Will there any more romance in this story ? Can you write smut about greta pls before she is growing old

Political Mexican-Stand off?

Well that's the problem with sudendly landing on the surface of unexplored exoplanets, the concept that with our current technological level we could achieve the FTL is incredible.

It would be great if ships like the ones of The Expanse could be developed and together with the Epstein drives, a long-range telescope and a gate generator were included in those ships, that way the entire universe could be explored and the surface of the planets could be first seen from orbit to avoid entering into conflict with the sapient species of those planets.

The aliens of Kepler-62f seemed somewhat more advanced than the humans, although if only we had an FTL that would be the biggest advantage we had if the soldiers of the last chapter have started an interstellar war against them by accident. This was an incredible story and I would have liked to see the interaction between humans and the aliens of Kepler-62f since, unlike Falmart creatures, they did differ greatly from human biology and communication would be quite difficult, I hope to read more of your work in the future. Greetings!

The search for something real/tangible, again, makes an appearance. Even if I feel that Ayaka's introduction to that conundrum may have been handled a bit confusingly, it is by far one of the more interesting aspects of Starlight. How people handle/respond to world-changing events are as diverse and different as there are people. Some people accept it and move on, some people cope but never quite understand, and there are those who are looking for something that might not be there at all. Komakado and Ayaka actually have more in common than I previously realized during my previous read.

And I love hearing about the ways that other cultures have clashed and adopted each other on both sides of the Gate, a religious crisis on Earth, several years oncoming from the contemporary setting is a probable concern. What can Earth religions do to cope/survive next to the presentation provided by a being that actually talks back to you? I consider myself mildly religious, a Christian through family ties, but I find the concept fascinating from an agnostic perspective - what would such a confrontation entail. I doubt the Pope would get much out of encountering Hardy.

I feel like Lelei or Ayaka should have made a Jedi joke between their previous interactions.

I suddenly do have a sort of loophole-ish concept born from reading this chapter, and it's in regards to the Earth businesses moving into Falmart. How exactly does communication structures work across the bend that is the Gate? Since you establish that the Gate is often closed for periods at a time, how can Internet services exist in Falmart unless they have a separate net on the other side, like a FalmartNET for a lack of a better term? Or is there a means which both sides can maintain connections when still the only means of reaching either side is Lelei, the original Gate, or ADMIT FUSCHIA. I guess that would mean that there is a separate Youtube-Falmart, Google-Falmart operating on the other side since the systems that maintain our Internet: satellites, servers, fiber optic cables, aren't as fully developed or have as large a presence on the other side. Even ten years later, infrastructure is still in development.

The dichotomy between Lelei's world and Ayaka's world come to its inevitable conclusion where Lelei comes from a world that abhors the past for being the same for generations the established powers that shackled them to stagnation. It's quite interesting to see, the least emotional character has the most to say and more feeling toward what is objective of society and values more practical things while someone like Ayaka chases an abstract, vague concept and has so much to hold onto. History, culture, etc. It's a wonderful philosophy exercise.

The way Lelei treats the discussion of the Gods: "The Americans...they sent them away twice..." sounds like a subtle analogy to Meiji Japan/Imperial Japan and the transition that came with the atomic age and the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The Americans decimated, in a lot of ways, Japanese culture but the bombs were only the beginning. In the same way, by using atom bombs to push the Gods out of the picture, the United States again has destroyed a unique society and replaced it with something emulative of American convenience culture.

And at the end, as I thought about Japanese culture and responses to extreme world-shaking changes. How they handle it is very much different between different peoples. Lelei and Ayaka have similarities but fundamental differences to their responses.

And now I see why I remember the Denny's.

"For out purposes," I think that was intended as "For our purposes," in regards to Lelei instructing Ayaka on magical principles.

Also forgot to mention I had a mild Halo 3 feeling when Yamata is saying "It's the will of the Gods, and I am only their instrument." Maybe in the past, he was a gaming nerd as much as an otaku, even if Halo fans in Japan aren't quite as prevalent as they are in the West or have ever been since the series' relative decline in popular culture.

You know that's actually kind of funny, the Area 51 comment that Clayton makes in this chapter given the relevancy timing, with this year seeing a resurgence in interest in both the government and American population regarding alien encounters. Also, the Area 51 meme going around.

And regarding Harry Potter, I think that's another interesting aspect - that Harry Potter might be an introduction to genres like a hard fantasy which I think this story could/would probably fit into. There are enough technobabble and science fiction concepts and a decent amount of real-life elements that hard science fiction could also be mentioned. Weird tangent but just a thought I had.

Clayton is a smooth asshole. A savvy politician-type as ever. Good chapter.

I think one of the early confounding questions I had regarding Starlight was Ayaka's role, not necessarily what archetype she played since she's well-and-in-established as a mishmash between a reader vehicle and a prodigal hero-type which we also saw in the other two female youths of the series, Ayaka being the only unique one from Earth but her position as one of the first Earthborn magical adepts giving her significant relevancy to the story.

