Butterfly is a young geisha in training. She loves and admires her childhood friend, Chinatsu-san. He’s a tattoo artist, and he paints butterflies on her arms and is kind to her. One day she visits Chinats...

In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi—a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to th...

The successor of the Tsujimura clinic, Motoharu has always held his childhood friend, Hazumi Akira, close to his heart. He confessed to Akira and then was rejected. Even so, he still entered the same univers...

When Roman architect Lucius is criticized for his "outdated" thermae designs, he retreats to the local bath to collect his thoughts. All Lucius wants is to recapture the Rome of earlier days, when one could ...

A hapless young man is released from prison with nothing to his name, but he knows exactly what he wants: to train in the art of rakugo comedic storytelling. After seeing an unforgettable performance from on...

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 ...

Within the winding streets of Kyoto's geisha district, there lives a 16 year old girl named Kiyo. After failing to become a Maiko, an apprentice traditional Japanese performer, Kiyo works as the caterer for ...

The era is Edo (1603-1868). Tsubaki is a merchant's daughter who is sold to the red lights district after losing her family in a fire. Driven by desire to triumph over her first love, a servant, she aims to ...

In 1941, Soutarou Kuramoto returns to Japan after years abroad with something on his mind. His closest childhood friend was a boy named Haroumi Asuma, who was famous for his traditional dances in women's clo...

Lili is just like any other girl except she can foretell the future! This 'Zodiac PI' relies on horoscopes and astrology to help her solve crimes and track down criminals. When there's trouble a'brewing, she...

In the red-light district of Yoshiwara, during the Edo period, Akane is a young orphan from the military nobility. Following the mysterious murder of her parents, she decides to walk into the lion's den by g...

Long ago, couple suicides were common, but some left with unfinished business. Now some 'destined couples' have been reincarnated in the present day. Each has a reminder of the past: a butterfly-shaped birth...

A samurai is worried about the fact that his wife always seems to wear a forced smile whenever she's with him. Original Web Series: Twitter, Pixiv

Tsurugi Shouichirou is the proprietor of a well-established, upscale miso shop. But he's best known for being a prodigal son and a "Jack-of-all-trades, master of none." Much to his well-wishers' dismay, Shou...

Hana is a normal teenager who goes to school normally, that is until she gets run over by a car... or did she? Suddenly, she finds herself in a weird place known as the "Red Light District"... in the EDO PER...

Kyouto, April 1928. Oshikouji Ryu (Ryu means dragon in Japanese, the title Ron is the Chinese pronunciation of dragon (Long)) is 17 years old, and is called 'Genius swordman, Dragon of Kyouto'. He will inher...

A love triangle, a friendship triangle, an enemy triangle. Three friends placed together by fate to live out their lives.

In a different world where Japanese culture kept its ground to this day . A female entertainer typical to Japanese traditional customs, finds herself swept into the world oh so familiar, and yet so different...

In Edo (ancient Japan), an oiran (high-class courtesan) joined a robber gang that stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Together, they battled against the enemy who used ‘Eleki’ (electric gadgetry an...

Cheon Gwan Nyeo is the royal gisaeng (geisha) of King Jin-Pyeong, who lived in the Shilla era. However, the poetic general Kim Yoo Shin falls in love with her. Original Webtoon: Naver Series, Ridibooks

This is the story of a man known only as Gen, who used to be an assassin. Nobody knows his past, his real name or his age, only that he is now working at Tsubakiya, a secluded onsen inn. He had put down his ...

O-Tsuru (the crane), named because she used to stand on one foot to warm the other, was sold by her parents to become a geisha. She will begin as an apprentice (Shikomikka) in an okiya. The house where the g...

They suffer between Love and Duties. Includes several stories, all based loosely on other works: Swan Ninja Art Anecdotes (Swan Lake, ballet) Edo Love Dance (Carmen, opera) DOLL (Nutcracker, ballet) La...