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InuYasha

InuYasha

Kagome is a normal high school girl who falls into a well, transporting her back in time to the feudal era. Upon her arrival to this world, she mercifully unleashes Inuyasha, a half demon. As if this isn't enough, she also discovers that she is the bearer of the Shikon no Tama, a jewel of great spiritual power, a jewel which has just shattered into a million shards. Now, along with Miroku the priest, Sango the demon hunter, and Shippo the mischievous fox-demon, they must set out to find the Shikon shards and defeat the evils of the demon Naraku.

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They both almost have the same plot setting and storyline.

Similarities:

  • Both have demons
  • Both set in ancient times
  • they are both very similar

Hijikata Toshizou: Shiro no Kiseki

Hijikata Toshizou: Shiro no Kiseki

Historical Japan, the Meiji Revolution: Hijikata Toshizou is a young swordsman fighting for the Shinsengumi and the Tokugawa shogunate. As a lieutenant of the Shinsengumi, Hijikata earns a reputation for his ruthlessness and harsh moral code. Hijikata Toshizou's tale is one of fierce determination, his samurai spirit unfaltering even as the war nears its inescapable conclusion and his comrades fall one by one.

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Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto

Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto

It is the era of Bakumatsu – the last years of the shogunate. In the general turmoil caused by warring groups with different political interests, a curious theatrical group known as the Yuyama Troupe is set out for revenge. They come across a mysterious young swordsman, Akizuki Youjirou, who seems to be burdened with a dark past. Thrown around by currents of history, powerful people from different factions and personal relations, Akizuki tries to fulfill his mission to destroy an ancient, cursed relic, the Lord’s Head, which has caused chaos and bloodshed for thousands of years.

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Ryo

Ryo

During the Bakumatsu period of feudal Japan, two boys’ lives are changed forever when their village is destroyed and their parents are killed by a British naval attack. Together, they decide to become swordsmen, and under the tutelage of a skilled fighter, one of the boys soon catches the eye of Ryouma Sakamoto, a samurai who dreams of a better Japan. Along with he and his wife Oryo, the boy, who Ryouma names Ryo, travels the land, while Ryouma does everything in his power to usher in a new era.

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Peace Maker Kurogane

Peace Maker Kurogane

Peace Maker Kurogane takes place in Kyoto in the late 19th century, during the height of the conflict between the Shinsengumi, a shogunal police force, and its enemy, an anti-government faction called the Choshu. This tale follows a young boy named Ichimura Tetsunosuke who is desperate to join the Shinsengumi and avenge his parents' deaths by the hands of the Choshu. But in the midst of the bloodshed, will he be strong enough to survive?

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The Blue Wolves of Mibu

The Blue Wolves of Mibu

Nio is an orphan who can't help dreaming of a better world. In this action-packed manga, he meets two men who show him how much a few swords can change history.

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Hakuouki: A Memory of Snow Flowers

Hakuouki: A Memory of Snow Flowers

Taking place between episodes 8 and 9 of the first season of Hakuoki, Chizuru goes on an undercover mission in Shimabara for the Shinsegumi. Dressing as a geisha, each episode tells the story of the undercover mission through the point of view of each captain. But it isn't just the rival clans the Shinsengumi need to worry about. It's the demons that keep popping up with the intent to kill anyone in their path that makes this Hakuoki installment worth watching!

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Peace Maker Kurogane: Belief

Peace Maker Kurogane: Belief

Though the Shinsengumi took a huge blow following the Incident at Aburano Koji, they prepare themselves to carry out their devotion to the Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Meanwhile, the Imperial Court proclaims the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and Yoshinobu withdraws to Osaka. The Shinsengumi prepares for battle as well, relocating their station to the Fushimi magistrate's office.

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Laughing Under the Clouds

Laughing Under the Clouds

When swords were outlawed in the eleventh year of the Meiji era, the mighty samurai population began to dwindle. Those who rejected the ban on blades rebelled, causing violent unrest to erupt throughout the countryside. To combat the rise in criminal activity, an inescapable lake prison was constructed. Three young men, born of the Kumo line, were given the duty of delivering criminals to their place of confinement – but could there be more to their mission than meets the eye?

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Hidamari no Ki

Hidamari no Ki

In the mid 1800s, prior to the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, two men lead very different lives in the city of Edo. Ibuya Manjiro is a would-be samurai who refuses to back down from a fight, and Ryoan Tezuka is the son of a well-known doctor and student of Western medicine. Both are looked down upon by members of the community – Ibuya for his heroic behavior that makes his dojo look bad, and Ryoan for following a form of medicine that Japan, as a whole, shuns. Though the two are on very different paths, their lives inevitably cross in romance, times of need, and the changing of history...

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