Manga like Oiran Girl

Kagerou Inazuma Mizu no Tsuki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A collection of stories set amongst the oiran (high-rank courtesans before the time of geisha) in (mostly) the Yoshiwara district of Edo, a famous historical 'red-light district.'

Kagerou no Shou
Inazuma no Shou
Mizu no Tsuki no Shou
Nagasaki Bojou

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Anthology , Oiran , Female Protagonist , Tragedy

Juuoku no Are.: Yoshiwara Ichi no Oiran

Also known as Worth a Billion: Modern-Day Courtesan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Yoshiwara, old Edo's paradise of pleasure, has been reborn in modern-day Tokyo.... In this playground of the powerful, where money rules all, women sell both their bodies and the idea of romance to their male clientele. Thrust into this world is the ingenue Asuka, who's been sold out by her foster parents to pay off their debts. While at first oblivious to the nature of Yoshiwara, she accidentally barges in on a "transaction" between a courtesan and her client. Confronted with her new reality of being bought and sold, she longs to make a break for it... but is there anyone around her she can trust...?!

Tags: Oiran , Female Protagonist , Acting , Heterosexual , Seinen

Yoshiwara Hana Oboro

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Hana is a normal teenager who goes to school normally, that is until she gets ran over by a car... or did she? Suddenly she finds herself in a weird place, and finds herself in the Red Light District... in EDO PERIOD?! She just wants to get back to her own time. She gets mistaken for a Prostitute and has to escape. She was not expecting to be saved by a gentleman, but suddenly she ends up in a house for geshias but then ends up being bought by the same guy who helped her earlier?!

Tags: Oiran , Time Manipulation , Isekai , Historical , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Time Skip

Oedo wa Nemurenai!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

In Edo, an oiran (high-class courtesan) joins a robber gang who steal from the rich and give to the poor. Together, they battle against the enemy who use "Eleki" (electric gadgetry and dolls) as weapons.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Oiran , Assassins , Samurai , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Revenge

Edo Karuta

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

A collection of historic short stories, each associated with a karuta card. The stories revolve around the red-light district of Yoshiwara, in Edo.

1) Kimori
Okuma is a good-natured, sweet girl, but she is unable to find a husband due to her weight. One day, a samurai defends her from being publicly mocked. Is this samurai her chance to find happiness?

2) Kanrobai
After her father ritually commits suicide, Asagi finds herself in much reduced circumstances. Some of the girls who work with Asagi bully her, and the high-class airs she puts on don't help the situation. All she wants is a way to get back to the lifestyle to which she was accustomed, but all she has is mistreatment and the company of a strange man trapped under a barrel...

3) Maigoishi
Tama is a lost child, and she's taken in temporarily by a family who already has a son, Shirou. Tama can't wait to find her beloved father again. However, finding the place where she belongs may not be so simple for little Tama.

4) Akaishinyo
Seiichi is the only one left to protect his princess, Miya. He wants what's best for her, regardless of their feelings for one another. But can he really tell what that might be?



Tags: Anthology , Historical , Shoujo , Oiran , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Karuta , Heterosexual , Samurai

Hira Hira

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Set in the Edo Era. Tadaaki, one of her frequent customer's footman had always irked Akane, a courtesan. She plots his downfall but along the way she realizes what she's feeling may not just be pure animosity after all...

Also contains other stories about courtesans as well.




Tags: Oiran , Anthology , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Historical

Sora ni Saitara

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

A prostitute's time in the red light district is coming to an end. Will she be able to return to a regular life?

Tags: Historical , Shoujo , Oiran , Female Protagonist , Prostitution