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One of the fun things about manga is the fact that it's produced by a culture that is quite foreign to our own. It's alien in a way, and that gives rise to some interesting takes and insight. Sometimes mangaka focus on topics quite peculiar to both their culture and our own though, such as the ones here: stories about foreign history. There's quite a few good ones, including the ones below. -----------------------------------------------  Vinland Saga Thorfinn is son to one of the Viking's greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears his intent to have revenge. Young Thorfinn joins Askeladd's group in order to challenge him to a duel, and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England.    Vinland Saga is a history manga by Makoto Yukimura (Planetes) set place around the 11th century. Its mostly about the fighting between the English and the Norse, as well as period society and agriculture.  Read the series online at Mangareader Hox is scanlating the series, grab their latest releases from Hox's Website -----------------------------------------------  Historie: A historical manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki (Parasyte) that tells the life story of Eumenes of Cardia, the classic scholar and secretary/ general to Alexander the Great.  It is a very enjoyable manga which has a lot of historical content and interesting tid-bits, telling a (relatively accurate) portrayal of the life of Eumenes and Alexander. It's extremely good at capturing the period, with all it violence and ideals, beliefs and culture. Read the series online: Historie on Mangareader Hox is scanlating the series, grab their latest releases from Hox's Website -----------------------------------------------  Otoyomegatari / THE BRIDE'S STORIES Set on the Silk Road that connected Asia with Europe before the modern times. Amira, a woman skilled in archery and horsemanship, is sent to marry Karluk, a boy from another village who is 8 years younger than her. But all is not well, as her village decides to take her back...     It's a very interesting and well written about a period and area you don't see much about in fiction, let alone in manga. It's fairly realistic for the time/ area with its depiction of the culture and practices (which can often seem dissonant to our own, but that's just how it rolls!), and is often quite adorable. Buy the volumes from YenPress! They're very well done, rather large volumes in hardback. Read the rest online: Otoyomegatari on TenManga ----------------------------------------------- Victorian Romance Emma Set in Victorian London at the end of the 19th century, Emma is the story of a maid who falls in love with a member of the gentry. However, the young man's family disapproves of him associating with people of the lower classes. Read the series online: Emma on MangaFox ----------------------------------------------- Cesare Cesare is about the life of one of history's most enigmatic figures, Cesare Borgia, an aristocrat during the Renaissance Italy. The manga takes an intimate look at Cesare's life during his matriculation at the University of Pisa, at the tender age of 15, in the years preceding his appointment as a cardinal of the Holy See. Read the series online: Cesare on Mangareader ----------------------------------------------- The Rose of Versailles & Eikou no Napoleon – Eroica Blurb coming soon. Somebody fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Oct 30, 2011 |
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Mar 7, 2008 16:00
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Just found this website: http://www.austevoll.kommune.no/vinnes/engbib/eventyr/perpaul/page1.html Gives the story of Espen Askeladd. Interesting little tale.
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Mar 8, 2008 01:28
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Thanx for heads up. Seems like we're getting this issues pretty quickly. This is a monthly manga right?
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Mar 12, 2008 18:48
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chocojosh posted:Berserk is my absolutely favourite anime/manga EVER. That being said, will I also love Vinland Saga? Vinland Saga is an awesome manga. I posted a link to the downloads in the first post. You can either go straight to Mangascreen for first four volumes, or you can check out mangatraders for all the current volumes for easy downloading. (BTW Happy to see thread not dead, even though manga hasn't been scanlated in a wihle. Anyone know why its taking so long for 42 to come out?) Related: Historie has had a few more chapters released. New historie out today. Hoorah! JerseyMonkey fucked around with this message at 04:08 on May 23, 2008 |
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May 23, 2008 02:22
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Seems we got three new chapters for Historie chapters 36 to 38. (Check out mangatrader's link to grab it. Sorry for not direct link, not sure where source is.)
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May 28, 2008 06:22
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Remo posted:Just saw another interesting historical manga which showed up on onemanga Looks interesting, thanx for recommendation. (And thanx for keeping thread alive.) When the hell are we getting an update to Vinland Saga or Historie? 
