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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

Marronnier Oukoku no Shichinin no Kishi

Also known as The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A story about seven brothers and knights who live in the Marronnier Kingdom, which is surrounded by seven neighboring countries.

The seven brothers are ordered by their mother, the female general Baribara, to go to each country as ambassadors in order to appeal to the seven neighboring countries that they are friendly.

Tags: Josei , Medieval , Magic , Royal Affairs , Travel , Arranged Marriage , Gender Bending , Fairy Tale , Politics , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Elf , Shapeshifting , Crossdressing , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes

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

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 , Revenge , Espionage , Biographical , Kingdom Management , Indigenous Cultures , Josei , Slavery , War , Educational , Royal Affairs , Military , Politics , Tragedy , Religion , Desert , Time Skip , Orphan , Conspiracy , Arranged Marriage , Travel , Class Struggle , Middle East , Ensemble Cast

Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi

Also known as A Nordic Noble and His Eagle Wife's Hunting Life in a Snowy Land.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

A Borderland count x an ex-soldier The rustic life of hunting and good food that started with a trial marriage! Ritshard, a cheerful, impoverished nobleman who rules over the freezing Borderlands, and Sieglinde, a former soldier known as the Crimson Eagle. They meet at an evening party, where Ritshard falls in love at first sight, and he proposes without hesitation. In response, Sieglinde suggests a one-year trial marriage… Hunting, cooking, and crafting traditional goods, they lead a modest yet peaceful life in the snowy countryside. The two slowly but surely begin to grow closer, but will they truly become a real married couple in the end? A heartwarming love story of a clumsy yet endearing trial couple, who are watched over by the great outdoors.

Tags: Marriage , Iyashikei , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Foreign , Family Life , Royal Affairs , Josei , Environmental , Heterosexual , Agriculture , Educational , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Travel , Snowscape , Gender Bending , Language Barrier , Guns , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals

Sakura-Hime Kaden

Also known as Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Sakura is a princess who lives alone with a few maids in a mansion deep in the mountains. She’s been engaged to the prince of the country since she was born. She doesn’t like that fact, as she wants to decide her fate on her own. However, one day, a messenger from the prince suddenly came to take her to the capital…

Note: Includes six extra chapters.

Notes:
Volume 4 contains the side story "Asagiri Setsuden" (朝霧雪伝)
Volume 5 contains the one-shot "Tenshi no Kinka: Maple Rose (天使の金貨 メイプルローズ); Ribon Special 2010 Haru no Dai-Zoukangou
Volume 6 contains the one-shot "Shirobara Gakuen: Vampire Rose (白薔薇学園ヴァンパイア・ローズ); Ribon 2009 Fantasy Zoukangou"
Volume 6 contains an side-story for "Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Mistress☆Fortune Bangai-hen"
Volume 8 contains a special sequel for "I.O.N"

Tags: Demons , Historical , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Ninja , Coming of Age , Mythology , Fairy Tale , Found Family , Magic , Tragedy , Philosophy , Swordplay , Fugitive , Orphan , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Arranged Marriage , Politics , Femboy

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Drawing , Coming of Age , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , School , Medieval , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Conspiracy , Politics , Disability , Seinen , Philosophy , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , Travel , Amnesia , Foreign , Environmental , Iyashikei , Spearplay , Dragons , Twins