Manga like Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou

Gekkakoku Kiiden

Also known as The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower Kingdom.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

A beautifully illustrated shoujo manga tale of medicine, royal intrigue, and romance in a setting inspired by historical China!

Whether it be for illness or injury, the preferred healing method in Moon Flower Kingdom has always been the country’s special medicinal baths. However, after his party is attacked by a mysterious figure during a regional inspection, Prince Keiun witnesses a never-before-seen lifesaving medical technique. Even more shocking still, the one who performed this feat is a young girl named Koyo! And while luck may have been on their side this time, questions remain. Just who is this girl, and who is after the prince’s life? Shadowy conspiracies, mysterious religions, and deep-rooted beliefs all collide in this beautifully drawn manga series!



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Work , Educational , Assassins , Politics , Conspiracy , Crime , Kingdom Management , Urban , Rescue , Historical , Medicine , Foreign , Coming of Age , Food , Royal Affairs , Ancient China , Religion , Crossdressing , Swordplay , Prison , Tragedy , Travel , Agriculture , Anachronism , Military , Nudity , Philosophy

Saiunkoku Monogatari

Also known as The Story of Saiunkoku.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne’er-do-well ruler to govern.

Shurei enters the palace as Ryuki’s consort, but he has yet to seek her out. It is rumored that men, not women, share the emperor’s bedchamber. Shurei must think of a way to stop the emperor from shirking his responsibilities, but she has to find him first!



Tags: Historical , Foreign , Unrequited Love , Ancient China , Kingdom Management , Work , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Politics , Male Harem , Royal Affairs

Koukyuu no Musubibito

Also known as Wrapping up the Imperial Harem.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

Her favorite novel was set in the imperial harem. Now she gets to solve its mysteries! When Xiao Ling took a job at a bookstore, she had no idea she'd be working with her favorite author. Arriving at the palace she'd only read about in stories, Xiao Ling finds not the seasoned authoress she expected, but...the Crown Prince, Ryuhou?!

Tags: Foreign , Historical , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Writing , Detective

Ansatsu Koukyuu: Ansatsu Nyokan Karin wa Yuttari Ikitai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

Karin's father is the most vicious and feared politician in the emperor's court, which made her an outcast amongst her peers. She became an apprentice lady-in-waiting, hoping to find friends in the ladies of the Imperial Court. But she found herself using her assassin's skills to protect the lonely young emperor instead.

Will Karin finally be able to make a friend?



Tags: Foreign , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Seinen , Politics , Royal Affairs

Tenmaku no Jaadugar

Also known as A Witch's Life in Mongol.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

In the harem of the Khan, wisdom is beauty.

The time: the thirteenth century. The place: Yeke Mongol Ulus, the greatest empire the world has ever known. The woman: Fatima, hailing from Persia, where medical technique and scientific knowledge have been perfected beyond all precedent.

Fatima's desire for a stage where she can put all her knowledge to work has brought her to the palace of the Mongols, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan—a mighty woman with complicated feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axle upon which the politics of the palace, and soon the very world, will turn...



Notes:
Ranked 1st in the Women's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook.
Ranked 5th in the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023.
Ranked 5th in the 17th Manga Taisho Awards in 2024.
Winner of the Overseas Work Award at the 2024 Bucheon International Comics Festival.
Nominated for the Best New Manga category at the 2025 American Manga Awards.
Winner of the Grand Prize in the Comic Division at the 55th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards in 2026.

