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* [[Red Light District]]: Yoshiwara in Edo, which fell on hard times with the coming of the Red Pox and was later revived by Iemitsu to provide the women of the city a chance at children.
* [[Scarpia Ultimatum]] - Blessed Kasuga chooses an indirect method. Rather than threaten Arikoto directly she {{spoiler|has one of her men start killing his companions and the courtesans she sent in to tempt him into violating his priestly vows right before his eyes}}.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]] - Averted. {{spoiler|As horrified as she was by the whole "Secret Swain" bit, and for all her intent to rescind the edict once she found out about it, Yoshimune had to let the execution of Mizuno go through... [[Faking the Dead|one way or the other]]}}.
* [[She Is the King]] - Women who take on rulership or administrative roles, as well as those who register as heads of noble or samurai households, not only take male titles but use alternate male names for records and official functions. By the time of Shogun Yoshimune few even think twice as to why.
* [[Situational Sexuality]] - Considered quite normal in the Ooku, much to the shock of newcomers such as Yunoshin.
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** It's more a case of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk this]
* [[Slice of Life]] - There are numerous interludes in the various flashback arcs showing how common farmers and townspeople are adjusting to the death of menfolk.
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* [[Succession Crisis]] - Multiple.
** The whole [[El Cid Ploy|shell game]] with the two Iemitsu was to avoid one.
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