ALL OF OOKU (translated to english until now) IS UP ON MANGAFOX PEOPLE! (Also. TRIGGER WARNING: vol 2 has a lot of rape scenes. A lot. (Spoilers in the comments.)

Also, thanks to pseudo_tsuga for pointing this to me. Let's do a "follow Monday"... something:

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OOOKU CHAPTERS 3 AND 4 UP ON MANGAFOX. Thanks to rainbowrin for telling me! <3

I'm just... you know... passing.

And thus, volume 1 ends. Chapter 4 is my favorite from this volume.

THE SECOND CHAPTER OF OOOKU IS UP ON MANGAFOX.

I'm not, like, making it obligatory for you to read it or something. Like. At all.

ETA: Awww, it was kinda short. I thought that chapter covered more. Well, anyway, it gets better.

My Amazon copies (yeah, I still buy from them, they are the less expensive) had stickers with "Eisner Award Nominee" on them. More awards for Oooku to come, and it so deserves it Apparently it was nominated back in 2008.

I read the first chapter on Mangafox and wasn't that seduced. It was good, but I did not understand the hype. Now? I don't think the hype makes it justice. It's really one of the best manga written until now. Just for the way it address the themes of its plot and the complexity of the relationships.

( Volumes 1 and 2. Mostly reactions and lots of spoilers here. Long. )

OOOKU HAS ARRIVED. IN MY HOUSE. THE FIRST TWO VOLUMES. FINALLY.

But here you can read the first chapter online. I was forgetting about linking it, thanks Kiri for showing it to me.