Where does the inspiration for the greatest artists come from? And what must they sacrifice for their art?
Dream, frustration, glory and abnegation were the engines of the complex creativity of Tôhaku Hasegawa, whose infallible talent gave birth to a timeless and refined work.
Magnified by the spectacular drawing of Chie Shimomoto, Enshoku No Mandara unfolds the story of Tôhaku Hasegawa, legendary painter and sort of Japanese reincarnation of Caravaggio at the end of the Sengoku period and the dismissal of the last Shogun of Japan. First a Buddhist monk in the Noto peninsula, Tôhaku went to Kyoto to try to become the disciple of Eitoku Kanô, legendary painter of Kansai. In vain. But it takes more to discourage him, and the discovery the young artist will make in a burning Azuchi castle could well change the course of his life.
Frustration, glory and renunciation: what did he see beyond the works of his master?
Enshoko no Mandara has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: 焔色のまんだら, Enshoku no Mandara, Le Mandala de Feu
Genres: Drama , Seinen , Historical
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5. Yuukoku no Rasputin
The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Rasputin, as he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s.
A legal thriller with a dash of geopolitics.
Note: Despite the title, this manga is not a chronicle of Grigori Rasputin's life.
Rasputin the Patriot has finished publishing and it has 53 Chapters. It is also Known as: 憂国のラスプーチン, Yuukoku no Rasputin
4. Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs
Cestus, a young slave, fighting for his freedom as a bare knuckle gladiator studying under a legendary gladiator who fought and drawed with the head of the imperial guards in the Roman era.
has finished publishing and it has 154 Chapters. It is also Known as: 拳闘暗黒伝セスタス, Cestus: The Legend of Boxing in the Dark Ages
3. El Alamein no Shinden
The Temple of El Alamein is a compilation of World War II short stories from the perspective of the German military personnel. As the saying goes, the winner writes history, and these stories are the untold, unwritten part of the history of WWII. Taking place between 1940 and 1945, when the war was at its most violent peak, each story takes place in a different part of the world where Germans were fighting.
One story takes place in Egypt where soldiers find an ancient ruin that prove the existence of dinosaurs that helped build the Great Pyramids. Another story tells how one German fighter jet was able to take down a B-47 Stratojet 40,000 ft. in the air, far above what a fighter jet could achieve at the time.
The Temple of El Alamein has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: エル・アラメインの神殿, El Alamein no Shinden
2. Nobunaga wo Koroshita Otoko: Honnouji no Hen 431-nenme no Shinjitsu
Out of all Japanese historical figures, Oda Nobunaga is probably the one with the widest range of interpretations. But what was the real Nobunaga like, and why was he really betrayed and murdered? While a lot of manga make their stories more interesting by taking historical liberties, this one does the opposite, using historical research to paint a clearer - yet more intriguing - picture of the man behind the myth.
The Man Who Killed Nobunaga: The Truth of Honnouji Incident Found After 431 Years has finished publishing and it has 47 Chapters. It is also Known as: 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 431年目の真実～, The man who killed Nobunaga, Nobunaga wo Koroshita Otoko ~Honnouji no Hen, 431-nenme no Shinjitsu~, The man who killed Nobunaga ~The truth of Honnouji incident found after 431 years~, 信長を殺した男
1. Soukuu no Maou Rudel
The strongest pilot in the skies of WWII: Rudel, Demon King of the Blue Sky! Join Rudel as he goes through fierce battles as a Stuka dive bomber in the midst of World War II as he tries to escape from the "shadow of death"!
Soukuu no Maou Rudel has finished publishing and it has 30 Chapters. It is also Known as: 蒼空の魔王ルーデル, Rudel, Demon King of the Blue Sky
