Oooku
- Alternative Name:
- 大奥; Ōoku: The Inner Chambers; Le Pavillon des hommes (French); Ohoku; Ooku; Ooku: The Inner Chamber
- Status:
- Ongoing
- Categories:
- Drama, Harem, Historical, Mature, Shoujo,
- Type :
- Japanese
- Author:
- Yoshinaga Fumi
- Artist:
- -
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In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that affects only men led to a massive reduction in the population, as a result of which women occupied vacant positions, thereby changing the social structure. Now, in 80 years after the initial outbreak with the ratio of men and women 1: 4, Japan is completely matriarchal society. Women occupy all the important political posts, and the male their spouses. Only the most influential woman, the head of the Tokugawa Segunate, can support a harem of beautiful and unproductive men, known as "Oku". Winner of a special award on the fifth annual Sense of Gender Award from the Japanese Science Fiction Association and Fantasy (2005), award for outstanding achievements for manga at the Japanese Festival of Media Arts (2006), Grand Prix on Cultural Prize Osama Tazuka (2009), Prize Tiptree (2010) is nominated for the first annual manga Taishou (2008). He was removed based on the series. Lady Segun and her people (2010).