Manga like Ayakashi Koi Kitan

Kagerou Inazuma Mizu no Tsuki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A collection of stories set amongst the oiran (high-rank courtesans before the time of geisha) in (mostly) the Yoshiwara district of Edo, a famous historical 'red-light district.'

Kagerou no Shou
Inazuma no Shou
Mizu no Tsuki no Shou
Nagasaki Bojou

Tags: Oiran , Anthology , Historical , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Tragedy

Mugen Utamaro

Status: Finished
Genres:

Based on the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, as depicted by Go Nagai.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Drawing , Classic Literature , Historical , Seinen , Oiran , Samurai , Gore , Assassins , Ninja , Suicide

Sonezaki Shinjuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Romance

Based on a play of the same title.

Toku is in love with his childhood friend Ohatsu... who was sold to a brothel years ago. His goal is to buy her freedom and marry her, but many obstacles are in place.

Tags: Historical , Shounen , Oiran

Maboroshi Koi Kitan

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

They suffer between Love and Duties.

From thrilling Kunoichi comedy to the distress of a poisonous French queen, master Kamata Kimiko transcends time and space and brings you stories about delicate, earnest and sturdy maidens!

Stories included: Swan Ninja Art Anecdotes, Edo Love Dance, DOLL, Promise to Race, Arisu.

Tags: Anthology , Josei , Historical , Ninja

Hira Hira

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Set in the Edo Era. Tadaaki, one of her frequent customer's footman had always irked Akane, a courtesan. She plots his downfall but along the way she realizes what she's feeling may not just be pure animosity after all...

Also contains other stories about courtesans as well.




Tags: Oiran , Anthology , Female Protagonist , Historical , Shoujo

Edo Karuta

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

A collection of historic short stories, each associated with a karuta card. The stories revolve around the red-light district of Yoshiwara, in Edo.

1) Kimori
Okuma is a good-natured, sweet girl, but she is unable to find a husband due to her weight. One day, a samurai defends her from being publicly mocked. Is this samurai her chance to find happiness?

2) Kanrobai
After her father ritually commits suicide, Asagi finds herself in much reduced circumstances. Some of the girls who work with Asagi bully her, and the high-class airs she puts on don't help the situation. All she wants is a way to get back to the lifestyle to which she was accustomed, but all she has is mistreatment and the company of a strange man trapped under a barrel...

3) Maigoishi
Tama is a lost child, and she's taken in temporarily by a family who already has a son, Shirou. Tama can't wait to find her beloved father again. However, finding the place where she belongs may not be so simple for little Tama.

4) Akaishinyo
Seiichi is the only one left to protect his princess, Miya. He wants what's best for her, regardless of their feelings for one another. But can he really tell what that might be?



Tags: Anthology , Historical , Shoujo , Oiran , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Karuta , Heterosexual , Samurai

Akai Sato no Tengu

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Every ten years, a young woman is offered as a sacrifice to the mountain god. When the tengu goes to see the sacrifice, he finds out that the sacrifice actually volunteered for the role. And the sacrifice turns out to be a young…. boy.



3rd Place winner of the Fresh GanGan 2011 Autumn Event

Tags: Youkai , Male Protagonist , Historical , Rural , Demons , Shounen