Historical - Page 374

The year is 1971 and the once popular manga artist Kurumizawa is in a major slump. The pressure builds as each new submission is rejected. But one day, he meets a young, promising artist named Hata. When he sees Hata’s wonderful work, Kurumizawa hatches a dark plan...

Japan in the time of the Meiji dynasty is a country in transition, torn and dominated by exploitation and moral decline. Lady Snowblood want's to leave her bloody past behind her and is working under the name Kashima Yuki in a girl's grammar school where she teaches Swedish gymnastics... but conservative political forces are like a thorn in their side, and Yuki must again take up arms to keep the promise she gave to her life-saver. (Source: Carlsen Manga) Originally serialised in 1973, but not collected into book form until 2006.

Can you really make a wish come true by blooming a flower? After a late night at work, Kang Jian, exhausted, barely manages to catch the last train. She dozes off for a moment… and ends up riding all the way to the final stop. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a world she’s never seen before—another realm. While searching for a way back home amid all kinds of spirits and monsters, she hears that if she can make a moonflower bloom, she’ll be able to make a wish and return. Then a suspicious man named Chan appears before her. Rumors about him are bad, and nothing he does seems trustworthy, but he promises to help Jian make the flower bloom… Will she be able to bloom the flower safely, make her wish, and return to her world?