Summary by Omari's Sister Prince Suou was betrayed by the Empress' aide, Ryuu. But what is the reason for Ryuu's treachery? From Delish Scans:Can you trust anyone in a court full of intrigue?

A collection of stories set amongst the oiran (high-rank courtesans before the time of geisha) in (mostly) the Yoshiwara district of Edo, a famous historical 'red-light district.' Kagerou no ShouWhen Kagerou...

From Boku-Tachi: For the past 500 years, a certain country has spent day and night fighting countless wars. However, the appearance of General Kuroda Kyoutaka seemed to foretell the end of this war-torn world...

The eleventh princess of the Hikami clan has been brutally murdered, signaling a new era in medieval Japan. The wrongs inflicted upon the people of these lands will soon be rectified, as a cluster of souls is...

A young Chinese boy, Lee-Ren is purchased from his poverty stricken mother by a Japanese official for sexual purposes in 1910. Thus begins the 'owned' life of Lee-Ren in his master's household, where he is...

Sanbika In a far country ruled by a beautiful Duke who seems to have formed a peculiar relationship with his right hand, Lord Yuri, there are cases of unexplained deaths... they would involve a vampire...

A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s, all regarding some aspect of Tezuka's early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so. Record of the Life of Gachaboy: A reflection on...

A man called "God Slayer" appeared in Hinomoto, which was on the verge of destruction due to the invasion of God. The man who carried the limbless girl on his back literally possessed the power to kill gods...

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...

From Esthétique: Akechi Mitsuhide, who resided under the roof of Saitou Dousan, hid himself in Nobunaga Oda's palace Owari under the guise of a marriage with Dousan's daughter, Nohime. Before long, that fated...

Separated by war, a pair of lovers seek to be united once more...

In the aftermath of the Crusades, two travelling Arabic minstrels - Farhad and Saud - arrive at the castle of the melancholic Baron Victor. Over a series of four connected short stories, Victor reveals the...

A 21-year-old man, Shinkichi, is employed as assistant by the beautiful ageless shamisen player Toyoshiga. Despite the considerable age difference, they became lovers. But Toyoshiga is a jealous woman who can't...

The story takes place in old Tokyo, the Tokyo of August-September 1923 (Showa 12). At this moment in time, the city is a mixture of extremes... past and present, rich and poor, good and bad. This is a city...

After losing everything in the Great Famine, Amelia and Connor emmigrated from Ireland to the United States of America in 1849 to find happiness and become rich in California during the Gold Rush period.

Serge Battour is the son of a French viscount and a Romani prostitute, and despite his kind nature and academic talent, is shunned by his family and his peers due to the color of his skin. He begins to attend...

Uto Yujiro, a Japanese youngster who cross the sea to the home of the Eskimos - a cold & freezing place in northern Alaska, in order to become a top class whaler, but after he met a powerful boxer called Jim...

English Web Publication An epic fantasy and vivid re-imagination of ancient Korean history, made possible by painstaking historical research combined with breathtaking mythological visualization! Kingdom of...

A girl and her father go to live with her mother's family after WWII, while her much younger aunt is going to marry her father via "koburiawase:" the practice of having a widow or widower marry a younger...

Unrelated to the film starring Natalie Portman, Yamagishi's Black Swan predates the Hollywood movie by 16 years One-shot compilation of Yamagishi focusing on the psychology and turmoil of ballet dancers...

Volume 1: Liu Bei

Hikaru Conde, a young Japanese boy who had set out for Cambodia to win the Pulitzer Prize, was unable to take any photographs that would be bought by a news agency. One day while wandering in the forest, he...