With this book, Hirata set out to draw a passionate critique of discrimination against the Japanese outcaste community, known as the burakumin, around the character of Gennosuke, a young buraku whose mission to...

After working his way up from the oppressed peasant class, the ninja Kamui must struggle to free himself from the iron fist of his own clan. Shipwrecked on an island, he meets another apostate ninja, a woman...

In the feudal era of Japan, Ogami Itto is the elite executioner for the Shogun until the ruthless Yagyu clan frames him in an attempt to gain the position. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, Itto and...

"To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies!" Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay...

“I shall destroy the factions of justice and avenge the deaths of my comrades!” Jeonghwa, the captain of the Black Serpent Squad, loses everyone she grew up with when the lawful factions betray them after the...