Dear Nakago, Hey, hope you don't mind if I ask you for some advice on this: If you have a male teacher saying that raping and molesting girls is a justifiable (if that's a typo please forgive me. I don't write well when I'm furious.) crime because it's always THEIR fault that it happened to them, which would be a better retort: a swift gonad-splitting kick up the groin or a rabbit punch in the kisser? Any extra words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Jials, grrr.

Dear Jials,     Well...I'm not usre precisely where you are, so that will alter the course of things. In our experiences, telling the school principal or a counselor can often lead to the suspension of said teacher, provided enough students are willing to verify it. You'll need a large group willing to testify to it. We know some things that work in America but we don't quite recall your location so it's hard to offer further advice. Anyone's suggestions are appreciated. Nakago

Dear Ashitare,  Have you ever been cornered by a Mormon preacher before? I was caught by one right in front of my house and after learning that I was a nihilist+freethinker he damned me and my entire family to the deepest bowels of hell. I don't understand why almost everyone I know thinks nihilists and freethinkers are evil people. I've never done anything to anybody to deserve any of this and I just don't understand why I have to be damned/cursed/preached to a minimum of 15-16 times every bloody year. I'm probably one of the only nihilists in my entire school and I get discriminated against practically all the bleeding time because of my beliefs. Am I wrong in thinking the way I do? Jials the Infuriated, Incensed Pervert

Dear Jials,     I'm passing this to Tsutsuji. Tsutsuji: I've been cornered by every kind of preacher, espeically in when I was in school. You're not wrong for thinking the way you do. Remember that being a free-thinker is a double-edged sword; society both treasures and despises its free minds. These are cases of "consider the source"; people who cannot carry on an intelligent discussion without damning the other side to hell aren't worth thinking about. As you get out of the realms of school and into other spheres of influence, your difference will become more of an asset than a curse. Just stick it out and remember how much people who aren't free thinkers miss out on. Tsutsuji

Dear Seiryuu Seishi, *runs and glomps everyone* Where have you be~en for crying out loud?! I was starting to get worried...=Þ Anywho, I hope you guys (and girl) are okay! ^_^ Got your comp repaired huh? Awesome! Hope you don't ever dissapear again...*stares at Tsutsuji* Bye minna! Kaikagurly

Dear Kaikagurly,     We've been busy but everything is fixed. We're doing well and you? (Tsutsuji: You'll hate me though, at the end of this month there'll be a short closure because I have to move...gomen ne!) Seishi

Dear Ashitare, You know, I've noticed that a bunch of commenters to the site seem to take a rather negative stance toward your side of things. You must be rather patient, having to deal with a large bunch of Suzaku fans. I like Lady Palindrake's question. Sound head on those shoulders. What I wonder, though, is why it's called a Mary Sue fiction? Is this in a derogatory homage to the initial creator of such things? Or something else, far more sinister? Oh, yes, and remind Tsutsuji gently that you are no longer in need of Nakago's translation services. Since you're just restarting, hopefully there isn't too much of a backlog to wade through. Silver

Dear Silver,     They do indeed. I've explained that Nuriko mess more times than I should have had to. But onto your question, I'm not sure. Perhaps because "Mary Sue" sounds properly cheerleader-esque, popular, dim-witted and cute, the way a self-inserted character and automatic love interest is supposed to be. I'll tell Tsutsuji, although she's a bit spacey herself lately. name

Dear Tomo,  hay there-its me again^.^ you know i cant see that you are gay ;.; its so cruel destiny :\ you are p=e=r=f=e=c=t in every singel part (the ones that i saw) say... if nuriko wasnt a suzaku would you give it a chance between you two? ayame-chan

Dear ayamr-chan,     Nuriko's okay, but Hotohori is really more to my taste. Tomo

Dear Seiryuu Seishi, Hiya hiya! I hope that you all have had a great week! I have! The horse I ride has been spectacular all week. After some serious frustration last Tuesday-ish, we got it worked out and he's been such a good boy! He always gets a cookie after a workout, and when he's really good he gets a sugar cube, too. Since he's been good all week, he's starting to expect sugar cubes after each ride! Ashitare, I like to write, as I might have told you before, and I've written 11 stories, eight of which are finished, and one of which will be finished tonight as soon as I'm done typing this letter. Do you know if there are any websites that post original stories? And if there are, if it's a good idea to post mine on them? I mean, I don't want people to steal my characters/ideas. I also want more people besides my parents, sister, and best friend to read them. I hope that someday I'll be a good enough writer to publish, but I think I'm a bit away from that still. Thanks for reading my lengthy and rambling letter, and have a terrific week! Treat yourselves to big banana splits or your other favorite treat! Ja ne! wyrd

Dear wyrd,     Glad you're doing so well with your horse! Tsutsuji: I've never submitted to any web publishing sites; admittedly I'm extremely wary of my copyrights. That's probably my own paranoia ^^; If you want to find publishing mediums, the magazine "Writers and Poets" (roughly $7) has a ton of places to query and to submit for contests, both on and offline. "Writer's Market" books are also wonderful. If you decide to publish, remember to submit a clean, well edited manuscript. Editors typically only read the first paragraph and then decide what to choose, so remember the opening has to stand out. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll help as best as I can. Tsutsuji and Seishi

