Manga like LES MISÉRABLES

What is LES MISÉRABLES about?

Status: Finished

Jean Valjean, a starving man who commits an act that will haunt him for the rest of his life; Cosette, a young orphan girl; Javert, an obsessed policeman; Marius, a revolutionary who inspires the working classes. These unforgettable characters and more make up the cast of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables, renowned as one of the greatest works of Western literature.

Tags: Historical , Shounen , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Classic Literature , Adoption , Foreign

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Les Miserables

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Manga based in the story Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Classic Literature

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Innocent

Also known as Innocent.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality," the event that gave birth to modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one protagonist that lived within the darkness, Charles-Henri Sanson. He was the fourth-generation head of the Sanson family, and the executioner of Paris. This is the story of a man nobly facing his harsh fate...

Note: Innocent was nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Reader Award" in 2014 and for the 8th Manga Taishou Award in 2015.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Politics , Foreign , Gore , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Work , Nudity , Bisexual , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swordplay , Crossdressing , Philosophy

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Vinland Saga

Also known as Vinland Saga.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his father, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery … the land Leif called Vinland.

Notes:
Won the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2009.
Winner of the 36th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2012.

Tags: Historical , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Vikings , Foreign , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , War , Revenge , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Parenthood , Travel , Found Family , Time Skip , Slavery , Politics , Gore , Swordplay , Ships , Anti-Hero , Rural , Pirates , Agriculture , Environmental , Language Barrier , Heterosexual , Nudity , Achronological Order , Archery , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender

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