From MangaHelpers: Set in the Edo period of Japan, the high-ranking daimyo of the Mito-domain cannot keep his bodyguards alive as they travel Japan. To replenish his bodyguards, they institute a recruitment...

In a prison world, there are few good stories, and this is the world of Kubikiri Asa, the beheader and master samurai under the Shogun. It's a world full of vengeance, greed, and violence. A world of depravity...

Hanbei Tsukinami, a samurai who belongs to a clan. Disgusted by bizarre hobby of his lord who likes to kill powerless people, he then left the clan and went to Edo as a ronin. Note: First 2 volumes were...

Based on the life story of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.

A period drama masterpiece recounting the remarkable feats of an outlaw bounty hunter renowned as Rabid Dog. Following the hero as he rescues the weak and battles the mighty, master artist Takao Saito’s dynamic...

In medieval Japan, it's a hard life for a stray cat. Every day is filled with struggles and prejudice, from oppression by fellow cats working for cruel masters to extortion by catnip druglords. But being a...

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with he coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade...

During the violent upheaval of the Bakumatsu era, Hitokiri Battosai was a feared and ruthless assassin. But now that the Meiji Restoration has begun to heal the wounds of civil war, Battosai has taken up a new...

The special focus on the meeting of Shishio Makoto and and his significant other, Yumi Komagata. The manga also details how Shishio formed the Juppongatana, his organization of warriors and assassins that he...

It is the 16th year of the Meiji era. Five years have passed since Kenshin Himura stopped the uprising of Makoto Shishio. Though the flames of his budding revolution were extinguished, the scars left in its...

The strongest samurai of the Sengoku period is suddenly summoned to another world in the middle of battle. His sole purpose is to take the heads of the strongest warriors. He doesn't care about titles—whether...

Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has more than once caused him to be let go by the lords who employ him. Hungry and desperate, he agrees to...

An unlikely pair and their adventures in the mythical past. Burly ronin Kusanagi looks after the physical well-being of various characters the two come across, while the slight, "blind" Sensai attends to their...

Two episodes in the Sen series, self-published by the mangaka.

The world is divided into two factions: humans and monsters called katawara. Despite being a katawara, Tama loves humans and vows to protect them from evil, even if it means fighting her own kind. Her brother...

The action returns in this brand-new sequel to SHAMAN KING. Hana Asakura finds that being the son of Yoh & Anna Asakura isn't all it's cracked up to be, and his boredom has him itching for any kind of...

The story of a rounin (masterless samurai) and an orphaned girl in the Edo period.-- Icarus Bride

Lady Snowbload returns after a 20 year long hiatus! Ikegami Ryoichi takes over the art while Kazuo Koike continues to deliver the same writing that made Lady Snowblood a hit originally. This volume contains...

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...

From the creative mind behind the STAR WARS: VISIONS episode "The Duel" comes an all-new story! Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai) is continuing his storytelling from the acclaimed STAR WARS: VISIONS episode "The...

TAKASHI OKAZAKI RETURNS TO THE WORLD OF THE RONIN ONCE MORE! We've seen THE RONIN as a Sith slayer but who was the Ronin before? See the early history of THE RONIN and his SITH origins in this one-of-a-kind...

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...

This is not history as we know it. The year is 1600. Ten years have passed since Oda Nobunaga unified the whole of Japan. When Nobunaga realizes he is nearing the end of his life, he announces that he will hand...

In Edo era Japan the land is under attack from demons called Youi, and a secret group of ghost slayers known as the Ayashi roam the land, seeking to destroy the creatures wherever they appear. Ryuuda Yukiatsu...