From Kotonoha Wolfsmund is a dark historical manga set in the early 14th century of Europe (Switzerland). The story revolves around the eponymous fortress in the St. Gotthard Pass which is ruled by a sadistic tyrant. Basically, each chapter deals with characters who for some reason have to cross the pass and who end up getting interrogated by the mentioned tyrant. What sets this manga apart is the fact that there's rarely a happy ending for our protagonists. The author pulls no punches to show us just how brutal and inhuman the Middle Ages really were.
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Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Supernatural
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April 4, 2024
Young Gabriel Woods is about to discover that his dreams for an adventurous life will lead to something unimaginable. The door to the realm of the oldest race in the universe, GODS, is finally open to humans. From the mysterious dream eaters of hell to the legendary ocean realm of the sirens, the vast mysterious universe lay before him to explore, but Gabe must first prepare. Welcome all to the GRAND ACADEMY of OURANIA for GODS, where you will learn how to truly become a GOD. Is Gabe ready to face the powerful GODS of the new age, or will he regret wishing for more?
Qingshan Kan Wo Ying Rushi / Qingshan Sees Me As It Should Be / Qīngshān Kàn Wǒ Yīng Rúshì / The Green Hills See Me as I Should Be / 青山看我应如是
Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Shoujo Ai
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April 18, 2025
As if helping him persevere through tribulation wasn't enough, she even had to serve as his wife. After three cycles of reincarnation, they finally achieved enlightenment and both returned home. The male lead is lovesick, extremely lovesick. Warning: the protagonist is a loli with huge boobs during her first life. Brace yourself if you can't accept that. (Hold up!) She can still be very cute while rocking those giants!
In Gyeongseong, the city of glittering lights and glamorous desire, Gyeongseong Detective Agency has opened its doors at No. 45, District 1, Myeongchijeong. Sohwa, a 16-year-old servant girl, has nothing to her name but her wits and bravery. When she accidentally gets caught up in a secret scheme, she meets Jeong Haegyeong, a young man running his own detective agency. Chased by memories from the past, they must work together to clear her name.
Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
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April 4, 2024
Remi Tachibana is a girl who loves mysterious things such as UFOs. One day, she meets Shun Kuroki, a boy who wants to be her assistant, when she is talking with Mr. Ishimori, a SF mangaka; the two SF lovers soon become friends, but then strange things start happening around Remi. Shun, who doesn't talk much about himself, also has an important secret....... A SF Romance that ponders the mysterious ruins and phenomena that remain deep in the mountains of Akita!
When twins are born to the Oda household, Karin is tossed aside as an unwanted child. The one person who gave her strength through her childhood was her brother, Oda Nobunaga. Now both adults, Nobunaga sets about his plan for world domination in order to unify the world and create a place of happiness for both his subjects and his sister. However, tragedy strikes as Nobunaga is attacked in his palace and murdered. Beside his death bed, Karin vows to take on her brother's dream and act as his substitute, even if it requires making a deal with a demon to do so...
[taken from fictiondb]
SHE FELT LIKE CINDERELLA AT THE BALL!
Whisked from typing pool obscurity to overnight fame as The Nightstar Girl--the ultimate model for Rayven Cosmetics' sensational new perfume--Caren Ainsley felt that at any moment the dream would vanish, that devastating Marc Rayven would cast her aside once she had served her purpose. But Caren was determined to hold on to her dream despite Moira Evans, Marc's ravishing assistant who attempted to sabotage her at every turn.
She'd fight fire with fire with Moira, but how would she handle Marc? Were his kisses false or did he offer her a heart full of love?
Remember the tale of the little mermaid that fell in love with the dashing human prince? Now, imagine the roles reversed, as a romance blooms between the beautiful Evyione and a dashing young merman. It's a unique twist on timeless tale that is sure to leave you spellbound.
Crest of the Pharaoh; Con Gái Sông Nile; Ouke no Monshou; Crest of the Royal Family; Cute Mary; Daughter of the Nile; Nữ Hoàng Ai Cập; Royal Emblem; The Royal Hieroglyph; คําสาปฟาโรห์; 尼罗河的女儿; 王家の紋章; 왕가의 문장; Uruwashi no Mari-san!
