If you think the hardest part was choosing just five each, you might be right. Read more
Oooku
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 16 – Oooku (Ooku: The Inner Chambers)
This series is definitely not a mass-produced model. Read more
Oooku – 10 (End) and Series Review
As good fantasy often does, Oooku uses the pretext of its premise to shed light on reality in ways a less fanciful series would struggle to do. Read more
Oooku – 09
Kasuga is lucky that Arikoto is as kind as he is, but that applies to pretty much everybody. Read more
Oooku – 08
One of the things that stands out to me about Oooku is how much is plays like a historical reenactment. Read more
Oooku – 07
On some level this is a story of how even the most extraordinary things eventually seem ordinary to those living with them. Read more
Oooku – 05-06
Oooku blurs the line between victim and victimizer quite intentionally, because that’s what the sort if world it depicts does. Read more
Oooku – 04
Sometimes fantasy allows a writer to get away with a little more than they otherwise might, especially in a country like Japan… Read more
Oooku – 03
Oooku’s vision of how the country would change under these circumstances is very believable. Read more
Oooku – 02
This version is effectively an extended teaser trailer for the manga. Read more