"Why 'Tears of Hope' " you may ask. Well, I don't know about all of you, but every hope I ever had was inevitably met with tears, Be it tears of sorrow, anger or joy, there were still tears.

Maybe the title is irrelevant, considering alot of the content of this page. But think about it. All of these characters have, or have had hopes of some sort. Most of these characters have shed tears as a result of these hopes.

Take Kira Aso from 'Mars'. Her highest hope and greatest wish is that she will someday be free to love Rei with no fear of endanderment from Harumi.

Another fine example is Misao Makimachi from 'Rurouni Kenshin'. Her biggest dream, her soaring hope is that one day Aoshi will love her the way she loves him, and that she will be the one to finally bring a smile to his perpetually solemn face, coax to life a joyous glimmer in his 'ice blue eyes'.

I hope all that made it a little clearer for you. The sum of it is, I am a depressed sentimental female to whom life has not been kind. But don't let my dark attitude affect you. Go on. Have a look around. By all means, enjoy yourself. And thanks for coming.