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Josei , Revenge , Espionage , Biographical , Kingdom Management , Indigenous Cultures , Slavery , War , Educational , Desert , Royal Affairs , Military , Politics , Tragedy , Arranged Marriage , Orphan , Conspiracy , Time Skip , Travel , Religion

Seijo ni Uso wa Tsuujinai

Also known as You Can't Bluff the Sharp-Eyed Sister.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery

In a sleepy countryside church, Chloe plays the part of a prim and naïve novice, studying to become a priestess. But when night falls, she sneaks out in disguise to win big money at cards! Despite her best efforts, word gets around, and one day a handsome young holy knight named Heraldo—known as a rising star in the capital—arrives to enlist her help. A murder two years ago threatens the stability of the kingdom, and Heraldo thinks this card shark in sister’s clothes can solve it using her Gift—the rare blessing that allows someone to use magic. Little does Heraldo know, there’s nothing supernatural about Chloe’s winning streak. She’s just got a quick wit, and sharp eyes! Will that be enough to survive the den of devils that is the royal palace? The new fantasy mystery manga from the creator of The Apothecary Diaries!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shounen , Politics , Religion , Detective , Nun , Super Power , Gambling , Magic

Koukyuu Kisaki no Kanrinin

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yuuran, the daughter of a major merchant, was hurriedly married off because of an imperial edict, in order to manage the imperial harem. When her husband, the younger, handsome Right Chancellor came, she could only apologize to him for having to marry someone as old as her.

But when she went to do her duty at the Imperial Palace, a beautiful woman appeared, and said-- "I do apologize for showing you such an unsightly appearance. I am your husband." Entering the harem as a couple with a cross-dressing husband!?

Tags: Foreign , Shoujo , Crossdressing , Historical

Koutei Heika no Osewagakari: Nyokan-gurashi ga Shiawasesugite Koukyuu kara Deraremasen

Also known as The Emperor's Caretaker.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A statesman's daughter finds herself swept into the world of palace intrigue when she's chosen to be a court lady in this richly illustrated period fantasy!

Linhua, daughter of the Chancellor of the Right, is as gifted with caring for children as she is at playing the ehru. Her talents shine during the ceremony to select a consort for the five-year-old emperor. There she catches the eye of Souren, the highest-ranking regent. Suddenly, Linhua is swept into the vibrant world of the inner palace as a new court lady--and the young emperor's personal caretaker!



Tags: Josei , Historical , Heterosexual , Foreign , Female Protagonist

Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Beginning of 16th century, Alexandra was captured by slave traders in Ukraine during one of their many raids. When the traders arrived in Greece to sell the female slaves, a young handsome man named Mateus bought her and promised to give her true freedom. He hired countless teachers, scholars, and palace ladies to train her into the one perfect woman of her time. Mateus's kindness has caused Alexandra to deeply fall in love with him, and she secretly wishes to be his concubine. But cruel fate! Mateus has already promised her to his best friend, who is Suleiman the Great, Emperor of the Ottoman Empire! Mateus promised Alexandra of true freedom, but where is freedom when she is in another man's harem and can only look at the one she loves from afar?

Not willing to endure this agony, Alexandra promises herself that one day, she will free both of them from their bird cages. But Mateus is the Grand Vizier, a power only second to the Emperor himself. So Alexandra must become the most influential concubine in order to have any hope—which also means bearing Suleiman's son. However, Suleiman already has a son by another concubine, and this woman is determined to keep her son as the only prince and only heir.

Thus begins the story of a slave that becomes the story of one of the greatest empresses of all time, Alexandra, the woman who would one day be known as Roxelana, Empress of the Ottoman Empire.

Tags: Historical , Josei , Politics , War , Kingdom Management , Biographical , Coming of Age , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Slavery , Love Triangle , Royal Affairs , Unrequited Love , Arranged Marriage , Assassins , Class Struggle , Crime , Espionage , Maids , Marriage , Time Skip , Revenge , Indigenous Cultures , Nudity , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Tragedy

Matsurika Kanriden: Koukyuu Nyokan Kimagure Koutei ni Misomerare

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Matsurika Kou is pretty content with her modest rise in position from a low rank palace maid to an official within the inner palace of Hakurou country. One day her boss asks her to take part in a practice marriage interview in place of a co-worker who got sick. During that fateful meeting, the wheels of fate will begin to turn...

Tags: Work , School , Ancient China , Shapeshifting , Henshin , Anachronism , Historical , Kingdom Management , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Royal Affairs , Politics