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Akuemon

Akuemon poster
Genre
fantasy anime and manga
Country
Japan

How it feels

A man finds himself caught between love and duty in a feudal Japanese setting. His actions lead to tragic consequences.

dreamlikemelancholicatmosphericsombercontemplativefairy-tale-likepoeticslow-burn

What happens

Lion Books (Japanese: ライオンブックス, Hepburn: Raion Bukkusu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was published by Shueisha in the Omoshiro Book as a supplement. The same company published Lion Books II in Weekly Shōnen Jump in the 1970s, which would commonly be referred to as The New Lion Books. The series was partially adapted into an experimental anime series in the 1980s and 1990s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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