Ten million years ago, Li Qiye planted a simple water bamboo into the ground.Eight million years ago, Li Qiye had a koi fish pet.Five million years ago, Li Qiye cared for a little girl….In the present day, Li Qiye woke up from his slumber; the water bamboo reached the apex of cultivation; the koi fish became a Golden Dragon; the little girl became the Nine Worlds’ Immortal Empress.... more>>

This is a tale regarding an immortal human who was the teacher of the Demon Saint, Heavenly Beast, and Immortal Empress. <<less

The journey to the West was a conspiracy of heaven! After Sutra (Buddhist sacred texts) went missing for more than a decade, Heaven sent its... more>> army to search, in order not to let the Sutra once again fall into the hands of heaven, the journey to West begin again. <<less

Saint Oniisan is slice-of-life, or divine-life, tale of Jesus and Buddha as they try to experience the modern world: in this case, Japan. The manga places a funny twist on religion, attitudes, culture and customs in Japan through the eyes of Jesus and Buddha.... more>>

You see Jesus and Buddha experiencing Asakusa, public baths, theme parks, and the internet. Throughout the manga, we get a little history of their divine greatness only to see their apparent insignificance in modern Japanese society. Suffice to say, before people can recognize that they’re actually Jesus and Buddha, people think of them as someone who looks like Johnny Depp or a guy with a button on his forehead. For real.

Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Short story Award in 2009 and it was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award in 2009. <<less

The comedy manga follows a part-time late-night convenience store worker named Matsukoma, and the new part-time worker he trains named Tomoharu Nii, nicknamed Nietzsche-sensei. Tomoharu is a university student in the school's Buddhism department. When an angry customer screams at Tomoharu, "Customers are gods!," he replies, "God is dead." The manga follows the part-time worker life of Matsukoma and Tomoharu, the latter of whom continuously baffles his customers and co-workers at the convenience store with his odd ways.[ANN]... more>>

Based on the author's experience working part time in a convenience store. <<less

The protagonist of the series is the lecherous Satonaka Ikkou, who transforms into a super-monk (being able to perform mass exorcisms) by his lust for... more>> the girls he lives with. He lives in the Saienji Buddhist Temple as a Buddhist priest-in-training together with six other nuns: Amanogawa Haruka, Ikuina Sumi, sisters Sugai Sakura & Hinata, Nambu Chitose and Atouda Yuuko, each of whom represent one of the bosatsu of the six lower realms of the traditional Buddhist cosmology. Chitose is the other main character and has a strange relationship with Ikkou; he seems to be in all the wrong places at all the wrong times, but they really care for each other in all actuality. A side effect of Ikkou using his ultimate power is that immediately afterwards, he turns into an even bigger pervert than he normally is. The series is about Ikkou's self-destructive power and his attempts to control it. <<less

Kujaku is a Buddhist monk who specialize in exorcism, devil hunting. He is a member of Ura-Kouya, a secret organization in Japan that specialize in... more>> demon hunting. In the first 3 volumes, Ogino wrote independent short stories about Kujaku's demon hunting. But in volume 4, it evolves into an epic saga against a secret evil organization lead by The Teachers of Eight Leaves. The goal of The Teachers of Eight Leaves is to revive Peacock King and Snake King, and allow them to fight each other to give birth to the ultimate Dark Buddha. <<less

Ruri, who's incapable of doing almost anything, has finally landed a part-time job in a cafe run by Buddhist priests. At "Kissako", find some delicious... more>> tea and enlightenment! <<less

The world is full of suffering. Times are good for Alakshmi, the Goddess of Bad Luck. Too good in fact, as it's making her gain... more>> weight at an alarming pace. Now she must go to the human world and do good deeds to slim down. <<less

Gabimaru the Hollow, a ninja of Iwagakure Village known for being cold and emotionless, was set up by his fellow ninja and is now on death row. Tired of killing and betrayal, he wants to die. However, no method of execution works on him because as much as the seemingly apathetic Gabimaru refuses to admit it, he does have a reason to live. He wants to return to his wife, who was the reason why he softened up and failed to be an effective assassin. Thus, he refuses to die.... more>>

Yamada 'Asaemon' Sagiri the Decapitator, a famous executioner, sees this and has a proposal for the ninja. She wants Gabimaru to join an expedition to an island south of Japan in search of the elixir of life in exchange for a full pardon by the Shogunate. However, this island isn't a normal island: it's believed to be Paradise.

