FEUDAL JAPAN MANGA IS BACK ON THE BOARD

>In Edo period Japan (1603 to 1868), 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 to a quarter of the total female population. 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 Chambers.

>>279861502 (OP)
I look like this btw

>>279835558

>>279861994
Lol i comeback soon something came up

>>279861921
RIP Sugishita

>>279861805
>mother
She speaks!

>>279861921
It's a sign of a good man that he has many mourners

>>279861994
Here comes more cataclysm

>>279863029
I like how she manages to twist the shogun being an absent-minded slut into something cool and respectable

>>279863139
>motherhood NTR

>>279863214
>>279863252
I have a strange feeling that she'll be a good shogun

>>279863369
What a revolutionary idea
Funny that it was, once

>>279863475
150 years gone by already...

>>279863513
If wonder if they think Nobunaga was a woman

>>279863632
Damn

>>279861892
too late....

>>279862742
Don't complain, it's free protein. Do you wanna die of beriberi or something? Just stop whining and eat your grilled locusts.

>>279862779
day of the hammer

>>279863762
The face of Japan's saviour

>>279862962
she's smart but defeatist

>>279863167
OOF

ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

>>279863964
Rest in Peace
Thanks thou saucy fellow

>>279863403
I think it went against confucian principles, since it was believed that "they produce nothing at all".

>>279863603
haha yeah, what a funny coincidence that they all died so conveniently

>>279863762
Why is every lesbian a yandere?

>>279863826
>>279863856
I can't tell if Yoshimune's question was sincere or an unspoken order for Hisamichi to kill herself.

>>279864166
She normally might have had her executed due to her strong sense of justice, but since she was already on death's door...

>>279864192
Nah. Hisamichi was her bff, and put her on the throne. She might have had her killed back when she was in her 20s, but not at that point. Yoshimune didn't have it in her no more.

Ieshige

>>279865783
She's not disabled but she's still a retard

>>279865811
Ieshige is enough competent

>>279863992
Yoshimune says as much in the next page: >>279863405

The transition from the warrior class being the most important to the merchant class taking over is always rough on a society

>>279861618
I think Yoshimune's supposed to be the kind of woman who's plain as a kid but becomes attractive once she grows into her harsher features. Nonetheless there's something very cute about her un-moe kid self.

>>279866983
You're going to love Sadanobu

>>279866447
Yeah I was quoting her really. But my point was that she got the idea from Confucian philosophy/ancient Chinese memes, where you're supposed to tax people a portion of what they produce and merchants were considered the lowest social class since "they just move goods around"

>>279863881
>>279863915
I would have her killed with poison, a gentle one if possible. It's only fair

>>279863579
Clever to retire befoore death so she can support the succession of a worthy but disabled heir who would have faced significant resistance.
>>279863762
Bravo, I love that we already saw her scheming behind the scenes a bit, this didn't come out of the blue.

>>279868720
I really do think a monarch should abdicate while still having reason so power moves over smoothly
Unfortunately the position attracts powerhungry retards

>>279868720
>>279868792
It's quite a common thing in Japanese history. Emperors did it because the position of emperor came with so many ritual duties and taboos, possibly specifically designed to handicap the emperor so his councilors/regents could govern as they please, that it was easier for emperors to wield influence once retired. And the Tokugawa did it, starting with Tokugawa Ieyasu himself who technically retired a few years after unifying the country, a good ten years before his death, but kept ruling all that time.

im busy tomorrow, so later this night im dumping the new one

bump

>>279863632
Fujinami had no idea who he was messing with.

>>279872530
he was courting death

>>279784376
Best girl

>>279874921
look how smug she is about the swains fighting over her

>>279874940
the japanese potato

>>279874958
>they're revolting? but we made revolts illegal!
lmao

ENTER

>>279875002
personally I prefer "Dutch science" as a translation for Rangaku

>>279875070
I thought Kasuga looked older than her years but Yoshimune aged even worse. Must be the busy life devoted to worrying about the realm.
RIP to a real one

>>279875146
this fucking guy

>>279875129
Ken-sama...

>>279875002
man whenever she touches on international relations stuff I lose suspension of disbelief in the premise for like half a volume

Man you can really feel the yaoi background this chapter...

>>279875280
Well, there go the Dutch I guess

>>279875302
You have to actually understand the context and memes to translate properly after all, quite a challenge when it's a distant alien culture you're not even legally allowed to learn about.

