In an alternative timeline of feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects men caused a massive reduction of male population, thus females have to pick up men's jobs, changing the social structure. Now, after 80 years of the initial outbreak and current man:woman ratio of 1:4, Japan has become completely matriarchal, with women holding important political positions and men being their consort. Only the most powerful woman -- head of Tokugawa shogunate -- can keep a harem of handsome yet unproductive men, known as "Oooku."
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: 大奥, Oooku
Genres: Historical , Military , Samurai , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life
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Top 8 Manga Like Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (Oooku) [2025 List]
8. Operation Liberate Men
Ashamed of failing her high school entrance exam, a 16-year-old tomboy Sooha just wants to disappear off the face of the Earth.
However, when she yells it out loud a mysterious stranger named Ganesha approaches with an offer. He comes from a magical realm called the Para Kingdom ruled by a female military hierarchy that enslaves the male population. Ganesha offers to grant Sooha's wish if she will help liberate the men. Thinking his country sounds like paradise, she instantly agrees. But when she arrives the men look to her as their new leader and Sooha learns that fate has a funny way of leading people to their destiny.
Operation Liberate Men is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 남성해방 대작전, Operation Liberate Men
7. Hidamari no Ki
The story of friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate (source: Wikipedia)
Hidamari no Ki has finished publishing and it has 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: 陽だまりの樹, The Tree in the Sunlight
6. Yagyuu Hijouken Samon
After the young Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu dismisses the famous Yagyuu Jubei from his position as his fencing instructor, he chooses Jubei's younger brother, Samon as his replacement. Samon is supposedly not as good at swordplay as his brother, but Iemitsu definitely prefers him as a companion. Will the obstacles in the path of Samon and Iemitsu's relationship prove impossible to overcome?
Yagyuu Hijouken Samon has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: 柳生非情剣 SAMON, Samon, The Callous Swordsman, Yagyuu
5. Innocent Rouge
In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality," the event that became the starting point of modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one more protagonist that lived within the darkness, Henry Charles Sanson. He was the fourth generation family head of the Sanson Family, and executioner of Paris.
This is the historie of him nobly facing the harsh fate...
Innocent Rouge has finished publishing and it has 88 Chapters. It is also Known as: イノサン Rouge, Innocent Rouge
4. Niehime to Kemono no Ou
Saliphie, the 99th sacrifice to the terrifying demon king, learns two secrets about the king: The first, that he has been letting the sacrifices go in secret. The second, that half of his blood is that of a human. She gets to know the king's kindness and sorrow, and then it's announced that the king has taken Saliphie, who wishes to become a source of energy for the king, as his queen, and...?
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 贄姫と獣の王, Princess of the Sacrifice & King of the Beast, Princess of the sacrifice & King of the beast
3. Saraiya Goyou
Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has time and again caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Hungry and desperate, he becomes a bodyguard for Yaichi, the charismatic leader of a gang called“Five Leaves.”Although disturbed by the gang’s sinister activities, Masa begins to suspect that Yaichi’s motivations are not what they seem. And despite his misgivings, the deeper he’s drawn into the world of the Five Leaves, the more he finds himself fascinated by these devious, mysterious outlaws.
House of Five Leaves has finished publishing and it has 57 Chapters. It is also Known as: さらい屋五葉, Saraiya Goyou
2. Shuumatsu no Harem
In the year 2040, Japan has advanced technologically to the point of no longer needing people to work. However the cure for some diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, has not been discovered—people who have this disease have to stay cryogenized for 5 years to receive the cure.
What was not expected when they woke up, was that they are the only hope for humanity to survive.
World's End Harem has finished publishing and it has 85 Chapters. It is also Known as: 終末のハーレム, Shuumatsu no Harem
1. Oukoku no Ko
One country‘s cruel custom: “leading the life of a stand-in…" Away from the center of the city in a theater, an actor, a boy called Robert, is asked to become the stand-in of Elisabeth who has the right of succeeding to the throne. “I will definitely survive and come back－." Is Robert to be swallowed by the things to come as the wheel of fortune starts to spin? Deceit, traps, hatred. The long-awaited 1st volume that portrays human relationships tainted with greed.
child of the kingdom is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 王国の子, Oukoku no Ko
