Ôoku: The Inner Chambers 1
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The...
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In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber...
źródło opisu: VIZ Media, 2009
źródło okładki: http://www.viz.com
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9781421527475 (1421527472)
Publish date: 18 sierpnia 2009
Publisher: Viz Media
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Japan,
Alternate History,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Manga,
Japanese Literature,
Josei,
Fiction,
Historical
So beautifully drawn and told - simply magnificent.
"Well, that's the news from Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are heirs of the Shogun." - Garrison Keillor (paraphrased)
Fascinating premise, well executed! Trigger warning for just about everything, though -- this is NOT a series that shies away from having terrible things happen to its characters onscreen. A very interesting read, but only if you're up for that.Unfortunately, the translation is very clunky, full o...
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