The Elusive Samurai

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

r/mangarecommendations · I need to look for a new manga to read

How do you read manga? If you only have access to ShonenJump/VIZ apps, there is: Ongoing: Akane-banashi Black Lagoon Case Closed (Detective Conan) Cross Game Hunter x Hunter JoJo's Bizarre Adventure  Kingdom (though they don't have much of it yet) One Piece World Trigger  Completed: Assassination Classroom  Astra Lost in Space Bakuman Black Clove Bleach Bokoruno: Ours Claymore Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction  Death Note Dorohedoro (web-only) Dr. Stone Dragon Ball The Elusive Samurai Fire Punch (web-only) Firefighter!: Daigo of Fire Company M Golden Kamuy (web-only) Goodnight Punpun

r/Seinen · The Best Ongoing Manga 2026

The Elusive Samurai and Kaiju no.8 deserve spots here as well imo

r/mangarecommendations · genuinely addicting manga

Try the elusive samurai