Manga like Miyamoto Musashi

Vagabond

Also known as Vagabond.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo--was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword.

In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of the war. Takezo's vicious nature has made him an outcast even in his own village, and he is hunted down like an animal. At this crucial crossroads in Takezo's life, an eccentric monk and a childhood friend are the only ones who can help him find his way.



Tags: Swordplay , Seinen , Samurai , Historical , Philosophy , Travel , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Survival , Cultivation , Biographical , Gore , Rural , Fugitive , Heterosexual , War , Outdoor , Ghost , Agriculture , Language Barrier , Nudity , Afterlife ,

Musashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Based on the life story of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.

Tags: Historical , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Samurai , Biographical , Swordplay

Miyamoto Musashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Tags: Historical , Samurai , Rural , Swordplay , Nudity , Seinen , Biographical

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 , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Fugitive , Torture

Baki Dou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Baki is bored. After the conclusion of the epic battle between father and son, he continues to fight in the underground arena and train nonstop, but he always has to suppress his yawn caused by the overbearing boredom. No amount of stimulus or danger can bring excitement to him at this point.

Now, with the inclusion of the Prime Minister of Japan in the loop, a massive cloning project is attempting to clone Miyamoto Musashi, one of the fathers of martial arts in Japan. Another fight of historical proportions awaits Baki!



Includes chapter 197.5

Tags: Martial Arts , Gore , Samurai , Shounen , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Clone , Ghost

Ichigeki

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

A martial arts historical series about a peasant turned samurai and caught in the turmoil of the final year of the Edo Period (1868).

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Samurai , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Historical , Revenge

Plinivs

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

It portrays the famous naturalist Plinius. From volcanic explosions and tidal waves to the ecology of plants and animals, the work reproduces the world of Natural History, the Plinius encyclopedia describing the universe. This is a definitive historical Roman romance depicting the world 2,000 years ago through astounding composition and realistic draftsmanship.

Tags: Historical , Foreign

Shishi

Status: Finished
Genres:

Story depicting Miyamoto Musashi's childhood.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Swordplay , Gore , Samurai , Tragedy , Assassins , Nudity

Hokusai

Also known as Hokusai.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Hokusai is one of the most famous masters of Japanese prints, author of "The Great Wave of Kanagawa". After living 42 years as Souri Tawaraya, the artist decides to take the name of Hokusai in order to create a new and unique style, but in doing so he becomes a stranger in his own domain. Hokusai will have to struggle to find his place, live and impose the style that amazed Japan and the world

Tags: Historical , Drawing , Achronological Order , Biographical

Buddha

Also known as Buddha.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his epic volumes on Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka’s Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one’s life sensibly. Philosophical segments are threaded into interpersonal situations with ground-breaking visual dynamism by an artist who makes sure never to lose his readers’ attention.



Note: Won the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and the Best U.S. Edition of International Material for the Eisner Award in 2004 and 2005.

Tags: Philosophy , Historical , Foreign , Religion , War , Biographical , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Revenge , Gods , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Shounen , Anachronism , Crime , Environmental , Nudity