“Assassinate Takeda Harunobu.” Under that order, a young man, raised as a spy without a name, had his face altered to look just like that of Harunobu. He infiltrates the Takeda family's home in order to...

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...

This manga features violent stories of passion and swordsmanship, set in the Kan'ei era (1624-1643). It opens with a match between two damaged swordsmen. Irako is blind, and his opponent, Fujiki, is missing an...

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...

It’s the 17th century in Japan. Child outcast Kamui lives on the fringes of a miserably stratified society. Fueled by pure grit, rage, and a dash of cunning, his only way out is to take up the mantle of ninja...

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...

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...