A Bride's Story

r/shoujo · Are there any indian or middle Eastern inspired mangas?

I have 2: **A Witch's Life in Mongol** https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/5ztwreu/tenmaku-no-jaadugar **Bride's Story** https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/9knig0a/otoyomegatari The first one has an anime adaptiob

r/Seinen · The Best Ongoing Manga 2026

I would definitely add A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori!! The art and storytelling are both phenomenal

r/Seinen · Need seinen with solid romance

Otoyomegatari and Emma! Mori Kaoru is the goat when it comes to not just Seinen romance, but historical romance imo!

r/mangarecommendations · Do you know any manga like Witch Hat Atelier, Otoyomegatari or The Apothecary Diaries?

It's really dark, but I feel like if you like female fronted manga, historical manga, and mysteries like Apothecary Diaries you will love Ooku. It is an alternate history where Japanese men mostly died of a virus and the Tokugawa shogunate is ruled by women. It's phenomenal and has gorgeous detailed art like Bride Stories.

r/manga · Manga Recommendations For A History Nerd?

Ancient: Ad Astra (Scipio vs Hannibal), Thermae Romae (a Roman architect time travels to modern Japan, brings back modern ideas on how to build public baths), Red River (modern era girl gets transported back to Hittite Empire) Paleolithic: only ones I can think of are World's First Romcom: Oga & Bebe (about two prehistoric people falling in love) and Dr Stone, kinda (post-apocalyptic but features stone age societies). Medieval: a ton for Japan, of those I've read I particularly like The Elusive Samurai (about the 1333 fall of the Kamakura Shogunate and the Hojo Clan). I'm also watching the a