Reverse Harem Garden

Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower Vol. 2  Story by Miri Mikawa Art by Kasumi Nagi Translated by afm The Declaration of Stability, the most vicious ceremony, is coming up. Rimi and Shusei are tasked to prepare food for the four consorts. Check out the Volume 1 review . Disclaimer: a review copy was provided by the publisher.  In the first volume, we see the possible contenders of Shusei and Hakurei for Rumi. By the second volume, Emperor Shohi has officially entered the picture. Sadly, Hakurei fades into the background and  is also being paired with  another woman. But I am not losing hope even with the author mentioning it's going to be a love triangle in the afterword. Well, with  Jotetsu unless they get stuck together hiding for days...that's the only imaginary scenario that I can see him falling in love with her. But now thinking about it, she hadn't fed him yet! And with that, I came up with another excuse to continue reading this.   Every ti...

  Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower Vol. 1 - Story by Miri Mikawa Art by Kasumi Nagi Translated by afm  Setsu Rimi enters the imperial harem as a tribute to the emperor. She is a carefree girl with cooking as her sole passion. She meets the  cuisinologist/loveless scholar Su Shusei,  the emperor's bodyguard Shin Jotetsu; the beautiful eunuch Sai Hakurei, and the magnificent and sadist-like emperor Ryo Shohi. Disclaimer: A review copy was provided by the publisher.  The reason it got into my reverse harem radar is thanks to the last bit of " China-inspired fantasy story about a princess and her love for food surrounded by gorgeous men ." She's surrounded alright by gorgeous men. Let me arrange them on their level of interest to her. The main guy is Shusei. Period. Hakurei comes second who has taken interest in her but for different confusing reasons. The emperor is bent on getting her beheaded but she is his concubine so there's plenty of room for possible ...