What is Alternative Past manga?

An anime that takes place in an alternative past is an anime that clearly does not belong to the future or the present, and isn't tied particularly closely to our history, or has ties to our history but only as a premise: there are too many things that don't make sense for the time-period. In some cases there is futuristic technology present, but the overall setting still feels that of the past. However the setting must still take place on Earth, since we can not know if the history of a fantasy world is an alternate one or not.

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Power Antoinette

0

Description:

"If the people don't have bread, let them pump iron!" The queen's proclamation echoed across the Place de la Révolution. Chased from her palace and sent to the executioner's block, Marie Antoinette exploded in anger at the people who were basking in the euphoria of the Revolution. The people she loved were no more. The muscular queen (of France) Marie destroyed the executioner's block and confronted the revolutionary horde, wielding the guillotine she had taken from them! "I am France. The one and only France." This is a story of rebirth. Muscles only become stronger after it has been injured. The story of the strongest queen who reversed the French Revolution with her own strength! (Source: GA Bunko, translated)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2022-04-29

Youhei to Shousetsuka

(The Soldier and the Novelist)

0

Description:

"You are a more disgusting man than I imagined." "Your poor imagination makes for an unconvincing opinion." The smoke of the steam engine covers the city in 1873. A novelist approaches a mercenary who has lost his place of employment. She has a request to escort her to an interview in 'a mountainous region that is not on the map'. Hiring a mercenary is unavoidable and by process of elimination the novelist had no other choice but him. The journey of the two people, who are constantly swearing at each other, eventually gets caught up in a plot involving the nation... An era of high growth when the transcontinental railroad was completed, but an era of twilight when electric lights were not yet born. A story of a world similar to "why" in 19th century America. (Source. MU)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-09-10

I Raised My Childhood Friend as a Tyrant

(I Raised My Childhood Friend as a Tyrant)

7.42

Description:

"I'm not interested in the throne." I reincarnated as the person who makes the male lead become a tyrant, "the short-lived childhood friend." I took the blame for him and died, just like the original story. And, I thought that I could finally return to my original world, but… "Why am I back to ten years old??" (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-05-08

Bandeusi Happy Ending

(Happy Ending In Need)

7.85

Description:

Yeon-Woo's husband died the day they ended their sham marriage. Yeon-Woo, who is swept in sorrow, is given a chance to return 100 days back in time! As she struggles to prevent the death of her husband Seon-Jae, their 'real' marriage has only just begun. This is the story of a late budding romance, faced with danger and a life at stake. "This time, I will make sure we have a happy ending!" (Source: Naver, translated)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

112

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2021-04-23

Power Antoinette

0

Description:

"If the people don't have bread, let them pump iron!" The queen's proclamation echoed across the Place de la Révolution. Chased from her palace and sent to the executioner's block, Marie Antoinette exploded in anger at the people who were basking in the euphoria of the Revolution. The people she loved were no more. The muscular queen (of France) Marie destroyed the executioner's block and confronted the revolutionary horde, wielding the guillotine she had taken from them! "I am France. The one and only France." This is a story of rebirth. Muscles only become stronger after it has been injured. The story of the strongest queen who reversed the French Revolution with her own strength! (Source: GA Bunko, translated)
Type

novel

Volumes

2

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2020-11-12

Rei no Sekai: Re: I― Another World Tour

(Ray's World)

0

Description:

Type

novel

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-04-10

Lord of the Mysteries

(Lord of the Mysteries)

0

Description:

Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts… The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions. (Source: Qidian)
Type

manhua

Chapters

65

Status

finished

Started

2020-01-21

Shi ni Modori, Subete wo Sukuu Tame ni Saikyou He to Itaru

(After Being Reborn, I Became the Strongest to Save Everyone)

7.12

Description:

“I’ll redo every single one of my regrets. I’ll live my life with my head held up in pride, and change my fate!” Eric's life was stricken with hardship, and after years of enduring the losses of those most precious to him, he finally dies on the battlefield. However, the end of his life was really a second beginning. He finds himself reborn at the very start of his life, with all his memories intact. Now, as the only one who knows the dark fate that awaits everyone he cares about, he must do what he can to become the strongest and save them all. (Source: Comikey)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2019-09-26

Essu Enuma Elish

0

Description:

Loosely adapted from Babylonia myth. Esse Enuma Elish is an adventure about a high school girl, Eri, who has slipped to Assyria 2600 years ago. She has the ability to fully remember what she saw and heard. One day, when she visited the National Museum with her sister at a date, she moved to the past world if she was looking at the lithographs on display. (Translated from Comic Natalie)
Type

manga

Rating

Status

current

Started

2019-05-03

Kakumei no α

(The Revolutionary α)

0

Description:

It’s the heyday of the alpha. Alphas have all of the riches and all of the power, which they indulge in without regard for anyone else. They look down on the obsequious omegas and betas… making waves in this inequitable society is landowner Maurice, with his shiny blond hair and skin like porcelain. He’s the beautiful, smart, noble-minded son of the prestigious house of Seychelle. He’s close with his personal attendant, Simon, but since he’s the family heir, his fate of marrying an omega and having his own heirs is inescapable. Gender, status, and fate all set themselves against love. A gorgeous tale of the omegaverse. (Source: SDS)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

