A mysterious clock that turns back time, beans that grant wishes, secrets between lovers, peeping Toms, time travel and demons, and many more! "Crow's Library of Danmei" contains a wonderful compilation of fantasy suspense love stories, with the occasional humour, written and illustrated by Crow.

by The DANMEI Project.

Lee Hyun Ho, an ordinary man who was looking for a job in Korea, has been reincarnated into a prince from the Joseon dynasty.
But unfortunately, he was reincarnated into Grand Prince Jinseong, the younger brother of the tyrant Yeonsangun!
Although he graduated from a decent school, Hyun ho struggled to find a job.
One day, he went to sleep after spending his day living the ordinary life of a poor Korean, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself as Grand Prince Jinseong from the 15th century.
Since he was now a rich prince, his plan was to live the high life but…
He finds out that his brother is Yeonsangun, the king of Joseon, infamous for being a crazy tyrant!
And thus marks the start of the ordinary job seeker, Grand Prince Jinseong’s (Lee Hyun Ho) plan of making the tyrant Yeonsangun into a great king and to protect his own wife.
The unpredictable "Yeonsangun mental care project"! "Alright~~ Let’s change history!"

Edo, 1855, in the Hill of the Three Hundred district: Japan's isolationist foreign policy has been lifted, and the era of the Bakumatsu has begun. The samurai Ibuya Manjiro, 26 years old, has just begun his career as low-ranking retainer to the minor daimyo Lord Matsudaira. Tezuka Ryoan, 29, a disciple of Dutch medicine, has just been accepted as a student at Teki Academy in Osaka. Each has a temper to go with his talent, and in a time of brewing upheaval the two are not slow to find trouble, which brings them together in spite of their mutual dislike. Tezuka is called in one night to sew up Ibuya after an illicit duel; a few weeks later, Ibuya finds himself the only thing standing between Tezuka and a gang of swordsmen sent by the head of medicine for the Shogunate.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1984.

In 1878, as the wave of Western culture spreads through Japan, Miyo, a girl orphaned in the Satsuma Rebellion, works at a curio shop in Nagasaki called Vingt. The dresses, sewing machines, binoculars, boots, and other items acquired at the Paris Exhibition by the proprietor Momotoshi Koura have aroused her curiosity. Miyo accumulates experience in her job while using the clairvoyant ability which she has possessed since she was very young. The story vibrantly depicts a new age that visits a Nagasaki thriving with merchants and prostitutes, centering on Miyo's changes as she begins to experience feelings for Momotoshi akin to the awakening of love, and Momotoshi's past, which gradually comes to light.


Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 2020 - Grand Prize Winner

In Feudal Japan, the people of Edo are under siege by giant insects that ravage the land. The people desperately beg the government to do something about it. Thus the Insect Magistrate Office is established, gathering strong warriors to defend against the onset of pests.

Jinbee Tsukishima is a young man following the belief that a weak warrior isn't a warrior at all and strives to be a master swordsman just like his father. To atone for a horrific incident that occurred at his fault, Jinbee seeks to take his father's place as a member of the Insect Magistrate Office. On his journey there, he meets the lovely Haru, a young woman who helps manage her family's tea house, and is forced to put his sword to good use in saving her from a grisly fate. This act of bravery earns him a spot in the Insect Magistrate. Will this rookie exterminator be able to rid the land of the horde of insects swarming in?

From Phoenix Serenade Scans:

A Cinderella story with a twist!

Esther Mayfield is a normal sixteen year old girl in 19th Century London. Except, ever since she was a little girl, she could see 'ghosts'. She lives in a small part of town and sells flowers to earn a living. She thought that she would continue to live like this forever. Until, one day, a handsome young Count appears in front of her. And he wants Esther to be his bride? Is he really the Prince Charming she has been waiting for?

The hero, Kamuya Ride, stands on the boundary line between the god and human worlds. He's the only one who can stop a mysterious man from awakening the previously sealed Earthly Deities from their 200 year slumber. Alongside Kamuya Ride is the Prince of the Yamato, a powerful bloodline responsible for the Earthly Deities' fall from power years ago. Can these two close the Earthly Deities' gates into the human world and staunch the growing rebellions in the land?

