Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
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Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
Manga

Publication OverviewFINISHED

Format:Manga
Chapters:79
Volumes:19
First Published:2004
Origin:Japan (Manga)
Reading Commitment
Approx. 9.2 hours
79 chapters (Approx. 7 min per chapter)
MangaFINISHED8.1 / 10

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

大奥

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Quick answers

What kind of title is this?
Manga.
How many volumes are there?
19 volumes are listed.
How many chapters are there?
79 chapters are listed.
Where can I read it?
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Synopsis

About Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

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... (Source: VIZ Media) Notes: - Won an Excellence Prize at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival - Won a special prize at The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy's fifth annual Sense of Gender Awards in 2005. - Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural the Grand Prize in 2009 and the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award in Girls' Category in 2011. - Nominated for the first annual Manga Taishou in 2008.

Main Characters

Yunoshin Mizuno
Yunoshin Mizuno
main
Arikoto Madenokoji
Arikoto Madenokoji
main
Iemitsu Tokugawa
Iemitsu Tokugawa
main
Gyokuei
Gyokuei
supporting
Onobu
Onobu
supporting
Yoshimune Tokugawa
Yoshimune Tokugawa
supporting

Original Creators & Staff

Fumi YoshinagaStory & Art
Ana CaroTranslator (Spanish)
Miyako SlocombeTranslator (French, vols 8-19)
Éric MontésinosTouch-up Art & Lettering (French)