The work consists of a collection of six short stories, all set on the Okinawan islands during World War II. The manga, along with detailed documents and accounts from the war, they give an insight into the...

Another short story collection from Jirô Matsumoto. Contains 5 stories: A Revolutionist in the AfternoonA Revolutionist in the Afternoon 2 (not a sequel to the first one)Desert WitchTakeyama's LifeThe Footmen...

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...

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...

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...

The Roman empire is at the summit of its splendor. Cestus, a young slave boxer is constantly fighting and improving his style. Suddenly, an emperor’s messenger visits him and announces that the emperor Nerone...

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...

54 AD. Cestus, a young boy orphaned by the Roman empire and made a slave, is placed into a training school for pugilists. It is here that he begins his journey to defy fate and fight for his own freedom.

Three romance stories set against the historical backdrop of the conflicts between the Genji (a.k.a, Minamoto) and Heike (a.k.a. Taira) clans. Hoshi no Negai woIn 1174, the Heike were in power, and they were...

Ryôichi Ikegami's compilation of stories adapted from literary works by five acclaimed Japanese writers:Jigokuhen (Akutagawa Ryuunosuke), Osei Toujou (Edogawa Ranpo), Tojuro no Koi (Kikuchi Kan), Matsukaze no...

A king visits an isolated temple to search for a prophet.

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...

At the end of January 1945, Ozawa Shouichi (the author’s father), who was a preparatory student, sent to North Manchuria after receiving a temporary convocation letter. After the end of the war, what was...

During the turbulent Bakumatsu era, the Shinsengumi defend the capital city, Kyoto, and the Tokugawa Bakufu. Its vice commander, Hijikata Toshizo, is a man everyone has dubbed "the demon." The top Shinsengumi...