However the island is full of mysteries, and the exploring team—consisting of those marked for death—might not be fully prepared to handle them. <<less

The sequel takes place a few months after the end of the first series. Shinkurou and Suzu have gotten married and settled down as vassals in the employ of the governing family of Ima. Just when they've gotten used to the rhythm of their new, peaceful life, orders come from an influential government official that Shinkurou and Suzu must travel to the capital to meet with him. Along the way, they are beset by robbers and demons, and find they are being followed by a mysterious mononoke in the shape of a little boy?! The two must reunite with old friends, and make some new ones, in order to do battle with the supernatural forces... more>> that continue to plague them!

The story includes an extensive recap of events in the first series with some additions from Shinkurou's perspective. <<less

In Confucian Era 14276, a violent showdown unfolds in the space surrounding Planet Lagra. And with that, the story begins. Unfolding on Earth and in far-off galaxies, in the past, the future, and across dimensions, the curtain has risen on the final war between light and darkness. A great, galactic epic spanning the author’s career begins here!... more>>

Kyomu Senki is made up mainly of four series: “The Tiger of 5000 Light Years” serialized in 1980-82. “Kyomu Senshi Miroku” and “Jaki-oh Bakuretsu”, both of which started serialization in 1987, just a few months apart. Lastly, “Skull Killer Jaki-oh”, a mech series set in the 20th century that originally started in 1990.

Along with the four main series, it also includes four short stories: “New Rashoumon”, “Ninja Arts at Honnou Temple: The Black Magic of Koji Kashin”, “The Strange Living Dimension, Dogura”, and “The Dogura War Chronicles”. <<less

“Lies! They’re nothing but lies! The Scriptures were fake, the Western Paradise does not exist, even the teachings of universal salvation is a scam! The... more>> Pilgrims perished during their journey, and the Eighty-One-Sufferings ended in our deaths. If I ever get another chance at life, I swear to abandon my naivety! I swear to never, ever be cowardly again! I swear to defy the Heavens with my dying breath!” <<less

Bodhisattva has been reincarnated thru Jiyoung's life earlier than the time that is fated for him to be reborn...... more>>

because of this, Demons who are called Yachas are out to get him before he gains and cultivate his powers.

How will young Jiyoung defend his life now that he is just starting to learn his former past self? <<less

The Restarted Series of Previous One ....... more>>

A pervert with great martial arts skills, a klutz of a nun, a dojo master with a bombastic imagination, a volatile code of chivalry, a mentally unstable patient who flippantly gives out internal energy… and so many experts who’re castrated? Hehe—So this is murim?! <<less

Still remember the Bi Ma Wen with the 72 transformations metamorphoses and great dharma power? Do you still have any recollection of the Marshal Tian... more>> Peng that only knows how to eat and indulge in attractive beauties? General Juan Lian/Curtains?, Golden Cicada, if you can still remember these characters, join them on their path to obtain the sutras, if you can't remember, then begin reading, join them on their magical/mystical journey with all kinds of evil forces! <<less

A story about a demon living and dying in hell -- the life of the 13th generation spirit.

Set in the Heian period, A Un is the story of two prominent Buddhist monks: Saichou, who built the Enryaku Temple, and Kuukai, who established... more>> the Mt. Kouya retreat. <<less

Don’t ever leave me. The year is 1945. At a monastery in beautiful Tibet, two boys met. Unknowing of the harsh fate awaiting them.... more>>

Dawa is on a long journey with his father to find ‘Shangri-La’. However, at the monastery, his father leaves without him. Left all alone, Dawa, along with a boy he meets at the monastery, Dorje, become novice monks together.

