Kojima Goseki

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering one-shots from every Garo mangaka up until 1984.

There were three ranks of Iga ninja: jonin, chunin, and genin. Genin become pet animals in the homes of superior and chunin, and usually work on farming, but when the master is dispatched, they accompany him and serve as his hands and feet. There were also times when he was ordered to act alone, but the reward money for this was all vested in the jounin. Itagi, a genin, returns to the village with the support of his master, Tajuro, but due to the fate of genin, he is not thanked, his wounds are not healed, and all the credit belongs to Tajuro. Oboro, a kunoichi who is Tajuro's fiancé, protects Itagi, but because of this, Itagi ends up receiving terrible treatment from Tajuro...

The young Shingen, Harunobu, was shunned by his father, Nobutora, for advising him to take over the reigns of his family. Harunobu, carried along by his vassals who have antipathy toward the unprincipled Nobutora, rebels against him, but...

In the eighth year of the Enpo era, 100 days have passed since the death of Ietsuna, the fourth Shogun of the Edo Shogunate. Three families are fighting over the succession due to the Shogun's will. Behind them lie the shadows of leaders from another world. A ronin named Sasakabi Kurano, caught in the middle of the conflict, fights using sorcery in this period drama of fantasy! Includes three stories: "The Murderers," "Kangiten," and "The Resurrected Shogun."

March 3, 1860, outside Sakuradamon, Edo... 17 Mito Roshi, including retainers of the Satsuma clan, assassinated Dairo Ii Naosuke. No one would have thought that this assassination would later become the beginning of a tragedy for the Aizu clan... - Inoue Okazumi (age 60), a samurai of the Aizu domain with 700 koku of land. Although he was unemployed, he taught his children the Analects of Confucius and the history of Aizu, and his personality was admired by everyone from executives to farmers. Among them were the boys of the Byakkotai 2nd division who would later meet a gruesome end on Mt. Iimori. A work depicting the fierce life of the Byakkotai!

A few days ago the eighth Tokugawa had inherited the shogunate in the midst of an unstable political situation, a striking man entered Edo. He had a shocking beauty eyes, and was so handsome that seemed to have come from an engraving. It was Kainage Mondo, the new poison taster newly employed by the family of the shogun. However, some Koga ninja had hatched a plot to attack the lives of Yoshimune and Mondo.

Path of the Assassin, called Hanzo no Mon in Japan, is the story of Hattori Hanzo, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu was the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. But before he could do that, he had to grow up and learn how to love the ladies! As the secret caretaker of such an influential future leader, not only does Hanzo use vast and varied ninja talents, but in living closely with Ieyasu, he forms a close friendship with the young shogun.

This story set in the Edo period, tells the love story of a young samurai who is in search for his beloved girlfriend.

Story about the continuing investigations of the Edo policeman Sakane Kasajirou and his wife Shinko.

Jiroubei (57), after 38 years of loyal service as a shinobi, loses his job after the death of his mistress. Taroubei (61) decides to retire after 41 years working as a constable in the city of Edo. These two men decided to give their lives to a loyal cause. Now free from their duty, a strange friendship begins between the two of them.

We are in Edo, in the mid-nineteenth century, where pickpockets, organized into gangs, fiercely defend their territories. When a stranger named Ankurô dares to steal outside his rightful domain, a frantic search begins to track him down. Yet, Ankurô is driven by motives far beyond mere coins, willing to risk his life to achieve his ultimate goal. A tale of crime, passion, and vengeance, crafted in the unmistakable style of Kazuo Koike and Gôseki Kojima.

In a prison world, there are few good stories, and this is the world of Kubikiri Asa, the beheader and master samurai under the Shogun. It's a world full of vengeance, greed, and violence. A world of depravity and sin. One man can set things straight if he can keep his wits. This is a story of extreme proportions, of sword study thick in tradition and with grim purpose, of blood rivers, agonizing screams, bondage, torture, and the evil prevalent in human failure. Drafted by the confirmed masters of the international medium of manga, Samurai Executioner is a shocking combination of darkness and fire, fine lines, and a fine man in the face of human decline. (Source: Dark Horse)

In the feudal era of Japan, Ogami Itto is the elite executioner for the Shogun until the ruthless Yagyu clan frames him in an attempt to gain the position. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, Itto and his infant son Daigoro wander Japan as an assassin for hire, named Lone Wolf and Cub. Ultimately, Ogami Itto strives for revenge against the Yagyu clan.