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A "kamuro" is a young girl who takes care of and runs various errands for a courtesan, and at the same time studies the art for herself. The way kamuro would refer to their respective courtesans as "big sister" gave rise to the word "oiran", the most elite courtesans in Edo-era Japan. This story takes place in a brothel called Shinkiro in notorious Yoshiwara red-light district, starring an oiran known to many as the "Courtesan from Hell", a super popular sadist specialist named Hashidate. Her personal kamuro, Namiji, narrates the story, and paints a picture of Hashidate that most would never expect. A variety of customers, including townsfolk, samurai, and high-rollers, are in full force as Namiji recounts these fantastic tales! -
USD 1.99 / 199pt ~ USD 2.99 / 299ptThe Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death? -
USD 0.99 / 99pt ~ USD 1.99 / 199ptSeventeenthcentury Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twentyone brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge. -
USD 0.99 / 99ptEighteenth-century France--the eve of a revolution. At the court of Versailles was a certain dressmaker who enjoyed even greater influence than the nobility, despite her commoner roots. This woman's name was Rose Bertin. Favored by the tragic queen Marie-Antoinette, she was then swallowed up by the tides of revolution. This is the story of the bold, pioneering woman credited as the mother of fashion design. -
USD 3.00 / 300ptBorn in the small mountain village of Domremy in France, she rose to eventually carry a flag in the front lines of a feudal war, and still stands today as the tragic symbol of freedom in France: Jeanne d'Arc. Country, family, village, descent... and the opposite sex... A human story where many types of love intertwine. The five burning years of the girl named Jeanne, who later came to be known as La Pucelle d'Orleans (The Maid of Orleans), passed in the blink of an eye. Kurashina Ryou, famous for his "Emppress" series, joins up with the sentimental Shiba Akio for a new interpretation, boasting gentle and elegant scenes, as well as a tragic darkness that swallows up time into a swirl of conspiracy... This is a very bravely drawn depiction of Jeanne d'Arc!
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USD 0.99 / 99ptDuring the French Revolution, a revolutionary known as the Angel of Death sent both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. His name was Saint-Just and his quest began with revenge... Delivering brutal and bloody justice to one noble after another, punishing their cruel misdeeds with death, he soon became entangled with the burgeoning revolution of the time. This is the story of the man who destroyed the kingdom of France for love.
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USD 3.00 / 300ptThe silent sword of death! A bewtiching, dark swordsman who wanders the darkness - Tsukue Ryuunosuke! This legendary novel that spans over a hundred years has been revived through the super intense art of Fukushima Masami, the art king of the Heisei Era! Many famous authors of historical Japanese literature have praised this work, from Miyazawa Kenji, who wrote the lyrics and music for the "Great Bodhisattva Pass Song," to Akutagawa Ryuunosuke, Tanizaki Junichirou, Izumi Kyouka, and Kikuchi Kan! Nakazato Kaizan's legendary novel, which penetrates the depths of human existence, is brought to life by Fukushima Masami, who's dynamic the art-style took the Heisei Era by storm! The story begins in the Bakumatsu Era, where a new age is sensed on the horizon. Long ago, on a sacred, exalted peak, a Bodhisattva statue was put in place. This place was Great Bodhisattva, which stands on the border of Kai and Musashi, and it is where sinful journeys are made.
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USD 3.00 / 300ptCleopatra was born in 70 BC and was an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. Strong of heart, she is willing to do anything to restore her beloved Egypt back to its former glory. Possessed by an unfaltering love, Cleopatra engages in a bloody struggle for power. The story is provided by Kurashina Ryou, famous for his "Empress" series, and the illustration is brought to you by Kanou Seisaku, who uses a realistic art-style to depict the beauty of Cleopatra as she is torn between power and love...
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USD 3.00 / 300ptIna is the god-child of Fire, born in a small village in the mountains, called Inasa. There, she meets a man who wandered in from another country called Susa, and thus begins their fantastic story of love and growth. Kurashina Ryou, famous for his "Empress" series, now begins a fresh new story with the skilled artist Minami Megumu! After her father, the village leader dies, she announces that she will become the new leader. Then, a manly wanderer with a type of sword that she's never seen before appears... later she will come to be known as Himiko, and through the power of the pure swordsman named Susano-o and Hihiirokane, the two begin their journey on the path to the power struggle filled creation of Yamatai! Minami Megumu, a flaship web comic artist, draws their love story with sharp touches and beautiful curves. This is the "Powered-up version" of Empress!