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Philosophical, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Thriller, Time Travel, Tragedy
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April 4, 2024
The main character is Carol, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed American teenager from a wealthy family with an interest in Egyptology studying in Cairo. When her mentor discovers the tomb of a young pharaoh, a curse is put on the excavation team and Carol. The curse sends her back in time to ancient Egypt, where she becomes embroiled in the affairs of Egypt and other ancient countries such as Assyria and Babylonia. Carol meets Memphis, a handsome young pharaoh whose tomb she excavated in modern times. Despite his headstrong, at first violent nature, they fall deeply in love. This angers Memphis's half-sister, the Priestess Isis, who has longed to marry him. Carol, due to her exotic looks and curious ability to tell the future, becomes a major player in ancient history.
In 1991, it received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.
A dramatization of the real life of Yaeko Yamamoto. Over 100 years ago, Yaeko broke traditional Japanese stereotypes, gender, and honor to become a gun-warrior in defense of her homeland of Aizu.
Chi – Chikyuu No Undou Ni Tsuite ; Chi - Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite; About the Movement of the Earth; チ。―地球の運動について―; Chi. Chikyu No Undo Ni Tsuite; O Ruchu Ziemi; Sobre o Movimento da Terra; Tierra, Sangre, Conocimiento: Sobre el Movimiento de la Tierra; Chi: On the Movements of the Earth; Chi. -Về sự vận động của địa cầu- ; Chi. Chikyuu No Undou Ni Tsuite / Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Drama, Historical, Mystery, Seinen
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April 3, 2024
The setting is 15th century Poland. It was a time when heretical ideas lead those to who possessed such a mindset to being burned at the stake for their beliefs. Rafal, a child prodigy, is expected to major in theology, the most important subject at the time, at the university. One day, however, he comes across a mysterious man, and is now studying a possible "truth" in the midst of heretical thought!
The war between the two clans intensifies. Most of the Genji (Minamoto Clan) have fallen, and were taken as captives. Among them was the young Yoritomo, a surviving successor of the Minamoto Clan. Yoritomo was pardoned by the head of the Taira Clan and was exiled to Hirugakojima, a small island in the Izu province. Yoritomo lived a peaceful and contented life in exile and never once thought of taking revenge.
One day, a monk was sent to the same island, supposedly banished for insolence towards the Emperor. Incidentally, this ill-mannered monk called Mongaku is Yoritomo's acquaintance. Mongaku meets Yoritomo and tries to convince him that the time has come to take revenge on the Taira. However, Yoritomo shuns Mongaku’s words….
Flower Banquet; Hana Akari no Yakusoku; Hana no Utage (TAKADA Tami); Hanaemi no Otome; Hanakanmuri no Hime; The Flower Blossom Girl; The Flower Crown Princess; 花灯りの約束―安倍晴明恋語り 4; 華の宴―安倍清明恋語り 1; 華冠の姫―安倍晴明恋語り 2; 華咲みの乙女―安倍晴明恋語り 3
In the Abe Seimei Koikatari series
V.1 - Hana no Utage
1. Feast of the Flowers
Ming became blind after an unknown illness two years ago. One night, she meets a man in her dreams who restores her sight. She falls in love with him, but how will she find him again?
2. The Girl Among the Moonlilies
A princess chases a firefly which leads her to a man. She is so surprised by him that she steps backward and accidentally falls over a cliff, losing her memory. What will happen to her?
3. Moon's Dew; Star's Tears
4. Winter's Bloom
V.2 - Hanakanmuri no Hime (The Flower Crown Princess)
1. The Golden Phoenix, the Silver Phoenix
A princess longs for a lost love and almost loses her life until a mysterious exorcist opens her heart and mind to the truth and to what has been right in front of her all along.
2. The Hime with the Flower Crown
A young princess learns with the help of a mysterious young boy that putting away childish things may ultimately lead to a fulfilling new world and to the fulfilment of her beloved father's wish.
