im at a loss for manga that are set in victorian times that are not shoujo/romance centered
preferably, it has some kind of dark plot
what im talking about is like:
D.Gray-Man
Pandora Hearts
Kuroshitsuji
Tetragrammaton Labyrinth
and the first part of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
anything is fine. thank you all in advance

Hmm....maybe Godchild? Pretty sure it's Victorian era, and it's got a very dark plot. There is some romance, but most of it's either really minor characters or just subtext....

ooo... i forgot to include that. but yeah. thats exactly what im looking for. i know that is kinds shoujo but...
thank you

Last edited by robbit at 3:06 pm, May 20 2009

IIRC, Emma is set in that time period.

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emma is not quite what i was looking for but im gonna read it now anyway.
im looking for something a little more adventure or fantasy or supernatural ish. maybe action but not so much

Seeing that you can read Japanese, I highly recommend Under the Rose - Haru no Sanka. It's a good seinen, dark and twisted too. There's no romance though no fantasy or action either.

These:
Bolt & Lantern - shounen romance
Kizoku Tantei Edward
Crimson Cross
Ikoku Meiro no Croisée - 19th century France. Romance but very light and a shounen.

I am sure you have read or heard of Hellsing.

Hakodate Youjin Buraichou Himegami - 19th century and I've seen characters in Western attire in it (though it's probably set in Japan).

This is only ten pages. I am sure you can find what you are after among them. I have excluded yaoi, shounen-ai, hentai and doujinshi for you.

Kage no Re-voru - Kamen Kaitou Ryupan and Belle Starr Goutoudan look like they are set in that era and in Europe.

Last edited by base_coat at 12:52 pm, May 21 2009

If you didn't get into Emma much these probably won't be for you, but Kaoru Mori's other series in the same time period Shirley (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1179) and its sequel Shirley Madison (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5023) are cute Victorian slice-of-life.

I second Shirley. It's short. You will probably like it even if you can't get into Emma (like me).

Kuro Bara Alice is new and there are only two scanlated chapters but it is dark and Victorian.

Oh wow, now when I think of it, most of the victorian themed mangas I read are romance!! gosh!

anyhu...some recommendations??..with dark plots?

I reckon some of Mitsukazu mihara's one-shots (they're victorian themed and quite macabre)

Cut the Angel with A Scythe
Alice in Underground
The End in Common Ruin
Tamashii no Futago
Kyuuketsuki to Boku
Children Can't Choose Their Parents

Mangas?
R.I.P. Definitely victorian era..but modernised a bit. (ghosts, angels)
Rustblaster
Night exile <-- non romance
Ningyou Kyuutei Gakudan

I HIGHLY recommend Brigit's supper and Bradherley no Basha <-- not really victorian but around the same timeline,

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Night Exile is set in like the 17th or 18th century. That's why I didn't mention it. RustBlaster, etc. are just gothic inspired fantasy, not Victorian or in that era at all, just to note.

Crimson-Shell is probably closer. Looks like it's got a similar setting as Pandora Hearts'.

YATSUFUSA Tatsunosuke has a couple of Victorian/England themed (seinen) manga, not listed on here though. You probably have to find them from Japanese sites.

Edit: I totally forgot Embalming - The Another Tale of Frankenstein.

Last edited by base_coat at 8:20 am, May 22 2009