Nuba Tama wa Oujou Shinai - Recommendations

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2010 - 2011

• Vol: 14; Ch: 80
• 2014 - 2021

Set in the Heian period, following the story of two prominent Buddhist monks: Saichō, the man who built the Enryaku Temple, and Kūkai, the man who established the Mt. Kōya retreat.

• Vol: 1
• 2009

Haruka is the tall, strong and athletic newcomer at Yakugan temple, a place strictly off-limits for women. That, however, doesn't seem to be a problem for the newcomer, especially after it becomes apparent that Haruka is attracted to the chief priest - who is not averse to Haruka himself. Is a boys-love relationship Haruka's great secret? Or is it something completely different? Find out in this temple-based love comedy series!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2009

Skull priests can hear the voices of the dead and save them. Tokimaru is that kind of priest and he helps out a princess in clearing her regret. But he claims that he doesn't save anyone and that he only listens to skulls to help himself. What's Tokimaru's objective? What karma does he bear?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2019 - 2020

• Vol: 4
• 2013 - 2014

The period drama manga revolves around Juuzou, a monk excommunicated by the temples who seeks to live freely in the final days of the Edo era. In a world of battles (including those with historical figures) and chivalrous warriors, Juuzou shows empathy and humanity.

• Vol: 16; Ch: 99
• 2009 - 2020

The manga centers on Junko Sakuraba, a 27-year-old lecturer at an English conversation school who has no boyfriend. Her parents set up a marriage interview for her with a man who turns out to be a Buddhist monk. However, Junko has no intention of becoming a temple wife, so she refuses to do the interview. Soon afterward, the man signs up to become her private student.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 8
• 2018

• Vol: 9; Ch: 50
• 2012 - 2017

Once upon a time a thousand years ago, there was a legendary man that trembled Japan, in the era of peace. The man was Musashibo Benkei. Spending his time as a priest soldier under control of Honen of Mount Hiei, he started to feel the emptiness of his own overwhelming power somewhere down the line. One day, Honen descended the mountain with his armed priests including Benkei. And Benkei happened to see...... Why he was born, how he should live? Only heaven knows the meaning of his life. It is an unprecedented saga of a man with passion for Japanese people.

• Vol: 4; Ch: 23
• 2016 - 2018

Kaka flees from her burning village in a desperate attempt to find her caretaker and master Genjou-sama, only to find a haughty powerful spirit is now using his body as a vessel! She learns that the human Emperor has been secretly replaced by the evil Demon King, and that this spirit has come back for one simple purpose: to restore order. The contact he offers is simple. If she accompanies him on his journey to the capital and all goes according to plan, the spirit will give Genjou-sama back, relinquishing the priest's body and retrieving his soul from the underworld. Will Kaka take the risk?