It’s the early days of the Showa Era. In a really ordinary-looking and peaceful city, no one notices the strange things that are happening. Shinobu, a young man who manages his father’s second-hand goods store, comes face to face with one mystery after another. At some point, these events lead to a story…

On his deathbed, the famous composer, Chopin, drifts between this life and the next. In his final hours, he experiences a fantastical dream where he encounters a young girl named Polka facing a terrible destiny and the boy named Allegretto who will fight to save her. On the border between dreams and reality, Chopin discovers the light that shines in all of us in this enduring tale of good, evil, love, and betrayal. Based off the fantasy jrpg Trusty Bell or in NA translation, Eternal Sonata.

Atop the mountain, there lived a deity with a tiger in his household. A fair maiden ventured alone... to see the deity of the mountain. The head of a village plagued by a man-eating tiger offers his daughter Hyeon-na to any man who successfully disposes of the tiger. Dismayed at being treated as a trophy, Hyeon-na sets out alone to the mountain where the tiger lives...

The shogunate installed by the Tokugawa is abiding order, the people live in peace and in a relative prosperity. However, the dark part of the human heart does not cease to arouse their cupidity : it is the ideal doorway for all demons that, by possessing humans, seek to pass into their world. Exorcising these demons is Jonosuke's mission, the master of keys. Known for being the best locksmith of Edo, Jonosuke uses particular locks to put the wicked spirits under lock and key. With the help of the bewitching O-kin, a divine who uses unorthodox methods, Jonosuke is going to meet during his demon hunt some notables of his time, who will prove to be precious allies when he faces a plot aimed at the upper spheres of State.

Based on a novel by Wada Ryou, Shinobi no Kuni brings a story that blends history and fiction as it shows the struggles happening during the 16th century in Iga, a region famous by the Iga Shinobi, the ninjas from Iga.

The successor of the Tsujimura clinic, Motoharu has always held his childhood friend, Hazumi Akira, close to his heart. He confessed to Akira and then was rejected. Even so, he still entered the same university and same department as Akira. Ever since the confession, the two have been distancing each other, but Akira suggested that they make up and for the first time in a while, they walk home together. But on the way back, Akira suddenly kisses Motoharu, causing Motoharu's hope to grow. However, the next day, Akira tells him to "forget it”, causing Motoharu to blame Akira...

From Ivyscan: Having been born with an ability to destroy things without having to touch them, a man was abandoned by his mother when he was a child. His name long forgotten, he continues to travel aimlessly, crossing paths with those with superhuman powers along the way. These encounters are perhaps brought about by his own power.

Debutstories from NAO Tsukiji. Kiniro Kishi: Police officer Shiro has been transferred to a small village, where his only job is to capture runaway horses or pull grandmas out of ponds. Kanamori Hime: Anzu is the bell guard to warn the villagers whenever the barbarians attack. But as an actual barbarian comes to the village, Anzu must learn her view of this timid people was not quite accurate, but cramped with prejudice and half-truths. Zakka ni umoreta Otome: 16-pager about losing your love and finding a new one.

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. Shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze, these strange creatures, called "mushi", came into being. Ginko, a wanderer with a sardonic smile, is a "mushishi" one who has the knowledge and the skill, to help people get rid of their various mushi related problems.

A collection of stories set amongst the oiran (high-rank courtesans before the time of geisha) in (mostly) the Yoshiwara district of Edo, a famous historical 'red-light district.' 1. Kagerou no Shou When Kagerou was a child, her parents sold her to be trained as an oiran in Yoshiwara. On her way there, she fell in love with the man who transported her, Ryuuji, and insisted that he be her first sexual customer when she grew up. Now, she is approaching the time when she will lose her virginity, but will Ryuuji be able to be her first? 2. Inazuma no Shou Wakana works in Yoshiwara, but she plans to one day buy her own way out. She seduces presents out of the men who buy her, in order to save money for her future. But one man, Mitsunori, is not like all the others. Will the skilled seductress Wakana be able to cope with real emotion? 3. Mizu no Tsuki no Shou Suigetsu is approaching the time when she's meant to lose her virginity. One day, she miraculously meets with a relative who knows her by her real name: Saya. Is it possible for her to be rescued from this life? 4. Nagasaki Bojou Suigetsu, an oiran-in-training in Nagasaki, is slated to lose her virginity. However, she's been told she's going to have a Dutch man as a partner! She's frightened of sleeping with a foreigner who may not even speak her language! However, the man in question is nothing like she feared...

Masaki Ryou was sent with his older sister to clean up Hiijii-san's mansion. While he was there, Ryou found a water well and accidentally fell into it. As he regained consciousness, he meets this girl named Rose who has been supposedly expecting him, and realizes that he is in pre-modern England.

Beautiful Natalia Gocharov is trying to settle off her family's debt by presenting herself into high society as a young potential bride. She meets a man with bronze skin at her high society debut and he strikes a strong impression on her. Though she is being drawn to him by his passion, Natalia's mother would never allow Natalia to marry socioeconomically lower than their family is now. Will Natalia continue pushing this bronze-skinned suitor away? Or does something much more complicated await? From Storm in Heaven: 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...? And the "poor poet" is no other than the famous Russian poet Aleksander Pushkin.

