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Kashiwagi, who keeps shady ties with the yakuza, is invited out for some fun by Tatsumi, an executive at the office, and ends up at a drag bar. Though not in the mood, Kashiwagi finds himself intrigued by Mei, Tatsumi's favorite at the bar. After closing time, Kashiwagi waits outside for Mei, only to realize they are Koikawa, the classmate he once bullied in high school. (Source: LEED Publishing, translated) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*
It's August 15th, the season of the Bon Festival. Aki likes this time of year because she can see the spirits of everyone's ancestors that come back home, and wishes that it could stay like this forever. However, her wish comes true as the same day begins to repeat over and over. She works together with a mysterious young man named Natsuo, the only other person in town who notices the days repeating, in order to find out what's going on, and how to return things back to normal. (Source: Leed Publishing, translated)
The final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the capital of Edo (present-day Tokyo). Uncomfortable with society's expectations of her gender, Suzu Kanchiku becomes the only woman in a sword training school and devotes herself tirelessly to her art until she can even defeat men. Outside the confines of the dojo, she faces other challenges such as samurai who seek to woo her, and she carves out her own path as she realizes what it means to "live as a woman" in her day and age. Through the lives of female martial arts masters, prostitutes, shop clerks, Buddhist nuns and swords-for-hire, Hinatsuba conveys the strength, resilience and kindness of the various women who lived in Edo at the end of the mid 19th century.
Former samurai Uedo Ushinosuke wonders in the streets of Tokyo during the time of Meiji restoration. Would he settle down during this changing time where samurai are no longer needed or fight for one last time for his pride as a samurai?
The hero, Kamuya Ride, stands on the boundary line between the god and human worlds. He's the only one who can stop a mysterious man from awakening the previously sealed Earthly Deities from their 200 year slumber. Alongside Kamuya Ride is the Prince of the Yamato, a powerful bloodline responsible for the Earthly Deities' fall from power years ago. Can these two close the Earthly Deities' gates into the human world and staunch the growing rebellions in the land?
At the behest of his father, Tamekage, Kagetora (Kenshin Uesugi) was sent to Rinsenji Temple from an early age to study Buddhism and the art of war. However, after the death of Tamekage, someone came to seek for Kagetora to be the daimyo of Tochio Castle. Kagetora struggles between being a Buddhist priest and a military commander... How was a genius of war born to live righteously? This is a super epic Sengoku picture scroll depicting the young days of Kenshin Uesugi, a brilliant and witty shogun who lived through a tumultuous and tumultuous life!