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Oooku
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Description
In an alternative timeline of feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects men has caused a massive reduction of male population, thus women have to pick up men's jobs, changing the social structure. Now, after 80 years of the initial outbreak and current man:woman ratio of 1:4, Japan has become completely matriarchal, with women holding important political positions and men being their consort. Only the most powerful woman -- head of Tokugawa shogunate -- can keep a harem of handsome yet unproductive men, known as "Ooku."
Recipient of special prize at The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy's fifth annual Sense of Gender awards (2005), Excellence Award for manga at Japan Media Arts Festival (2006), and Grand Prize in Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize (2009)
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From the creator of smart, sensual and wry stories like Antique Bakery and Flower of Life, comes a historical manga set in the era of samurai with a twist: What if most of the men were wiped out by a plague, and what if the shogun was a woman? The result is Ooku: The Inner Chambers, a historical fantasy series about a once-male dominated society turned inside-out, and a female Tokugawa-era shogun who keeps a harem of handsome male consorts for her pleasure.
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Manga
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Associated Names
大奥
Ōoku: The Inner Chamber
Le pavillon des hommes (French)
Ohoku
Ooku
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Status in Country of Origin
5 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
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User Rating
Average: 9.1 / 10.0 (22 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.18 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 5th 2010, 1:07am PST
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Year
2005
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Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Viz Media (2 Volume - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 666  (+24) Monthly Pos # 1178 (+253) 3 Month Pos # 1611 (+380) 6 Month Pos # 2008 (+397)
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On 42 reading lists On 211 wish lists On 5 unfinished lists On 26 custom lists
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| Buy it by naomi on January 14th, 2010, 7:31am |
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I've bought volumes 1 & 2 for £14. Read them and love them. Considering the fact it is larger (about an inch width and height), has colour and end notes pages, french flaps and no advertisement in it either (it looks really classy), I'd say it's worth it.
Volume one mainly follows Mizuno while Volume two follows on from the end of v1, when the shogun, Yoshimune, goes to the archives to find out more about the past. v2 therefore follows Arikoto, a Buddhist Abbot who is forced into staying in the inner chambers, showing us the past events to how the first female shogun came to be. To be honest, at first I was a little put off by the "old english" way it was translated into, but after a while I adjusted to it and it wasn't bad at all.
The art and style is wonderful~ One thing that impressed me was that even though there are practically a gazzillion males shown (from the inner chamber), each of them had their own distinctive look. Not like in some series where if you remove the hair, the face of every character looks the same. What I also love about Ooku are the characters and their personalities. Each are different and suit each character well. The one that stood out for me the most was Kasuga. All I can say is she is seriously one ruthless and determined woman.
I've enjoyed what the 2 volumes have already given, and now I'm eagerly awaiting v3.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| Buy if wanna read? =.= by darcyaglow on December 6th, 2009, 9:14pm |
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| It's pretty sad that i will have to send more than 40sgd to buy 2 volumes of this series from Viz. I cannot read Japanese so I can only look at pictures in the raws =.= Since this series already been licensed so no scanlation groups gonna translate it. I hope some kind readers gonna scan the English tranlations and share it ^^ |
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| Master Piece by Shoujofan on September 4th, 2009, 6:00am |
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I love Fumi Yoshinaga's work and she always suprises me. I did not like the first manga of her that I read, Gerard & Jacques, for that reason I stayed a long time away from her works. Antique Bakery was so praised that I forced myself to read it and fell in love. After I got Flower of Life and I was fully convinced that she was one of the top manga-kas of her generation. I was very eager to read Ooku, and every nomination this work received increased my curiosity. I was very happy when VIZ announced this title.
Ooku impressed me with the mature, beautiful and neat art style. The story was really interesting, mixing history and gender discussions, the main character, Mizuno, is kind and ambitious, although a little naïve, and I felt very interest to know if he would succeed in his career at the inner chamber. For that who do not know, the inner chamber is the shogun seraglio, in a Japan where most of the man, specially the young, died in reason of a strange disease, the red pox. Women took the power and men are an expensive delicacy and necessary source of seed. Mizuno used to bed with women who wanted child for free. Only the most powerful and rich families can afford a husband, and only the shogun can have so many.
I don't know if Yoshinaga will mix real Japanese history in her series, like the contact with other countries. Does the disease affected other places or is a Japanese plague? I can hardly wait for the next volume. Ah, one problem for me, VIZ was very careful and the text is almost in archaic English. It's difficult for a foreigner - I'm Brazilian - to read it as fast as if it was in current English, but this choice give to Ooku a more elegant face. Really nice peace of work.
Rating: 9.5 / 10.0 |
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