A review by halcyon_nights
Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 6 by Fumi Yoshinaga

4.0

Having a break of two months between this volume and the last made me re-evaluate just what still compels me to continue on with the series with its flaws. It's more than clear by now that the art is not enough to carry the story forward, as it can often be quite difficult to distinguish between characters, and even now, they're all a blur in my head. While relatively slow in pacing, the lives of the characters in the volumes pass us by before we're able to truly form an emotional connection to them, which makes them even more indistinguishable from each other. Most of the characters are tragic, trapped figuratively by responsibility and duty and, literally, by the walls of the inner chambers. They all seem to have some form of a tragic or bittersweet ending.

For now, I just find the series easy to read and I already own the next three volumes. I'll see if I feel like continuing then.