A review by matt_and_cheez
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga

4.0

This manga is probably the deepest I've read. It investigates a switch of roles. Instead of the men being Shogun and running Japan, the women are left to the more "masculine" jobs like farming and business, while the men are left to be servants and prostitutes. A horrible disease wiped out the majority of men in Japan and they soon become almost sacred. The protagonist finds himself serving under the Shogun and finds out that it is much more dangerous than he once thought.
I think that this story has some worthy life lessons. What gives men the right to be superior? Why can't we do things that are "normal" for the opposite sex?