These images will either disappear once the paid options for yamazaki_ayu expire or when I pull them in lieu of uploading them at a more permanent home...

Get them while you can, Shinsengumi fangirls and boys:

http://pics.livejournal.com/yamazaki_ayu/

In ref to this link,
the Japanese version is a bit different from the Korean version , but you can see the matches we use at:

http://www.pagat.com/class/flower.html

(You get points for collecting ribbons of the same sort (across th emonths), and some other things which aren't explained all that well on this page.)

We have a few sets at home that we take out around every Christmas/New Year's. They're actually really heavy cards so if you do it right, they make a nice snap as you throw them at the floor. (But they're not as heavy as mahjongg tiles; I'd guess they were about 2-3 mm thick.)

You can also use these cards for divination, if I recall correctly.

http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e63115807

( Oh my )

Houses of pleasure actually can be outside Yoshiwara. in fact, the circumstances almost demanded the existence of such places that were cheaper and easier to access at various times of the day.

Anyways Kaoru, feel free to bump into the thread with enishi. Megumi seems unable to decide how to inform enishi he's nuts.
Let's see where he can be persuaded to go look for "tomoe"

In light of recent events (starting with http://community.livejournal.com/meiji_restored/52259.html) but not limited to that --
someone needs to start a sanitarium for wayward warrior types.

Preferably NOT ME.

(seriously at a loss as to what do with insane Enishi)

Player would like to RP threads with players who hold key information about the following threads:

http://community.livejournal.com/meiji_restored/34915.html
http://community.livejournal.com/meiji_restored/41039.html?thread=692559#t692559

*coughspyingulesdoapplywhichmeansabovethreadisSTILLSPYABLE*

Much plot can be spun from here. *smirk*


Comments will be screened in case any deals need to be struck ;)
[Susumu keeps stealing my characters' men! Dude. I'm turning them in if this keeps up :p ]


Edit: Hehehe. Have seen both. Understood. Noted. Looking forward to it :p

UFO Plushies on TV?

(Actually this link takes you to the two summary eps from RK, with odd plushies appearing randomly to transition the segments..)

http://shinsengumihq.livejournal.com/6459.html

First Kenshin art from Watsuki in a while:
Cover to the reprint (Japanese edition):

( behind cut )
Volume 2 features Jinnei (meh).

(More info: http://www.j-rurouni.com/kanzenban/) )

Actually taken from a WIP. But whatevers. Credit moi if you end up using it.