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Spring of 1921 in the Taisho era, Ichijou Maria had lost her parents and entrusted herself to a friend's family. She leaves the house when the father became physical with her. Maria wanders the town and collapses in front of her old house. She is saved by a young doctorm Toudou Sei. There, she learns the house is currently being used as a dorm by the doctors of Imperial Maria Hospital. Remembering her fathers' words, "I was tricked by Toudou!" she works there as a maid under a fake alias in order to find the truth... (Source: Decadence)

Inubuse Kuromu aspired to be King in Chess. He was so skilled he represented Japan in the World Youth Chess Championship at age 11; however, due to his loss to a mysterious, wolf-like player, he developed a condition where he couldn't sit in front of anyone?! Because of this condition, he stopped playing Chess and chose to solely focus on his studies until his fingers broke. Three years since his loss, while desperately still holding onto his title as 'King' through internet Chess, he meets an incredibly strong opponent. This game starts his tale to become King. (Source: MU)

In the early Song Dynasty (AD 960-1127), at the western border of the Tangut Empire - a pivot point of the Silk Road - furious battles were being fought. Brave warriors of the Tangut and a strange religious army from the west battled for a rumoured sacred item. Conflicts, conspiracies, and religious struggles - moving in the heart of the battlefield, the "untouchable war painter" Tao Hui paints nothing but the truth!

Manga adaption of the Umibouzu arc.

Todo is a very skilled locksmith. One day, after a job, a car almost hits him. In the car is a box… and in that box is a young girl?! (Source: Aerandria Scans)

This is a charming work that was very loosely based on the life of Heian era author and poet, Sei Shonagon. The 27-year-old Shonagon, depicted here as a sort of medieval NEET, manages to land a job as the private tutor of a beautiful and refined 13-year-old, Princess Teishi. There are also a number of other quirky court ladies, some of whom have their eyes on Shonagon... (Source: MU)

In the latter half of the Bunsei Era, wandering musician Manji takes in former kagema Momo. In Manji's fierce, passionate embrace, Momo finally understands how it feels like to be a lover on equal footing with his partner—and it feels just like a dream! With his heart by his side and the rest of their lives stretching out beyond them, will he ever get used to being this happy? (Source: Fantasista Inc.)

The life of daimyo Uesugi Kenshin commanded authority and fear during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In this retelling, the powerful lord is reimagined as a woman. (Source: ANN)

The story focuses on the life of Gou, a wife of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada. Gou was the third daughter of the daimyo Azai Nagamasa, who was married to the sister of Oda Nobunaga. One of Gou's older sisters was the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, while the other married the daimyo Kyogoku Takatsugu. (Source: jCafe24)

1. Bakumatsu Roman Ibun 2. Himitsu no Ichi-san 3. Makoto: Juu-ban Shoubu 4. 2001-byou Time Trap! (2001 Seconds Time Trap!)

It retells stories featured in the manga and anime series. The novel is composed of two short stories, both already published in the manga: Yahiko's Fight and Black Hat. In the first story, Yaahiko in order to protect the young Tsubame, has to face a group of dangerous outlaws. At first, he is defeated, but his samurai pride doesn't allow him to give up. So he faces those men again, ending up with a strategy that allows him to turn the advantage in his favor. In the second story, the protagonists are Udou Jinne, a former Shinsengumi, and Kenshin. In order to force Himura to fight against him, Jinne kidnaps Kaoru and using Nikaido, a sort of hypnotic technique, he puts her in a condition of being incapable of breathing. This awakes Kenshin's fury, and the two samurai will have to fight a death match. (Source: RK Sword of Justice)

Even before he was born it had been decided that the heir of the Haku Family, Reion, would be betrothed to the youngest child of the Koku Family, Kaen. For his becoming-of-age and wedding ceremony, Reion visits the House of the Koku Family. However, Reion was no longer the boy he first saw in pictures, but a man overflowing with confidence. Furthermore, Reion left the words "I am as appalled as you are about this wedding between two men." (Source: Blissful Sin)

The international success of Lady Snowblood encouraged the inventor Kazuo Koike to go back to this series to create more tales of revenge with Ryoichi Ikigami as his illustrator. (Source: Carlsen Manga)

