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Taiyou to Tsuki no Hagane

(Steel of the Celestial Shadows)

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Description:

Kounosuke Ryuudo is a samurai who is stuck in perpetual poverty. Looking for a job is fruitless, as he cannot wield a blade. Quite literally, in fact. One day, after being accosted by some criminals and wishing to only reach the sweet embrace of death, he receives a marriage proposal from a mysterious woman... Source: MU
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-06-12

Rurouni Kenshin Ibun: Ashitarou Zenka-ari

(Rurouni Kenshin Side Story: The Ex-Con Ashitaro)

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Description:

The manga tells the story of a new character named Ashitarou Hasegawa, who had been held in a Tokyo prison for committing a certain crime. After being released, he encounters Aran Inoue, a boy his age, as well as a mysterious girl who had been waiting for Ashitarou's release.
Type

manga

Chapters

2

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2016-11-04

Stranger: Mukou Hadan

(Sword of the Stranger)

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Description:

The story is set in the Sengoku period. A rounin called Nanashi (meaning "nameless") saves a young boy named Kotarou at an abandoned temple. Kotarou has no family, is pursued by a mysterious militia organization from China, and hires Nanashi as his bodyguard. Amongst the men who pursue Kotarou is a man called Rarou, a skilled warrior with blond hair and blue eyes. He obeys an old man called Byakuran and is a member of the Chinese militia. Unlike his companions in the militia, he isn't serving any Emperor and just wants to fight with the strong. (Source: Iwa ni Hana)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Status

finished

Started

2007-09-22

Yagyuu Hichou: Kaze no Shou

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Description:

From the pages of history comes the legend of the Samurai Jubei and the book he was pledged to protect. Now that book has been stolen and Jubei must retrieve it before Japan descends into bloody civil war. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

9

Status

finished

Started

1992-01-01

Examurai

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Description:

The year is 2718 by the Imperial Calendar, and ZIPANG (Japan) has crumbled in a huge battle against Majinki, terrors from the sky that are half beast and half machine. Hurting each other, warping their morals, unable to see a future, the people strive hard to survive each day. The war wiped out 70% of the human race, but amidst the darkness arose the seven members of the XILE Tribe to bring salvation to the race. But now, 500 years later in 3218, the wicked shadows of the Majinki have once again crept up upon them. This is the story of EXAMURAI, that of the XILE Tribe, who will fight to the death to protect their love, dreams and happiness. Having survived for 500 years since the events of 2718, the final battle of the seven members of the XILE Tribe begins under this azure blue sky... Based on the members of popular Japanese band, EXILE: Hiro, Atsushi, Takahiro, Makidai, Matsu, Usa and Akira.
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

8

Status

finished

Started

2010-11-02

Vagabond: Saigo no Manga-ten

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Description:

Telling the later life of Vagabond's Musashi Miyamoto, it was depicted through 140 hand-drawn drawings with ink and brush. It was released at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo in May 2008, and since then it has been displayed at three other venues, Kumamoto City Museum, Suntory Museum in Osaka, and Sendai Mediatheque, with new paintings and productions. Note: The comic was compiled in two books: "Inoueno: Mikazuki-hen" (いのうえの 三日月篇) and "Inoueno: Mangetsu-hen" (いのうえの 満月篇).
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

2

Status

finished

Started

2008-05-24

Yagyuu Hijouken Samon

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Description:

After the young Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu dismisses the famous Yagyuu Jubei from his position as his fencing instructor, he chooses Jubei's younger brother, Samon as his replacement. Samon is supposedly not as good at swordplay as his brother, but Iemitsu definitely prefers him as a companion. Will the obstacles in the path of Samon and Iemitsu's relationship prove impossible to overcome? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

5

Status

finished

Started

2007-03-02

Azumi (2008)

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Description:

Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

125

Status

finished

Started

2008-12-26

Katajikenai

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Description:

A metaphorical depiction of Japan's apprehension concerning the advance of western culture in the country during the period preceding the Meiji Era. (Source: Batoto)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

9

Status

finished

Started

1988-05-01

Zatouichi

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Description:

This one-shot is the adaptation of two movies: Zatoichi's Vengeance (Tokuzo Tanaka) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Kazuo Ikehiro). The Ballad of Zatoichi: Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi." Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels, he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to stay and defend the town or to leave and be on his way. Zatoichi's Pilgrimage: After he's ambushed in a small village terrorized by a gang of thieves, the legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man in self-defense. As fate would have it, his travels soon lead him to Okichi, a woman whom Zatoichi discovers is the sister of the young man whose life he stole. In anger, Okichi attacks the blind swordsman, but her conscience gets the better of her, and as she tends his wounds, the two fall in love. (Source: Manga-Updates)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

