Status Updates From Guests of the Emperor

"What a callous person I've become. I ought to feel sorry for her."

"I can't imagine why. She was a bitch."

"The war may be over, but the losses are forever and the hatred is forever."

"It hardly amounted to a quarter of a cup each, but to systems long deprived of animal fats, it was a disaster. Long lines formed all night long at the latrine, and there were a few terribly messy accidents. But for once nobody complained."

Oh the irony of finally getting the Red Cross packages the Japanese have been withholding, and some of the things they no longer need. The poor diet has stopped periods, no the tampons are useless. They are skin and bones and don't need a size 40 bra.

"I don't want people to dislike me, but I realized today that I want to stay alive more than I want to be liked. Far more. And I'm going to do everything I can to survive this."

"But the gunshot had stunned them all into a realization of their situation. They were animals in a cage."

"None of us have forgotten that long tenko the other day-all because she put some kind of nettle juice in Saigo's underwear when it was hanging on the line."

That's definitely one way to tick off your jailer :P

After realizing they might never get out, the women begin creating their own society, rules and all in order to prevent break down and chaos.