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Author has written 1 story for Rurouni Kenshin. Update: September 5th 2009 Re: The Courtship of Lady Tokio Hello everybody (waves shyly), The past three years have been absolute chaos and the hardest time of my life. Hobbies such as writing and reading fell by the way side. Yet, through all that time, I kept receiving the kindest words of encouragement from all sorts of readers. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who wrote, from the bottom of my heart. For everyone who wants to see this fic finished, I swear to you that I will keep working on it. As presumptuous as it may seem, I'd like to dedicate this work to Hakubaikou. I received news that she tragically passed away earlier this year and like everybody else in the RK fandom community, it hit me very hard. Though we never met in person, we corresponded and she even asked me to judge her Fanart Contest. She liked this story enough to feature it on her website. She kept my love of RK alive all those years after it ended. She was an amazing person and an artist and the world is much sadder for having lost her. That, as well as everybody's warm support, spurred me to start working on this story again. Major revisions have been made from the Chapter 1. Although you don't need to re-read it to understand the latest chapter, I feel better for having gone through it. That said, typos and grammatical errors are always lurking. If you see something, please say something. With that, I'd really love to have this finished by the end of the year but thank you in advance for being patient with me. I really have the best readers out there. Best wishes, MT Japanese girl who has spent most of her life in anglophone countries. Found slightly left off mainstream, the paradox of East meets West, closet introvert (one day I'll come out and stay in). On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essential est invisible pour les yeux. My heartfelt gratitude to Hakubaikou who most kindly featured "The Courtship of Lady Tokio" on her beautiful site. I strongly urge anyone not familiar with this amazing fanworks site to go look (and also leave a note of appreciation for the web mistress): http://www.hakubaikou.com Doujinshi for "The Courtship of Lady Tokio": Page 1- Page 2- Page 3 - Page 4- Page 5 - Page 6 - Page 7 - Page 8 I've received enough emails, comments and reviews to warrant a FAQ list of sorts, and so, as irrelevant as it may be to most people who stumble across this page, here it is. 1. Your story seems very Japanese, are you Japanese? / There's too much Japanese history, it's hard to read. As the first line of my profile says, I am Japanese. As Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese pseudo-historical work, I felt strongly about trying to keep this fanfiction as true to the world and story-telling that Watsuki Nobuhiro created as I could. Like Watsuki, I'm sure that Japanese history buffs want to chop my head off for the many liberties I have taken. And although I apologise if readers don't understand all the historical and cultural references, I do try to include the most important in my author's notes. As well, if readers are interested enough, I would hope that they would not mind asking me for more details or googling. 2. Is your Tokio based on the "real" Tokio? "My" Tokio is a figment of my imagination. I readily admit this. However, I have fleshed out her character using the historical records that are available on her life. For instance, she was a scribe in the court of Aizu, though she worked for Teru Hime, Matsudaira Katamori's adopted sister. And she was a pretty darned capable woman, as Saitou said. For more information about Tokio and Aizu, I direct you to the most dedicated Shinsengumi historians online in English (plenty of Japanese sites out there too): www.shinsengumihq.com 3. Timeline: I had a question regarding the timeline and which are actual events and which are not. The list was available in the author's notes of Chapter 20 (or 21 according to ffnet) but here it is: - Chapter 1: Meeting between the Mibu Roushi Gumi and Matsudaira Katamori 4. Is this a story about Tokio and Saitou or about the Shinsengumi? This is the story of Tokio and Saitou set against the backdrop of the Bakumatsu. Therefore, it could be taken as a story about the Shinsengumi with a slant. I consider the Shinsengumi to be the most important defining factor in shaping Saitou (after all, he is remembered in history as Saitou Hajime, Third Captain of the Shinsengumi) and the experiences he went through while he was a member shape his development and growth as a man. | |||||||||
1. The Courtship of Lady Tokio » reviewsThe story of the courtship of Tokio and Saitou. A fictional account based on historical events of the Shinsengumi and the years of the Bakumatsu. Political intrigue, action and a sense of old fashioned Japanese romanticism.Rurouni Kenshin - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 28 - Words: 142,620 - Reviews: 459 - Updated: 9-5-09 - Published: 9-8-04 - Saitou
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