Ooku the Inner Chambers Vol. 11

Tokugawa Harusada connived for years to place her son in the shogun’s seat, and now she’s enjoying holding all the reins of power while Ienari is relegated to breeding duties. But while his mother sees him as nothing but a mindless stud horse, Ienari has been reading The Chronicle of a Dying Day and dreaming of a better future for his country – one free of his mother’s increasingly cruel control.

By Fumi Yoshinaga.