Sword Breaker - Recommendations

• Vol: 2
• 1996 - 1997

Ark is a young golden haired boy who lives in the secluded village of Crysta, in the Underworld. Ark is the local troublemaker and lives at the Elder's place. One day, while the Elder is out, some guys ask Ark to open a blue door, which had always remain locked. Ark manages to break the door open and inside, he's lead to a box.By opening the box, Ark unlocks both a freezing curse to the villagers of Crysta, but also the power to overcome the curse and utterly change the world.Now, the ever isolated city of Crysta has a gate, and Ark must venture through several ordeals to restore life to the village, and on the way, he'll uncover many secrets and find an even greater purpose that would lead him far beyond the reality he knew.

• Vol: 6
• 2005

A royal maid named Ana, and a nearby kingdom's young prince, Zelos, have been accidentally bound together by a magical curse. The two 15-year-olds are now each only 10 years of age! They both retain the ability to transform back to their original age, but at the cost of knocking the other down to a mere 5 years old! Now the age-shifting pair must search for a way to break the curse, while also trying to save their two kingdoms from disaster.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 21
• 2007 - 2009

Jim is a young boy bound by a curse which seals him in the darkness of purgatory for 100 years. Bound by a curse, half of his heart is held by his best friend Luca. Due to Luca's betrayal, Jim lost both his "best friend" and his "heart." Once every 100 years, Jim is allowed to roam free for only 10 days and search for Luca whom he must defeat! Hatred replaces friendship and friends become enemies, now, who will be the one left alive?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 12
• 1998

Kajika's a trouble making little boy, part of the mysteriously empowered people of the ''Kawa'' clan. When one day he intentionally and cruelly kills a fox, the fox's spirit comes back and places a curse on the boy, turning him into a half-fox and severely limiting his abilities. The only way to break the curse is to save one thousand lives. And so Kajika sets out on a journey, accompanied by the fox's spirit. However, when he obtains the egg of the last remaining dragon on Earth, all hell breaks loose as he is forced to take on the forces of a merciless gangster who seeks the power that resides in a dragon's blood... While at the same time attempting to break the curse and finding out the rumours of what happened to his family of the Kawa clan.

• One Shot
• 2018

Two friends with a rare penchant for trespassing on any forbidden site get cursed by the worst god of them all, calamity itself. Trying to undo their maledictions, they are thrown into an adventure of biblical proportions.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 11
• 1994 - 1998

Black & Shine meet while they are travelling. They both had something in common they had a magic spell cast on them, and if they don't get it un-cast soon, they'll die within a year. Blood is in search for his brother Brad, and Shine is looking for the murderer of her father. They both head to Dark Castle, where Brad is waiting for them. 

• One Shot
• 2010

Oria's taking care of her sick mother. While returning with water from the river, she meets a mysterious person. He offers to grant her wish, but that person is cursed?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 19
• 2005 - 2006

Lakate is a man with the face of a wolf due to a curse. While traveling to find a cure for his state and the reincarnation of a woman who helped him long ago, he meets a lost young girl, Kukaru. This is where his real travel begins...

• Vol: 12; Ch: 60
• 2002 - 2007

Chiruha lives alone in a small secluded house deep in a mountainous forest, the TV her only connection to the outside world. After years of watching and dreaming of what life must be like in the outside world, she has gathered up her courage to venture out and explore the local village. However, she must be careful not to stand out among the humans, for Chiruha holds a secret...Kisara also holds a secret...and a grudge. He's searching for who--or whatever cursed him, and he may have finally found the answer...

• Vol: 5; Ch: 43
• 2019 - 2020

Shibuki was cursed with undeath when he struck down the Demon King, and can no longer even touch Safi, his beloved priestess. To make matters worse, Shibuki learns that the Demon King survived. He gathers a group of adventurers to seek out the Demon King, defeat him once and for all, and remove the curse so Shibuki can embrace his beloved Safi once again.