Oh I know what you mean, Oishi is always so frantic and it does make me giggle, he just seemed a little harsh to me when he snapped, short tempered I mean, rather than frantically worried. But maybe I've had my memory of canon swayed over much by fandom, because that does exaggerate his potential to flail. Also it's only my individual first impression and maybe with a reread it'd settle more nicely in my head. It just seemed right to include it in a balanced review, but I'm a cc whore (because I need it) so I tend to forget not everyone wants everything, especially when, as it is in this case, it's a matter of opinion and not related to the ability to tell the story, where you excel and I could find no fault I might add. I loved the style, especially how you convey ideas in a subtle way where I look back at other fics (my own) and the ideas are too boldly and clumsily stated at times. I adored the references to Nanjiroh, I didn't say that first time and I should have.