Manga like Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu

Kingdom

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

Millions of years have passed since the times of legends, when the worlds of man and gods were still the same. In these times it was the desires of man that moved the world. It is the period of the 500 year war: the Era of Warring States. Kingdom is the story of a young boy who grew into a great general and all the trials and bloodshed that led him there.

Tags: Military , Historical , War , Politics , Royal Affairs , Male Protagonist , Ancient China , Seinen , Swordplay , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Foreign , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Fugitive , Conspiracy , Body Horror , Assassins , Spearplay , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , Archery , Torture , Crossdressing , Magic

Date Masamune

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

A seminal history of Date Masamune (Not as awesome as he was in Sengoku Basara, admittedly). Yokoyama has a plain and matter of fact style for history without really trying to dramatize it.

Tags: Historical , Seinen

Nobunaga wo Koroshita Otoko: Honnouji no Hen, 431-nenme no Shinjitsu

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Out of all Japanese historical figures, Oda Nobunaga is probably the one with the widest range of interpretations. But what was the real Nobunaga like, and why was he really betrayed and murdered? While a lot of manga make their stories more interesting by taking historical liberties, this one does the opposite, using historical research to paint a clearer - yet more intriguing - picture of the man behind the myth.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Military , Tragedy , Politics , Samurai

Shana Ou Yoshitsune

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Shana Ou Yoshitsune is an alternative story to the popular historical figure Minamoto no Yoshitsune along with his servants, including the renown Benkei who lived in the Heian Era. In this version, Yoshitsune was actually a weak, sickly boy who met an exact body replica in Hyouta, a traveling orphan who earn his living on the street. Being physically stronger, Hyouta was led to become a replacement for Yoshitsune, eventually claiming the name as his own.

Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2004.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Historical , Shounen

LORD

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

The story is set in the period from the end of the Later Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms Period in China. In 184 AD, a brave general of the Nanukoku Kingdom, who contributed to Himiko's unification of Japan, decides to take over the "hegemony" of the Later Han Dynasty. He travels alone to Yushu in the Later Han Dynasty, where he meets the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. He works with these three brothers, but soon learns that Liu Bei is an evil person. One day, Liu Bei tries to kill a criminal to test his new sword, but Pei Yu stops him and even cuts off Liu Bei's head. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are outraged, but Pei Yu sees and points out that the two were not following Liu Bei out of pure heart. Afterwards, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei witnessed Puo Yu's actions and thoughts and decided to make Puo Yu the new Liu Bei, and the three of them took a new oath of brotherhood in Taoyuan.

Note: The story is loosely based on the Three Kingdoms period, using both real and original characters and events from the historical period in Chinese history and folklore of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Tags: Seinen , Historical , Ancient China

Sengoku

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Mounted warriors line up and rush to the assault. Brandishing swords on horseback, the warriors slash at each other... This kind of image of feudal combat is all a lie. Well, then, how did Samurai really fight? A declaration of war has now been made against the lie of combat that was forged during the Edo period, and continued uncontested to this very day.

Tags: War , Male Protagonist , Historical , Seinen , Swordplay

Takeda Shingen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

This is a story set in the dangerous Sengoku period, featuring the famous historical figure of Takeda Harunobu, later called Shingen. When he was fifteen, he accompanied his father to the Battle of Un no Kuchi, where he won his first victory as his father retreated. After that, his relationship with his father, Takeda Nobutora, changed. He heard rumors that his father wanted to give his inheritance to Harunobu's younger brother. Soon, Harunobu became certain that he must do something about his father...

Tags: Historical , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Yumemaboroshi no Gotoku

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Legend has it that Nobunaga died in the fire at Honno-ji, but the truth is, he survived! And after that, he vowed to take back the world by his blade! Meanwhile, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu also aim to grab hold of the country, while Mitsuhide plans to assassinate Nobunaga! These swirling ambitions create a new chapter in history! Get ready for some fun historical fiction filled with wild imagination!

Included one-shot: Volume 12: Etsuko to Saburou (2 parts)

Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , Samurai , War , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Military , Historical , Heterosexual , Nudity , Anachronism , Time Manipulation