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Remo posted:Cesare Finally got a chance to read this manga. The first couple pages gave me the impression of a manga I would dislike, but after the first volume I am addicted. Thank you grealty for the recommendation. Another for me to read. (Adding it to OP.) JerseyMonkey fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Aug 1, 2008 |
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Aug 1, 2008 04:46
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Insurrectionist posted:New chapters! Holy poo poo yes! I was going through my bookmarks going "eh...couple new posts in some threads...VINLAND SAGA NEW CHAPTERS?! YES!!!!!!" Time to read and ENJOY. *edit* Just read it, adn holy crap I just had a stupid grin on my face enjoying those chapters. God drat am I excited for next chapters. (And I am dreading how painful it will be waiting.) FUCKKKKKK PIZZA BURNING, BAD DISTRACTION! JerseyMonkey fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Aug 21, 2008 |
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Aug 21, 2008 00:55
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Eiba posted:The answer appears to be yes. Ah, this keeps making my days. My guess is this'll end once this volume is complete, then another 6 months of pain of sorts. I remember hearing they were waiting for the next volume to be released, so this is probably that.
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Aug 21, 2008 16:42
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46 is out on mangatraders. Awesomeness.
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Sep 23, 2008 05:51
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Zorak posted:Raws for both Vinland Saga 49 and 50 are scanned now. Not to wait for AnonymousSpore to scanalate them. FINALLLY, YES!
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Jan 15, 2009 02:36
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v07ch49 is now out. http://read.mangashare.com/Vinland-Saga/chapter-049/page001.html And now that I post this, 50 is now out! http://read.mangashare.com/Vinland-Saga/chapter-050/page001.html
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Jan 26, 2009 04:36
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Eiba posted:Heh, I was just about to post the update for those chapters. Glad to see others showing interest in Historie. Such a grand manga.
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Feb 9, 2009 23:12
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Ah, I love this manga more and more. What a lovely way to dethrone a King.
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Jackard posted:https://wi.somethingawful.com/18/1860d61eed96d06276b1537f16a78da418634347.jpg Your post got me to finally use Danbooru for once, and sadly, you posted all pictures already. Awesome images though.
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Apr 26, 2009 17:31
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While we wait for Vinland Saga, Historie Chapter 54 has been released. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?55zmqyiz2wu
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May 25, 2009 19:11
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Was planning on posting in this thread asking where the hell the update was, and finally. What a bizarre chapter.
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Jun 23, 2009 23:56
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Brannock posted:Is this Willibald in the top panel here? It does look like the friar. YouTuber posted:Probably 4 to 6 years. I have a feeling Thorfinn was roughly around the age of 12-14 when we last saw him. If it is like any anime, Thorfinn was 5 years old, and now he is maybe 10. Seriously, anime/manga has the loving weirdest 'ages', I just ignore em.
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Jun 25, 2009 02:58
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For those waiting for Vinland Saga, there has been a few updates for Historie and Cesare. Cesare is up to chapter 16 and Historie is up to chapter 56.
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New Chapter out! Sadly, my net is downloading at 7kb and it will take me 30 min. So it is now time to drool as each page slowly loads on OneManga. This manga surprises me. So many entertaining pages from this short chapter, and god drat why must we wait so long for this quality? JerseyMonkey fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Oct 2, 2009 |
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Oct 2, 2009 03:18
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^^^ gently caress you Chapter 60
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latency posted:I realize this isn't BSS and this may have already been suggested, but if anyone's looking for more viking stories to read while waiting for the next chapter, check out the Northlander comics. Brian Wood rocks. Looks pretty kickass. Gonna go pick up a copy after Christmas.
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Guyver posted:Edit: Mistook Vagabond for Vinland Saga; ignore this please. How dare you excite me for a new chapter.
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bondster posted:Chapter 63 So, I went to reread some of the old chapters because that old man looks familiar. God drat is this series awesome, I loving love the old chapters. We need to get off this farm and back to the madness.
