Shokudama is set in late Edo, the time when our contemporary food culture first began to develop. In the city full of lively merchants and townsmen, Himura Tamanosuke, a freelance guardian with a sharp sword...

Set in 19th-century Osaka, the manga tells the story of a love affair between Sasuke and blind koto teacher Shunkin, who lost her sight at the age of nine.

Mutsu enmei-ryu is an unarmed style that allows the user to defeat any number of armed opponents using incredible speed and strength. Shura no Toki tells about some Mutsu generation and their important role in...

During the political upheavals and social strife at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan (1855), two orphan brothers Yukimura Shoutarou and Yukimura Gentarou struggle to survive in these turbulent times...

A collection of stories: ”So cute?”Morizono is a wine salesman and love cute things. He has a pet cat and Onodera likes cat but has feline allergies. Will Morizono have his chance?”So what?””Sayonara Bokura no...

Proud to be a Samurai, even though I'm destitute

When I noticed, I was surrounded by a bunch of people wearing kimonos. When I looked into the river water, what was there was a young child… Eh, it’s me!? The place where I washed ashore was a gaudy...

Kounosuke Ryuudo is a samurai who is stuck in perpetual poverty. Looking for a job is fruitless, as he cannot wield a blade. Quite literally, in fact. One day, after being accosted by some criminals and...

Due to an accident, Rui has an impaired leg and is chosen by the village as a sacrifice to appease the gods and call for rain, leaving his sister behind. In the afterlife, Rui pleads with the local god Murakumo...

During the bakumatsu, a lone man runs amock in Inokuchi Village in Tosa! It's Iwasaki Yatarou, who will later found Mitsubishi. He used to spend every day in a rage, but then he met John Manjirou, and was...

Early on New Year's morning, the ronin Senou Souichirou appears in Edo's Katagi tenements. Initially, the inhabitants regard him with fear and suspicion: Kankichi, the carpenter's son, thinks he may not be...