A pure and fleeting love, set in Tibet before the upheaval. <<less

Religious monks adapted to modern technology and weaponry to combat the threat of demons. Ryuudaiji, a monk who's on a journey to locate and purge... more>> a demon spirit, that is terrorizing a forest which was notorious to be a place where people commit suicide, meets a wolf boy, Tamaki Madoka, and his wolf companion. Things starts to develop between the two after an encounter with a tree demon spirit as Tamaki decides to go to the outside world to learn more about his past. <<less

When your father is a Buddhist priest and your home is a temple, life can be complicated. For Satoru, Hikari, and Ogami, the thought of... more>> who will inherit the temple and take over when their father gets old is always in the back of their minds, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. Because Hikari loves the temple so much, it's been all but decided that when she grows up, she'll marry someone who can take over from her father, but when she falls for someone completely unsuitable, all three sisters find themselves re-examining their assumptions. <<less

1. Aogeba Totoshi... more>>

In an elementary school that's been cut off from the outside world, a group of overgrown students plan an escape from the neverending school days.

2. Demon Seed

People affected by the demon virus plan a rebellion against the society keen on wiping the new race out.

3. Hannya Haramita

Small Buddha-like pre-historic creatures form a symbiotic relationship with modern day humans.

4. Animal World

In a utopia of man and animals peacefully coexisting, a group of people form an anti-animal coalition.

5. Ataraxia

A bullied school girl is transported into a new dimension with help by her comatose brother.

6. The Summer Bugs That Fly into Your Eyes

An absurd essay about summer bugs that fly into people's eyes. <<less

Kaka, an unusually strong girl with a talent for combat, sees it has her duty to protect and assist her caretaker and master Genjou-sama, a kind but frail young priest who nearly died saving her from a tiger. When poisoned water threatens to destroy their village, Genjou-sama leaves for the capital to find a solution. In his absence, demons burn down their formerly peaceful village and transform the villagers placed under Kaka's care into monkeys.... more>>

Kaka flees in a desperate attempt to find Genjou-sama, only to find a haughty powerful spirit is now using his body as a vessel! She learns that the human Emperor has been secretly replaced by the evil Demon King, and that this spirit has come back for one simple purpose: to restore order. The contact he offers is simple. If she accompanies him on his journey to the capital and all goes according to plan, the spirit will give Genjou-sama back, relinquishing the priest's body and retrieving his soul from the underworld. Will Kaka take the risk? <<less

Kokuryuu Kaguya was only a little boy when he witnessed his father murdered by demons. He spent years trying to convince people about what he witnessed, but was dismissed as a traumatized child with an over-active imagination. Now a teenager, Kaguya still remembers what happened.... more>>

One day, Kaguya is struck by a mysterious light and meets a young girl named Mao—a skillful warrior wearing bunny ears—who rescues him from a demons' attack, then demands to know what planet he's from! Kaguya finds himself inducted into a secret organization of other-worldly individuals whose goal is to defend Earth from monstrous invaders. Reborn as a Battle Rabbit, strange powers awaken within Kaguya which allow him to fight these creatures and seek vengeance for his father's death. <<less

This is one of the best-known titles by Yamagishi Ryouko. It shocked the public immensely when first published, because the story depicted how the legendary regent of Japan, Prince Shoutoku - who supported the spread of Buddhism - fell in love with a man, suffering because of it, and acting on his unrequited love. ... more>>

This is no ordinary BL manga, as its homoerotic theme is the driving force behind a convoluted plot centred on complex characters and depicted in complicated Japanese as representative of the setting. Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi is regarded as a masterpiece in the manga world.

Won the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo. <<less

Recounts how a man grew up to become the pivotal character Koumyou Sanzou, years before the main storyline as seen in .