Manga like Ichi

Mugen no Juunin

Also known as Blade of the Immortal.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal will keep you on edge! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers . . . and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled!



Notes:
The magazine release contains 219 chapters, which includes a prologue.
The tankoubon release re-arranges the manga into 207 total chapters across 30 volumes.
The Dark Horse release re-arranges the manga into 208 total chapters across 31 volumes.

Tags: Swordplay , Revenge , Tragedy , Samurai , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Martial Arts , Gore , Philosophy , Prison , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Fugitive , Torture

Azumi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Azumi focuses upon the life of the female assassin Azumi. The manga begins an indeterminate number of years after the Battle of Sekigahara, but as the Azumi begins her assassination missions, the manga introduces the characters into mainstream history. Many of the early assassination missions that Azumi undertakes are the assassinations of the prominent supporters and generals of the Toyotomi Clan, against whom the Toyotomi Clan expected to again go to war.



Note: Won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1998.

Tags: Swordplay , Assassins , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Tragedy , Seinen , Historical , Gore , Ninja , Coming of Age , Conspiracy , Twins , Nudity , Orphan , Snowscape , Drugs , Revenge , Suicide , Samurai

Tokugawa no Mashira

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Tags: Martial Arts , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Nudity , Historical , Primarily Female Cast , Samurai , Revenge

Shura Yukihime

Also known as Lady Snowblood.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi

A story of pure vengeance, Lady Snowblood tells the tale of a daughter born of a singular purpose, to avenge the death of her family at the hands of a gang of thugs, a purpose woven into her soul from the time of her gestation.



Tags: Revenge , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Historical , Nudity , Assassins , Bisexual , Swordplay , Gore , Yakuza , LGBTQ+ Themes

Shin Angyo Onshi

Also known as Blade of the Phantom Master.

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

Long ago, there were royal inspectors in a country called Jyushin. They disguised themselves as shabby travelers and passed through towns, big and small. The duty of these inspectors was to find corrupt officials and punish them. But Jyushin has fallen. The world is corrupt, and no one answers the cry for help from the suffering people anymore. However, one royal inspector remains, roaming the lands...



Note: In 2017 the manga was rebooted as a webtoon manhwa with the original panels being recut and recolored to fit the format. The new release has 285 chapters (including chapter 0 and 11 side stories), serialized from 2018-01-19 to 2019-08-31.

Tags: Historical , Magic , Swordplay , Gore , Super Power , Seinen , Full Color

Shichinin no Samurai

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Samurai

Reiri

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama

In the Sengoku Period (1579), there is a young woman who has lost everything, and dedicated herself to seeking strength and a death on the battlefield.

Reiri once lived happily with her family, until the day soldiers came by after a battle. Her father, mother and brother sacrificed themselves in order for her to survive. She was only saved with the intervention of Okabe Tanpa no Kami, who had been sheltering in the village. In his service, she grew and learned to fight well, chasing her goal of a death in battle. However, her path to death may not be as short and straight as she hopes.

Tags: Female Protagonist , War , Historical , Crossdressing , Biographical , Suicide , Seinen , Tomboy , Rehabilitation , Samurai , Swordplay , Tragedy , Nudity , Assassins , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Gore , Martial Arts , Archery , Guns

Dark Air

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Before…magic used to fill up the world but all of a sudden it just disappeared. Magician can’t perform magic anymore and they are now being looked down by warriors. Only two individuals in the world are able to perform magic after its disappearance, a mighty wizard and a little boy… Follow Melrose and his companions in their adventures as they are trying to solve this mystery!

Tags: Magic , Swordplay