In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women...

Brienne Lutengard knew that her parents were selling off their daughter and their status in exchange for money. Still, she thought she’d be able to live a relatively happy life with her husband, but it’s not...

At a time when giant department stores and supermarkets dominated the Japanese retail industry, two businessmen, Toshifumi Suzuki and Hideo Shimizu, discovered a new type of small retail store flourishing in...

She was the trusted adviser of the military intelligence unit 11 in the National Security Bureau in charge of collecting intelligence, planning and deployment, arranging assassination missions, and devising...

Anton, the heir to the Arnault family, has finally come of age. As is customary for nobles, he is given access to the Cyrene Salon, a cafe filled with pleasure...and secrecy. After just one unforgettable...

She was powerful and got unparalleled martial arts in her last life, but she paid her true heart wrongly and resulted in death. After the rebirth, she vowed to destroy the one hurt her, ruin the one who framed...

This story follows Goro, as the only son of a sake brewer he has always found himself drawn to painting pictures. At the age of 16 he runs away by himself at night to Tokyo to escape his father's problems with...

Yun Su, a principled regent, lived by a code of honor that demanded the repayment of both kindness and vengeance. His greatest debt of gratitude was owed to none other than his destined nemesis, the Martial...

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...

Moyoco Anno lifts the veil on life in the Edo period pleasure quarter, Yoshiwara. The story follows Kiyoha, sold into a brothel as a child and forced to work as a maid and her rise to prominence as one of the...

Set just before World War II: Having honed his swordsmanship to a fine art, dashing young Kumomaru leaves his native Japan to see the world and test himself against the evil forces brewing an apocalyptic world...

Japan's samurai past is riddled with stories of great fighting prowess and deeply ingrained systems of honor and discipline. But behind the stern demeanor was a society coming apart at the seams. Clashes in...

Life beyond death. A foolish notion with which to deceive oneself. But what happens when death does not come? Hanbei the Undying has lived longer than most, yet he’s found no sense of purpose along the way. No...

Welcome to Wellenberg, Meuracevia at the turn of the 19th century. The fate of Serenity Hotel, an opulent hotel in the nation’s capital, hangs by a thread as its headstrong heiress Serena and her stern husband...

Ogami Itto, the Lone Wolf, and his nemesis, Yagyu Retsudo, lie dead after their titanic duel. Ogami's young son, Daigoro, stays at his father's side. None dares to help the child save Togo Shigetada, a samurai...

When childhood innocence gives way to a blinding thirst for revenge, is it worth the price of one's humanity? Tetsunosuke and Tatsunosuke are the sons of a diplomat who sought to bring peace and prosperity...

Dying in childbirth, Yuki's mother impresses upon a friend the importance of imparting to her infant daughter the necessity of her revenge--the grudge that she could no longer carry, but which she passed to her...

Centers on Lu Bu Fengxian.

In 1888, a number of prostitutes were murdered in London, by someone known only as "Jack the Ripper". The murderer takes to the streets each day, looking to slit some unfortunate woman open... The past of Jack...

Contains six short stories: • Kuzeinke no Saidai no Show • Seifuku wa Hugenai • Brigit no Bansan (Brigit's Supper) • Shizuru Cinema • Kasou Senryaku - Kagami-uchi (Mirror Play) • EmeraldWho cheated? Who Won...

When the empress discovers Ji Cheong's feelings for the emperor, he silences her with his blade, sealing his fate as a traitor. Tortured and prepared to die, he faces the emperor with a final lie - that he...

All he wanted was to get wrecked by a hung, handsome octoman... Sanho’s been pouring his deepest desires into octopus fishing (literally), so when he saves the Dragon King's octopus prince and lands and lands...

There are three rumors about the star ballet dancer, Sasya. First, he's a sodomist. Second, he gets high on drugs before performing on the stage. Third, he sells himself to his wealthy patrons. And some of...