The complete biography of Buddha, as seen by Osamu Tezuka. Received the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and ended in 1984. The manga Buddha is fiction with many characters who represent various life morals. Example Chapra and his mother show the love of a mother to a son. From Anime-Planet: The time is several millennia ago; the place is India. Droughts and famine plague the country, and its people are forced into a strict caste system that rewards only the elite cream of the crop. Across the land animals and Brahmin alike rejoice, for the blessed child with a birthright to become a god is about to be born. His name is Siddhartha Gautama, later to be known as the Buddha. However, Siddhartha's life will not be an easy one. He will experience love and loss, learn about the value of life and influence the lives of many, including Tatta and Pariah, Bandaka the bandit and countless others. The complete biography of Buddha, as seen by Osamu Tezuka. Received the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and ended in 1984.

From Fifay.net: Tokyo, 2002. Tatsuaki dares to learn something novel to the most of Japanese: Beijing Opera. One day, he receives a Kouu mask from his master. Just for fun he put it on and is instantly transported back to Beijing, circa 1924! So begins Tatsuaki's adventures in the Beijing Opera House.

A gripping reinterpretation/adaptation of The Illiad by Homer that revolves around Priam's daughter, Cassandra, who was believed to have been given the gift of prophecy by Apollo when he proposed to her.

From Attractive Fascinante: Yuu, Kouichirou, Natsume and Shino were classmates. Kouichirou took really good care of Yuu since young. Yuu was afraid that Kouichirou would leave him behind if his grades dropped so he worked really hard and got a fever. When Yuu kicked up a fuss in the infirmary, Kouichirou kissed him. What did that kiss mean? Natsume and Shino had been sex buddies for quite some time. Although they had feelings for each other, they never confessed to each other. Shino finally broke down and confessed. Would Natsume accept him?

From Baka-Updates: What if the Meiji Restoration never happened? Bakufu still holds sway, the class system has never been abolished, and there is no westernization. The story is set in modern-era Edo, which had never been renamed to Tokyo, where people go to Kabuki for entertainment and hang out at pancake house. It centers around Sobi, the sister of an Edo magistrate who goes to school with Michisato, who prefers to be called Michelle, the eccentric son of the ruling Tokugawa clan's Mito family.

The mighty Kingdom of Goguryeo is in the midst of a war which has raged on for decades. In need of talented warriors to help lead their people, O'Rhang Yhun is sent on a mission by his master into enemy territory to find and bring back his eldest brother. However, just as O'Rhang departs on his mission, his master, a renown warrior and general of Goguryeo, passes away. Unfortunately for O'Rhang, his 2nd eldest brother has always been jealous of his martial arts potential and betrays O'Rhang by branding him as a traitor defecting to the enemy. Having been branded a traitor, he is pursued and nearly killed. As fate would have it though, O'Rhang is able to escape from his homeland barely managing to survive when a maiden as beautiful and graceful as an angel saves his life. Join O'Rhang Yhun in this action packed adventure-love story to uncover the secret behind the martial arts his master passed onto him (Sa Shin Mu), his quest to find his oldest brother, and the score he has to settle with his 2nd eldest brother! [The Continuation of this manhwa is the manhwa NOW.]

New dawn of historical gunfights! A Meiji Era like no one has ever seen before is here!

From Dark Horse: Two slaves free themselves from a slave ship; one a Japanese man, the other an African American. After escaping, they find themselves on the shore of Edo-era Japan, a society with a strong caste system, isolated from the world. How will the Japanese people perceive this giant black man, and how will they survive? But first things first: how will they get these shackles off their feet? * Each issue comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory.

From Aestheticism: The story happens in a circus in Paris in the 1970's. (...) Much is made of the romance of the circus atmosphere, of flying through the air on a trapeze, etc etc. Think cirque here, not circus. We're doing Old World riffs on the romance and tawdriness of the ring. There are no elephants in tutus walking on their hind legs; it's slit-eyed jugglers and daring death-loving trapeze artists and sad Pierrot clowns, even if the Pierrot clown - our hero, Torinosu, 'Bird's Nest' - has a false red nose. The tawdriness comes from the circus master pimping out his performers to anyone willing to pay. (...) And there's tanbi decadence - ghosts who wander into the action looking like teenaged girls even if they're the hero's brother, and abandoned neurotic women with a thing for inflicting pain, and buracon and possible murder and unspoken pining and a hero who looks about to perish at any moment from terminal angst.

The Morea sea is controlled by a clan name Preveza, a clan which has lost all ties to any other country in the past three years. At this critical moment the leader of the armada, Ayace "the devil killer" Malik is foremost in ensuring Preveza's continued existence. Also among the major figures of Preveza is the strategist Canale, favoured by the "princess" of the clan, Aura. However the trouble fomenting due to Canale's mysterious past is soon to change both the relationship between Canale and Ayace and the future of the Preveza clan.

From Bliss: Yani, the young prime minister of the empire of Pisare, wanted to see his dear childhood friend, the beautiful attorney general, Sesaam purely as a friend. But it seems his heart isn't following his mind. On one hand he's facing the facts that he wants Sesaam as his lover but on another hand he didn't want to destroy the trust he had build for years with Sesaam due to his selfish feelings. Then, all of a sudden, Sesaam told him he could have sex with him...!?

Carl van Hellsing has vowed to hunt down the vampire Elliot for eternity. But, that's exactly what Elliot wants. Implicit shounen-ai.