Daichi Gokujou Chi Dairuma Rikishi - Recommendations

• Vol: 6; Ch: 50
• 1997 - 2000

In a tale set in the middle of the Meiji era, Shusuke Kano is doing hard labor in Hokkaido, imprisoned for demonstrating against the government for freedom and democracy. He escapes from prison with another government opponent and pretends to be an Ainu, to hide his true identity. Later, Kano meets Sokaku Takeda, a martial arts master, and becomes his disciple. Adept in martial arts, Kano works as a bodyguard for the Korean revolutionist, Kim Okyon. Kano is angry that leading members of the Liberal Party were freed from jail quickly and now live comfortably, while more unfortunate participants of the liberal democratic movement are still in prison. He soon becomes a faithful follower of Kim, a serious revolutionary.

• Vol: 6; Ch: 48
• 2019 - 2020

As the third son of a pauper samurai, Kanzaemon Hoshino is not allowed to have dreams- but dream he did in secret, of becoming the world’s best archer in the Toshiya, also known as the ‘Olympics of the Edo era’. Opportunity soon presents itself when he stops a raging bull in front of the master of the top archery dojo in Japan. Where sons of nobler samurai see an amateur, Master Nagaya sees an unpolished prodigy.

• Vol: 6; Ch: 52
• 2016 - 2017

• Vol: 11; Ch: 100
• 2005 - 2008

Seventeenth-century Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty-one brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge.

• Vol: 7
• 2010

Finding himself in a war torn Japan that has just lost the war to the US, Zaji wanders the land that used to be a city. Suffering from amnesia, the only thing that he remembers is that he has to remember something important. He quickly learns that he has incredible martial arts combat skills and is able to use it even if he doesn’t realize. It since it seems that it has been engrained into his body through years of training. He is taken in by Gin, the owner of the local bar which occupying US soldiers frequent. Zaji learns the full extent of his strength as he tries to protect the helpless in a devastated society.

• Vol: 48; Ch: 350
• 1994 - 2008

Azumi focuses upon the life of the titular young female assassin. The manga begins an indeterminate number of years after the Battle of Sekigahara.

• Vol: 5; Ch: 36
• 2016 - 2019

In the Edo period, a betsushiki (a female weapon master who trains women in the feudal lord's harem) named Rui Sasaki is searching for a husband, ideally someone weaker than her, but still handsome. She meets other betsushiki with distinct personalities, listens to stories about married life, attends mixers, goes to Comiket, and experiences farewells.

• Vol: 32+; Ch: 192+
• 2013 - ?

• Vol: 17; Ch: 168
• 1997 - 2000

• Vol: 5; Ch: 39
• 2016 - 2020