I'm more confused at this point, these last few chapters, by her personality - this search for something 'tangible/real' from the society around her. I think you satisfied my questions previously but I've since forgotten them and that does add to my enjoyment of the story to learn more about her to get a little bit in her head and understand why she chases such an abstractly-ambiguous concept to the point she tempts ideas of suicide. Like many aspects of your story, I sense a serious amount of research put in and maybe that her character is something born of Eastern culture where my American bias doesn't really have something to latch on to in the immediacy of the situation, such as the comments made by Ayaka regarding America is a "crime-infested hellscape" with American society being degrees of separation from her expectation but a universal, relatable truth being that what we see in our media and news aren't necessarily the full truth either, its enjoyable to read from her point of view and I can't wait for more.

Her reaction and the source for her terror upon arriving on the other side of the Gate is rather enjoyable, even humorous between how absurd and yet how believable it is. A 180 from what many were expecting, including myself. Who would have thought that the Alnus side would be transformed into a boring truckstop with a stereotypical Denny's/Marriot to match?

Set up for the Vietnamese connection in this chapter, the return of some old favorites like Tomita, I think? And Lelei, always the emotionless prodigy... she's an interesting character, all the same, I like how after ten-ish years she's used to technology and what not, she just types away at a cellphone while last time she was seen, she was still a bit in a mix between fascination and frugal-professor-in-a-child's-body.

And as I said earlier through other channels, busting through a reread like this is actually really enjoyable and the second glance over really lets me enjoy the story for the details I missed. I remembered a Denny's rather than a Marriot for some reason for example. It's good to have that refresher.

"I'm actually really digging the reread of Starlight. I find that rereading fanfiction can often be a challenge, probably a product of instant gratification with the surplus of stories available but forcing myself to actually crack it open again and I'm blasting through it like a breeze. A great reread as much as it was an initial read."

After the hype and expectation settled around the urban fantasy film, Bright, with Will Smith, I actually lost my interest to see the movie and I still haven't to this day even if I have access to Netflix or wherever it was hosted, I forget. It wasn't an itch I thought I needed scratching until a mix of interest in Cyberpunk and reading through GATE fics that it reached the point where I came across a Sky Full of Fire and Sky Full of Thunder.

I believe I may have hinted or suggested some things aiming in that direction following my completion of reading Thunder, through DMs. Now that I've come back to it, I sense that urge again - especially last chapter alone, that the hints of something like that were here.

Magic Punk or whatever you want to call it, I feel like I got more out of this chapter and the past one than I would have from Will Smith's Bright. The predominant reason is that I find a world that's still in flux more interesting than one whose principles are already set in stone, waiting for some hero/heroine to come in and shatter establishment conventions. I guess that describes the majority of YA Fiction. Essentially, its harder to pull off and I think you were beginning to see elements of that in this chapter and more so in the next regarding Ayaka Sasaki.

I think one of my more disappointing feelings toward Starlight, in general, was that it was fundamentally more about the culmination of elements all established in Thunder and Fire. While Starlight brings in new elements such as societal integration, Earth-based magicians and apostles, and the shattering of expectations being a subtle character theme, I feel like something was also lost.

Sky Full of Starlight works as a fast-paced adventure much as did its predecessors and works well in the regard as techno-magic political thrillers, there isn't enough time to truly explore the world, and even more so, a time setting that hasn't fully embraced itself yet - that being the integration of fantasy and reality in a shared, interconnected world. I know you spoke previously that to step further than Starlight dilutes the relation it has to GATE and I fundamentally agree with that, still, I feel like a much smaller scale story could be nice that takes place in the same universe.

Starlight is an awesome roller coaster, but coming back to it, I feel, just maybe, there was a chance to fully embrace a story like Ayaka's and to explore the world of Sky Full as a total stranger. I'm missing the chance to explore the world building - I'd imagine that's me suffering from over storyboarding stuff for my own Halo fanfics and wanting to imagine what other worlds would be like now.

It’s been a while since I read this story, and the first chapter is a great set up for what has previously happened, touching on the major plot points while also dropping readers, which the majority draw from the anime for comprehension, into a familiar setting like the Hakone aftermath.

Itami’s continued, disconnected anime trope comparisons are always a welcome staple.

Write more I beg of you.

IMERIUM OF MANKIND anyone?

You’re an incredible writer. Awesome story as usual.

I really like Clayton. He’s ruthless and pragmatic. Ambitious too. Like Frank Underwood from House of Cards, but he does do things for the good of the US too. I like that.

I would love to know how Sherry would live out a normal life. Ambitious people can never live a normal boring life. But I’m curious if Sugawara could change her mind and lead her toward a different and peaceful life. It would be a sweet story to read about.

Thanks for the great story. Hopefully, we’ll see more from you soon. Inter-galactic exploration stuff is kind of way out there for me, but I will read anything you write.

I can't believe that the Skies trilogy is over, but that was an amazing ending! Can't wait for what you'll have in store in the future for us!

Thank you for writing these stories.

Huh, and now the Earth nations find themselves in the same position Falmart was when the Gate first opened in Ginza. Guess it's a case of: "What comes around goes around". It's a great ending to a great trilogy. I'm a bit sad that this story will be coming to an end, but I'm also really satisfied at this ending because it's just so...fitting.

Anyway, thanks for the great story, and I hope to look forward to your next story. :)

At least your aliens look... well, alien.