Status Updates From Shinsengumi: The Shogun's L...

Why are you telling me about these men's sexual escapades, Romulus, why do I need to know that? Hijikata was a horndog, yes I get it, good for him, get back to the murder please (as you can probably tell by the painfully slow rate at which I'm getting through this, debatable as to whether I'll finish it)

To finish or not to finish, an objectively enjoyable read but not informative as it is a load of tosh passing off novels as historical sources and general poor research. I beg someone else writes a book about the Shinsengumi. We soldier on ig

This is slowly devolving into pop history that does not have the fun tone nor accessibility of Clements. Becoming increasingly glad I did not read this when I got it at 14, but nevertheless it was at the time the only available English language study on the Shinsengumi so we. Take what we can get ig

It begins...I am going insane. My thoughts and feelings about the Tokugawa are making me biased in the reading, but it's fine, it's for fun. Also, unfortunately, I watched Hakuoki as a teenager and thus am not conjuring images of the men from the ACTUAL photographs we have (a rarity as I am typically a pre-camera historian), my brain is in fact full of anime boys. Embarrassing.

Yes yes it is time for me to go insane about another historical period I know absolutely nothing about

Strictly speaking, I would prefer less opinionated and drier writing.

A fascinating breakdown of the Ikeda'ya incident! I love getting to read the facts