090 - Ooku : The Inner Chambers
by Fumi Yoshinaga
This MANGA is "epic" literally. It has the same flavor as Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's expression of medieval Japan. (egs: Lone Wolf and Cub; Path of the Assassin; Samurai Executioner; The Color of Rage).
Throw in a splash of Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale". and Ooku is the result.
So far I've only read the first three volumes.
The art is beautiful.
Summary/Plot: Nature inflicts a shortage of males in Japan. This shakes the country's internal and external national politics.
Links
http://store.viz.com/oku-The-Inner-Chambers-Vol.-1/A/1421527472.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Coku:_The_Inner_Chambers
http://www.amazon.com/%C3%94oku-Inner-Chambers-Vol-Ooku/product-reviews/1421527472/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8
5 star manga.jcpma
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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