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Anno Domini 1620. Europe is riven with the conflagrations that will grow into the Thirty Years War. Catholic and Protestant forces clash across battlefields ruled by sword and gunpowder alike, and mercenaries of every stripe ply their trade. Among them is Issak, a lone Japanese warrior bearing a matchlock of strange design, and fighting in service to his sworn mission-to find and kill the man who murdered his master and fled Japan for the other side of the world. Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Issak is the next character-driven, historical action epic that fans of Vinland Saga can sink their teeth into.
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USD 10.99 / 1,099ptFor generations the Torqye Pashalu and the Balt-Rhein Empire have stood in stern opposition of each other. Then one night, when an Imperial minister is found assassinated, the two nations are plunged into a potentially explosive situation! As the generals of Torqye's council cry for war, Mahmut comes to discover the devious truth behind the assassination! Thus the young pasha's battle for his country, peace and trust in his fellow man begins! -
Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem-he doesn't know what the point of any of it is. Why must I step with the left foot here instead of the right? Why is one performance good and another, bad? Why do people dance at all? It all seems perfectly arbitrary, until a chance encounter in a run-down shack sets him down a path to revolutionizing the art form and influencing much of Japanese culture to come. A fictionalized account of the early life of Zeami Motokiyo (Oniyasha), the founder of modern Noh theater-the world's oldest surviving theater art-this coming-of-age artist's journey vividly brings to life a man far ahead of his time during one of Japan's most culturally and socially vibrant eras. -
This is an on-the-road, rise-to-glory tale about Hojo Soun, a pioneering daimyo of the Warring States Period who became a lord overnight, and Flying Kato, the legendary ninja who supported him from the shadows. It was originally created by Koike Kazuo, one of the gods of modern manga, and is brought to life through the bewitching battle-art-style of Momojiri Saburou! Just before the chaos of the Warring States Period began, after the Muromachi Period, a young Hojo Soun, who has taken the name Ise Shinkuro, begins a journey to enter into the service of a samurai family. All he has to lead him is his confidence in his spear skills and his passion. Along the way, he finds a poor-looking child sitting in the shadow of a tree, and offers him water and food. This act ends up turning his entire world upside down.... -
USD 5.00 / 500ptChina is a county with a deep history. This land has had many emperors, but only one "empress regent"...... and her name was "Wu Zetian." Set in China at the beginning of the Tang dynasty, this is the spectacular epic tale of a woman's harsh chaotic life as she went from a lowly court lady in the emperor's harem to an empress who built her own empire! This romantic historical piece is brought to you by the wonderful Ryo Kurashina and Takeshi Mine!
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USD 10.99 / 1,099ptGeneral of the Three Kingdoms, Kongming had struggled his whole life, facing countless battles that made him into the accomplished strategist he was. So on his deathbed, he wished only to be reborn into a peaceful world...and was sent straight to modern-day party-central, Tokyo! Can even a brilliant strategist like Kongming adapt to the wild beats and even wilder party people?! -
USD 17.99 / 1,799ptAs a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery...the land Leif called Vinland. -
It's 1863, the twilight of the shogunate, and Japan is on the cusp of monumental change. The streets of the nation's capital are soaked in blood as political upheaval and rising tensions between masterless, wandering ronin and government samurai set the stage for one of the most turbulent times in Japan's history. Young orphan Nio is no stranger to the harsh realities of the world, and yet he can't help but cling to his burning passion for justice and desire to change the world for the better. One day, he crosses paths with two men who will become central figures of the coming revolution: Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Souji, two of the founding members of a group of hated ronin known as the Miburo-who would later become known as the Shinsengumi. Inspired by the efforts of the so-called "Blues Wolves of Mibu," Nio decides to join the ranks to help carve a path to the world he wishes to see. But with new betrayals and reversals every day, will Nio be able to stay true to his conscience? -
USD 10.99 / 1,099pt ~ USD 14.99 / 1,499ptHe's said to be the greatest playwright and poet in history, the author of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth, but just who was William Shakespeare? Harold Sakuishi, creator of the all-time-classic rock 'n' roll manga BECK, tackles a different kind of legend in this, his latest masterwork, unlocking the secrets behind the writer you only thought you knew! Volume 1 comes in a special, 520-page 2-in-1 edition.
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USD 10.99 / 1,099ptHistorical / Drama / Fantasy / Anime Adaptation / Supernatural / Vampires / Zombies / Mature (18+) / SeinenThe end of the 19th century-a vampire's wife is murdered, and the detective known as the "cage user" is called in to solve the crime. But there's more to the detective and the curtained birdcage he carries...after all, when solving a case involving a monster, it might just take one to know one!
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The winner of MANGAZENKAN.COM special award category best storyboard. In 1787, A boy went to Vienna to become the disciple of the music genius, Mozart. But somehow he met the mysterious older brother instead. "I have been spending boring and suffocating days. That one encounter changes everything..."
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