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.

>you are late

do you really even care!??????? just enjoy the chapter, its been a long ass day to me lol

>>280585809
I care :(
Thank you for posting at this hour despite having a long day.

>>280586898
thanks handsome

ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

bump

>>280587056
>Oh no my husband is just too handsome
>mustn't lose my spaghetti
>let's ask him about the disease which makes people shit themselves to death, that'll work

>>280585764 (OP)
Nice couple

>>280586104
Assuming the best, a good shogun dies
Assuming the worst, this is going to blow up catastrophically

>>280586293
Good to see passion and competence at any level of the shogunate

>>280586531
Cutie

>>280586733
Tut!

>>280587037
Baller

>>280587162
I love this lady

>>280587173
>>280587182
Imagine being told by the woman you love that seeing another man put her in heat this bad
Truly, it is the fate of Arikotos to get cucked, except 3.5 I guess

>>280587344
>making him do the Ooku pose
Outstanding. It's like she's been reading along

>>280587398
>>280587409
Lovely

>>280587445
Thanks thou saucy fellow
Considering the end of the Edo Period is rapidly approaching it may be silly to say, but I hope they can end their days peacefully

>>280587290
a design so good it makes the women instantly wet

>>280585869
>>280585888

>>280590465
>all but the first three shoguns are now on the table of characters

>>280586192
Poisoned?

>>280586531
My shogun can't possibly be this cute!

>>280586979
>Those eyes
Looking a little gay there.

>>280586990
/fa/shion time.

>>280587037
How did they keep the shoulders from falling down? Did they put rods in there?

>>280587134
I just noticed the stones on the path.
What was even the design's point here? You are pretty much asking for someone to trip

>>280587173
Spilling spaghetti is as old as time itself.

>>280587445
After everything that happened to her. She deserved this moment.
Thx mate.

>>280504885
>Shoogun
I'm a few days late, but I need to let thee know I spat out my coffee reading that.

>>280585809
with all due respect O-OP-sama, you mustn't show any signs of weakness like being late, lest our daily be occupied by foreign threads!

>>280586759
arikoto...

>>280591910
have you never seen a garden with those? that's common around the world.

>>280587173
cute and painful at the same time

>>280587445
beautiful.

How wholesome is this manga?

>>280591910
the one block that looks like it's raised 8 inches above all the ones around it is just a drawing error

if you haven't looked at small details like hands commonly being completely mangled (even in the volume version where such things are usually corrected) you may not have noticed that the mangaka doesn't actually draw that well. The nicely drawn heads and clothes are probably all heavily templated.

>>280592766
it's set in early modern japan.

>>280592766
Mostly soul-crushing despair which makes the nice stuff like in the latter half of this chapter shine all the more

>>280592849
how much of it is the artist and how much are assistants?

>>280585907
I already forgot who this girl is

>>280596772
Do you think someone ever brings up Gyokuei and another scribe asks who that is and everyone else in the Ooku makes fun of him for speedreading the Chronicle

Soon

>>280596843
at least he read it. outside the oooooku there must be a bunch of newfags who only ever read the woodblock print adaptation.

>>280591846
Probably just starched to hell. Linen can get incredibility stiff if you starch it. We don't do it anymore (we don't wear linen anymore either) but it was common in the past

>>280596772
The next shogun

>>280600406
helloooooop

>>280600943
one thing I'm ignorant of is why the americans wanted such an agreement so much, why go through all this trouble if they only want somewhere to fuel their ships.

>>280601047
least trustworthy face award

>>280601898
wut

>>280602040
kill this smug motherfucker

>>280586077
this guy

>>280601436
US Civil War was pretty imminent at this point and Fillmore was a vice president that got elevated to presidency because the war hero elected president that had no actual politics besides preventing a civil war died in office. It was probably just about grasping for external things to accomplish to build unity.

>>280600671
Power of /fa/shion!
I wish I knew more about fashion. Remembering all of the rules is a headache.

>>280602427
oh. I thought the civil war had already happened. wait, how did the ships reach japan if the manifest destiny stuff didn't reach the western shore yet?

>>280602482
>>280602515
damn, this is so nostalgic

>>280592766
see >>280602927

ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

>>280587028
cucked out of his most pimped robe

>>280603055
why cant we have nice things

>>280600864
He's always ruthlessly pragmatic.

