Shortly before the Meiji Restoration, Seijuro Hiko, a hermit and blade master, meets bandits carving out a caravan of slavers. In the hope of saving someone, Hiko kills the bandits, but does not have time and finds only one young boy alive. Hiko leaves, leaving the child with a message to go to the nearest village and there to ask the peasants for shelter. A few days later, Hiko returns to make sure the boy did as he was told. However, to his surprise, he finds a child nearby, where he burys the
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Shortly before the Meiji Restoration, Seijuro Hiko, a hermit and blade master, meets bandits carving out a caravan of slavers. In the hope of saving someone, Hiko kills the bandits, but does not have time and finds only one young boy alive. Hiko leaves, leaving the child with a message to go to the nearest village and there to ask the peasants for shelter. A few days later, Hiko returns to make sure the boy did as he was told. However, to his surprise, he finds a child nearby, where he burys the dead: former slaves, bandits and even slavers. Seeing the potential in this child, Hiko adopts him, giving the boy the name Kenshin, which means "heart of the sword." From now on, Kenshin is a student of Seijuro Hiko, the last person in Japan to master the fighting style of Hiten Mitsurugi.
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky more
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward. close
Guts, a man who calls himself "The Black Swordsman", looks back upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries. Led by an ambitious, ruthless, more
Guts, a man who calls himself "The Black Swordsman", looks back upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries. Led by an ambitious, ruthless, and intelligent man named Griffith, together they battle their way into the royal court, and are forced into a fate that changes their lives. close
The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early more
The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand near the border of Cambodia. close
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing more
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone. close
Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization sponsored by the British government, to hide that frightening fact and protect the blissfully more
Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization sponsored by the British government, to hide that frightening fact and protect the blissfully unaware populace. Along with its own personal army, Hellsing also has a few secret weapons. Alucard, an incredibly powerful vampire, has been controlled by Hellsing for years. Although he dislikes being a servant to the Hellsing family, he certainly enjoys his job as Hellsing’s vampire exterminator. Seras is a fledgling vampire and a former police woman. Although reluctant to embrace her new self, she is still a valuable member of the organization. Integra Hellsing, the current leader, is usually fully capable of fulfilling her duty, but lately, vampire activity has been on the rise. Unfortunately, the cause is more alarming than anything she could have imagined... close