On the far northern island of Hokkaido, Saichi Sugimoto, a veteran of the Russo-Japanese war nicknamed "Sugimoto the Immortal", seeks the riches promised by the Hokkaido gold rush in hopes of saving the widowed wife of his deceased comrade. When he comes upon information about a massive lode of stolen gold hidden in a location known only to a wily band of criminals, he teams up with a resourceful Ainu girl who saves his life from the harsh northern wilderness and together they set out on a race against the bandits and other forces trying to get to the gold first.

Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016. Was nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.

The setting is 15th century France. A girl named Cerisier, coming from a poor, rural family, sets out to the capital to seek work. On her way there she unexpectedly acquires an oversized sword, the Zweihander. Guided by the girls she met at the capital, she decides to set her sights on becoming a female knight. Everything carries a fresh sense of excitement to her, whether it’s her first glance at weapons and armor, her life in the capital, or the instruction she receives at the Girls Knight Academy. This is the bright, shining life she spends with those sharing the same dream as her!

An unconscious woman is discovered by a family of foragers. In need of a bride, the eldest son, who looks like a girl, decides to marry her. Hunting mammoths, singing, dancing, taking a nap, occasionally going to hot springs: this is the daily life of stone age people living comfortably in the period before the ice age.

Meridian Sasha is the perfect woman who has the beauty, wealth, and status. She fainted and woke up on a ship in the middle of the ocean, with a wedding dress on.

I got married?

"Who dares to try and touch Meridian Sasha? I'll make sure that he'll never want to marry me!"

But the one who appears to be her husband is the War Hero of the Empire, Demetrius Kyros who suddenly took out his sword. How can that be a man who wants to get married?

"I was wondering who invited me like this... Will I be able to go back if I kill you?"
"Move. I'm sorry to say but I'm a victim too you know?"

Two people kidnapped to be married. They have no choice, but to live in an island together...

1st goal, escape the island!

Final goal, revenge and divorce!
Official Chinese Translation: https://www.kuaikanmanhua.com/web/topic/7118/

The story unfolds in Nazi Germany, when SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler commanded a top secret mission in Wewelsburg under the Führer. It follows Neun, the ninth child to carry Hitler's DNA, and his protector, Teo Baker, as they travel across the country on the run from the Nazis.

Otaku Xiaxi committed suicide because a guy in a game exposed her true identity. However, she didn't die and instead time-traveled to a game with countless handsome men. Prepare to see how an otaku transforms into a beautiful goddess!

Passing to another world at the sound of duang, divine doctor in both Chinese and western medicine Feng YuHeng became the abused first wife's daughter of Da Shun Dynasty at the fraction of a minute. Wanting to kill me, one scalpel will cause you hemiplegia? Fighting with me? Carrying the pharmacy, holding fame and profit, even the Emperor worms his way into being friends with me! But what is the circumstances with that engagement, a disfigured lame person wall thumbed me, also wanting to help labor and capital to gain the world? Rogue Prince are you foolish!

A dramatization of the real life of Yaeko Yamamoto. Over 100 years ago, Yaeko broke traditional Japanese stereotypes, gender, and honor to become a gun-warrior in defense of her homeland of Aizu.

When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro."
As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right--but that path is not available for women.

Note: Won the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards for Best General Manga and the New Creator Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

Side Story. Su Lüxia receives a mission, smuggling into a small world to abuse scum. Her targets: the bastard Emperor and three evil consorts. However, she encounters agent Jiang Mo of the 'Male Readers Group'. In order to finish the mission given by the male readers system, Jiang Mo arrives in the small world to drive out agent Su Lüxia of the female readers system. Two agents fighting in a small world, a female readers system vs a male readers system, who will be the final victor?

The "ancient fantasy" series will feature a girl with mysterious powers from the "legendary age of shrine maidens" whose meeting with a boy changes her life.

-ANN

Once called God's Right Hand, the angel Lucifel tells tales of his time with Enoch, in order to gain the support of his former enemy, Belial.