>>280601446
>everything is the same it's always been
I've heard that one before

>>280602729
They went the african way. California had just become a state and was very frontier-ish so it was pretty forward-thinking to imagine Japan as the first stop of a pacific route rather than the last stop of the atlantic one.

>>280602290
jesus

aaaaa it hurts...

>>280603401
I think ooku is trying to paint Ii as too high handed and happy to offend overall. It always shows the people it really likes as the type to turn enemies into allies rather than merely being correct

>>280603511
I see, that makes sense

>>280603511
Some quick dates for more context:

1848 - Gold discovered in California
1850 - California becomes a state
1852 - Perry's first expedition
1958 - Treaty signed with Japan
1861 - Civil War begins

>>280601898
The worst deaths are the ones where we don't get to know it's happening.

>>280604606
>nothing ever happens

>>280604606
americans may be ignorant of world history but we're equally as ignorant of american history. I had no idea california was a state this early on.

>>280605094
I did, but I'm from California. I also had a really good AP American history class in high school

But California getting admitted into the Union was early (the rest of the west was mostly territories) and significant, because it was a free state and everything from around the Louisiana Purchase to the Civil War is about keeping a balance of power between free and slave states, and California's admittance as a single free state upset the balance for awhile. That balance would get increasingly strained as the 1850s wore on, which is why war happened in the 1860s

>>280600406
These people are always observing something

>>280585764 (OP)
Nothing spells doom more than a cute and happy cover.

>>280600447
Does it really count as an offering if you eat it anyway

>>280601000
Is that a PoV panel?

>>280601161
A tale as old as time

>>280601482
This reminds me of Tanuma Okitsugu figuring out that Ieharu had died

>>280601631
>and then
Scary, scary words

>>280601898
>>280601939
Man fuck this shit

>>280602117
What a mouselike man

>>280602482
Fuck man

>>280602515
It's really been one hell of a journey here

>>280602764
Man, she loved him so much

>>280602890
At least she got there
After all the bullshit from her father, the evil he inherited, she got there

>>280603055
Thanks thou saucy fellow

>>280603255
Illegal in Japan

>>280604606
Oh, didn't realise shit went south back home so quickly after this stuff
Interesting that it coincided with the Bakumatsu

>>280586077
But muh extraordinary intelligence! He who thinks all other people are retards becomes the biggest retard of them all.

>>280606380
>I'm from California
My condolences

Yoshinobu my goat

>>280585809
>late
This is unacceptable. Shave your forelocks, grovel to the Senior Chamberlain, and redouble your efforts to serve the Shogun.
Don't rush to post, I don't want the manga or these threads to end.

>>280605094
Gold was discovered just two weeks before the territory was ceded from Mexico. When news of what was found was reported, an absolutely massive flow of people from all around the world poured into the sparsely-populated territory, the likes of which I'm not sure have ever really been seen in history prior. There's no other territory that became a state so quickly in the country 's history.

>>280588843
>woman you love
O-Anon, what gave you that impression? At no point has Takiyama actually been jealous of Tanetsu's lovey-dovey relationship with the Shogun. He treats her like a spoiled imouto (and in fact treats Tanetsu similarly).
Takiyama's problem with the Lord Consort is his easygoing nature, questionable Satsuma Allegiance, and the inconvenience caused by his status. besides that he has been genuinely supportive. Shit like >>280587028 is what really irks him.

We had a nice streak before. Maybe we can get one going again.

>>280601161
Comedic paneling.

>>280601161
There are times when strong-arming through things work.
This is not one of those times.

>>280602158
Face of a man who realized that it don't matter anymore. None of it matters.

>>280602482
>>280602515
Is this the end?

>>280602927
I love the use of black spaces in this manga.

>>280603055
Thx mate.

Two shogun left...

>>280613267
why would this manga stop so soon? surely the shogunate will overcome this trade deal and emperor support business.

Bump

Bumppp

>>280585764 (OP)
cool

>>280603055
Thanks

Tsunayoshi did nothing wrong

Where is kenshin

>>280601898
Dude, she's only been dead for ten days >>280602290

>>280601631
Hey, that's today!

>>280601898

>>280618774
Mmm... Crispy

>>280610486
He seems to have eased off, but I certainly got that impression early on
Whether he still does or not, must be a little rough

>>280613267
Well we know who they both are now, since the manga already stated that Yoshinobu would become shogun, but this Tomiko lady is gonna be next

Euros

>>280603055
The heart

>>280619631
Sankyuu!

