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He can't run! He can't eat hard food. You can't get any weaker than the boy named Hachimaru. But his dream is to become a samurai. For a boy who can't even survive without the help of his father, that dream seemed impossible. But when a samurai cat appears before him, his whole life will change! A legendary manga creator and a rising star come together to bring you this science fiction samurai epic!

(Source: MANGA Plus)

The series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the blind master swordsman Ichi. In their travels, they assist the common people in solving mysteries and righting wrongs (usually committed by bandits or corrupt officials). Sabu is engaged to Midori, the daughter of his boss, who works as a police officer for the Tokugawa shogunate.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has time and again caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Hungry and desperate, he becomes a bodyguard for Yaichi, the charismatic leader of a gang called "Five Leaves." Although disturbed by the gang's sinister activities, Masa begins to suspect that Yaichi's motivations are not what they seem. And despite his misgivings, the deeper he's drawn into the world of the Five Leaves, the more he finds himself fascinated by these devious, mysterious outlaws.

(Source: Sigikki)

This manga is the adaptation of two movies: Zatoichi's Vengeance (Tokuzo Tanaka) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Kazuo Ikehiro).

The Ballad of Zatoichi
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi." Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels, he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to stay and defend the town or to leave and be on his way.

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
After he's ambushed in a small village terrorized by a gang of thieves, the legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man in self-defense. As fate would have it, his travels soon lead him to Okichi, a woman whom Zatoichi discovers is the sister of the young man whose life he stole. In anger, Okichi attacks the blind swordsman, but her conscience gets the better of her, and as she tends his wounds, the two fall in love.

(Source: MU)

Two high school students, Hayato and Sakura, lovers of kendo to various degrees have discovered in a shed an old sword. And there they are teleport to the past in the middle of fighting between supporters of the Emperor and military government.

(Source: Classic)

Prayers follows Jonathan and another young boy named Asuma, who both seek to become Samurai. A mysterious samurai saves them when they were young from the fallen angel Amy.

On June 2, 1582, in the late Sengoku period, the great hero Oda Nobunaga is almost reaching his ambition to unify Japan. He came one step closer to his dream but was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide in the Honno-ji Incident. However, Nobunaga's burning "ambition" is far more stronger than the flame surrounding him! True story begins now.

Here is a comic version of KOEI's best selling game "Nobunaga's Ambition" to celebrate its 30th anniversary! Nobunaga was supposed to be dead at the Honno-ji Incident, but he comes back. When he wakes up, he is in the mountain camp on his way to the Mino attacking which occured 20 years before the Honno-ji Incident. Already knows about subsequent evens, how Nobunaga stands against "the history"? Is Nobunaga's ambition fulfilled?

(Source: Manga Samurai Style)

SSSS.GRIDMAN: Hime & Samurai features Samurai Calibur, and introduces Hime Kuzuki, a normal-seeming transfer student whose world begins to change when she's able to see a light that none of her classmates can.

Set during the Bakumatsu, there lived two samurai who grew up together. But lurking within all that justice is a feverish obsession...

Legendary Samurai Tokugawa Ieyasu united Japan, in the 16th century. At the time, he said that if it wasn't for him, there would be only one man who'd have been the ruler of Japan… This is the story of a genius strategist, Kuroda Kanbee Yoshitaka, who used his smart tactics and wits to overcome every enemy in his way!

(Source: Silent Manga Audition)

The year is 2718 by the Imperial Calendar, and ZIPANG (Japan) has crumbled in a huge battle against Majinki, terrors from the sky that are half beast and half machine. Hurting each other, warping their morals, unable to see a future, the people strive hard to survive each day. The war wiped out 70% of the human race, but amidst the darkness arose the seven members of the XILE Tribe to bring salvation to the race.

But now, 500 years later in 3218, the wicked shadows of the Majinki have once again crept up upon them. This is the story of EXAMURAI, that of the XILE Tribe, who will fight to the death to protect their love, dreams and happiness. Having survived for 500 years since the events of 2718, the final battle of the seven members of the XILE Tribe begins under this azure blue sky...

Based on the members of popular Japanese band, EXILE: Hiro, Atsushi, Takahiro, Makidai, Matsu, Usa and Akira.

Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a Samurai general in Japan's Warring States period, promises to offer body parts of his unborn baby to 48 demons in exchange for complete domination of the country. When the baby boy is born, Daigo has him thrown into a river, expecting the boy to die. A kind sage, however, finds him and adopts him. The sage fits out his poor son with prosthetics.

Time goes by and the baby grows into a boy who calls himself Hyakkimaru. Every time Hyakkimaru eliminates a demon, he retrieves one of his body parts. Hyakkimaru rescues a boy thief named Dororo from a band of men whom the young boy tried to rob. Together they travel the countryside in search of the demons who possess Hyakkimaru's parts. Throughout their travels, they face a host of monsters and ghosts.

(Source: Vertical Inc.)