Asayi An Autistic Teen's Journey to Topple a Shogun in Medieval Japan

Set in fifteenth century Japan, Asayi, a nobly-born autistic teenager, copies legal scrolls for her elderly father, Oktani, the Shogun Ashikaga's chief scribe. Asayi is autistic and presents as mute. No one knows of her disability except the Oktani household. The two travel then travel to the Shogun's palace in Kyoto to deliver completed texts.

Upon returning home, old Oktani collapses from heart failure and dies. Asayi is taken back to the palace where Yoshinori Ashikaga quickly marries he...