Shishou

Kawahira Keita is a descendant of an ancient Inukami tamer family tasked with dealing with unruly spirits and daemons. While his Inukami (or spiritual pact creature) is a very strong female dog spirit named Youko, she is also very possessive and troublesome, especially when it comes to Keita's desire to live his youth to its fullest. Youko feels that she is all that Keita…

In the East, there is a land ruled by an emperor whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in the capital's pleasure district by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there. Though she looks ordinary,…

Maomao must help keep Consort Gyokuyou safe during her pregnancy. An imperial consort being with child is supposed to be a matter of the utmost secrecy, but this is the rear palace, where maneuvering and backstabbing are as commonplace as banter and tea parties. Threats seem to lurk around every corner—but it's not just the rear palace keeping busy. Jinshi finds himself…