Saiunkoku Monogatari/YMMV


 * Funny Aneurysm Moment: Not in the show per se, but in its North American release. The last episode released by Geneon before its collapse, episode 10, is titled "Good Things Come to Those Who Wait". Episodes 11+ would not see the light of day in North America for another full year; many of the show's fans in 2007 doubted it would ever happen.
 * Ho Yay: Oh so much. Occasionally played for laughs in the early episodes.
 * Real Women Never Wear Dresses: Beautifully averted. Shuurei is able to be successful in a male-dominated society through brains and hard work, and she's allowed to be as feminine as she wants while she's doing it, dammit.
 * The Woobie: Ryuuki and Eigetsu.