Manga like Chang Ge Xing

What is Chang Ge Xing about?

Status: Releasing

Chang An in the Tang Dynasty of China (618-907): The demon star is passing through the sky, clamity is about to befall the Tang Dynasty - because of a woman.

The story is set in early Tang Dynasty, after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, in which Li Shimin the prince of Qin, killed the crown prince and usurped the throne soon after. It is under such background that our female protagonist set out to discard her former identities and seek revenge against the most powerful man in her world.

Note: This story was put on hiatus on March 2016. The author's contract with SUMMERZOO ended in Sept 2017 and she has since founded her own studio. Until she is able to get the rights back to Chang Ge Xing (and Zi Bu Yu), she won't continue publishing it, but she has promised and reassured that it lives on somehow.

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , War , Philosophy , Politics , Royal Affairs , Survival , Ancient China , Revenge , Conspiracy , Crossdressing , Fugitive , Acting , Foreign , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Age Gap , Classic Literature

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Bu Tian Ge

Also known as Song of the Sky Pacers.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

During the Chen dynasty, Consort Jing gave birth to a pair of fraternal twins under the rays of sunlight. The prince was born with a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, while the princess was born with six fingers. Fortune and misfortune appeared at the same time, causing the twins to experience entirely different fates as they were forced to leave their family. The heavenly tribulation is approaching, will the two twins who were separated from birth ever get to be reunited? What methods would they use to fight against their destinies?

Tags: Historical , Martial Arts , Twins , Wuxia , Cultivation , Full Color , Magic

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KuaiKan Manhua

Bilibili

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Huo Feng Liao Yuan

Also known as The Ravages of Time.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Nearly 2000 years ago, the prosperous Han dynasty of China collapsed. Heroes rose and fell, and three nations emerged--Wei, Shu, and Wu. Historians refer to this period as the Three Kingdoms period. The romance of the three kingdoms is an intriguing tale of heroic deeds, of alliance forged and broken, of loyalty and betrayal.
Hong Kong artist Chan Mou retells this classic tale in "The Ravages of Time" from the perspective of the Sima clan, which in the end united the three kingdoms. Readers will be attracted by an array of well-developed characters and Chan Mou's own unique top-notch art-style.

Tags: Historical , War , Military , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Classic Literature , Ancient China , Martial Arts , Swordplay , Tragedy , Foreign , Wuxia

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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 , Marriage , Historical , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Travel , Seinen , Foreign , Arranged Marriage , Iyashikei , Desert , Indigenous Cultures , Family Life , Rural , Matchmaking , Age Gap , Educational , Cohabitation , War , Food , Religion , Unrequited Love , Language Barrier , Twins , Archery , Nudity , Animals , Female Harem , Military , LGBTQ+ Themes

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ComicWalker

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Pureun Yuri

Also known as Blue Glass.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Every princess in Nak-Rang Kingdom is fated to be married off as a political tool the moment she comes of age, and Princess Sol is no exception. Seeing her older sister die after being used the same way leaves her feeling alone and helpless. That is when a mysterious medium tells her that what she desires most awaits her outside the palace. As fate would have it, Sol finds a frail boy named Mi-Ru at the slave market and feels compelled to save him. Though Mi-Ru quickly becomes Sol's only refuge, it won't be easy to protect him from her evil brother's clutches...

Note: As of July 19th, 2023, this work has been re-serialized in full color.

Tags: Historical , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Foreign , Mythology , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Royal Affairs

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Manyeo Comics

Tappytoon

Bilibili

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Kubera

Also known as Kubera.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

When Kubera loses her entire village on her 16th birthday, her salvation comes in the form of the magician, Asha. Together they journey through a world of Gods and Suras, magicians and pure-bloods. Intent on solving the mystery behind her past, Kubera may also hold the key to changing the world.

Tags: Revenge , Gods , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Full Color , Time Manipulation , Magic , Cosmic Horror , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Memory Manipulation , Mythology , Reincarnation , Age Gap , Kaiju , Politics , Kemonomimi , Space , Alternate Universe , Dragons

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Webtoons

Naver Webtoon

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Akatsuki no Yona

Also known as Yona of the Dawn.

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

Yona reels from the shock of witnessing a loved one’s murder and having to fight for her life. With Hak’s help, she flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her enemy’s forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Travel , Shoujo , Historical , Found Family , Dragons , Politics , Fugitive , Gods , Mythology , Male Harem , Reincarnation , War , Tragedy , Royal Affairs , Heterosexual , Foreign , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Animals , Archery , Super Power , Survival , Orphan , Kuudere , Drugs , Pirates

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Comico

Manga Park

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Shi Yi Chang'an: Wangye

Also known as Please Don't, My Prince.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

In order to fulfil her mission of bringing peace to her homeland, the Uyghur Princess Amelia travels to Chang'an and marries Emperor Dezong of Tang's ninth prince, Li Qian. While she had been considered very capable in her homeland, the complex and foreign customs of the Tang court are something else entirely; and although she had not expected love in a political marriage, the sheer disinterest and arrogance of her husband is very hard to handle, no matter how capable and handsome he may be. Securing peace between the Uyghur Khaganate and the Tang Empire is not going to be easy, especially with the rebellion taking place in Tang.

Note: 355 mainline chapters + 18 chapters in extras side story 南山篇 + 2 epilogue chapters

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Politics , Female Harem , Foreign , Arranged Marriage

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Tencent Comics

WeComics

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Tenmaku no Jaadugar

Also known as A Witch's Life in Mongol.

Status: Releasing
Genres: 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... Note: Nominated for the Manga Taishou Award in 2023 and 2024.

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Josei , Revenge , Espionage , Biographical , Slavery , War , Desert , Educational , Royal Affairs , Military , Politics , Tragedy , Arranged Marriage , Orphan , Time Skip , Travel , Religion , Conspiracy

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No reading links available

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Gureumi Piwonaen Kkot

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

Hong Lyon, a pitiful young princess with only a title, but no power nor authority, meets a young boy named Dowun who offers to help her become a true royal princess… but at what cost?

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Politics , Royal Affairs , Conspiracy , Love Triangle , Full Color , Tragedy , Martial Arts

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Naver Webtoon Dongman Manhua

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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 , Historical , Ancient China , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Royal Affairs , Drugs , Tragedy , Work , Politics , Crime , Episodic , Maids , Asexual , Adoption , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Religion

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