed that some of the songs/quotes you put at the end of your chapters were of Christian Bands, and I just wanted to say that it was a really nice touch. I may never know what it's like to have felt the exact same feelings as Yusei had in this story or for anyone who have been or is still in this type of situation, but I can relate to a certain point. I've never been a cutter, but those types of thoughts and ideas have ran across my mind plenty of times and sometimes they still do. Thank you for writing this because I feel like I can somehow relate because I had been in a bad shape before I came to a realization that I didn't have to wallow in my pain as well as my depressed state, just because I felt so alone. I knew that I could be something, something out there that would make everything I've been through worth it because it's not who I am, but rather, it's something that has helped me become the person I am now. However, I'm not saying that my situation was horribly bad, because I know that there are others who have gone through so much more than I could ever imagine, but I had never quite realized that I had someone who had walked with me my entire life and yet I had never noticed until of recent. I am glad you wrote this because some of the things you wrote were essentially what I had felt and like Yusei, I was so frustrated with the fact that I couldn't explain my pain in words for someone to understand. Again, I love this story because of the journey Yusei took to become the amazing person he is now, even if this is just a fanfic, it's amazing what the power of words could do.

I am SO impressed with this right now: I'm legitimately learning something I knew next to nothing about before, and this doesn't fall into the same trap of fans not taking things like pain and rape and just using them for plot devises without giving proper credit- to date, this might be the one fanfiction that's legitimately teaching me something beyond literary skills. Wow!
That said, I think you should bump it up to M just because of the content that's discussed.

And I reread it again...;D

This absolutely broke my heart! I cried and I was glued to the screen until I was done! And now I just may reread it...;P My apologies for not reviewing every chapter...I was being lazy...

The quotes you added with each chapter were a great touch. They went with what you were writing and gave a little insight. I really liked that touch;)

I never really thought about anything like this. It was very unique, showing how Yusei was introduced to Martha and Jack. And although it was extremely and utterly sad, I loved that addition. Little Yusei being abused by that woman made me sick to my stomach; you added such detail to those parts and showed just how much abuse can affect children. At the part where Yusei broke the plates at Martha's, and he was scared she would hurt him absolutely destroyed me! I was friggen in tears!

Adding in the cutting was very sorrowful yet a nice way to continue the plot. It really displayed how damaged Yusei was by that point. It take a long time to heal from that sort of thing after all:( I was very glad when Kalin was able to help him though!:D In my honest opinion, if a cutter were to read this...well...it may actually help them, you know? Show them it's OK to talk about it. I don't cut, but I have met those who do... So yes, this has the actual potential to help a few people a little...just maybe...and hopefully...

Hehe...Akiza's texting Crow was sweet, with her worry about Yusei. And how the twins had hugged him was adorable and moving. The ending gave you a little room to think...which is good. No yaoi, since I dislike that, but brotherly love and friendship.

I guess what I mean in all was that I loved this, I cried, and you did a great job! Very few grammar and spelling mistakes, also. You broke my heart, and that means you are really good!

Wonderful work! (Whoa...that's the longest review I have EVER written!) _

awesome story. love how you had a song to match every chapter. also liked how some of them were christian bands.

this actually seems like something that could have totally have happened to yusei it fits pretty well with his personality. so good job :)