Manga like Cesare: Hakai no Souzousha

Historie

Also known as Historie.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological

After shocking the world with Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki is back with a series he's been aching to tackle since even before his pro manga debut! A historical epic set in ancient times, Historie tells the story of Eumenes, a young man with quick wits and a vast destiny to fulfill. In time, he'll become a famed army commander and personal secretary to Alexander the Great—but the road to this glory is fraught with danger… "



Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Grand Prize in 2012. Won the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Politics , Foreign , Slavery , War , Medieval , Time Skip , Nudity , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Body Horror

Plinivs

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

It portrays the famous naturalist Plinius. From volcanic explosions and tidal waves to the ecology of plants and animals, the work reproduces the world of Natural History, the Plinius encyclopedia describing the universe. This is a definitive historical Roman romance depicting the world 2,000 years ago through astounding composition and realistic draftsmanship.

Tags: Historical , Foreign

Ad Astra: Scipio to Hannibal

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Psychological

This is the story of two of the greatest military commanders in history: the Roman Publius Cornelius Scipio and the Carthaginian Hannibal. The story follows the two of them from their early life on. Hannibal is initially shown as a strangely silent infant, who seemed like the gods forgot to put a soul in his little body. However, he soon begins to speak in a way that shows his remarkable abilities. Hannibal and Scipio are driven enemies, and their struggle shaped an era.



Tags: Military , Historical , Seinen , Foreign , War , Revenge , Medieval , Politics , Tragedy , Animals , Survival , Primarily Adult Cast , Biographical , Time Skip , Religion

Innocent Rouge

Also known as Innocent Rouge.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

The eve of the French Revolution, 1772—

The eldest brother of the Sanson family, Charles-Henri, has grown as an executioner, while his sister, Marie-Joseph, has been living freely in Versailles.

But one day, Marie-Joseph's first love, a man named Alain, is killed by aristocrats...!

This history of innocents plunges into the arc of the crimson revolution, Rouge—!!



Tags: Historical , Seinen , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Gore , Achronological Order , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , Bisexual , Nudity , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age ,

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

Ten no Hate Made

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

In the 18th century, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was an elective monarchy, in which the king was elected by the nobility. The kingdom thrived under its unprecedented in the history of Europe, yet flawed democratic political system. Many difficult trials stand in front of this freedom-loving country. Will democracy yield to tyranny?

Tags: Historical , Politics , Biographical , Foreign , Tragedy , Time Skip , War , Military

Cantarella

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

From birth, Cesare Borgia is surrounded by hellish shadows that threaten to consume him. Damned by his own father, hated by his closest brother, separated from the sister who loves him, and driven by the demons of Hell itself, he sets out on a quest for power that threatens to set the world of Renaissance Italy ablaze. Will he find salvation in Michelotto, a mysterious assassin bent on saving Cesare's soul -- even if it means slaying his demon-possessed body? Or will all Italy be seduced by the tragic eyes of the infamous murderer known as Cesare Borgia?



Tags: Demons , Shoujo , Historical , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Religion , Politics , Boys' Love , Heterosexual

Versailles no Bara

Also known as The Rose of Versailles.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI’s court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France's last great royal regime.



Tags: Shoujo , Class Struggle , Foreign , Historical , Politics , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Philosophy , Royal Affairs , Military , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Bisexual , Arranged Marriage , Kingdom Management , Unrequited Love , Suicide , Medieval

Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Beginning of 16th century, Alexandra was captured by slave traders in Ukraine during one of their many raids. When the traders arrived in Greece to sell the female slaves, a young handsome man named Mateus bought her and promised to give her true freedom. He hired countless teachers, scholars, and palace ladies to train her into the one perfect woman of her time. Mateus's kindness has caused Alexandra to deeply fall in love with him, and she secretly wishes to be his concubine. But cruel fate! Mateus has already promised her to his best friend, who is Suleiman the Great, Emperor of the Ottoman Empire! Mateus promised Alexandra of true freedom, but where is freedom when she is in another man's harem and can only look at the one she loves from afar?

Not willing to endure this agony, Alexandra promises herself that one day, she will free both of them from their bird cages. But Mateus is the Grand Vizier, a power only second to the Emperor himself. So Alexandra must become the most influential concubine in order to have any hope—which also means bearing Suleiman's son. However, Suleiman already has a son by another concubine, and this woman is determined to keep her son as the only prince and only heir.

Thus begins the story of a slave that becomes the story of one of the greatest empresses of all time, Alexandra, the woman who would one day be known as Roxelana, Empress of the Ottoman Empire.

Tags: Historical , Josei , Politics , War , Kingdom Management , Biographical , Coming of Age , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Slavery , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Unrequited Love , Arranged Marriage , Assassins , Class Struggle , Crime , Espionage , Maids , Marriage , Time Skip , Revenge , Nudity , Female Harem , Tragedy

Ookami no Kuchi: Wolfsmund

Also known as Wolfsmund.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror

Wolfsmund is a story set in the European Alps during the beginning of the 14th century. A ruthless gatekeeper stands watch at Wolfsmund — "the Mouth of the Wolf," a fortress checkpoint at the St. Gotthard Pass going into Italy. Travelers from all walks of life try to pass through the way station, but they must first face interrogation by the gatekeeper. Things rarely end well for those who attempt the passing.



Note: Chapter count includes the chapter "Side Story: The Pope and the Swiss Guard" in volume 4.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Tragedy , Medieval , War , Gore , Revenge , Swordplay , Foreign , Torture , Nudity