>>279875546
Oh my god he's a TSUNDURE too? We just had the cooking subplot, where one guy fed another his 'special eel' and now this. Gotta keep the Fujo''s interested I guess. And then probably btfo them by having the disabled shogun fall for the haafu.
>>279875657
I bet it turns out to be a smallpox/cowpox situation where exposure to foreign contagions built up immunity.

>>279875374
It's crazy how you HAD to adopt/get adopted for a hundred reasons, notably formalities

>>279875457
you'd think there would be SOME eccentrics fond of blond hair and colored eyes

>>279875713
>>279875723
>>279875750

REVERSE TRAP!?

ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

>>279875750
I don't know how, but somehow I could feel it from the first panel she appeared in.

>>279875666
it's amusing how they're not even considering the possibility that other countries might be putting up the same facade they have

>>279875723
Ah fuck I can't believe I fell for it, >>279875723. Called it a Fujo ship. Requesting permission to commit sepuku instead of being beheaded.
>>279875792
Yeah but what are the chances those eccentrics ever even see one when they are so rare and limited to one specific place. And don't underestimate good old fashioned xenophobia.
>>279875766
These art pages are neat. Thanks for postan.

>>279875440
>female brothels
It kinda gets glossed over here, but it's harder to believe there would be enough women willing to get porked for money by filthy gaijin in a world where other types of work are open to them. The kabuki actresses were different, that was a glamorous and well-paid job. I guess if there were masses of boys sold into indentured prostitution in real Edo Japan, the reverse must be true in this manga.

bump

>>279875294
The plague must be related to their poor diet otherwise it would spread with the traders and fuck up the whole world.

>>279875829
>>279875750
Delicious

>>279875947
>Requesting permission to commit sepuku instead of being beheaded.
Denied, you man of little faith!

>>279875713
It is a pretty funny move to write a chapter chock full of BL tropes only to reveal on the last page that not only is the bratty older uke a woman, but a lesbian as well.

>>279874989
I wonder if Mizuno is still alive

>>279875029
She can do it

>>279875070
Rest in Peace
She did her best, and she did well

>>279875100
A woman?

>>279875129
Gaijin and reverse-trap romance?

>>279875244
>dat nose
And he's pretending not to be a gaijin?

>>279875407
Suspicious

>>279875713
>>279875723
I was almost beginning to doubt myself

>>279875860
Thanks thou saucy fellow

>>279875860
Thanks.

>>279874940
>>279874958
Kuroki is finally here!

>>279874976
>It must be that retard's fault!
>even though the situation already started under the previous shogun
>even though the current shogun leaves such matters to her councilors and the retired previous shogun
poor Ieshige

>>279875860
Thank you for posting.

>>279883016
Retard is always at fault. Convenient, but the problem won't go away just because you found a scapegoat.

>>279876933
Another one.

No bumps today, boss.

Bu

>>279891509
you churlish rogue, wherefore do you strain to keep this thread alive? do you not realize our liege is taking the day off?

>>279875502
So natural selection finally happened enough. The weak were culled and the remaining survive it.

Wep im done what I was doing, let’s guess I’m going to dump chapter soon

BASED METER
S: Tsunayoshi
A: Akifusa, Okitsugu
B: Gennai

>>279892682
oh shit

>>279892682
>soon
What did Anonymous mean by this?

>>279896332
She didn't last too long, but everyone must be breathing a sigh of relief

>>279896461
>she's still seething

>>279896560
This name would probably be familiar if you're a japanese schoolkid

>>279896961
>Japan had no soap before the 17th century
imagine the smell

>>279897109
he's always expressionless but he's a real human bean

>>279897306
most brilliant, Doctor Knox

>>279897306
Most brilliant, Dr. Knock.

>>279897386
Oh I see, he was doing "delivery health" as well.

>>279897464
Buddy, 90% of the population in your country learned like that

>>279897684
>>279897713
a true kuudere

ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

All ye of little faith. Hear these spoilers!

Aonuma and our charming dyke/wholesome reverse trap Hiraga Genai are the grandparents of the vaccine for the red-face pox .

But our lad Kuroki, was the man who achieved it. The saviour of Japan, and vanquisher of the plague.

>>279896118
I really like the aesthetic of these volume covers

>>279896356
She's cute
And, cruel as it may be, I'm looking forward to not reading that stuttering so much

>>279896387
Oh god what now

>>279896407
>>279896435
Oh wow, reason

>>279896461
Alright maybe not making her the heir was the right choice after all

>>279896899
It's true. WMAF couples produce 6' blond haired, blue eyed children every time

>>279898781
There were no flies on Yoshimune.