6

Rating

Smut

Status

finished

Started

2019-04-09

Arata Primal

(Arata Primal: The New Primitive)

7.08

Description:

The key to save the world is in the primeval period!? Connecting the present and the past. Burning passion opens up the future!! A primeval survival mystery that passes through time and civilization!! (Source: Shueisha)
Type

manga

Volumes

4

Chapters

35

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2019-02-08

Shi ni Modori, Subete wo Sukuu Tame ni Saikyou He to Itaru

(After Being Reborn, I Became the Strongest to Save Everyone)

0

Description:

Eric has had a hard life. At the age of 16, his village was overrun by monsters, who killed his friends and family. He soon became a soldier, but failed to save the life of the woman he loved. In the end, he died on the battlefield, surrounded by the bodies of those who he couldn’t protect. When Eric wakes up, he finds himself in a baby’s body. Realizing he has been reincarnated, he quickly wonders what is going on before he gets another shocker: the man and woman who are raising him are in fact his previous life’s parents! That’s right - Eric was reincarnated, but as himself. No alternate worlds, no skill trees, just his memories sent back to the moment he popped out of his mother. Armed with the knowledge of his past self, Eric vows to save everyone now that the universe has pushed the reset button for him.
Type

novel

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2019-01-18

Kou 2 ni Time Leap Shita Ore ga, Touji suki Datta Sensei ni Kokutta Kekka

(The Results From When I Time Leaped to My Second Year of High School and Confessed to the Teacher I Liked at the Time)

6.83

Description:

I was a corporate worker in my 30’s, when I woke up and found that I had time leaped to the spring of my second year of high school. At the time, there was a teacher that I had regretted not confessing to, so I confessed to her in the heat of the moment, and now we’re dating! However, the teacher is one who would make any man a good for nothing person, so I end up being spoiled by her a lot.While secretly dating my overworked teacher (lover), a sweet school life filled with flirting awaits. A 2nd year high schooler with a 30 year old me on the inside and the teacher (lover) that I want to pamper, our everyday romantic comedy begins. (Source: NovelUpdates) Note: Chapter count includes 3 extra chapters
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

58

Status

finished

Started

2019-01-18

Lord of the Mysteries

0

Description:

With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears? Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts… The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions. Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”. (Source: NU)
Type

novel

Volumes

8

Chapters

1430

Rating

Mature

Status

finished

Started

2018-01-01

Kou 2 ni Time Leap Shita Ore ga, Touji suki Datta Sensei ni Kokutta Kekka

0

Description:

I was a corporate worker in my 30’s, when I woke up and found that I had time leaped to the spring of my second year of high school. At the time, there was a teacher that I had regretted not confessing to, so I confessed to her in the heat of the moment, and now we’re dating! However, the teacher is one who would make any man a good for nothing person, so I end up being spoiled by her a lot. While secretly dating my overworked teacher (lover), a sweet school life filled with flirting awaits. A 2nd year high schooler with a 30 year old me on the inside and the teacher (lover) that I want to pamper, our everyday romantic comedy begins. (Source: NovelUpdates)
Type

novel

Volumes

5

Chapters

172

Status

finished

Started

2017-06-04

Kiri no Miyako no K.K.

(K.K. in the City of Fog)

0

Description:

When magic and wizards are involved in crimes, only another wizard can track them. Join Karol Kings, The Wizard, as he, Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper shape London's history in different ways. (Source: Batoto)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

3

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2017-01-01

Kunoichi no Ichi

6.78

Description:

On a school trip to shinobi-themed Ninjatown, a young man named Ichi Kuno accidentally springs a mystical ninja trap which sends him back to the Age of the Ninja. Having no other path, he must pose as a girl and infiltrate an Kurenai Academy, a school of kunoichi students, to retrieve a mystical scroll that can return him to the future. But when everyone around him is already far better at stealth and infiltration than he could ever imagine being, it's not going to be easy. He'll need to employ his own special bag of tricks, and have a lot of luck, if he's going to last more than 5 minutes surrounded by hot kunoichi girls, every one of whom would happily kill him in a moment if he's discovered. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

48

Rating

Ecchi

Status

finished

Started

2016-09-21

Youjo Senki

(The Saga of Tanya the Evil)

8.16

Description:

On the front line of the war, there's a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes and porcelain white skin, she commands the army with lisping voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan's most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being X who calls himself "God." And this little girl, who prioritize over anything else efficiency and her own career, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army...
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2016-04-26

Rhapsody of Mulan

0

Description:

Betrayed by his own sworn brother….what can be more surprising? Being reborn into the body of his little sister! A story of revenge and rebirth. (Source: MU)
Type

manhua

Rating

Status

current

Started

2016-01-01

Gosick RED

0

Description:

Gosick RED is a light novel that acts as the sequel to the Gosick light novels written by Kazuki Sakuraba. It is followed by the upcoming Gosick BLUE. The story is set in New York City in 1931, where Kazuya Kujou and Victorique de Blois live new lives after their experiences in Sauville. (Source: Gosick Wiki) This page includes the following volumes: Gosick RED Gosick BLUE Gosick PINK Gosick GREEN
Type

novel

Volumes

4

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2013-12-25

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