By the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, ten ninja from the Iga and the Kouga clans must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun, with the surviving clan ruling for the next thousand years. But Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?... more>>

Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award in the category "Best General Manga" in 2004. <<less

In 17th century Japan, a rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty-one brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of... more>> the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge. <<less

An adaption of various short stories written by Yamada Fuutarou.... more>>

First story: "Kunoichi Kokihei"

This story begins the year before the Battle of Sekigahara, in the pleasure quarters of the capital.

Kagerou, a real beauty who is a child of the Ootani family, meets five of the most powerful men of the Uesugi clan while serving at a brothel. <<less

This is the latest story of the famous "Ninpo-cho" series of Yamada Fuutarou. It begins in 1638, during the Shimabara Rebellion, where a powerful swordsman... more>> who should have died is instead transformed by an arcane ritual into a demonic creature. As time passes, more swordsmen facing death go through this transformation. What could these new, demonic swordsmen be planning? <<less

The story takes place after the failed Shimabara Rebellion, led by Shiro Amakusa as a Christian uprising against the Shogunate. It ended...brutally, and Amakusa himself... more>> was executed. However, dark forces are at work, and Amakusa returns from the grave... <<less

Jubei Yagyu is the head of the Yagyu Clan following the events of Demonic Resurrection and has mostly retired from the world. A group of warriors decide to ask him if he wants to take over a post at their dojo, but Jubei is more interested in watching the Noh of his friend and subordinate Chikuami.... more>>

Yagyu Jubei dies is the third in Futaro Yamada's Jubei Trilogy that began with The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls and continued in Makai Tensho/Demonic Resurrection. <<less