Dec 04, 2025
Beautifully written as usual. In another comment I said I'll be honest with you so I think I should tell you about a concern of mine. Yuki's death (in a vacuum ) though divisive isn't necessarily a bad writing decision.
I say in a vacuum because in a story on the shorter side it's easier to spot patterns and I have one in mind.
Mind you: kaito's mother death then the death of mr. kagi's wife to give both a backstory or sort of a conviction. You're running dangerously close into the fridging trop... even though I'm 100% sure it was unintentional
And while the 'death' of the fox (which was described feminine if my goldfish memory didn't betray me.) and Yuki's death do not fit the definition of fridging it's still...I don't know.. I hope my point came across.
Please take this with a grain of salt. I hope I don't sound harsh and if I do it's my english articulation.
I love this story and I believe it has high quality and with few tweaks it could be even better.
One unsolicited suggestion would be switching kaito's mom for a father, that would erase the pattern somewhat.
Sorry if that was imposing 😓 I just can't unsee it.