Manga like Hyakumonogatari

Kuro no Shishi

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

One of Go Nagai's first works, this violent period piece takes place in the 1500s and stars a talented low ranking ninja named Shishimaru. In it, Shishimaru fights against Ginnai Doma (an immortal samurai who, despite being butchered multiple times, doesn't die) because Ginnai murdered his comrades. Despite being set in historical times, it has machine guns/lasers/robots/atomic reactors with no real explaination.

Tags: Anachronism , Swordplay , Historical , Ninja , Shounen , Space , Time Manipulation , War , Aliens , Robots , Gore , Tanks , Space Opera

Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai

Also known as The Heroes of Galaxy Wars.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi

Rai is a space opera that fuses feudal Chinese and Japanese customs with vast galaxy spanning empires and space-going societies. The story follows the life and times of the samurai Rai, and the quest of several spacefaring factions for control of territory and, of course, the Empire.

Tags: Shounen , Swordplay , Space , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Space Opera , War , Samurai , Military

Yoake Shiro

Also known as Castle of Dawn.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Romance

Midorimaru Matsunoki, the only son of lord Matsunoki Mumeharu, retainer of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, becomes involved in his father's secret plans about construction of a new castle. Soon after encounters a female peasant school teacher, Tae, who becomes his lover. Circumstances even come to affect the beautiful female noble Yayoi, who hates (and loves) him, and his beloved sensei, samurai Fujinosuke Murasaki, the main constructer of the castle, in ways no one would have anticipated...

This is a fast-paced story with overt characterization that reflects on the fairness of love and war.



Tags: Shounen , Samurai , Historical , Teacher