Manga like Yagyuu Hijouken Samon

Vagabond

Also known as Vagabond.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo--was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword.

In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of the war. Takezo's vicious nature has made him an outcast even in his own village, and he is hunted down like an animal. At this crucial crossroads in Takezo's life, an eccentric monk and a childhood friend are the only ones who can help him find his way.



Tags: Samurai , Swordplay , Seinen , Historical , Philosophy , Travel , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Survival , Cultivation , Biographical , Gore , Rural , Heterosexual , War , Outdoor Activities , Agriculture , Ghost , Classic Literature , Fugitive , Language Barrier , Nudity , Afterlife ,

Ryuugetsushou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Long, long ago, a woman who had coupled with a strange beast gave birth to a Saishi, a half-human half-beast creature, whose body was filled with venom. These brutal creatures were used in battle during times of unrest, but during times of peace, they were shunned and hated. Indeed, they were cursed.

A Ronin samurai called Gen Tsukinosuke is one of the few surviving Saishis and the owner of a magnificent sword, the "Fangs of God." He travels in search of his estranged sister and sleeps with women who yearn for death, killing them with his deadly poison. The story takes place in the war-torn days at the end of the Edo period. With a destiny to be a Kaishi, Tsukinosuke is also being swallowed up by the harsh flow of history.



Note: The series was later republished as Bestia (ベスティア).

Tags: Historical , Samurai , Seinen , Nudity , Gore , Crossdressing , Transgender , Super Power , Magic , Demons , Swordplay

Yorube Naki Mono

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Action , Drama

Saiga is a reserved leader and the strongest in a group of rough men. He has to deal with a new member that doesn't seem to harmonize with the group; this is Shikon, a shameless, conspicuous, witty youngster that, despite his looks, holds equal ability to the leader and, to Saiga's discomfort, seems to have taken an unusual interest in him. This is a historical drama that presents the fortune and mishaps of two mercenary samurai who work as contracted assassins--the life of people with no place to go…


Tags: Boys' Love , Samurai , Historical

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

Y十M: Yagyuu Ninpouchou

Also known as The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi

Seventeenth-century Japan: a rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty-one brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge.



Tags: Seinen , Ninja , Revenge , Historical , Nudity , Nun , Samurai , Large Breasts

Shirahimeshou

Also known as Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Legends say that when it snows, it is because the snow princess is crying. A collection of five tragic tales, all connected by the bond of snow. Shirahime-syo is CLAMP's tribute to traditional Japanese form and storytelling.



Tags: Tragedy , Youkai , Anthology , Gods , Mythology , Shoujo , Historical , Fairy Tale , Snowscape