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The story of friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

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Dragged away on horseback by bandits, young villager Oname watches helplessly as her brother—while running after her—is mercilessly slain. Despite the kidnapping being successful, one stray bandit discovers that two men saw the whole ordeal and immediately charges to silence them. However, the witnesses Kirisuke and Johnny are wandering ronin, and they effortlessly butcher the bandit in retaliation. When the powerless villagers finally catch up, they plead the samurai to rescue Oname. For the simple reward of food and alcohol, the pair agree and set off towards the bandit camp, where a visceral and merciless bloodbath is soon to unfold.

This manga deals with the way Samurai used to live and how their behaviour revolved as well as their actions was based on honor and pride.

There are numerous short stories inspired from historical events.

Suzumori Ganjuurou is a swordless samurai wandering around with nowhere to go until he stumbles across a wanted poster in the woods. To his fortune (or ill-fate), he crosses paths with the very man that everyone wants to kill—the Sister Slayer.

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The adventures of Zubaban, a rogue samurai who meets some friends along the way, including a African man named Golongo who has a pet lion named Shingo, and the French heroine Jeanne d'Arc, who join forces with him to take down the terrible Shijoumaru, which later reveals himself to be a much more powerful enemy they can think of.

Aya Hanamura is a perfect student at an all-girls school. One day, a voice calls out to her and puts her in a trance. She doesn't remember that she received a crystal ball from an old lady. Now every night, Aya has nightmares where she is in a trance-like state, walking to a feudal castle to get her blood sucked by the vampire samurai nobleman.

When Kaede sees a historical piece of ukiyoe art by a mysterious artist named "Gengo," she is transported back in time to 1860. In this time, Gengo is an unpopular ukiyoe artist, one who is especially fond of sleeping with and drawing erotic pictures of prostitutes. When he hears rumors of a mysterious clairvoyant woman, he quickly plans to meet her, draw her, and sleep with her. That mysterious woman is Kaede, who has built up a reputation using her future knowledge of the historical period. Having found Gengo, she is determined to maneuver him into drawing the art that she knows exists in the future, in the hopes that it will help her return home.

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The "unique historical" manga centers on a samurai with blue eyes who comes from the West and who exemplifies the creed of bushido.

(Source: ANN)

Who has not heard of the famous Shinsengumi, the terrible faction of nationalist samurai? But when its four most eminent members are teleported to contemporary Kyoto, nothing goes well... Where has this Japan full of values that they love so much gone to?! At first lost, these famous male warriors will regain their senses. Yet one question remains: will they succeed in turning their country around which is in full decay?! Nothing is sure for certain...

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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.

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Former samurai Uedo Ushinosuke wonders in the streets of Tokyo during the time of Meiji restoration. Would he settle down during this changing time where samurai are no longer needed or fight for one last time for his pride as a samurai?

The main character Udagawa Gosuke has recieved his father's dojo, mainly because his father and older brother were made to commit hara-kiri. He really wasn't supposed to get it simply because he's a second son. 'cause of the way his pops and brother died he's got not a whole lot of self confidence so he practices fencing day by day at a nearby dojo. However because the people at that dojo are asses, he soon tries to invent a dojo and a style for people who just enjoy it.

However what really sets this aside from most Shounen is that the main character male and female are actually married (At age 15 no less!) The girl Utagawa Shino is the younger sister of his senpai, and is a bit...weird to say the least. She makes rabbit masks to help bring in a bit of money, although to say that she's obsessed with rabbits would be an understatement. She claims its because "The rabbits will someday reach the moon." When Gosuke invents his new dojo, he decides to make a style of swordsmanship known as "Rabbit style fencing."

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Included one-shot:
Volume 8: Yoshi!!

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.

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Set in the year 1637, the story is focused on Haohmaru and his samurai entourage called the "Sword Saints," on the onset of the Shimabara Rebellion, as they fight and tear their way through the Dark God's army in epic confrontations and awe-inducing battles!

After the young Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu dismisses the famous Yagyuu Jubei from his position as his fencing instructor, he chooses Jubei's younger brother, Samon as his replacement. Samon is supposedly not as good at swordplay as his brother, but Iemitsu definitely prefers him as a companion. Will the obstacles in the path of Samon and Iemitsu's relationship prove impossible to overcome?

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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.

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Collection of four stories by Satoshi Kon:

-World Apartment Horror
Manga adaptation of Otomo's self-directed live-action film of the same name.
A bumbling Yakuza member is sent to rid an old and rotten apartment block of its foreign occupants, but finds it a lot harder than expected when he discovers an evil spirit still resides there.

-Visitors

-Waira

-Joyful Bell

Set in the year 1637, the story is focused on Haohmaru and his samurai entourage called the "Sword Saints," on the onset of the Shimabara Rebellion, as they fight and tear their way through the Dark God's army in epic confrontations and awe-inducing battles!

A samurai volunteers himself to save his Lord's feud from an unknown menace. To do so he gets in a sort of dimensional gap, wherein he's involved in incredible situations.