Ooku (2010)

- Disease that affects only males, making men a rare commodity
- Unconventional and quirky leads
- Story takes place in a safe location where men are kept
- Gender role reversal
- Queer rep
- Social commentary

The stories are vastly different in tone and setting. RSL is a light romcom while Ooku is much darker and melancholic

- Matriarchies (few men due to sickness in Ooku, no men due to law in Laplae)
- Important plot point related to pregnancy
- Royalty FL (Shogun in Ooku, Queen's daughter in Laplae)
- Reluctant, free-spirit and kind MLs
- Gender role reversal themes

Laplae is lighter, more romance focused and more fantastical than Ooku.

- Gender role reversal (a matriarchy in Ooku, a male courtesan in Homme Fatale)
- ML is a free spirit, FL is reserved
- Very slight romance
- ML hangs out with women often (as a courtesan in HF and as a 'lover' in Ooku (it's more of a favor than a paid service if you catch my drift...))
- Jealous men sabotage ML
- Kinda bittersweet, melancholic vibes

Homme Fatale is more comedy focused while Ooku is darker and somber.

It's in the same era only on inverted roles on male instead of female and a much classy setting.

Reverse gender roles. Both dramas revolve around the idea of what it would mean if men where confronted with situations women face. While Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin deals around the idea that male pregnancy was as likely to happen as female pregnancy, Ooku emphasises on what it would mean if males where put into the roles women faced in ancient historic times.
Both are very bizarre productions but make one question about societal standards and norms.