--- In SHQ@yahoogroups.com, "secretary"wrote:
>
> Nakajima Nobori has never been featured in any popular anime that we
> know of and that is very ironic since---technically he was the first
> to produce Shinsengumi fanart...
>
> ghost of Nobori "IT IS IRONIC! I'm a member of the Shinsengumi AND
> and artist and I'm not even MENTIONED in manga! I can so be a samurai
> spokesman for the NRA too!"
>
> sec "shush, let me continue"
>
> [for new folks] This is his page (link to the gallery of his work is
> near the top)
> http://www.shinsengumihq.com/Nakajimabio.htm
>
> I was at http://www.hajimenokizu.com and found this:
> http://hajimenokizu.com/doujinshi/album22/shinsen_3
>
> which is based on Nakajima Nobori's "portrait" of Hijikata:
> http://1happyturtle.com/makoto/portraits/NNHijikataxl.jpg
> [click on image for full size version]
>
> but wait there is more, according to a post at a Japanese messageboard
> there was a novel featuring Nakajima Nobori
> (so I went to our handy dandy
> http://www.shinsengumihq.com/ShinsengumiNames.htm and grabbed his name
> and stuck it in http://www.google.co.jp)
>
> and so I found (the book at the top is about Nobori, the book right
> under it is about Okita):
> http://www.jidai-show.net/jdre0202.html
>
> [summary] Nobori dishes out some generous servings of whoop @ss and
> for some weird reason there is an [AIZU] connection? ::shrugs:: I can
> only guess at the true meaning of the summary (^_^)
>
> ghost of Nobori "just because I paint and enjoy gardening doesn't mean
> I'm a wimp"
> sec "yes, sure whatever you say"
>
> If anyone finds a shrine to Nobori as they surf Shinsengumi sites
> please let me know (^_^)
>
> secretarytocapt3
>
>http://www.livejournal.com/community/the_shinsengumi is opening it's doorsI've reaaally wanted to be in an RPG for some time now...can I join?
>to new players. It's ?>set during the pre-Shinsengumi years, so if you guys
>wanna get to the bottom of your favorite >characters' present psyche, by
>all means, please do come and join us. Game starts December!