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A review by meeners
大奥 8 by よしながふみ, Fumi Yoshinaga
4.0
someone i know was complaining to me the other day that this volume is too fluffy and shoujo-manga-esque, but i don't think this is necessarily a bad thing - yoshinaga fumi is the master (mistress) of the light touch, and she shows it off well here. the farcical moments get shaded with sympathy; the tragic moments, with pragmatism.
was going to give this only 3 stars because of the random cooking bit (i think this is part of the reason why this person i know was complaining - too much like 『なにたべ』) and a bit too many other filler moments . . . until the moment i discovered this volume features none other than HIRAGA GENNAI!!!!! a.k.a. one of the most awesome edo writers ever. yayayayayay. in real life he was a polymath and all-around genius, but more importantly, he is the one who bequeathed to the world the masterpiece that is "a theory of farting"（放屁論）. i am totally not kidding; he really did write an essay called that. i dare you to look it up. very glad to see that yoshinaga fumi seems to agree with me about how awesome hiraga gennai is. crossing my fingers that she keeps it up in volume 9!
was going to give this only 3 stars because of the random cooking bit (i think this is part of the reason why this person i know was complaining - too much like 『なにたべ』) and a bit too many other filler moments . . . until the moment i discovered this volume features none other than HIRAGA GENNAI!!!!! a.k.a. one of the most awesome edo writers ever. yayayayayay. in real life he was a polymath and all-around genius, but more importantly, he is the one who bequeathed to the world the masterpiece that is "a theory of farting"（放屁論）. i am totally not kidding; he really did write an essay called that. i dare you to look it up. very glad to see that yoshinaga fumi seems to agree with me about how awesome hiraga gennai is. crossing my fingers that she keeps it up in volume 9!