BBC's Sherlock - for some reason I hadn't realized that the source is only three 90-minute episodes. I watched the first one last night with Antoine; it was pretty great! I love Watson, and can now pay proper attention to people's related icons and fandom posts. Do people really like Sherlock as a person ( Read more... )

OMG OOKU WON THE TIPTREE!!!!!

A MANGA WON THE TIPTREE!!!!!

Unfortunately, manga-ka are reclusive and Fumi Yoshinaga will not be coming to WisCon. I COULD NOT EVEN HANDLE IT IF THAT HAPPENED.

Anyway:
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Fumi Yoshinaga is famous for writing series like Antique Bakery, in which men in Japan create a French bakery and sell delicious pastries. Ōoku is a more serious piece, focusing on an alternate history in 18th century Japan. The series has won many awards in Japan, including the Japanese Sense of Gender Award ( Read more... )

Has anyone read any of the manga called Ooku, by Fumi Yoshinaga?

We have volume one here at the bookstore, and it sounds interesting, based on the description:
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy- ( Read more... )