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Apr 2, 2010 15:26
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FARMLAND: http://hox.fluffypress.com/archives/1395
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Jul 26, 2010 23:42
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 New Vinland Saga & Historie chapter: http://hox.fluffypress.com/archives/1592 Hoooray! Time for quality FARMING material. JerseyMonkey fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Sep 29, 2010 |
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ToiletDuckie posted:I think this chapter put and end to any dreams of a return to horse-punching in the future. Thorfinn's brief outburst, followed by the "Uh, whoops!" expression and the following events, especially the vision of his father, seems to symbolize that the violent approach isn't going to work anymore and that Thorfinn's going to spend the rest of the series reaching that same "powered by conviction / clear eyes" state his father existed in. That awesome image then followed by that face was great. Just badass then comedy.  drat eager for next chapter.
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Zorak posted:So, I'm thinking about fixing the OP with better images and links/ information. Anyone have suggested replacement pics for both Vinland Saga/ Historie for the missing images and any new information to add? OP here. Firstly, you made me sad as I thought a new issue of Vinland came out. Cesare is an awesome manga and I plan to check out Otoyomegatari & Emma this evening. Feel free to make a new thread. I started it off with general background on Vinland and desired to highlight some historical manga but there didn't seem to be much interest. I'd love to see a thread helping discover similar manga, so go for it. I love the image I used in the OP of the viking boat charge, and I assume the horse-punching image is another popular one. Depends on your focus.
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Zorak posted:No real need for a new OP, I was just going to edit it in. Of course, if you're around, you can always do it yourself and save me the effort too! I'll try revamping the OP soon, though if we want to highlight a select group of awesome historical manga, it might be difficult for people to discover them with the current header. Didn't realize some of my images died, any idea what the policy is with Waffleimages and deletion of images? (And why some survived?) Curious if Waffle offers method to discover what the images once were, like a thumbnail.
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Ah, good timing on new issue. Was disappointed earlier today to be surprised by the release. Also, I love the strange faces in this manga.  Working on the OP. If anyone has images/descriptions to recommmend, feel free to post them. I'll try to mold it into something more mature tomorrow. Also, Zorak didn't realize it was you. (Work internet blocks special coloring/avatars.) I like your new avatar. :P
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Updated the OP. Thanks for the topic change and improved layout of images in the OP Zorak. I read the three volumes of Otoyomegatari and it is an awesome series. Haven't had chance to explore Emma yet. Does anyone have a recommendation on an image to use for Cesare? I found lots of neat images such as these: http://sakkaku.splinder.com/post/16710528/cesare-borgia-di-fuyumi-souryo But nothing seems befitting to describe the manga.
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Jan 27, 2011 16:40
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Historie c67
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SPACE DAD posted:As for other manga... There is Joan, which I read a loooooong time ago and now I can't find a good version of online, but I think it fits in. It's the story of this girl who sort of relives the journey or Joan of Arc ten years after the fact. Memory is a bit hazy. I think the same guy also made a manga about Jesus, but I can't find that, either. For Joan of Arc, do you mean Mercenary Pierre? Didn't realize I didn't put any images for Cesare. Your suggestions are nice, i'll consider them.
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Been two months since last chapter was uploaded, which looked to be near end of Volume 3. Wikipedia says Volume 3 is latest work. Can't find anything mentioning a hiatus so I have no idea. For those following Historie, we are now up to chapter 70. I recently just read through all of Vagabond, really awesome manga based on the story of Miyamoto Musashi. I'm tempted to try to recreate a similar thread focused on releases like Vagabond and past series like Shigurui which offer a really neat view of samurai life.
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Jun 27, 2011 23:11
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Those interested in Cesare, all of Volume 5 has been translated: http://www.mangafox.com/manga/cesare/ Story has a quicker pace for this volume with a bit of action.
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Update, it seems I was mistaken in my last post. Only half of Volume 5 was translated. Today, the rest of the chapters for Volume 5 were released which features the mock battle. Lots of action, pretty fun read.
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Feb 22, 2012 04:53
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Vinland Saga c90: http://hoxtranslations.blogspot.com/2013/01/price-of-meal.html
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