Dear Nakago, Hmm...I suppose it IS pretty amazing that humans let their ideologies and ambitions stretch so far... I just couldn't help wondering about this after reading The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain or something like that, especially after he said something that implied that only our mind is real in this world, and that everything else within the world we deem as reality is supplied by our all-too-powerful imagination. That disturbed me a little bit... do you think there's any chance that it might be a little true? Especially after I thought about schitzophrenic hallucinations and such and how real they seem most of the time...it just felt alot more possible. ps. "Terrible but good for a laugh"...oh ye gods and little boarlets T___T (You made me feel so warm and fuzzy inside =P) Jials.....who is still puzzled

Dear Jials,     I think anything is possible...reality is typically in the perception of the beholder. You'd make a good philosophy student. And glad to be of service. Nakago

Dear Amiboshi,  I was reading a few old letters to you and came upon one from a person named "shinta" that asked you about why, exactly, you took your shirt off and got on top of Suzaku's miko. You answered, "I did that with Miaka because chi is transmitted better when we can have as close a contact as possible." Susuu: Suuuuuuuuure it is... Quite right, Susuu. You hugged her after the chi was transmitted (by "hugged", I mean that you lowered yourself onto Miaka; no idiot glomping, even though Susuu wouldn't put it past you). Was THAT part of the transmission too? How gullible, exactly, do you believe we are? Susuu: SUBOSHI ROX!!! *Bops Susuu* Hush. So, Amiboshi, give us a REAL answer. (Please note that this email was at Susuu's request. I think you are, to coin the phrase, "the bomb diggaty".) Dew Shan of Egypt and Susuu

Dear Dew Shan and Susuu,     It's true. Watch the sequence again; the chi was transmitted after after I hugged her. It's not an exact comparison, but chi is almost always better transmitted through close contact: for example, Mitsukake lays his hand on people, and then of course there's Soi's ability to replace or remove chi through bodily contact--even just kissing, like she did to Tamahome. That's the REAL answer. Amiboshi

Dear Nakago, sorry but im here 2 ask you stuff again ^.^; what would you do if you get soi pregnent? and what would you do in the next situations: 1) tomo got drunk and got soi pregnent 2) you got drunk and got miaka pregnant 3) you got drunk and got yui pregnent 4) if its a boy-whats gonna be his name? and if its a girl? 5) what would you do if the boy will be suzako seichi? sorry about the long letter miki~chan

Dear miki-chan,     Soi I would help. The rest of them are unanswerable because that wouldn't happen. None of those women would willingly put up with it, and I don't get drunk. The child could not be a seishi because all of the seishi have been born already. Nakago.

Dear Suboshi, Konnichiwa Suboshi san! Boku wa Tori desu! My sister Sakura informed your oniisan that we are moving to Houston, Texas, ne?It is because of our dad's job. We are moving so that we can be near him, and not have to be on the other side of the country. I don't know if Saki (my petname for Sakura) and I told you this, but we used to live near Sendai. That was when I was only 7 years old, then we moved to Maine for Chichi's work, and now we're moving to Houston. I hope I haven't totally bored you with my relentless rambling! Tori

Dear Tori,     Hi! Long time no see. I hear Houston's a nice place, but I've never been there. Should be nice to see your dad, huh? Hopefully you'll enjoy it. We've not been to Maine or Sendai either, but have heard good things about both. Take care and keep us posted! Suboshi

Dear Suboshi, heeeeeeeey! how are you, suboshi-sama?? *thinks* im..okay...i guess. T_T feeling a little depressed, i guess. dunno why. will you give me a hug????? ms. mamoru

Dear ms. mamoru,     Of course! *hugs* What's wrong? Anything I can do? Suboshi

Dear Amiboshi,  Hiyas Ami-chan! I got a small question for ya. Where can I find a flute like yours? Oh and I hope you and your brother are doing okay. ^__^ Ashes

Dear Ashes,     Most music stores should have them, I would think. If you have access to a Chinatown area or an Asian import center they might have them as well. Amiboshi

Dear Seiryuu seishi,  im sorry tomo i didnt spell that right ^.^; he fixed me-he actually a dancer ^.^; do what do you think of it now? soi: when nakago confessed his love to you? it was in one of the OAV? nakago: if you could choose, think veryyy far away- to your childhood-would you rathe born in konan and be a suzaku seichi? why? do you know a website were i can write to the suzaku? (not 4 good-belive me-muhahahaha...) tomo chan-l9ove youuu (from my freind^.-) Byako No Miko

Dear Byako no Miko, Tomo: Hmm. What's he look like? Soi: He never did verbally. I just always knew. Nakago: I don't want to be a seishi at all. There's a link to the Suzaku site on our links page. Seishi

