On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Andrew Huang wrote:

Hmm. The Meiji? I'm not sure what he would say, but probably not that. The
Meiji era is named so because Meiji was the Emperor at the time that the

Hirohito's reign was called Showa) died in 1912. I doubt RK took place
during this time--this was time of modernizing. Perhaps the Tokugawa
period? That encompassed 1600 to 1868....

Actually, it takes place in the year 1878. Kenshin wandered ten years
previous,
from 1868-1878.

	Wow. Historically, though, by this time--heck, by the later years
of Tokugawa, the samurai class had become a bunch of bureaucrats, and not
the once vaunted defenders of the Land of the Rising Sun. I guess the
charas in RK must the few exceptions....

	I was under the impression that this was a part of the show. One 
of its central struggles was that of Kenshin et al. trying to stay 
relevant. In the episodes I've seen, it adds a nice touch of tragic 
desperation. Of course, there are doubtless some story arcs 
that could easily have taken place a century or two earlier, but the 
modern world does play an active role.

	This thread is getting OT, of course, but I'm happy to see some 
serious attention being paid to a fairly non-standard fanfic base. At 
this rate, this will prove a watershed year for good non-Ranma fics.