@strawberryicedtea My fellow gentlewoman then :)
I recently started reading Anatolia Story and does Gülbahar look like the queen there! :) Especially when she's grinning, she's giving me evil queen vibes.
@strawberryicedtea How rude of me not to say hi. Hi! You're are a scholar and a gentleman for supporting the author :) I never even check the magazine serialization, because I know mangaka usually fix stuff for the tankoubon release. I suspect Shinohara has her assistants draw most of the...
@goronyanpai You're right, she's been portrayed as an innocent girl so far and one does not expect her to go full evil. She probably wasn't as evil as some historians paint her to be, but she definitely pulled some strings and I'm glad Shinohara won't shy away from showing her involvement in...
@goronyanpai I'm not royalbl, but mind if I chime in? Hurrem is a widely hated historical figure for starting what's called the "Sultanate of Women" period. Basically, powerful women from harem held the reins of the empire during that period much to politicians' and historians' chagrin. It...
I gave a 10/10 for historical accuracy to this chapter, because Suleiman never spoke directly to foreign ambassadors. He always had someone else spoke for him while he remained silent like a statue, which spooked the said ambassadors a lot. Shinohara-sensei caught a nice detail there.
Ibrahim...
@Purplelibraryguy Now that you put it that way, when authors do that, it's usually followed by something horrible happening the asshole character in question. It almost feels like a last effort to prevent us from saying "He deserved it!" :)