3. Memories of a Flower
While trying to solve the mystery behind the ghostly apparition of his beloved princess, a young man learns to ease his own sadness.
V.3 - Hanaemi no Otome
1. Hanaemi no Otome
A daughter of a high status man is being cursed by Douman, a man with strong spiritual power. Abe Seimei is set to save her.
2. Kaze no Hatsune
Story of young Douman's love, and also of how he met Seimei for the first time.
3. Tsukimiya no Maihime
V.4 - Hana Akari no Yakusoku
From Viz:
Akane is your typical teenage girl...until she swallows the Dragon Jewels, which transport her to the Heian period of ancient Japan! There in the capital city, Akane learns that she has been foreordained to lead the people as the Priestess of the Dragon God!
From The Pink Panzer:
In the year 2999, only eleven cities still survive on Earth. The climate has changed drastically, and a biochemical apocalypse has made women extinct. For centuries, the male population of Earth has survived by depending on only one woman, called the Holy Mother, whose ova are harvested to create genetically engineered children. By now, any concept of a world in which women exist as ordinary people is long gone. Society has re-structured itself around all-male families, and gay relationships have become the norm.
At the beginning of Marginal, the Holy Mother is assassinated by a terrorist known as Grinja. The government in power doesn't want to start a mass panic, so it pretends that the Holy Mother has only shed her vessel, and that she will be miraculously "reborn" in the near future. The public, which is superstitious and devout, believes this easily. Only government officials know that behind the scenes, there is a frantic effort to create a new being with an XXY chromosome -- a male capable of giving birth. (This is a BL misrepresentation of an actual phenomenon known as Klinefelter's Syndrome.)
The manga's story revolves around one such boy -- Kira, the product of a genetic experiment, who becomes involved in a three-way relationship with Grinja, the aforementioned terrorist, and Ashijin, a young man who calls himself Kira's owner. A complex plot and flawless world-building make the story irresistible, and Kira's search for freedom is as symbolic as it is gripping.
Kamen Hakushaku Ha Kurosu Isho No Hanayome Ni Koi wo Suru
How the Masked Earl Fell in Love / 仮面伯爵は黒水晶の花嫁に恋をする / Kamen Hakushaku wa Kurozuisho no Hanayome ni Koi wo suru
Fantasy, Historical, Josei, Romance
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April 17, 2024
Tricked by her stepmother, Crysta's freedom has been sold off in the name of marriage. Her soon-to-be husband is the always masked Lord Gerald who is notoriously cold and antisocial. He doesn't seem to prove the rumors wrong, but little does Crysta know that he has a secret he has to keep from the whole world... An enchanting love story about an unfortunate bride and an awkward masked earl who misunderstand each other.
The year is 1850. A child with skin and hair as white as the moonlight is born in a Sioux Indian village. Despite the villagers' opposition, the Chieftain decides to keep the child...
Original webtoon (Korean webcomic)
From Bliss:
Isshin is the son of a prestige samurai clan, whom for unknown reasons have traveled into Edo with his most trusted servant, Seiichirou. Believing it's best for his master, Seiichirou leaves Isshin into the care of the Edo's fire brigade team number fourty eight's "Ku Squad". Without any knowledge of firefighting, can Isshin blossom with courage and show his true samurai strength?
The Duke of Darkness Proposed a Contract Marriage; The Mastermind Duke Proposed a Contract Marriage; 흑막 공작이 계약 결혼을 제안했다; 黒幕の公爵が契約結婚を提案しました
Fantasy, Historical, Romance
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May 23, 2026
Ensnared in a dark ploy by both her stepmother and half-sister, Eris was forced to marry the useless and pathetic Gellert. Her married life was rife with difficulties, yet she endured the insults and agony to raise her beloved son, Luka.
But when her husband's carelessness led to Luka's death, Gellert tried to comfort Eris by saying, "We're still young. We can have more children."
Devastated by his words, Eris prayed to the heavens, begging to have her son back. Moved by her plight, the Golden Dragon manifested his powers to bring Eris back to the day when this all started. Eris was determined to have her revenge against her stepmother, her half-sister, and her ex-husband, but...
