Half a Moon: 14 Days of Celebrating Women

I watched Ooku: The Inner Chambers, an anime series on Netflix, last year. It chronicled an alternative history of feudal Japan where men were often afflicted with a fatal disease, resulting in a majority-women nation and a matriarchal society. The anime follows how the first female shogun and her harem of men who could never leave the palace’s inner chambers — the Ooku — came to be.

This shogun, Tokugawa Chie, and her story really stayed with me. And she definitely shed blood, sweat and tears. Lots of it.

( Why Chie and this story are awesome (as spoilerless as possible) )

tldr: Chie’s character blew me away, and this anime and the original manga deserve some pimping! Highly recommended if you like intensely entertaining shows or if you like stories set in the Edo period! Netflix trailer here.

Admins, may I have a Ooku: The Inner Chambers tag please? :)