Emperor Meiji is alive already, by the way

>>280621884
Yes. But he's a little child. And he only appears in two or three panels anyway. His dad and aunt are far more important to the story.

Soon

>>280619631
should stay where they belong- OUT OF JAPAN

it feels like endgame is approaching

>>280585764 (OP)
who is this for

>>280625413
history nerds and women.

>>280625413
crusader kings players

>>280628021
II or III?

Soonish

>>280629570
Ominous sweets.

>>280630036
>Do everything expected of you
>Get shamed because you liked women
Guess the Setsuma domain really liked boys that much.

>>280630335
We finally get to see the Emperor and he's just seething.

>>280630419
Those sticks they carry with two hands are silly.

>>280630589
Looking a little like a lizard man here.

>>280630738
I'm glad that the midget is at least doing better now.

>>280630985
This guy is thinking ahead with more steps than he can ever imagine.

>>280631171
The midget's been dead for years. This was the sick guy she claimed as her concubine for a short while before her third marriage to get Takiyama off her back.

>>280631848
Oh look, it's Kuroki II.

and the new shogun its a cinnamon roll

ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

>>280632810
>spoiler

So she's going to get eaten alive?

>>280632465
ENTER our last shogun ;_;

best girl soon

>>280632465
ENTER

>>280632843
Thx mate

>>280633254
The last shogun is yoshinobu

>>280633638
If you know, you know

>>280630036
lmao

>>280630335
it's starting

>>280630917
>>280630985
these guys are smart

>>280632810
more like a (ie)mochi cake

>>280630686
did we see this guy before?

>>280631007
I think those are folded fans

>>280634920
He was the shota-looking dwarf Iesada married back when her dad was cock-blocking her. I had forgotten he was even still alive.

>>280632211
>14th son
Wew lad.

>>280631514
how tsundere

>>280632810
She is very cute, but she can't outmoe Iesada. Or Kazu-no-miya for that matter.

>>280632933
If you consider dying slowly by disease being "eaten alive", then yes. Poor girl got eaten alive. Like the real Iemochi.

>>280633254
>our
Very fitting choice of words.

>>280634172
Carlos-dono!

Bump

>>280630036
He was too straight for Japan to handle

>>280630335
>so angry at people taking your miniscule power away you quit
Seems counterintuitive
Also interesting that Emperor Meiji's dad was such a gung-ho isolationist

>>280631007
Japanese traditional clothes are cool as fuck, until you get to the most absolutely formal and traditional and then they look so fucking dorky

>>280630476
>doing what the emperor says is treason
Reading Mishima really opened my eyes to how strange Japanese patriotism can be

>>280630631
Why is this guy just in a completely different artstyle
And I thought he wasn't supposed to take vows

>>280630738
Alright there's my answer

>>280630985
If a Japanese man from 200 years ago can learn English you can learn Japanese

>>280631043
These goodbyes always get me

>>280631146
>a little more than a year
Time tends to pass quicker than you realise in this manga, but I thought their whole story had taken longer than that

>>280631514
What a strange sense of loyalty
Dare I even say something resembling friendship?

>>280631737
The real privilege of being consort is not having to wear those ridiculous hakama

>>280631848
Are we still arguing over western medicine

>>280632022
Fuck it up

>>280632465
Pretty lady

>>280632507
>>280632555
Wuh-oh

>>280632741
She's too pure for this job

>>280632772
>>280632810
Lovely

>>280632843
Thanks thou saucy fellow

>>280631848
A number of poisons can cause jaundice, there's no reason to believe Kuroki's grandson was wrong.

>>280632178
The Kii Tokugawas are the biggest remaining suspects then, aren't they? We'll see if the manga dips its toes into the murder mystery genre too.

Bump

>>280642799
Yes!

>>280644135
No.

>>280601000
>>280601047
>>280601108
>>280601161
>YOU'VE ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD!

>>280645526
maybe

gozaru

>>280650213

Bump

>>280585764 (OP)
Oh no!

>>280632843
Thank you for posting.

Let's have one more chapter ITT

>>280655622
you know, in all the japanese media I can think of, I've never seen anyone with the samurai hairstyle but it's poorly maintained and the shaved parts are growing back in

>>280655622
I agree.

>>280638903
Someone should shoop the hair on him.

>>280655622
No one's pointed it out, but they pretty smoothly stopped using the archaic English as the times modernized. It's a nice touch.