"Do the rumors about us upset you?"
Teodore Lehinal, a Duke that Eris had never even spoken to in her last life, seemed to have taken a sudden interest in her...
Liselotte & the Witch's Forest; リーゼロッテと魔女の森; 莉泽罗缇与魔女之森; Riizerotte to Majo no Mori
Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
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April 1, 2024
They say that in a place far, far away; in the east, of the east, of the east… there is a forest where witches dwell. They are said to bestow blessings or inflict curses, brew potions in steaming cauldrons, practice their magic… and fly their brooms into the night sky. This is where Liselotte has decided to live, in the small chance that she may one day revisit a certain person from her past – but only if the witches don’t get to her first…
Growing up in the late 16th century Shinmen Takez, Sengoku era Japan? Is shunned by the neighborhood villagers as a devil kid because of his violent and wild character. Running far from house having a fellow lad at age 17, Takezo joins the Toyotomi military and the Tokugawa clan to battle in the Battle of Sekigahara. On the other hand, the Tokugawa win a smashing success, resulting in almost three hundred years of Shogunate rule. His buddy and Takezo find a way to survive the conflict and later vow to do amazing things with their lives. Yet, after their paths different, Takezo should change his title and his character so that you can escape an ignoble death and becomes a wanted criminal.
Vagabond is a Japanese manga series illustrated and written by Takehiko Inoue. It describes a fictionalized accounts of the life span of Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, centered on the novel Musashi of Eiji Yoshikawa.
Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga and the 24th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2000. Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002 and was nomination for the 2003 Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category.
The country called Yukifune is now in an age of air travel, and a group called Saratros exists during these times. Armed with blimps and gliders, what is the Sarastros' true nature, and what is its purpose?
Meanwhile, the army's watch for the Saratros takes a mysterious turn... and soon, Koto, the girl with the golden hand, will deal with the world as she makes her way out of the huge fighting stage!
An epic fantasy adventure set in an alternate medieval Japan, where humans co-exist with the mythic half man/half horse beasts known as centaurs, or "jinba". A wild and proud samurai jinba from the mountains named Matsukaze, known as the redheaded rock tiger, is caught while protecting his son. He is traded to a feudal lord, and taken to his land. There he meets another centaur, named Kohibari, whose village was burned down as a child. He is a tame centaur, who had his arms amputated when he was captured, and has given up hope of escaping his human captors. If they can get over their differences and work together, they just might be able to return to the wilds as free centaurs.
Ten no hate made ; Until the Borders of Sky - Poland's Secret Story
Cooking, Drama, Historical, Josei
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March 31, 2024
In the 18th century, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was an elective monarchy, in which the king was elected by the nobility. The kingdom thrived under its unprecedented in the history of Europe, yet flawed democratic political system. Many difficult trials stand in front of this freedom-loving country. Will democracy yield to tyrrany? Read "Ten no Hate Made" to find out! Created by the author of world famous "Lady Oscar" (Versailles no Bara) - Riyoko Ikeda - this gripping historical story of war, love and deceit is certainly worth reading!
An elite military unit conducts its duties alongside sabertooth tigers trained to assist their human masters.
The Imperial Guards manga was a runner-up in the 9th Japanese Media Arts Awards, the 11th Tezuka Cultural Prize, and the 1st Manga Taisho Awards.
奈何公主太腹黑; Naihe Gongzhu Tai Fu Hei; Nàihé Gōngzhǔ Tài Fù Hēi; Princess Naihe Is Too Black-Bellied
Historical, Romance, Shoujo Ai
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April 3, 2024
Chu Qitong thought that he would stay in the palace all his life and play with those shady schemes, until he met Ning Zhuangyan. That girl in a red dress broke into her heart unquestionably like the scorching sun, letting her know that besides rights in this world, there is another thing called love. Chu Qitong: In the past, I did all my tricks to win the throne for Aze, but now I'm doing everything I can to exchange your peace for the rest of my life. Ning Zhuangyan: My sweetheart is a beautiful girl who can overwhelm the country and the city. She can't give me a phoenix crown and Xiapei, and she can't ride a tall horse to marry me, but that day at the Golden Luan Hall, she held my hand with all eyes on her. The moment I saw her, I knew she was better than thousands of good people in the world.
