So this story made me rethink the whole concept that is Naoto Shirogane. I loved her as a character in the game, but I always felt something was missing. That something just wasn't quite there. You, however, made her into someone I would fall in love with by the first chapter. The game always made her seem like she never really changed, like you never broke down the walls of her facade. With the way you put both sides you could feel that she did change and in my opinion, for the better. Your way of making Souji was simply amazing. You gave him a personality that was realistic and something that anyone could relate to. Sometimes I wish the game had characters as deep as yours... One last thing, when you touched on the issue that saying "I like you as you are" is not always the proper response, my mind was blown into millions of pieces. I had to spend fifteen minutes putting the pieces back together. And in those fifteen minutes I found that I agree with you at least eighty percent. I always thought that saying that meant that you loved the person and all there flaws and would always love them, no matter how they changed, but through your story I found different. Maybe the person wants to change and by saying that you aren't helping. Maybe that by saying that, instead of supporting you are hurting them. So in conclusion, I adored this story and I thank you for opening my mind to a plethora of new ideas:)
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So this story made me rethink the whole concept that is Naoto Shirogane. I loved her as a character in the game, but I always felt something was missing. That something just wasn't quite there. You, however, made her into someone I would fall in love with by the first chapter. The game always made her seem like she never really changed, like you never broke down the walls of her facade. With the way you put both sides you could feel that she did change and in my opinion, for the better. Your way of making Souji was simply amazing. You gave him a personality that was realistic and something that anyone could relate to. Sometimes I wish the game had characters as deep as yours... One last thing, when you touched on the issue that saying "I like you as you are" is not always the proper response, my mind was blown into millions of pieces. I had to spend fifteen minutes putting the pieces back together. And in those fifteen minutes I found that I agree with you at least eighty percent. I always thought that saying that meant that you loved the person and all there flaws and would always love them, no matter how they changed, but through your story I found different. Maybe the person wants to change and by saying that you aren't helping. Maybe that by saying that, instead of supporting you are hurting them. So in conclusion, I adored this story and I thank you for opening my mind to a plethora of new ideas:)