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Cesare: Hakai no Souzousha

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Bookish and naive, Angelo da Canossa is unprepared for life as a student in a university that hums with tension and intrigue in Renaissance Italy. Will his innocence remain intact when a chance encounter with the charismatic Cesare draws him ever deeper into the darker side of the Renaissance?

Souryo Fuyumi collaborated with a Dante scholar while creating Cesare, in order to portray Renaissance Italy as accurately as possible.

Tags: Historical , Politics , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Swordplay , College , Nudity

Thermae Romae

Also known as Thermae Romae.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

When Roman architect Lucius is criticized for his “outdated” thermae designs, he retreats to the local bath to collect his thoughts. All Lucius wants is to recapture the Rome of earlier days, when one could enjoy a relaxing bath without the pressure of merchants and roughhousing patrons. Slipping deeper into the warm water, Lucius is suddenly caught in the suction and dragged through the drainage at the bottom of the bath! He emerges coughing and sputtering amid a group of strange-looking foreigners with the most peculiar bathhouse customs... over 1,500 years in the future in modern-day Japan! His contemporaries wanted him to modernize, and so, borrowing the customs of these mysterious bath-loving people, Lucius opens what quickly becomes the most popular new bathhouse in Rome—Thermae Romae!



Note: Won the 3rd Manga Taisho Award in 2010.

Tags: Historical , Language Barrier , Time Manipulation , Anachronism , Foreign , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Nudity , Time Skip , Politics , Isekai , Educational

Historie

Also known as Historie.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological

After shocking the world with Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki is back with a series he's been aching to tackle since even before his pro manga debut! A historical epic set in ancient times, Historie tells the story of Eumenes, a young man with quick wits and a vast destiny to fulfill. In time, he'll become a famed army commander and personal secretary to Alexander the Great—but the road to this glory is fraught with danger… "



Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Grand Prize in 2012. Won the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Politics , Foreign , War , Slavery , Time Skip , Nudity , Dissociative Identities , Body Horror , Gore

Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite

Also known as Orb: On the Movements of the Earth.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

In the fifteenth century, claiming that the Earth revolves around the sun was a heresy that could get believers burned at the stake. Child prodigy Rafal is introduced to the truth about the universe by his mentor, and then must flee when the Inquisition comes to mete out "God's justice." With only a peculiar pendant to guide him, will Rafal discover his master's research, and can he and other believers set the world alight?



Notes:
Winner of the 26th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022.
Nominated for the 14th and 15th Manga Taisho Award, placing 2nd and 5th respectively.
Placed 10th in the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.
Nominated for the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2021 in the General category.
Ranked 2nd in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (Male Readers Division).

Tags: Seinen , Historical , Astronomy , Foreign , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Religion , Philosophy , Tragedy , Torture , Time Skip , Gore , Primarily Male Cast

Crystal☆Dragon

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Alian is a young girl from an island called Ailen and she is different from all the other kids her age. All the others in the tribe have blond hair while Alian is the only one with black hair and because of this she was bullied many times. One day a traveler in silver clothing came to Ailen and “name” Alian. To be name is very important because it reveals one true self. After that the Master Drisu takes Alian in as his disciple because she was “name” by the stranger. Bara is the evil leader of Death Valley and one night he murdered all the people in Alian’s tribe, and she swears to get vengeance on Bara.



Tags: Shoujo , Magic , Mythology , Revenge , Foreign , War , Elf , Vikings , Historical , Slavery , Demons , Female Protagonist

Olympia Kyklos

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Sports

Demetrios, a timid and kind vase painter in Ancient Greece, who dislikes sports and competitions, is one day forced to come up with a game to compete with the mayor of the neighboring town, in order to save his village. While hiding inside a large vase outside his workshop, lightning strikes the vase Demetrios is in, transferring him to Tokyo, Japan, during the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Tags: Seinen , Historical , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Wrestling

Miyamoto Musashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Musashi Miyamoto was a Japanese swordsman and samurai famed for his duels and distinctive style.

Tags: Swordplay , Philosophy , Biographical , Historical , Samurai

Pil

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Work , Autobiographical