Bakumatsu - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 12
• 2022

Mai's experienced little romance, having been stuck in unrequited love for most of her life. She's been close friends with a group of great guys since her childhood, but their friendship has never turned into more. Now a grown woman, she reunites with her old crush. Her chance, she thinks, until she realizes how much he's changed... While she's suffering from a second broken heart, her old pal Ayato, now an actor, is there to cheer her up. He's brusque, kind, and anything but smooth, simultaneously healing and hurting her with his words. His caring, straightforward nature even makes him offer to practice dating with Mai when she tells him it's time for a change! Could this what carries them from friendship into more?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 16
• 2022

What happens when The Boss with a Past marries The Bachelorette after zero days of dating?! Ayaka's been enjoying her life and her job; she has no intention of getting married any time soon. She's been working at her dream company, inspired by her incredible boss Kunihiro Kasai, and living life to the fullest.That is, until her country bumpkin parents and one of the upper brass badger her about her single status, and this undue pressure convinces her to get totally drunk.The next think she knows, there's a filled-out marriage certificate in front of her and someone whispering softly in her ear. Who's her sudden groom...? None other than Kunihiro!

• Ch: 7
• 2020

Chihiro Segawa, 27, works for a cosmetic company. One day, a friend tells her about a dating app with an 88% marriage rate, and no sooner has she registered than she's set up with her "soulmate." It turns out to be none other than Takane Momochi, the guy she liked back in her school days! He's now a commercial airline pilot, and Chihiro's heart skips a beat the moment he messages her. The screen says they are a 100% match... physically. What does THAT mean?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 10
• 2017 - 2018

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2016 - 2017

Asahi Ninomiya, a timid third-year college student. He realizes he must overcome his shyness to get a job, but it's not going very well. He tries his best, but his heart keeps breaking in the face of adversity.

• Ch: 9
• 2021

Mika Ono works for a minor magazine department at a major publishing company, until one day she's thrust into the AMA editorial department. It's full of rising stars and gorgeous men, but they're even more twisted than she ever imagined. Meanwhile, Mika's looking forward to living on her own - that is, until her new address comes with an unfamiliar man attached...! Now, the two will have to cohabit in secret!

• Vol: 3; Ch: 20
• 2007 - 2011

Ichiyo and Akehiko (both 15 years old) have been brought up in an amicable environment at a prosperous restaurant in Japan. They live a safe, happy life, but, as was the norm in feudal Japan, they train at the local dojo with determination to become strong. The times are turbulent, and violence brims the streets of nineteenth century Japan. Under such conditions, the boys will have to learn what it means to wield a sword, to take someone’s life, and to understand the precarious life of living by the sword.

• Vol: 36; Ch: 150
• 2010 - 2023

The Shinsengumi were a special police force in Japan in the 19th century. Tasked originally with protecting the Shougunate, the eventually dedicated themselves to restoring order in Kyoto. Hijikata Toshizo is responsible for the death of the Shinsengumi, but he was once one of them. This is his story. 

• Vol: 3; Ch: 15
• 2017 - 2018

On the way home from meeting a friend, Yuzuki hears a mysterious sound. The next thing she knows, she’s in a world called “Jinga” where military commanders fight to unify the whole country. However, after being rescued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, she learns that they are all vampires...?!

• Vol: 2; Ch: 8
• 2019

 Second-year high school student Sou Kagaya appears to be a charismatic kid on the surface, but is actually shrewd and calculating on the inside. His life changes when he meets Asahi Nagamine, who lives at his own pace without caring about what people think. What challenges are in store for this mismatched couple’s first love?