In the beginning, high school boys Hiroki and his friend Takashi are rescued from bullying by a notorious gangster, Miyamoto. At first, they are thrilled to be under his protection and cheerfully run off any...

The most famous deed of this princess was her words to her younger brother Liu Ziye. When he became emperor, she told him, “Although your highness and I are of different sexes, we are the children of the ...

This is the story of two of the greatest military commanders in history: the Roman Publius Cornelius Scipio and the Carthaginian Hannibal. The story follows the two of them from their early life on. Hannibal...

A graveyard in contemporary Israel has an unlikely visitor. The elderly gentleman from Japan, a former news correspondent, lays a bouquet of flowers at the tomb of one Adolf Kamil. For he remembers the tale ...

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"I will become emperor and bring peace to the world!" A vivid depiction of the life of the Byzantine princess Anna Comnena, the only known female historian of the Western Middle Ages! (Source: Twi4, transl...

This manga tells the story of Hatshepsut, a woman who reigned successfully over Egypt for many years. The story begins when she is a young woman, marrying her half-brother Thutmose II and thus ensuring his r...

This moving memoir by gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki, following his historic life story, was originally released in Japan in a novel of collected essays and in a beautiful manga adaptation--now both will be ...

Kazuhiko and I have always been together since we got into university. He had unsophisticated clothes, heavy glasses and unruly, curly hair. But one day, he changed his hairstyle. His rough, curly hair be...

Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the s...

Sorry, I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long." Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district — where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From ar...

San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers...

Everyone has a complex that is imposed on them by the world, whether they have it to a greater or lesser degree, or they do not have it. There are many ways to deal with it. What happens if you keep a good...

Original Web Comic: Pixiv She shows up at his door all battered and bruised, barely stringing two words together. What could have happened to her at home, that she had to flee to him? Note: This story is ...

A college student suddenly wakes up in the body of Dedes, a girl who will become the mother of the kings of Java. However, the longer she was in Dedes' body, she realized that the existing history was not en...

Amidst the Silence of All Magic in the Divine Land, Mara is about to descend. In order to prevent the destruction of the Divine Land and save all the people, Chen Xing, the last exorcist, embarks on a journ...

The author is a graduate student at Waseda University who was born female but has always identified as a male. Among other activities, the author is a competitive fencer who has represented Japan on the nati...

"I thought we were friends." "Your Highness is from the royal family of Joseon, and I am only a soldier of the Japanese Empire." The precarious relationship between the two men, who loved their countries mor...

Milo always dreamt of owning a big dog. They’re protective, cuddly, playful. Som (it means cotton (cotton wool)) the Samoyed, on the other paw, is anything but. She barks all night, sheds hair bombs, steal...

ChuYu woke up to find herself in the body of a murdered princess almost half a millennium ago. She soon finds out that whoever wanted her dead was in her mansion. Knowing the history, she also realizes that ...

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