Jul 22, 2025
Modern people, reading about the Shinsengumi: "How is it possible that Soji was so sick with tuberculosis but nobody noticed or sent him away to recover until it was already really serious?"
Meanwhile, Kondo Isami explaining to Matsumoto Ryojun why half his men are laying around half-naked and their quarters and kitchens are a filty mess: "Don't mind them, they're all sick."
Yep, when nearly half your people are sick, it would be hard to notice Soji coughing, I suppose.
See the link below for Dr. M's exasperated note about his visit to the new Shinsengumi quarters at Nishi Honganji.
1865（慶応元）年3月、新選組は壬生の八木邸から六条西本願寺北集会所へ屯所を移転しました。この屯所移転は、ほぼ1年前の1864（元治元）年6月の池田屋事件、7月の禁門の変における働きにより隊士が増えたことで、壬生屯所が手狭なったことが理由…
