this manga inverts the history of patriarchy and instead examines an ancient world where the women rule, and the men have been reduced to prostitutes and trophy "husbands" due to their scarcity. It is quite interesting to see, and this author does a terrific job of covering multiple aspects of such a situation.

However, unfortunately, the English translations are in Old English...and the phrases such as "thee" "thou" and whatnot are inconsistently used. Also, this story still flows without any real direction, and it feels like I'm reading a dramatized version of a history book. There are SO many different characters with names I cannot remember that I have become lost in this manga. There's Mizuno, O-tama, O-man?, Fuke-u? (lol for real), and bunch of random names!!! What's worse is that many of these people have MULTIPLE names!!!! I'm at a lost as to what else to say... It's just too much lol.

But, this is still a pretty cool manga series, and I think I will find the movie version enjoyable as well!! It's called "Lady Shogun and Her Men."

... Last updated on December 25th, 2014, 10:41pm

I`ve been waiting forever for the scans but they never come. so i went to the next city just to find a bookstore that has it. i found it, i was so glad I hastily read the first 2 volumes. My reaction? Oh my gosh. pure masterpiece. A wonderful alternative history which actually makes sense. When I saw the `mature` tag at the cover I was even more driven to read it. But there was no explicit sensuality or violence so it`s all good. I can`t wait till I go back there next month to finish the 3-6th volumes!!!

I've no idea why it's shoujo either. Should be Josei genre imo.
As for the pseudo-old English speech that Viz uses in the translation...
I have no problem with it at all - and how else could you represent archaic dialogue anyway?
Modern English just can't convey how this story is taking place in a historical setting.
I say, suck it up! Anybody who did Shakespeare in high school would be perfectly comfortable with the translation. Viz have already toned it down considerably - probably for the American readers.... ;-P

I literally can't even read this, my brain hurts, it seems good but I really wish they used modern englsih

Was annoyed by the old style speech that was used. Usually I am all for it, but in this case I couldn't stomach it for whatever reason.

Good art, good story.

Of course the drawing fit the shoujo manga. But the story?
I enjoy this story aside the drawing, 'this is briliant idea' my mind thought so. But shoujo?
Quite a paradox isn't it? Or, misfit?

pure NTR juice

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 ^^

It's supposed to be playing straight the "reversed gender roles" thing, yet tries to make it realistic to some degree, which completely shatters my suspension of disbelief, as the males would seem to be able to create a patriarchy in like 10 minutes if they really wanted to.