The story follows Kiyoha, sold into a brothel as a child and forced to work as a maid and her rise to prominence as one of the top-ranking courtesans in Yoshiwara. The allure of the "flower and willow world" as it was called by artists in the day is underscored by the very real tragedy, heartbreak and difficult lives led by those seemingly glamorous courtesans. Will Kiyoha's fox-like wiles give her a chance to break free of her gilded cage? Or will her fighting spirit ruin her chances of ever escaping the brothel?
Sakuran has finished publishing and it has 13 Chapters. It is also Known as: さくらん, Sakuran
Genres: Historical , Drama , Ecchi , Seinen
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10. Nana
Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.
Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.
This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.
Nana has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: NANA, Nana
9. Totally Captivated
The mafia threatens Ewon into working for a loan shark, where he's forced to run dangerous errands for no pay. The culprit who doomed Ewon to this life is none other than Jiho, Ewon's jealous ex who still burns at Ewon's infidelity. Their gang leader Mookyul, with movie-star good looks and the bizarre, drunken habit of biting people on the neck, takes a keen interest in his attractive new errand boy. Will Ewon be able to survive the violent underworld (not to mention the constant sexual harassment) he must endure as an underling of Mookyul? This funny, hip title by Hajin Yoo will thrill and amuse fans with plenty of intense shonen-ai action.
Totally Captivated has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: 완전무결하게 사로잡히다, Totally Captivated by Mookyul, Wanjeon Mukyeol-hage Saro Japhida
8. Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
The story of Rurouni Kenshin takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan. It tells the story of a peaceful wanderer named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the assassin Hitokiri Battōsai. After participating during the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin wanders the countryside of Japan offering protection and aid to those in need as atonement for the murders he once committed as an assassin. When arriving in Tokyo, he meets a young woman named Kamiya Kaoru, who was in the middle of a fight with a murderer who claims to be the Hitokiri Battōsai from her swordmanship school. Kenshin decides to help her and defeats the fake Battōsai. After discovering that Kenshin is the real Battōsai, she offers him a place stay at her dojo as she notes Kenshin is a gentle person instead. Kenshin accepts and begins to establish lifelong relationships with many people, including ex-enemies, while dealing with his fair share of enemies, new and old. (Wikipedia)
Also includes the one-shot: Crescent Moon Over A Country At War (Vol.6)
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story has finished publishing and it has 259 Chapters. It is also Known as: るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-, Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
7. Akuma to Love Song
Touzuka High School is a public school with a pretty low grade point average. One day, a girl who has been expelled from the state's top class St.Katria Girls School transfers in.... Her name is Kawai Maria. The reason of her expulsion was "violence against the teacher." Because of her non-adorned, straight comments, Maria starts to become isolated from her class....What is hidden in her past and what will happen to her?
A Devil and Her Love Song has finished publishing and it has 91 Chapters. It is also Known as: 悪魔とラブソング, The Devil and Lovesongs
6. Girou no Koimizu
It's the beginning of the Meiji Era, and the world is turning upside-down. Misao doesn't think his life of tradition will ever change. Born into the pleasure quarters and raised as a courtesan, he knows that emotions are fickle things, changing with every hour. But when a rich man's son visits Misao's teahouse, Misao opens his heart for the first time. He pursues this reckless love on the cusp between two ages, yearning only for happiness and expecting nothing but pain. Can the world ever change for this prisoner of love?
Girou no Koimizu has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: 妓楼の戀水, Girou no Koimizu
5. Seirou Opera
Set in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters during the Edo period of Japan. Akane, the daughter of a samurai family, has lost all of her living relatives and has to sell herself to a brothel. A courtesan of that brothel tells her to go attract a customer, and as a result she ends up getting involved with a strange man who asks the brothel to buy her freedom...
Seirou Opera is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 青楼オペラ, Brothel Opera
4. Chou no Michiyuki
"Sorry—I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long..."
Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district—where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From artist Kan Takahama comes a tale of love and death: a beautiful courtesan, a man on his deathbed, and their secret past...
Chou no Michiyuki was published digitally in English as Flight of the Butterflies by Media Do International/LEED on January 9, 2018, and in print in Spanish by Ponent Mon on October 13, 2015, in French by Glénat on April 5, 2017, and in German by Carlsen on August 1, 2017.
Chou no Michiyuki has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: 蝶のみちゆき, Chou no Michiyuki
3. Bikachou Shinshi Kaikoroku
The story is set in Maison Close, a brothel in Paris where sexually perverse gentlemen gather during the early 20th century.
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 鼻下長紳士回顧録, Bikachou Shinshi Kaikoroku
2. Hira Hira
Set in the Edo Era. Tadaaki, one of her frequent customer's footman had always irked Akane, a courtesan. She plots his downfall but along the way she realizes what she's feeling may not just be pure animosity after all...
Also contains other stories about courtesans as well.
Hira Hira has finished publishing and it has 4 Chapters. It is also Known as: ひらひら, Hira Hira
1. Oiran Neesan
A "kamuro" is a young girl who takes care of and runs various errands for a courtesan, and at the same time studies the art for herself. The way kamuro would refer to their respective courtesans as "big sister" gave rise to the word "oiran", the most elite courtesans in Edo-era Japan. This story takes place in a brothel called Shinkiro in notorious Yoshiwara red-light district, starring an oiran known to many as the "Courtesan from Hell", a super popular sadist specialist named Hashidate. Her personal kamuro, Namiji, narrates the story, and paints a picture of Hashidate that most would never expect. A variety of customers, including townsfolk, samurai, and high-rollers, are in full force as Namiji recounts these fantastic tales!
Oiran Neesan has been digitally published in English by Media Do International/Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha since November 7, 2017.
Oiran Neesan has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: おいらん姐さん, Oiran Neesan
