Ezboard's shinsengumimb.com is down because ezboard is doing some kind
of maintenance...
***many of the Japanese boards are discussing newspaper articles, and
novels printed in newspapers. The mixture of new fiction and articles
examining the group from different angles have caused Shinsengumi
enthusiasts to mistaken the novels as revealing new info (posts go
something like this "I read xxxx in the newspaper novel is this true?
I never heard of this before".
***there was an interesting post that mentions Japanese politicians
discussing the Shinsengumi on the floor of the Diet or something like that
***there is a book out which babelfish translates as "Shinsengumi
Revelations"
***the ladies at 3-hajime.com also write "amateur novels"=fanfiction:)
the most interesting post at 3-hajime.com is about how this one person
loves Yamaguchi Jiro/u so I replied trying to ask if she felt that
Yamaguchi Jiro/u was ~different~ from Saitou or if Yamaguchi Jiro/u
was featured in some manga or anime. Can it be that there is an
entire set of different info (fiction/historical) on Yamaguchi Jiro
for this person to be attracted to him, Yamaguchi J., rather than his
time in the Shinsengumi? In any case I found it to be fascinating how
the appeal of historical Saitou Hajime comes from the way he
lives...that is his 3 "bodies" as babelfish put it (I think they are
only counting S.H, Y.J., and F.G) and leaving out Denpachi Ichinohe.
Looks interesting...I haven't had time to babelfish it though
http://www.tamatsukuri.or.jp/shinsen-hp/index.htm
Japanese site w/ fanart and flash animation
http://members10.tsukaeru.net/mach25/makoto/mein.htm
Their own fanart of Saitou Hajime
http://members10.tsukaeru.net/mach25/makoto/e2/13.htm