It's 217 AD, several decades after the end of the "Pax Romana," and the Roman Empire is still the most powerful empire in the world. However, between corruption in the government, increasing attacks from savage hordes, and continuing resource-draining foreign campaigns, the power of Rome is on the decline. With the recent assassination of the emperor Caracalla, many things are about to change...
These are interesting times in the empire of Varnia. The imperial army may have broken the back of the invading army of Nebel, but at tremendous cost. The living weapons born of past wars with the magic-wielding tribes of the south still prowl the ancient forests. And ever since the battle in the northern pass, an avenging phantom has stalked the trails of Varnia, leaving carnage in its wake: The immortal warrior, the last knight of Orgonne... And they call her Slayer Volte.
"I was a noble this whole time?!"Hilde, a commoner who works at a restaurant in the village, is suddenly notified by a handsome man named Logan that she is a family member of one of the empire's four duchies and hears that her mother 'Lucia Arpeggio' was a powerful mage in the past.Duke Arpeggio offers to make her an official member of the family if she can prove that she has strong magical powers, and Hilde accepts in order to escape from her oppressed commoner livelihood and enjoy a comfortable life.However, her excitement doesn't last long… Culture, magic, history, literature, etc. The number of things nobles needed to learn were endless! In addition, forget about welcoming Hilde, her family members only sent her cold looks and even put her life in danger…"You've left me with no choice. I, a former commoner, will be taking over this duchy!"
Under her father the margrave's command, Lewis Ballantine is enlisted in the Monastery Knights to perfect her swordsmanship skills. While it's common knowledge to most of the swordsmen that Lewis is indeed a woman, crown prince and heir to the Flamelance throne, Gerald, is blind to this fact. The night of the ball for knights, Gerald appears suddenly in Lewis's room. While surprise visits are commonplace, Gerald is overtaken by this figure of Lewis he's seen for the first time?!
In Ancient China, there existed a legendary kingdom called the Land of Daughters. In this place, the traditional gender roles were reversed, as the women held the power while the men obediently served on the women's whims. ShengNan is an ordinary modern day girl, but she accidentally went through a time portal and arrived in the Land of Daughters! What's more, she looks exactly like the Duke! Of course the Duke switched places with ShengNan, only to lure out his enemies and strike them from behind. However, the Duke's wife fell in love with ShengNan and... ShengNan fell in love with the Duke's enemy?!
From Friendship Scans: Beginning of 16th century, Alexandra was captured by slave traders in Ukraine during one of their many raids. When the traders arrived in Greece to sell the female slaves, a young handsome man named Mateus bought her and promised to give her true freedom. He hired countless teachers, scholars, and palace ladies to train her into the one perfect woman of her time. Mateus's kindness has caused Alexandra to deeply fall in love with him, and she secretly wishes to be his concubine. But cruel fate! Mateus has already promised her to his best friend, who is Suleiman the Great, Emperor of the Ottoman Empire! Mateus promised Alexandra of true freedom, but where is freedom when she is in another man's harem and can only look at the one she loves from afar? Not willing to endure this agony, Alexandra promises herself that one day, she will free both of them from their bird cages. But Mateus is the Grand Vizier, a power only second to the Emperor himself. So Alexandra must become the most influential concubine in order to have any hope—which also means bearing Suleiman's son. However, Suleiman already has a son by another concubine, and this woman is determined to keep her son as the only prince and only heir. Thus begins the story of a slave that becomes the story of one of the greatest empresses of all time, Alexandra, the woman who would one day be known as Roxolana, Empress of the Ottoman Empire.
Alicia Faitlin, daughter of an impoverished aristocratic family, was forced into an arranged marriage by her uncle, but the groom is killed suddenly in the middle of the ceremony. Although Alicia has been labeled "The Princess of Death” due to this incident, there's someone pursuing the matter of a second marriage with her. He is an upstart noble whose family was recently promoted to the ranks of the aristocracy, Kashburn Licen. This man is rumored to be a "Tyrant" but-?
Garnet Frazier, daughter of Marquess Frazier, has her engagement broken off by the first prince for selfish reasons. Furthermore, she was ordered to be engaged to the second prince Razulis, who was rumored to be in poor health and confined to his detached palace. Garnet, worried about the future of her country, decides to place Razulis on the throne, but...
Mi Yo-Chu, the second daughter of the general, was betrayed and killed by the Ding Palace's prince, Su Bu-Xiao, and her personal maid in her previous life and gets a chance to be reborn. "This time, I will protect those dear to me and not repeat the same mistakes twice." Despite that, she gets into the same scenario as when she fell for Su Bu-Xiao in her past life. Though this time, the so-called sophisticated young master seems to have changed, like he got a lot... dumber? He also clung to Mi Yo-Chu like crazy. That's because...the person currently inside of Su Bu-Xiao's body is a reincarnator from the 21st century! and currently he's trying to trigger the first event for meeting his capture target: the player gets in danger and is saved by the capture target, disregarding her own life. And so, he tangled a snake around his neck.
From Sound of Jewels: At a time when the world was still at peace, to the east of the capital, a beautiful dancer of Noh named Hakubi appeared. She was keeping a terrible secret that she couldn't tell anybody...
In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi--a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history... the Shinsengumi! In 2003 Kaze Hikaru won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.
