yeah, i totally agree with you...i really liked Takiko's character....She's pretty srtong....Oh and most definately, I find Takiko much more...how do you put it, easier to read because she did have it harder. A lot of women weren't taken seriously back then as well, and what her father goes to say about her not being a boy and wishing she had been, kind of makes you feel sorry for the priestess and also proud that she keeps going no matter what.
i'm really lookin forward to reading the continuation of the FYGK....the plot gets interesting....yeah, and i would really pray that somewhere in the ending, Takiko and Rimudo would enfd up together....I just hope Watase has that keen sense of humor and disposes of the outcome that the FY world knows so far. *prays* I don't want that to happen with Takiko. She's too great a priestess, not to mention she can kick ass. And she can't leave Limdo, his hotness would die lonely.
