Manga like Juuoku no Are.: Yoshiwara Ichi no Oiran

Minikui Yuukaku no Ko

Also known as Ugly Duckling of the Entertainment District.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Abandoned and alone, a resilient young girl that struggles to become a courtesan in the entertainment district of a strange world.



Tags: Josei , Isekai , Female Protagonist

Hotaru no Yomeiri

Also known as Firefly Wedding.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

It is the Meiji era. Satoko is born of a prestigious family and blessed with great beauty, but she is sickly and is said to have a limited life expectancy, so her only dream is… a convenient marriage to benefit her family. But suddenly, she is targeted by a mysterious assassin...!? Trying to survive, Satoko makes a desperate "proposal" to the killer...!? A high-class lady and an assassin... A suspenseful love story about a contract marriage between two people who never should've met!



Tags: Yandere , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Historical , Marriage , Josei , Assassins , Tragedy , Zombie , Disability , Prostitution , Love Triangle , Gore , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Survival , Orphan , Nudity , Bullying

Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

Also known as Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she’s offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader’s grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite–but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince!



Note:
Winner of the 4th Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2018.
Nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Category in 2022.

Tags: Yakuza , Crime , Urban , Mafia , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Gore , Heterosexual , Yandere , Arranged Marriage , Ojou-sama , Feet , Criminal Organization , Male Protagonist , School

Oiran Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

8 years ago, Tsubaki, a daughter of a successful businessman, was reluctantly given to the Yoshiwara (red light) district of Tokyo after a tragic fire burned down the entire family's wealth and belongings. Shin, a childhood friend of Tsubaki's, coldly turned his back on her now that she was poor. Furious, Tsubaki, threw herself into becoming a top oiran girl to beguile him with her looks and then reject him one day! But plans are never as easy as they seem. For one, the beautiful and cold-hearted Takao oiran stands in her way...

Included one-shot:
Volume 4: Ginrou no Sakura

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Oiran , Gender Bending , Age Gap , Swordplay , Guns , Twins , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs

Yukari Zumu

Also known as Yukarism.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

When Yukari meets classmate Mahoro Tachibana for the first time, the two of them can’t help but feel like they know each other. Yukari senses that they had a major connection in the past, but was their relationship friendly or deadly?



Tags: Reincarnation , Gender Bending , Historical , Shoujo , Oiran , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Amnesia , Writing

Hana no Chiruran: Yoshiwara Yuukaku Koigatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Sakura ends up in the Yoshiwara neighborhood when her family perishes in a fire, her life intersects with Gin's and everything changes. A forbidden love, between a prostitute and her boss, set in Edo times with the famous red light district as a backdrop.

Tags: Shoujo , Oiran , Historical