I'm glad to be of any assistance, and thanks for letting me know. I think if I had been able to find any critical discussion before I bought the books, I might not have bothered, or at least I could have gone in braced for the tenuous link to canon and the character ... weirdness. (Sure, fanfic often has its problems, but I'm not paying for that, and sometimes it realizes what canon could only dream of, so.)
The only auction I know is help_japan, but that's closed now, unfortunately. I think it's down to direct donations at this point. If it's any help to you, here (http://michelel72.livejournal.com/94535.html) are the organizations I chose myself; and help_japan's vast list of links and methods is here (http://community.livejournal.com/help_japan/740.html). Good luck.
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I'm glad to be of any assistance, and thanks for letting me know. I think if I had been able to find any critical discussion before I bought the books, I might not have bothered, or at least I could have gone in braced for the tenuous link to canon and the character ... weirdness. (Sure, fanfic often has its problems, but I'm not paying for that, and sometimes it realizes what canon could only dream of, so.)
The only auction I know is