>>280659498
Huh
I never even noticed

>>280659498
I noticed it but didn't think it was deliberate. cool.

>>280660804
He looks like Kuroki

>>280660827
Why does this page have a disease

>>280660893
Cutie
I wonder if she'd like Gunpla

>>280661048
Our guy

>>280661156
>it's perfect!
>huh?

>>280661202
Rejecting an arranged marriage? PREPOSTEROUS!

>>280661540
lol
Good dad

>>280661540
It keeps happening.

>>280661635
>Almost
Good knowing you, Ii

>>280661635
He's not wrong

>>280661726
>do it
>do it faggot

>>280661832
Buyfags never change
Imagine leaving your figure collection to your firstborn to add to

>>280661832
I remember the dolls.

>>280661893
Times are changing...

>>280662065
BAKUMATSU BAKUMATSU
LA LA LA

>>280662206
Apologise.

>>280661007
those beriberi midgets must've lost all their teeth to scurvy in two weeks

ENTER

>>280662097
It's amazing Japan managed to achieve anything with this ooga booga mentality

>>280662671
Oh my

>>280662671
It's always fucking something around here

>>280662177
Devilish.

>>280662484
this bungler

>>280662797
>I don't like this consort, Your Highness
>her smug aura mocks me

>>280662744
What shamelessness!

>>280662823
Intense imagery

ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

>>280662959
Thanks thou saucy fellow
The wild ride never ends

>>280661156
Wow, even being a royal and yet being born as a lame guy. Social death sentence for those Kyoto boys

>>280661345
>"Just have sex, ok?"

>>280661540
Great depiction of anger.

>>280662241
all these sameface men making this same face all the time

>>280662744
would/10

>>280655674
You got your wish: >>280660729 >>280660770

>>280662797
damn imperial brat, making fools out of edo samurai!

>>280661681
I'm gonna need a little trivia about imperial authority. So everyone knows that the edict was sent to the Mito domain, right?
Why would it matter if they gave it or not? The order was already given and it's public knowledge.

>>280661893
>>280661920
So pure that I have to cover my eyes from the rays.

>>280662065
>A pistol
>When that dude was talking about Japan fighting against the Americans with swords and spears
Guess they learned.

>>280662453
Are Kyoto boys such manlets?

>>280662671
Bruh, what is it with these people and the constant games they keep on playing?

>>280662744
>"Sup?"

>>280662797
Ok, this one got me.

>>280662959
Thx mate.

>>280660729
is this worse than being bald?

What exactly is Kyoto's game here
The shogunate have every right to be publicly outraged and truthfully declare the aristocrats to be a pack of shameful schemers who play such silly tricks
The marriage is null and void by virtue of the "groom's" identity

>>280665402
Satsuma retainers were allowed to have firearms.

>>280666653
You're right, but you will see.
Keep in mind though, the shogunate were the ones who desperately begged for a political marriage.

>>280662453
BEST GIRL
E
S
T

>>280662453
TRANNIE

>>280662744
Whew

>>280662959
Thank you for posting.

>>280661540
Classic.
>>280662671
Oh my god, how could he be upset over the whole 'O-man's favorite' situation if he was keeping this one hidden away? It's the complete opposite approach but easily one of the best (male) outfit designs yet. Wish we could see it in color.
>>280592849
>doesn't actually draw that well
Yes but not "can't" The quality is not consistent at all but there has been some great drawing in places, though the style is not showy. Where this manga really shines is the composition and design, easily the best I have seen in that regard.

>>280662797
Welcome Kazu-no-miya-sama! Welcome best girl!

>>280667163
commit seppuku you slanderer!

>>280660804
>No, I'm not taking a bath
>Shut the door, leave me alone
Apparently being a smelly neet is "strength of character"
>>280662716
>Naked tomboy, in the bath, armpits exposed, literally asking to be fondled.
Massive respect to that man for his restraint.

bump for anons to read

>>280661920
Awwww...

>>280662671
#LoveWins..?

We must make the end.

>>280662744
It's fine, my dick can fit in one hand.

>>280662811
We're about to see levels of smug that Edo provincials could only dream of.

We've reached a point where there are photos of many of the important characters. Here's Yoshinobu:

And Kazu-no-miya. There are photos of the real Tenshoin as well.

>>280674006
>There are photos of the real Tenshoin as well.
hohoho, the real one, of course....

>>280674006
Look at that head!

>>280674116
Heh heh heh

>>280673902
A change in eras