2

Status

finished

Started

1966-01-01

Soshite - Kozure Ookami: Shikaku no Ko

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Description:

Type

manga

Volumes

4

Chapters

25

Status

finished

Started

2007-01-01

Samurai 7

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Description:

Based on the anime series and the classic film by Akira Kurosawa, A small village is being persecuted by robbers who return every harvest to seize the village's crops. Faced with starvation, the villagers send out a mission to find and recruit some samurai to defend them. With no pay to offer except rice, and knowing full well that only down-on-their-luck samurai would even consider accepting such an deal, the villagers can only hope that their saviours will appear before the rice is ready for harvest.
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

7

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2006-08-17

Sengoku Basara Ranse Ranbu

(Devil Kings)

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Description:

Based on the video game.
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

9

Status

current

Started

2007-01-01

Yuki no Touge, Tsurugi no Mai

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Description:

Yuki no Touge: In the end of the Sengoku period, the great daimyo family of Satake is driven away from Hitachi-no-kuni to Dewa-no-kuni after the Sekigahara battle. They plan to build a new castle there, but the head of the family, Yoshinobu Satake, listens more to the young vassals' advice than that of the experienced chief vassals'. The experienced vassals oppose and start to plan something to defend their place... Tsurugi no Mai: It's Sengoku period. Haruna, a daughter of a farmer family, gets herself raped and her family killed by hooligan warriors in the chaos of war. Using the funds she got of the Go stones stolen from the warriors, she joins the dojo of the famous Nobutsuna Kamiizumi to learn kenjutsu in order to get revenge on the warriors. There, she meets Kamiizumi's apprentice Kagekane Hikita, who starts to teach her the art of the sword with the shinai that Kamiizumi has just invented... (Translated and edited from the Japanese Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

9

Status

finished

Started

1999-01-01

Hakuouki

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Description:

Based originally on the famous otome game, this series is Hiraku Naki's version of Yukimura Chizuru's story as she arrives in Kyo from Edo to search for her missing father and eventually becomes involved with the Shinsengumi. This version begins the night that she meets the members for the first time.
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

15

Status

finished

Started

2010-01-01

Mouryou Shoujo

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Description:

In 1582, a man was murdered by his friend and business partner. His body was cut into 7 pieces and scattered around. The man didn't actually die, however, because his cute disciple scrapped together his little remains and put them in a pot. Thus began a little girl's journey across the eras to collect her master's missing body parts. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2018-01-25

Yowaito Nikki

7.24

Description:

In a time when there were swords with spirits dwelling in them, there was a warrior named Hisui with a “Drunken Sword.” With the emperor ordering people to gather these Spirit Swords for him, Hisui spends his every day fighting assassins sent by the emperor and freelance Spirit Swords Hunters who simply want the reward money, all the while protecting his beloved childhood friend, Shirei. However, Shirei might not be what she seems to be… (Source: MU)
Type

oneshot

Volumes

0

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2008-05-10

Futagashira

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Description:

Spin-off of Saraiya Goyou featuring Souji the Saint and Benzou the Demon as young men. Benzo and Souji witnessed the death of Tatsugoro, leader of the Akame Gang. Tatsugoro's last words to them were "I'm leaving you two in charge," but it was Jinzaburo, the former leader's friend, who was chosen instead. Displeased with Tatsugoro's wife's decision, the two left the gang. They then set off on an aimless journey, vowing to accomplish something big. (Source: Stiletto Heels/team Scanlations)
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

54

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2011-05-25

Hakuouki

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Description:

Based originally on the famous otome game, this series is Ninomiya Sachi's version of Yukimura Chizuru's story as she arrives in Kyo from Edo to search for her missing father and accidentally meets the members of the Shinsengumi, who harbor an awful secret. Unique from other versions, this series unfolds a bit out of order, starting already at the Ikedaya-jiken and then progressing with flashbacks.
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

23

Status

finished

Started

2010-01-01

Kubidai Hikiukenin

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Description:

Japan feudal period. He came in battle, they began to share his life against an economic commitment. The battlefield where the samurai could fully experience the Way of Bushido, was coming off a less pure than the blood stain. (Source: Manga Sanctuary)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

7

Status

finished

Started

1987-01-01

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