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>>279897045
He's joined the daily

>>279897131
>>279897155
Poor cunt

>>279897684
>>279897713
I love seeing bros sprout up in this

>>279897742
Thanks thou saucy fellow

>>279898892
I should never have doubted our girl

>>279896594
He's wearing a Takeda clan crest? I thought they were irrelevant during the Tokugawa period. How does a haafu son of a courtesan end up wearing that anyway?
>>279897109
>as befits one of higher rank toward a subaltern
Surely "subaltern" is the wrong word to use here. I guess it is technically applicable but given the ethnic connotations it has picked up, it has implications contrary to the actual context here. Simply calling Kuroki a "subordinate" would be be better when "subaltern" could also more generally refer to Aonuma. Then again,l that meaning would not be so present in the antiquated speech of the translation so it's probably fine.

>>279897359
No matter the place or era, doctors never change

>>279899345
Japanese mon are more open-use than Euro CoAs. You could use a similar crest, especially if the historical family had lost influence and they're a generic design, they'd get recycled too. It'd be very impudent to use the Tokugawa kamon of course. Enajima I think was wearing the Hojo crest too.

Let me guess, the manga ends when the plague ends and then they get men in power again and the reopening of japan happens.

>>279899345
>>279902086
Wikipedia to the rescue:
>Gradually, mon spread to the lower classes, and in the Muromachi period (1336–1573), merchants painted emblems on their shop signs, which became mon. In the Edo period (1603–1867), kabuki actors used mon, and the general public was allowed to choose and use their favorite mon. By the Genroku period (1680–1709) in the early Edo period, the use of mon was fully established among the general public. However, the use of the chrysanthemum mon used by the imperial family and the hollyhock mon used by the Tokugawa clan (Tokugawa shogunate) was prohibited.

>>279896486
>Hmm, how should I set up the reader to dislike the antagonist for this arc?
It's so simple but this kind of thing always gets me, how could she be so unkind to her cute daughter who just wants to play outside? If only Hisamichi were here.
>>279902086
>went from re-using crests of powerful families to belligerent IP copyright lawering.
Tragic. It's also a shame that they aren't shown on the women's clothing, would have made it easier to keep track of who's who. Instead we mostly see them on men in the Oooku whose family ties re irrelevant.

>>279897580
>apricot kernels
How is cyanide supposed to help with a mild cold?

>>279861502 (OP)
is that jerma

>>279903361
Traditional Chinese medicine believes it has cough-suppressing and phlegm-reducing effects when used in very small amounts. But, of course, it does not mean that it is vitamin B17 or some magic anti-cancer drug, as you know.

>>279897659
>>279897684
Kuroki, I love ya but... That is the worst outfit in the series so far. The small but high-contrast 'pattern' on the kimono is bad enough on its own, but underneath a solid light kamishimo it looks even worse. if you are going for garish you need to commit with the whole ensemble. What are the clothiers in the Oooku doing? Maybe they have too much time and fancy materials.

>>279875775
Most verily I doth appreciate the dedication O-OP displays by posting even the blank pages

>>279897742
Thank you for posting.

bump for anons reading

>>279902153
This isn't the kind of story you read for the ending

.......

>>279908284
You can do better than that

>>279896332
Smartest thing she could do.

>>279896407
Lot of talk for someone in the range of divine retribution.

>>279896535
She has bad qualities but is she wrong ultimately?
In this very chapter it is stated that Ieshige's retirement was the only time government officials felt that she acted like an actual shogun. We don't know how good/bad Munetake's reign would have been.

>>279896899
>"I'm just your regular 17 years old"

>>279897045
>"A 6 volumes flashback? What was the author thinking!?"

>>279897265
Easy to gloss over but this arrangement is unusual for that setting.

>>279897386
Oh, so she was still the head chief. Guess the money over rice reforms hasn't made a change yet.

>>279897523
Scary handsome.

>>279897713
A true doctor and a real hero.

>>279897742
Thx mate.
>>279903380
Too tall for that

>>279896594
it's weird he appears now when he was on the cover of the previous volume

>>279874958
>pouring rain all summer
>hail and tornadoes
is this the little ice age?

>>279896629
>>279896658
>rule number 3: no gay shit
>rule number 4: no even gayer shit

>>279908953
She can't manage people
A big part of leadership is that people won't always do exactly as you say, and even if they do they might still fuck up
And sometimes you have to deal with people who are just completely retarded and/or malicious. She doesn't seem like someone who can actually deal with all this, because they aren't perfectly perfect like her