Talk:Grin in the Dark/@comment-7706473-20130803110731

How did I miss this the other night? One of these days, I'm going to surgically eliminate sleepiness, somehow...

The sound of cicadas in summer makes for cheery stories, doesn't it? Though Tony's love for his wife was very goofy at first, it soon endeared me to him, and I found myself pursing my lips at the increasingly strange events the family of two endured. The element of constant danger was delightful, and there were many things that seemed familiarly unfamiliar. Best of all was the feeling of local horror; both of an unknown place (Matsuo) and of the fear of being alone with a loved one while tragedy is about.

The pictures cut off certain letters a bit, so you may want to play around with them - I also thought it was a Noh mask..? Minor nitpicks, though. The atmosphere was just great, too; I can't overstate that enough. I think my personal favorite moment was Mr. Takeda's 'throwaway' line about young punks. The blaiseness of it sets up further events in a lovely manner.

And now, a minor theory thing that I may be dead wrong about. I really wish there were spoiler-able text, but - was for Miyuki at least, this a 'happy' ending? Anyway, excellent work. Oleander for the unmistakable feeling of when you end up looking over your shoulder too often at faint and indiscernable laughter.