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Manga like Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
Also known as Oooku, Ohoku, O-oku. Picked from what people who loved Ōoku went on to love and from what they share with it, like Matriarchy, Pandemic, Male Harem. Show
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The Rose of Versailles
Versailles no Bara
The same kind of story: royal court intrigue and romance.
Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI’s court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and…
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About Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
(Source: VIZ Media)
Notes:
- Won an Excellence Prize at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival
- Won a special prize at The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy's fifth annual Sense of Gender Awards in 2005.
- Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural the Grand Prize in 2009 and the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award in Girls' Category in 2011.
- Nominated for the first annual Manga Taishou in 2008.