Genre - Historical
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Manga by Square Enix: Maomao, a young lady prepared in the specialty of home grown medication, is compelled to function as a humble worker in the inward royal residence. She longs for life outside of its scented corridors, but she doesn't want to work all day! Maomao impresses the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster after successfully breaking a "curse" that befell the imperial heirs. But Jinshi has other ideas for the old apothecary, and Maomao will soon be back to making remedies and figuring out mysteries? Note: Won the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award in 2019
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Maomao, a young woman, is sold into slavery in the imperial palace. For the red-light district woman pharmacist/doctor, the story is just getting started because there are whispers that the emperor's offspring would not live long lives. She is driven to action by her insatiable curiosity and desire to learn. This young pharmacist/doctor will look into the source to satiate her curiosity! Something is changing in the court of the empire..!?
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It's a history of a Japanese woman who was born with a 'star' on her palm. It's believed that those who are born with beauty mark on their palm will live to fly high, holding the stars within their grip. However Mitsuko wasn't born in a family with high status, how could she rise higher with the closed societal system the Japanese treasured at that time? We found the answer when she grew up into a beautiful girl and met a handsome foreigner... But were real lives ever as flowery as the conclusion of Cinderella story?
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From Aerandria Scans: Venice, the latter half of the 16th century. Young Legare works as an apprentice to his father, an apothecary, but his real passion is the forbidden art of Alchemy. One day, a fortune teller predicts that he will meet four people with the power to change destiny and shortly after, his father is incarcerated on suspicion of alchemy. Legare, the real alchemist, is forced to produce gold for the person who arrested his father. Follow him through the mysteries of Venice, through his struggles, his encounters with powerful friends and enemies, and his search for the Philosopher’s stone.
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This story intertwines with the Greek Gods. An oracle prophesies that the current heir to the throne will be usurped, and is forced to name who will be the usurper. He lies, and sacrifices an innocent soul instead--due to his lie, this changes the life of the 15 year-old girl, Matia.
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Jack Valantier passed away after exacting vengeance on the Thulcaan Empire. However, just when he thinks everything is over, he is transported back to when he was 14 years old! Everything is as he remembered, from his naughty and wicked family to his faithful servant and caring sister. However, Jack has decades of experience from his previous life to his advantage this time around! He is prepared to punish them severely, and those who have wronged him will bear heavy costs. He is immune this time around.
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From Friendship Scans Princess Hakunamatata of Mongolia was sent to Imperial China to marry the young emperor so that she can become the new empress. However, the emperor already has a benevolent and loving wife, and he does not wish to take in a new wife. Already angry that her new "husband" is weak, timid, and puny, the rejected Princess Hakunamatata began to create endless trouble in the Palace! She is straightforward and fearless, and does whatever she wants! Instead of confronting Princess Hakunamatata, the empress decides to betroth her to the emperor's uncle, who absolutely finds the princess intolerable. Amidst all the hilarity and misunderstanding, a conspiracy is slowly emerging from the shadows - and all four characters' fate will change forever.
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The series is set in a more historical Korean setting but is about lingerie designers. It helps to have one of the designers be a hot guy.
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Sylph Anthology containing short illustrations and comics. Part 1: Fairy Tales Part 2: Tales of Old Japan Part 3: Western Literature Part 4: Japanese Literature Part 5: Myth & Legend (Source: Fallen Syndicate)
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In the feudal era of Japan, Ogami Itto is the elite executioner for the Shogun until the ruthless Yagyu clan frames him in an attempt to gain the position. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, Itto and his infant son Daigoro wander Japan as assassin for hire Lone Wolf and Cub. Ultimately, Ogami Itto strives for revenge against the Yagyu clan.
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Strange homicides have been occurring around the local area of late and everybody is uneasy. Anne may resemble a conventional young lady in plain human's eyes however she has something one of a kind and extraordinary that draws in Vampires. May it be her blood classification or notwithstanding something in her skin that makes vampires so pulled in to her? Nobody knows... One thing is without a doubt, Vampires continue coming in the city she lives in and they are even in her school now! Fortunately for her, she has her sibling to secure her furthermore one baffling new person...
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While Japan was at war with the world, their romance has just started...
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In this grim and realistic take on classic fairy tales, Prince Ludwig, a female corpse collector, is ordered by his father to find himself a wife more suitable than the women he often brings into the castle. Along with his servant Wilhelm, they travel across the land in search of fair maidens from classic stories in hopes of finding Ludwig a wife.
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The snow mountain is his territory, no one is suppose to live there! Who is this daredevil?! How dare he chop off my favorite gingko tree. To make it worse, he took all the furnitures in my cave! Darn! I wont be a demon fox if I didnt take revenge! But... he is just an idiotic scholar, why cant I get close to him? When the mischievous but innocent snow fox meets a slow yet scheming scholar, the truth is not what Xue Qiu expected.
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Nanoka Kiba, a female secondary school understudy, 8 years sooner was close to death due to some powerful conditions. In the present, one day she get herself again in risky heavenly occasions, however this time she is spared by the puzzling Mao, a youngster obviously from another measurement. The story is set in a "land where two universes converge," and it fixates on "an abnormal sentiment between a kid and young lady who meet by destiny."