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Otoyomegatari

Also known as A Bride's Story.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

A Bride’s Story tells the tale of a beautiful young bride in nineteenth-century Asia. At the age of twenty, Amir is sent to a neighboring town to be wed. But her surprise at learning her new husband, Karluk, is eight years younger than her is quickly replaced by a deep affection for the boy and his family. Though she hails from just beyond the mountains, Amir’s clan had very different customs, foods, and clothes from what Karluk is used to. As the two of them learn more about each other through their day-to-day lives, the bond of respect and love grows stronger.



Note: Won the Prix Intergénérations ("Intergenerational Award") at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012 and the 7th Manga Taishou award in 2014.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Historical , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Travel , Seinen , Foreign , Indigenous Cultures , Arranged Marriage , Iyashikei , Desert , Environmental , Family Life , Age Gap , Educational , War , Cohabitation , Rural , Matchmaking , Middle east , Military , Food , Religion , Unrequited Love , Language Barrier , Twins , Archery , Nudity , Animals , Female Harem , Polyamorous , LGBTQ+ Themes , Large Breasts

Arte

Also known as Arte.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The story takes place in 16th century Florence during a time when women were relegated to the role of wives and caretakers, a young noble girl named Arte dreams of being an artist’s apprentice. One day she stumbles on the workshop of the eccentric Maestro Leo who decides to accept her as his student. Follow Arte on her journey as she discovers the joy and struggles on the path to becoming a maestro.



Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Seinen , Drawing , Work , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Medieval , Estranged Family , Fugitive , Royal Affairs , Orphan , War , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Arranged Marriage , Pirates , Prison , Prostitution

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!



Note: Won the Grand Prize in the Printed Manga category at the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Detective , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Drugs , Work , Politics , Tragedy , Crime , Maids , Adoption , Heterosexual , Asexual , Episodic , Conspiracy , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Religion , Desert , Aromantic , War

Tenju no Kuni

Also known as Blissful Land.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Khang Zhipa is a 13-year-old doctor’s apprentice living in a mountain village in 18th-century Tibet. One day, when he gets back from collecting medicinal herbs, he finds a bride-to-be and her wedding party will be resting at his home for the night. The bride’s name is Moshi Rati and it turns out she’s actually Khang Zhipa’s fiancee from another land, here to stay! Enjoy this heartwarming slice-of-life tale woven by a kind-hearted boy and his mysterious bride.



Tags: Medicine , Rural , Iyashikei , Marriage , Family Life , Arranged Marriage , Foreign , Indigenous Cultures , Historical , Heterosexual , Animals , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Educational , Shounen , Food , Nudity

Stravaganza: Isai no Hime

Also known as Stravaganza, The Queen in the Iron Mask.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi , Fantasy

A mysterious warrior travels the kingdom of Auroria, battling monstrous creatures and seeking adventure. Few know she is secretly Auroria’s young and inexperienced masked monarch -- Queen Vivian. In a world where humans are not at the top of the food chain, the Queen in the Iron Mask must learn to use both her sword and her throne to protect her people from the dangers looming just beyond the city walls.



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Time Skip , Large Breasts , Travel , Gore , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Swordplay , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori

Also known as Red River.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Yuri, a pretty Japanese girl, is ecstatic after passing her college entrance exam and having her first kiss with her childhood friend-turned boyfriend. However, her luck soon changes. She starts to notice that water becomes agitated whenever she goes near it. One night, hands appear out of a puddle on the street and drag her into the water! Transported to an ancient village in the Middle East, she is then captured by armed troops and taken to the Queen's palace for a human sacrifice.



Notes:
Winner of the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo category.
Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Historical , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Time Manipulation , Royal Affairs , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Kingdom Management , Assassins , Politics , Slavery , Isekai , War , Class Struggle , Nudity , Desert , Magic , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Medicine , Marriage , Crime , Revenge , Blackmail , Indigenous Cultures , Age Gap , Body Horror

Ouke no Monshou

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Carol's family discovered an ancient Egyptian tomb that has been untouched for three thousand years. The discovery of the tomb comes with a thousand years curse. Because of that curse, Carol happy family shattered and she is brought back in time to 3000 years ago.

There, Carol meet Memphis, the handsome but cruel pharaoh. Because of her vast knowledge in Egyptian history, she was able to help Egypt through many difficulties and she becomes intertwined with the history of that time, shaping the way conflicts are played out and hailed by the Egyptian people as the Nile Goddess.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Foreign , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Marriage , Incest

Vinland Saga

Also known as Vinland Saga.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

As 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 father, 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.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Sayonara ga Chikai no de" (For Our Farewell Is Near)
Includes the one-shot "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla x Vinland Saga"
Includes two extra chapters.
Won the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2009.
Winner of the 36th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2012.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Historical , Coming of Age , Vikings , Foreign , Philosophy , Seinen , Male Protagonist , War , Revenge , Found Family , Tragedy , Travel , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Slavery , Time Skip , Gore , Swordplay , Ships , Politics , Class Struggle , Medieval , Rural , Parenthood , Anti-Hero , Agriculture , Pirates , Environmental , Religion , Marriage , Indigenous Cultures , Achronological Order , Adoption , Language Barrier , Mythology , Archery , Nudity , Transgender , Wilderness , Tomboy

Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite

Also known as Orb: On the Movements of the Earth.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

In the fifteenth century, claiming that the Earth revolves around the sun was a heresy that could get believers burned at the stake. Child prodigy Rafal is introduced to the truth about the universe by his mentor, and then must flee when the Inquisition comes to mete out "God's justice." With only a peculiar pendant to guide him, will Rafal discover his master's research, and can he and other believers set the world alight?



Notes:
Winner of the 26th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022.
Nominated for the 14th and 15th Manga Taisho Award, placing 2nd and 5th respectively.
Placed 10th in the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.
Nominated for the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2021 in the General category.
Ranked 2nd in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (Male Readers Division).

Tags: Historical , Astronomy , Seinen , Foreign , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Tragedy , Philosophy , Religion , Medieval , Ensemble Cast , Torture , Time Skip , Gore , Primarily Male Cast

Tenmaku no Jaadugar

Also known as A Witch's Life in Mongol.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama

In the harem of the Khan, wisdom is beauty.

The time: the thirteenth century. The place: Yeke Mongol Ulus, the greatest empire the world has ever known. The woman: Fatima, hailing from Persia, where medical technique and scientific knowledge have been perfected beyond all precedent.

Fatima's desire for a stage where she can put all her knowledge to work has brought her to the palace of the Mongols, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan—a mighty woman with complicated feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axle upon which the politics of the palace, and soon the very world, will turn...



Notes:
Ranked 1st in the Women's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook.
Ranked 5th in the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023.
Ranked 5th in the 17th Manga Taisho Awards in 2024.
Winner of the Overseas Work Award at the 2024 Bucheon International Comics Festival.
Nominated for the Best New Manga category at the 2025 American Manga Awards.
Winner of the Grand Prize in the Comic Division at the 55th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards in 2026.

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Josei , Revenge , Tragedy , Espionage , Biographical , Kingdom Management , Indigenous Cultures , Slavery , War , Educational , Royal Affairs , Desert , Military , Politics , Religion , Orphan , Conspiracy , Arranged Marriage , Time Skip , Travel , Class Struggle , Middle east