Manga like Te to Kuchi

Gintama

Also known as Gin Tama.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity.



Included Bonus Chapters:
Volume 1: Dandelion (One-shot).
Volume 2: Shirokuro (One-shot).
Volume 24: 13 (One-shot).
Volume 38: Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One-shot).
Volume 41: Special Lesson.

Tags: Parody , Found Family , Samurai , Meta , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Shounen , Philosophy , Episodic , Historical , Tragedy , Space , Anachronism , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , Police , War , Dystopian , Robots , Ninja , LGBTQ+ Themes , Homeless , Ghost , Shrine Maiden , Idol , Fugitive , Crossdressing , Assassins , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Judo , Gangs , Drawing , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Politics , Conspiracy , Nekomimi , Reincarnation , Military , Cult , Amnesia , Afterlife

Sakura Taisen

Also known as Sakura Wars.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Supernatural

The year is 1921, and this is a Tokyo where monstrous steam-powered robots crash a flower-viewing party only to be cut down samurai-style by a young girl in a kimono and traditional hakama pants.

It's eight years after the horrific Demon War, and Japan is a peaceful prosperous place. Meet Ensign Ogami Ichiro, who has just graduated from the Naval Academy. He's assigned to a base in Tokyo, but soon discovers that his headquarters is the Imperial Theater and his first mission is collecting tickets at the gate. He gamely goes about his menial jobs at the theater, surrounded by beautiful girls who seem to know a lot more about what's going on than he does, but he's about to be swept into a roiling world of robots, demons, and hot girls in uniform.



Tags: Seinen , Demons , Steampunk , Robots

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan

Also known as Rurouni Kenshin.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Romance

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (second one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls a "side-story")
Volume 3: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (first one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls the "pilot")
Volume 6: Sengoku no Mikazuki (Nobuhiro Watsuki's debut one-shot)
Volume 28: Meteor Strike

Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Samurai , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Assassins , Ninja , Tragedy , Gore , Military , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Cultivation

Yuuki Arumono Yori Chire

Also known as The Valiant Must Fall.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

The Edo period has ended, and former samurai Haruyasu is adrift in a strange new world. Not even the promise of rebellion can cure him of his desire for death. But after an assassination gone wrong, Haruyasu finds himself at the mercy of his intended victim’s bodyguard, an intriguing young woman with the power to heal–so intriguing, in fact, that he decides he wants to live in order to learn more about her. But what will she ask in return for saving his life?



Tags: Samurai , Historical , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy