I read this about two years ago back on anymanga.com, which was turned over to bato.to, which ain't around anymore. As a former Marine and an elderly romantic, it was one of the most nostalgic and heart-rending things I had read in quite a while. It was very similar to Ai-Ren, a real favourite of mine, and was even more into the nitty-gritty of the nastiness of warfare. The psychological drama was extremely well done, and what the author tells us about ourselves as a species was pretty heavy. Like Twain's "Huckleberry Finn," I need to read this about every two years to keep my moral compass aligned.