Manga fans supply a ranking of the manga they feel most likely to be useful in gleaning some understanding of history from.
The manga listed are likely to be of particular interest to budding “rekijo” – female history otaku, an affliction apparently common as it has managed to pick up its own name – although anyone who can stomach endless retellings of the Chinese classics (see below), Genji or assorted tales of samurai and crossdressing is likely to find something of interest.
1. Sangokushi (Mitsuteru Yokoyama)
2. Genji Monogatari (Tatsuya Egawa)
3. O~i! Ryōma (Tetsuya Takeda)
4. The Rose of Versailles (Riyoko Ikeda)
5. Asakiyumemishi (Waki Yamato)
6. Kōu to Ryuuhou (Mitsuteru Yokoyama)
7. Phoenix (Osamu Tezuka)
8. Suikoden (Mitsuteru Yokoyama)
9. Adolf (Osamu Tezuka)
10. Vagabond (Takehiko Inoue)
The total absence of the likes of Vinland Saga from the list is rather problematic to say the least, although the exquisitely illustrated Hyouge Mono’s omission can probably be excused.
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Avoid these! If you are not careful you might learn something heh.
The wisdom follows me wherever I go...
But I'm too quick to get caught.
you mean well of wisdom ?
SHOGUN, GAIJING Were awesome in their historical context, Oops they are books ... fail :(
Also Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto not so historical as for AWESOME story..
triti
Phoenix taught me everything there is to learn about the 25th century, you know.
I thought Vagabond was only loosely based on the legend of Miyamoto Musashi?
It's highly dramatized and not really an accurate biography. At least that was my impression.
Actually it's loosely based on a novel loosely based on the legend of Musashi. But most of this list is equally loose interpretation anyway.
that's a loose post you got there
Where's Hetalia?!
Hetalia doesn't even come close. It's 10% WWI, 90% Fangirls making up the fanbase with their doujinshi.
I'd say it;s 5% WWI and some other background stuff, 90% fangirls doujinshies and 5% of characters made up relationships for material for fangirls doujinshies.
sad to see dragon ball z didn't make the list.
I bet most people don't even realize it actually really is based on actual Chinese history... but that goes for Dragon Ball only. Z has nothing to do with Journey to the West anymore.
No way... Must go eat cheesecake to quell my tears from this news.
There is no history in DBZ, it's just loosely based on Journey to the West.
I don't believe that there is much that will tell you about his life, excepting his own written works (which usually focus on strategy... or at least my copies do).
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I don't believe that there is much that will tell you about his life, excepting his own written works (which usually focus on strategy... or at least my copies do).
What about Historie???
Yes, Historie is awesome. Although that fucking stirrup is anachronistic (lol manga).
Totally underrated. No one cares about it besides it being by that guy that did Parasyte.
Though yes, Historie is much better than some of those up there.
What? No Code Geass?
Ourou Den.
What? You didn't know that Genghis Khan was actually Japanese, and Benkei was his right-hand-man?
Billy Bat
where is berserk, i thought berserk is telling the european history, it's missing there, bad, very bad...
Definitely obsessed with Vinland Saga. I heard of Vagabond but didn't get into it. I'll have to look into a couple of there works
I believe Gintama is the perfect series to learn about the Edo period...
No it's not. I wrote a report on the alien occupation of Japan for my Japanese history class and I got a failing grade >_>
Damn I always thought the past was like Sakura Wars.
The first thing I thought upon seeing this article was "If Hetalia is on this list I'm going to rage harder than hard."
I am pleased.
Good job, Manga fans.
Shigurui is fine too
I learned my history from Hetalia, which is probably why I know nothing except that Americans are fat and loud.
11. High School of the Dead. very historic
Don't take this the wrong way, but I think I learned a bit about Japan from Rurouni Kenshin. Not that there isn't a bit of questionable stuff in that show. (though it's also worth noting I've never read anything on this list)
Rurouni Kenshin over any of that.
Sengoku Rance tells the history pretty accurately, and for a nice bonus it has a couple of great rape scenes.
I feel disappointed at the lack of mention of Hetalia on this list.
Really? Honest to God? What has hetalia taught? Did it teach about what happened between the Germans and Russians at Stalingrad?
Oh wait, it didn't.
How about the Holocaust? Oh wait, no again.
What about the Middle East? Oh WAIT! No again.
What has it taught other than bumsex between HOT BOYS IS HOT, Italians and Germans wuv each other! (Fact, they don't.), England misses America! And that Rubber means eraser. Not one thing factual on here.
So really, why are you disappointed with a series that is nothing but utter shite?
You've got to be kidding me! No Lone Wolf and Cub, no Samurai Executioner, no Path of the Assassin??? One would think Goseki Kojima and Kazuo Koike's work would certainly be up there in any list of manga with historical setting and or significance.
What if I want to learn Native American history?
Kajimunugatai: Kaze ga kataru Okinawa-sen ought to be in the list too.
Osamu Tezuka is a genius. Not only did he trailblaze in regard to the anime/manga industry, his historical-based manga still stands out even today in terms of how frank he portrays the human condition.
I wonder why there's Adolf there and not Buddha though. Maybe they regard it as a borderline fantasy thing with Buddha.. I don't know why the Phoenix is up there then..
People, take advice from this! Phoenix, Adolf, and Rose of Versailles are all masterpieces. You're missing out if you don't try them.
Buddha could also be counted I heard it mostly accurate. I remember Inoue said that you shouldn't look at his manga as a 100% retelling of Musashi's life.
What about Sengoku Basara. / sarcasm
Well, Basara teaches you that historical figures from hundreds of years apart all exist in the same time frame. Also, there are rocket launchers, tesla coils, laser cannons, Zero fighter jets and flying robots in 15th century Japan.
i learned a lot of medieval history cause of the sacred blacksmith.
Yokoyama Mitsuteru is a great Manga writer.
Vinland Saga is really a Great miss on that list... Until I read it I didn't know that England was invade and coquered by the vikings...
Not knowing that isn't normal to begin with. Seriously the lack of knowledge people have about european history is incredible these days, and i'm not english (and not from some scandinavian country either).
And don't forget that not long after the era depicted by Vinland Saga, the Norman conquest of england was a conquest by vikings too, even though they speak French. During their golden age, Vikings have always watched England, and always took it each time.
Well anyway, this ranking is crazy, I don't understand why Suikoden is here >_>
Vinland Saga is really a Great miss on that list... Until I read it I didn't know that England was invade and coquered by the vikings...
That was me... I was sure I had the Autologin on...¬¬
Whut, no Ruroni Kenshin?
I was thinking the same thing.