This is a very interesting manga. The background of the story is Ming Dynasty, China. The main character of the story is an outgoing teenage girl named Ning Hai (Hai means ocean). She grew up in a family of pirates... She's the daughter of the head pirate. One day, Hai lead a group of pirates to rob a Spanish ambassador ship while her father was away. Then she met an English man, Michael, who was traveling with the Spaniards. Michael gladly traded the whole ship of treasures for a map of China. Later, a friend of Hai was caught by the new police inspector Shao ZhiSiün. Hai snuck out to save her friend... but got caught also. Meanwhile, she met Michael again. When Hai's father heard that his daughter was being held in custody by the new police inspector, he tried to bribe the new guy, but failed. The new police inspector was not to be bought. So Hai's father bluffed and said he didn't care what would happen to the two (his daughter and the other young pirate). He thought his daughter should be able to get herself out of the mess. Michael helped Hai conceal her true identity so that Shao believed that Hai and her friend are just innocent civilians who were forced to join the pirates and arranged for them to work in his house...
It is also Known as: 碧海精灵, El Espiritu del Mar, Ocean Spirit
Genres: Historical , Shoujo Ai , Romance
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Top 5 Manhua/Manga Like (Spirit of the Ocean) [2026 List]
- 5. Hanatsukihime
- 4. Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden
- 3. Versailles no Bara
- 2. Goong
- 1. NG Life
5. Hanatsukihime
When Lys was born, her heart did not beat at all. To save her, her mother made a contract with a devil: Lys can borrow his heart until the day she turns 16, but after that, he will eat her body. Together with her companion, Siva, someone she met by chance on the desert at night, she travels around as a dancer girl to find the devil who sealed her fate. One day, while they were traveling, they suddenly meet an egoistic prince and a ring spirit...A Thousand and One Nights romance between the devil and the young girl.
Hanatsukihime has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: 花月姫, Hanatsuki Hime, A Princess with a Flower
4. Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden
Takiko Okuda is a strong-willed girl living in the Taisho Era. She needs to be strong -- Oosugi, the one man she's ever loved, is a married man; her mother is terminally ill; and her father, Einosuke, has not been home in over a year. When at last Einosuke returns, it's with a notebook full of Chinese scribblings that seem more important to him than the death of his wife. Furious, Takiko steals away his completed translation -- "The Universe of the Four Gods" -- with the intention of tearing it to shreds, but the instant she opens it, she's surrounded by light... And it is said that this is how the legend of the Priestess of Genbu began.
Included one-shot:
Volume 6: Ayashi no Ceres Gaiden
Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: ふしぎ遊戯 玄武開伝, Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden, Ayashi no Ceres Gaiden
3. Versailles no Bara
Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.
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Rose of Versailles has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: ベルサイユのばら, Berusaiyu no Bara, Lady Oscar
2. Goong
Monarchy laid extinct in Korea since long ago, but what if Korea had continued monarchism? What if all the beautiful abandoned palaces were still actually filled with the royal families? What if the royal families continued with the normal royal customs? Welcome to the world where Korea never ended monarchism!
Che-Gyeong, the high-school girl protagonist, ends up in a tragic moment in time when it has been found out that she has been promised in marriage (by her grandfather) to the current prince...who's actually not at all what he seems to be from his good looks - in one word, he's a big jerk.
Goong - The Royal Palace has finished publishing and it has 179 Chapters. It is also Known as: 궁(宮), Goong - The Royal Palace Story, Princess Hours
1. NG Life
Keidai Saeki is a high school student who remembers his past life living in Pompeii as the Italian warrior, Sirix. In his past, Keidai was married to the beautiful and kind Serena, and was best friends with a fellow warrior, Loleus. However, fast forward to the present and Serena has become the "boy" next door, Yuuma Ujoh, while Loleus has become his best "girl" friend, Mii Serizawa, neither of which have any memory of their past lives. Additionally, upon meeting Mii, Yuuma falls in love at first sight with her, further complicating things for Keidai, who is still struggling with loving Yuuma, his former wife, and loving Mii, his former male best friend.
NG Life has finished publishing and it has 54 Chapters. It is also Known as: NGライフ; エヌジーライフ, No Good Life, NG Raifu
