Manga like The Tale of Genji: Dreams At Dawn

What is The Tale of Genji: Dreams At Dawn about?

Status: Finished

Prince Genji falls in love with his stepmother, and so begins a forbidden love that will make him suffer his whole life. Genji’s love story involves him falling for many women and begins with his love for Princess Fujitsubo—his father’s wife, and his stepmother. And Genji will cross that line which he should never cross.

Tags: Historical , Philosophy , Classic Literature , Shoujo , Male Protagonist

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INKR Pocket Magazine

Oooku

Also known as Ôoku: The Inner Chambers.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber...

Note: Won an Excellence Prize at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival and a special prize at The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy's fifth annual Sense of Gender Awards in 2005. Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural the Grand Prize in 2009 and the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award in Girls' Category in 2011. Was nominated for the first annual Manga Taishou in 2008.

Tags: Matriarchy , Tragedy , Pandemic , Historical , Heterosexual , Politics , Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Harem , Suicide , Ensemble Cast , Samurai , Incest , LGBTQ+ Themes , Royal Affairs , Swordplay , Espionage , Religion , Bisexual , Military , Boys' Love

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Manga Park

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Itihasa

Also known as Itihasa.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Why do people seek the presence of a god? About twelve thousand years ago, there was a world in ancient Japan where people was able to make contact with the divine. One day, a boy named Takaya picked up an abandoned baby. The baby was named Toko and was raised to become the sister of Takaya. When Toko turned seven years old, the village that they were living at was raided by a cabal of demon gods. Takano, Toko and Aohiko survive the raid and they encounter the followers of Demigod which were against the Demon gods...A Mind-blowing Science Fiction Saga unveils!!

Tags: Gods , Mythology , Philosophy , Shoujo , War , Lost Civilization , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Historical

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Sukima

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Torikae Baya

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A masculine princess and a feminine young prince. So, why don't we switch sides? A trans-sexual story leaping lightly across the gap between men and women.

Tags: Twins , Josei , Gender Bending , Crossdressing , Classic Literature , Historical

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