1. Cinderella 2. Akazukin 3-4. Ningyo-hime 5. Bijo to Yajuu 6. Kaguya-hime 7. Carmen

Russia, 1828. Natalia's family is fallen nobility, left poor by her father's chronic illness and mother's poor management. Her family's only chance at revival is her marriage to a wealthy noble. With her family's hopes riding on her future husband, what chance does a poor poet have at winning her heart...? (Source: Storm in Heaven)

"What's this? Kyaaaa!!! Wh-Why did I suddenly turn into a beanpole?!" Choi Young-jik was a Food and Nutrition academic nerd. A certified fitness enthusiast with a first-grade qualification in Lifestyle Sports Instruction. But then... One morning, waking up with all his bountiful muscles gone, he finds himself in the body of Grand Prince Suyang, the second child of Sejong the Great. Unable to hide his excitement at the thought of seeing the Great King Sejong in person and wondering whether it is a dream or reality, Young-jik goes to see his father, the Great King Sejong. "Uh...? Is this the Great King... Sejong?" Before him sits a pot-bellied man who looks like he's having trouble even breathing. What on earth is this? The Great King Sejong is severely obese and diabetic, and all the officials are suffering from chronic illnesses... Having been a fitness trainer for 15 years, the gym rat pride of Choi Young-jik begins to ignite passionately. "Well, shall we spread the fitness fever in Joseon for once?!" (Source: Kakao Entertainment, translated)

Ashita no Nadja is the story of a young girl who grew up in an orphanage in England. One day she learns she may not be an orphan after all, and suddenly finds herself chased by some strange men. She ends up fleeing the orphanage and joins a travelling troupe of entertainers. The show follows her travels across Europe as she tries to find her mother and figure out who she really is. She meets many new people, makes lots of friends, and finds herself falling for two boys—Francis, the son of a wealthy family, and the Black Rose, a mysterious masked thief. (Source: Niko-niko)

A mysterious disease in which one day people suddenly rise back from the Underworld: The Withering Death. When Kiso, a newspaper journalist, starts investigating the strange disease, he is attacked by a grotesque-looking demon. The one who saves him is a girl he had met by chance... The girl, whom Kiso is peculiarly drawn to, for some reason calls herself a "Demon's Burning Light"...? (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)

If he grabs a sword, he looks like a beast full of blades. During the Edo Period, there was a rumor of a certain monster called "Mononote" running over all the Nakasendou Route. Okota, a traveling girl, meets Hitatsura, a boy with strange "reversed hands." Ninja's daily work during peace times! Meet the hard and magnificent world of Edo ninja's humble jobs.

As long as anyone can remember, there have been rumors of man-eating demons living in the woods. Even in the more enlightened Taishou era, the townspeople never go near there at night. Tanjirou Kamado, a kind boy who has been supporting his family as a coal seller since his father died, quickly learns that the local superstition is more than just rumors when he returns home one day to find his family slaughtered by demons. Only he and his sister Nezuko manage to survive, but she is transformed into a demon. Determined and resolute, he is recruited into the Demon Slayer Corps and his quest to help turn his sister human again and avenge his family's deaths begins. (Source: Shueisha, translated)

Collection of oneshots. 1. Ijimetai hodo Aishiteru 2. The Fox's Wedding 3. Foreign Culture Communication 4. Little Lost Lamb

The Versailles no Bara Gaiden series is a collections of short stories written by Riyoko Ikeda. These stories were published in two separate magazines in 1974 (first publication) after the serialization of the manga Versailles no Bara, and 1984-1985 (second publication). (Source: Wikipedia)

Ian is a painter with a natural-born talent, but his love for painting is soon lost after being forced to work for the cruel and greedy Bardi family. No one knows that he's the genius behind the beautiful works of art that the famous family claims as their own. That is until one day, when the wealthy merchant Raymond comes for a portrait and his interest in Ian is piqued... Can Raymond help him to see the beauty in the world again? Or will Ian's true talent forever remain unseen? (Source: TappyToon)

10 years after the killing of Oda Nobunaga, allegedly through the betrayal of his follower Akechi Mitsuhide, Nobunaga's 16-year-old daughter is being sent to the current ruler of Japan, the cruel Toyotomi Hideyoshi. En route, she is rescued by two mysterious, powerful monks. Her mistrust of their intentions only deepens when she learns that one of them, who calls himself Tenkai, possesses one of the powerful weapons known as "Sodomu." Tenkai's plans will only become clear when his secrets are revealed! Hopefully, he can show Nobunaga's daughter that the power of "Sodomu" can be used for good as well as evil!