Viscount Valmont - Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Виконт де Вальмон; 子爵ヴァルモン～危険な関係～; Shishaku Valmont - Kiken na Kankei; Wicehrabia de Valmont - Niebezpieczne związki; Valmont - Gefährliche Liebschaften; Le vicomte de Valmont - Les liaisons dangereuses
Drama, Historical, Josei, Romance
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March 30, 2024
The plot focuses on the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, rivals who use sex as a weapon of humiliation and degradation, all the while enjoying their cruel games. Their targets are the virtuous Madame de Tourvel and Cécile de Volanges, a young girl who has fallen in love with her music tutor, the Chevalier Danceny. In order to gain their trust, Merteuil and Valmont pretend to help the secret lovers so they can use them later in their own treacherous schemes.
Note: The manga is an adaptation of "Les Liaisons dangereuses" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
From Aerandria Scans:
Venice, the latter half of the 16th century. Young Legare works as an apprentice to his father, an apothecary, but his real passion is the forbidden art of Alchemy. One day, a fortune teller predicts that he will meet four people with the power to change destiny and shortly after, his father is incarcerated on suspicion of alchemy. Legare, the real alchemist, is forced to produce gold for the person who arrested his father. Follow him through the mysteries of Venice, through his struggles, his encounters with powerful friends and enemies, and his search for the Philosopher's stone.
From Sound of Jewels:
At a time when the world was still at peace, to the east of the capital, a beautiful dancer of Noh named Hakubi appeared. She was keeping a terrible secret that she couldn't tell anybody...
Rose Guns Days takes place in Japan at the end of World War II. Devastated in the aftermath of defeat, the Japanese government complies with the Allies’ reconstruction plan and the country begins to recover from the loss after a few years, but America and China intricately divide the nation on a municipal level.Eventually, China’s military districts become Chinatowns, and places controlled by the United States are Americanized. The many Chinese and American immigrants make Japanese people the minority in their own land. Some Japanese are unwilling to accept this fate and secretly gather their strength to challenge the new system. A girl named Rose Haibara works at the club Primavera and lends money to Japanese people so that they can rebuild their lives. Meanwhile, Leo Shishigami is best known for his reputation among women. Everything begins to change when that legendary man meets Rose in the spring of 1947.
Der Ritter von der Königin; El caballero de la Reina; Hiệp sĩ của Nữ hoàng; Hiệp Sĩ Nữ Hoàng; Královnin Rytíř; Queen's Knight; Ritter der Königin; The Queen's Knight; Yeowang-ui Gisa; Рыцарь Королевы; فارس الملكة; 幻影骑士; 여왕의 기사
When Yuna Lee's mother moves to Germany to pursue a music degree, she's left to stay with her father, a university professor, and her three older brothers, who are fiercely overprotective of her.
During her summer vacation, she visits her mother in Germany, where she falls off a cliff and is rescued by Rieno, an 18-year-old knight living in the land of Phantasma. Rieno makes a deal with Yuna: If he saves her life, She must come with him and be the Queen of Phantasma.
After agreeing, she goes back home, only to return to Germany some months later, and is whisked away to Phantasma by Rieno. Now, she must cope with being the Queen of Phantasma, while forgetting the world she came from.
The setting is the pre-modern Japanese countryside of the author's youth, a slightly magical world where ancestral traditions hold sway over a people in the full vigor of life, struggling to survive the harsh seasons and the difficult life of manual laborers and farmers. While the world they inhabit has faded into memory and myth, the universal fundamental emotions of the human heart prevail at the center of these tender stories.
The story takes place after the failed Shimabara Rebellion, led by Shiro Amakusa as a Christian uprising against the Shogunate. It ended...brutally, and Amakusa himself was executed. However, dark forces are at work, and Amakusa returns from the grave...
