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I am the Devil
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16 years ago
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im at a loss for manga that are set in victorian times that are not shoujo/romance centered
preferably, it has some kind of dark plot
what im talking about is like:
D.Gray-Man
Pandora Hearts
Kuroshitsuji
Tetragrammaton Labyrinth
and the first part of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
anything is fine. thank you all in advance 🙂


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16 years ago
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Hmm....maybe Godchild? Pretty sure it's Victorian era, and it's got a very dark plot. There is some romance, but most of it's either really minor characters or just subtext....


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Quote from imp4ever

Hmm....maybe Godchild? Pretty sure it's Victorian era, and it's got a very dark plot. There is some romance, but most of it's either really minor characters or just subtext....

ooo... i forgot to include that. but yeah. thats exactly what im looking for. i know that is kinds shoujo but...
thank you 😛


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16 years ago
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IIRC, Emma is set in that time period.


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16 years ago
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thanks~
emma is not quite what i was looking for but im gonna read it now anyway.
im looking for something a little more adventure or fantasy or supernatural ish. maybe action but not so much


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16 years ago
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Seeing that you can read Japanese, I highly recommend Under the Rose - Haru no Sanka. It's a good seinen, dark and twisted too. There's no romance though no fantasy or action either.

These:
Bolt & Lantern - shounen romance
Kizoku Tantei Edward
Crimson Cross
Ikoku Meiro no Croisée - 19th century France. Romance but very light and a shounen.

I am sure you have read or heard of Hellsing.

Hakodate Youjin Buraichou Himegami - 19th century and I've seen characters in Western attire in it (though it's probably set in Japan).

This is only ten pages. I am sure you can find what you are after among them. I have excluded yaoi, shounen-ai, hentai and doujinshi for you.

Kage no Re-voru - Kamen Kaitou Ryupan and Belle Starr Goutoudan look like they are set in that era and in Europe.


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16 years ago
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If you didn't get into Emma much these probably won't be for you, but Kaoru Mori's other series in the same time period Shirley (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1179) and its sequel Shirley Madison (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5023) are cute Victorian slice-of-life.


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16 years ago
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I second Shirley. It's short. You will probably like it even if you can't get into Emma (like me).


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16 years ago
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Kuro Bara Alice is new and there are only two scanlated chapters but it is dark and Victorian.


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16 years ago
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Oh wow, now when I think of it, most of the victorian themed mangas I read are romance!! gosh!

anyhu...some recommendations??..with dark plots?

I reckon some of Mitsukazu mihara's one-shots (they're victorian themed and quite macabre)

Cut the Angel with A Scythe
Alice in Underground
The End in Common Ruin
Tamashii no Futago
Kyuuketsuki to Boku
Children Can't Choose Their Parents

Mangas?
R.I.P. Definitely victorian era..but modernised a bit. (ghosts, angels)
Rustblaster
Night exile <-- non romance
Ningyou Kyuutei Gakudan

I HIGHLY recommend Brigit's supper and Bradherley no Basha <-- not really victorian but around the same timeline,


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16 years ago
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@Hermit
Night Exile is set in like the 17th or 18th century. That's why I didn't mention it. RustBlaster, etc. are just gothic inspired fantasy, not Victorian or in that era at all, just to note.

Crimson-Shell is probably closer. Looks like it's got a similar setting as Pandora Hearts'.

YATSUFUSA Tatsunosuke has a couple of Victorian/England themed (seinen) manga, not listed on here though. You probably have to find them from Japanese sites.

Edit: I totally forgot Embalming - The Another Tale of Frankenstein.


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