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Fumi Yoshinaga

Author of Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1

71+ Works 5,942 Members 129 Reviews 26 Favorited

About the Author

Series

Works by Fumi Yoshinaga

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1 (2005) 477 copies, 28 reviews
Antique Bakery, Volume 1 (2000) 312 copies, 6 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 2 (2006) 276 copies, 15 reviews
Antique Bakery, Volume 2 (2001) 236 copies
Antique Bakery, Volume 3 (2001) 221 copies, 4 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 3 (2007) 220 copies, 10 reviews
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 1 (2007) 213 copies, 7 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 4 (2008) 201 copies, 8 reviews
Antique Bakery, Volume 4 (2002) 196 copies, 5 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 5 (2009) 163 copies, 3 reviews
Gerard & Jacques, Volume 1 (2000) 148 copies, 1 review
All My Darling Daughters (2003) 137 copies, 4 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 6 (2010) 129 copies, 3 reviews
Gerard & Jacques, Volume 2 (2001) 124 copies, 1 review
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 2 (2008) 118 copies, 2 reviews
Flower of Life, Volume 1 (2004) 116 copies, 2 reviews
Lovers in the Night (1999) 104 copies
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 3 (2009) 104 copies, 3 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 7 (2011) 102 copies, 1 review
Don't Say Any More, Darling (2004) 91 copies
Solfege (1998) 89 copies
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 8 (2012) 87 copies, 1 review
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 4 (2014) 86 copies, 2 reviews
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 5 (2011) 84 copies, 2 reviews
Not Love But Delicious Foods (2005) 82 copies, 3 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 9 (2012) 79 copies, 1 review
Garden Dreams (1999) 77 copies
Flower of Life, Volume 2 (2005) 77 copies, 1 review
Flower of Life, Volume 3 (2006) 73 copies, 1 review
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 6 (2012) 72 copies, 2 reviews
Truly Kindly (2007) 70 copies, 2 reviews
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 7 (2012) 68 copies, 2 reviews
What Did You Eat Yesterday? 8 (2013) 66 copies, 2 reviews
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 10 (2013) 64 copies, 2 reviews
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 10 (2015) 62 copies, 1 review
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 9 (2014) — Author — 61 copies, 1 review
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 11 (2015) — Author — 52 copies, 1 review
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 13 (2017) — Author — 43 copies, 1 review
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 12 (2016) — Author — 42 copies, 1 review
Flower of Life, Volume 4 (2007) 42 copies
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 14 (2018) — Author — 36 copies
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 18 (2021) — Author — 21 copies
Gerard & Jacques (2004) 3 copies
Kodomo no Taion (1998) 1 copy

Associated Works

The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.5: Writing and Racial Identity (2011) — Contributor — 20 copies

Tagged

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1971-10-20
Gender
female
Nationality
Japan
Country (for map)
Japan
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Education
Keio University
Occupations
manga artist
Awards and honors
Eisner Nomination (Best Writer/Artist, 2008)

Members

Reviews

A bit more than 3, maybe a 3.5.
 
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papercrowns | 3 other reviews | Aug 6, 2024 |
I can't decide if this series actually has big ideas or is just fun, silly, tragic gender-swapping melodrama, but who doesn't want fun, silly, tragic gender-swapping melodrama set in Tokugawa Japan? Definitely recommended.
 
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raschneid | 1 other review | Dec 19, 2023 |


Interesting, brutal, tender... I grew up wishing I could be a knight, and this series rekindled that desire to have an honorable liege again. (It included plenty of examples of why that's a very dumb principle to build your society on, but I just never thought I would have that feeling again.)

An alternate history that basically merges back into our timeline! I haven't seen that before.
 
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mmparker | 27 other reviews | Oct 24, 2023 |
I read this and vol. 2 years and years ago but it must've slipped through the book-logging cracks. Re-read because I'm restarting the series now that there's a billion volumes. I love Fumi Yoshinaga.
 
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bmanglass | 6 other reviews | Aug 31, 2023 |

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Statistics

Works
71
Also by
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Members
5,942
Popularity
#4,154
Rating
4.0
Reviews
129
ISBNs
223
Languages
4
Favorited
26

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