[...] I looked up was Fumi Yoshinaga, my favorite manga creator. She is included, although only for Ooku: The Inner Chambers; I would have mentioned more of her titles. The next creators I looked up — Alison Bechdel, [...]

[...] have been remiss in not talking more about this amazing series, because I fear it’s dropped off many readers’ radar. (Only one book a year comes out [...]

[...] Daughters. For me, I’m looking forward to this week as a good excuse to get caught up reading Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Yoshinaga’s gender-swapped alternate Japanese history, so I have something new to [...]

[...] readers onto manga that I think is worth reading. The newest series that I’ve discovered is “Ōoku – The Inner Chamber.” This series is essentially “Y: The Last Man” for medieval Japan. In “Ōoku [...]

[...] Ooku: The Inner Chambers – Fumi Yoshinaga hits new heights of achievement and insight with a series of stories set in [...]

[...] Ooku: The Inner Chambers — I’m woefully behind writing about this Fumi Yoshinaga series, needing to catch up on all three volumes, books 3-5, that came out this year. It’s because the historical alternative fiction is so complex in its relationships among the men kept for the shogun’s pleasure that it deserves extra time and attention. The books out this year jump even further back in time to the establishment of the male harem, showing how quickly whims become tradition. [...]

[...] manga this year. She’s tackled food before in the dessert-centered Antique Bakery, and her Ooku: The Inner Chambers shows off her gorgeous men in one of the best manga of [...]

[...] Ooku [...]

[...] week, top of my list is Ooku: The Inner Chambers Book 4. I adore this alternate history series about an historical Japan where most of the men have died. Others have complained about the [...]

[...] Ooku by Fumi Yoshinaga [...]

[...] titles as Pluto, Ghost in the Shell, Yotsuba&!, Fullmetal Alchemist, Summit of the Gods, and Ooku. It was great being able to compare techniques between manga and superhero comics, as well as [...]

[...] was a Japanese comic (manga). The Korean comic was Cynical Orange while the Japanese comic was Ooku. Both comics are vastly different in themes and plots and this obviously affected their respective [...]

[...] Four Shojo Stories (containing They Were 11) are all out of print, but if we reach further afield, Ooku: The Inner Chambers, 20th Century Boys, and Pluto, some of the best books of last year, are also science fiction. [...]

[...] continues with new installments for two very well-regarded series: 20th Century Boys Volume 10 and Ooku: The Inner Chambers Volume 4 promise to continue these series’ much-deserved reputations for being the best manga [...]

[...] collection of four connected short stories by Fumi Yoshinaga has more in common with Ooku than her yaoi works. For one thing, all of the love relationships demonstrated — and there [...]

[...] enjoying the new books by Fumi Yoshinaga, Ooku: The Inner Chambers and All My Darling Daughters, I decided to try some of her earlier [...]

[...] Bakery, about a group of men who sell dessert, one of whom is gay.) Her more recently translated Ooku: The Inner Chambers, again featuring a society of men, was on many best-of-2009 lists. All My Darling Daughters [...]

[...] Ooku: The Inner Chambers — Fumi Yoshinaga hits new heights of achievement and insight with this story of a male harem in historical Japan. Beautiful and heart-breaking. [...]

[...] [Review] Ooku: The Inner Chambers Vols. 1-2 Link: Johanna Draper Carlson [...]

[...] Draper Carlson on vol. 3 of The Name of the Flower (Comics Worth Reading) Johanna Draper Carlson on vols. 1 and 2 of Ooku: The Inner Chambers (Comics Worth Reading) Lissa Pattillo on vol. 3 of Otomen (Kuriousity) Julie on vol. 7 of Parasyte [...]