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Chiruran One-Half

Chiruran One-Half poster
Country
Japan

How it feels

This series follows the Shinsengumi, a special police force in 19th century Kyoto. It shows their violent clashes and internal conflicts during the late samurai era.

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What happens

Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem (Japanese: ちるらん 新撰組鎮魂歌, Hepburn: Chiruran: Shinsengumi Chinkon-ka), also known as The Shinsengumi, is a Japanese manga series written by Shinya Umemura and illustrated by Eiji Hashimoto. It was serialized in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon from October 2010 to April 2023, with its chapters collected in 36 tankōbon volumes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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