Dear Suboshi, Hello! I just wana know why everyone think of your Ryuuseisui as a yo-yo? I mean, yo-yos are cool, but flying rubber balls attached to telepatic ropes are even cooler! ^_^ Anyway, I totally luv your weapon and stuff, I even made my own! *points to my own ryuuseisui sitting on the bed, looking disordered* Er... Or I tried...... And failed miserably..... Anyway, I totally luved you in the first OVA! Its so sweet you'd rather save Yui and let yourself die. Again. Anyway, I hope you have an happier life after your recarnated. Not that this one is bad or anything. ^_^ g2g ~Ja Ne! Xiao-chan

Dear Xiao-chan,     They're not rubber; they're iron, but thanks! What did you make yours out of? Suboshi

Dear Seiryuu Seishi,  Can any of you guys sing? I mean, like, really sing? Tori

Dear Tori,    Well, you could always listen to our album and decide for yourself. Most people seem to favor the twins and Soi's voices. Seishi

Dear Seiryuu Seishi, *laughs newly-developed evil laugh* Guess what? My friends and I are planning a trip to the mall. The only thing is, we're going as you guys! I'm going to be Tomo, of course. My friend Suntiger is going to be Suboshi. Her former crush is going as Nakago, and when we first started planning, we laughed at the idea of Suboshi telling Soi and Tomo that Nakago was his, and to back off! Not that that would really happen. Another friend refused to be anyone but Ashitare! Also, our Soi almost skipped out on us. Well, it's going to take a lot of skill to pull this off, so wish us luck! Selena

Dear Selena,     Sounds great! If you can, send us a picture! (Tsutsuji and Katsu love to cosplay, so they love to see others' costumes!) Have fun! Seishi

Dear Tomo,  Umm... I don't think Chelsea was pregnant... I think she was just overweight. So there won't be any kittens! :( I like kittens! Oh,a dn guess what? My class had to read books with a total of 1000 pages for a project this month, and I was finished in five days. We could also raise money to pick out books for the library if we wanted. I did, and I'm picking out all manga! Or is it mangas? Well, anyway, I can't buy Fushigi Yuugi, because it's a bit graphic, so I'm buying Zodiac P.I. The coolest thing is, we get to look for books at the mall, and we get to shop for ourselves after we're done! Now let's hope the principal doesn't say no at the last moment like last time we were going to the mall as a class... Selena

Dear Selena,     Oh well, probably just as well, given how many homeless kittens there are already. What book did you read? Good luck finding your manga! Tomo

Dear Tomo, *sweatdrops* ummm why are you gay? WHY in Seiryuu's name do ya paint yer face?! It weird!! Answer me!! O h yeah... Why do you have a clam named Shin?? Hi I'm Tomo and I have a pet clam! Dats okay tho! I have a pet baked potato named Bob...Well... I used to but I got hungry... Heafuru

Dear Heafuru,     Because I am. I'm a star of the Chinese opera, hence the facepaint. Baked potato? And you say I'm weird... Tomo

Dear Amiboshi,  Hello, Amiboshi san! Genki? My brother's team did not win, but it is daijoubu desu. I am very happy for him, even though he say he sucks. I don't think so. I wanted to tell you about my family and I get to have a Japanese student from Toyama Minami High School. It is a nice place to visit, I hear. Anyway, I hope she will have fun here! I wish youcould visit! That would be so cool, but I know that is impossible. JA! Sakura

Dear Sakura,     Wow, that's great! How long will the student be staying? Have lots of fun! Amiboshi

Dear Nakago, So I forgot your (un seishi-ish) name.....if that makes any sense to you..... Any way..... do you know any J-rock bands? My fav of all time is X-japan....*blush* they are soooooo hot!! Of course, none of them have your gorgeous looks..... Erutis

Dear Erutis,     You mean, my original name? It's Ayuru Gi. I am familiar with a few J-rock bands, but Soi and Amiboshi know more about that. Nakago

Dear Nakago, Wow..you know.. You dont seem so bad. a little evil yes.. But hey.. Deep down we all have our private box of evilness.. Some bigger than others of course.. Well.. I just wanted to say that I do not th ink you are so bad and that I know somewhere deeeeeeeeeeep down.. There is a heart waiting to be set free. Kisana

Dear Kisana,     Thank you. Nakago

Dear Nakago, was up? nakago- look-.- i saw very weird picture of you (and im not talking about the kiss with tama) look: http://www.asktheseishi.com/Gallery/Misc/Nakago%20Halloween.html what do you have to say about this? and another thing.. lets say you did raped miaka back then-what would you do if you got her pregnent? tomo-same question-you both tried-what would you do? kaze no miko

Dear kaze no miko,     I've never worn a T-shirt in my life. As for the second question, I wouldn't care, and neither would Tomo. What is it with you people and asking if I get people pregnant? Nakago

Dear Amiboshi, I like you! Your not crazy! I'd go out with you but I'm married 2 Joey Wheeler (Katsuya Jonouchi) from Yu Gi Oh! Have you ever watched that show? I wuv Joey!! Heafuru

Dear Heafuru,     I've never seen it, sorry. Amiboshi