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Vagabond

1998, Manga, ongoing, 91%

The same kind of story: blood-soaked samurai epics.

At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo--was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword. In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of…

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  1. Cover of The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji
    The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji

    1990, Manga, 167 ch, 71%

    Recommended by 3 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList.

  2. Cover of Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
    Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku

    2018, Manga, 127 ch, 81%

    The same kind of story: blood-soaked samurai epics.

  3. Cover of Vinland Saga
    Vinland Saga

    2005, Manga, 224 ch, 90%

    The same kind of story: blood-soaked samurai epics.

  4. Cover of Yona of the Dawn
    Yona of the Dawn

    2009, Manga, 295 ch, 87%

    Both have Fugitive, Found Family, War.

  5. Cover of The Heroic Legend of Arslan
    The Heroic Legend of Arslan

    2013, Manga, ongoing, 76%

    Recommended by 11 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList. Both have Archery, Religion, Found Family.

  6. Cover of Blade of the Immortal
    Blade of the Immortal

    1993, Manga, 219 ch, 83%

    The same kind of story: blood-soaked samurai epics.

  7. Cover of Golden Kamuy
    Golden Kamuy

    2014, Manga, 314 ch, 86%

    Recommended by 11 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList. The same kind of story: blood-soaked samurai epics.

  8. Cover of Shana Ou Yoshitsune
    Shana Ou Yoshitsune

    2000, Manga, 85 ch, 78%

    Recommended by 5 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList.

  9. Cover of Rurouni Kenshin
    Rurouni Kenshin

    1994, Manga, 259 ch, 82%

    Recommended by 26 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList. Both have Tragedy, Swordplay.

  10. Cover of Samurai Ragazzi
    Samurai Ragazzi

    2010, Manga, 39 ch, 67%

    Shounen

  11. Cover of Berserk
    Berserk

    1989, Manga, ongoing, 92%

    Both have Religion, Found Family, War.

  12. Cover of Kingdom
    Kingdom

    2006, Manga, ongoing, 89%

    Recommended by 24 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList. Both have Fugitive, War, Tragedy.

  13. Cover of Shutohel
    Shutohel

    2008, Manga, 90 ch, 77%

    Recommended by 4 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList. Both have War, Swordplay.

  14. Cover of Fenrir
    Fenrir

    2018, Manga, 29 ch, 64%

    Recommended by 4 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList.

  15. Cover of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

    2016, Manga, 207 ch, 79%

    Recommended by 21 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList. The same kind of story: blood-soaked samurai epics.

  16. Cover of The World Is Dancing
    The World Is Dancing

    2021, Manga, 60 ch, 68%

    Recommended by 4 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList.

  17. Cover of Nippon Sangoku
    Nippon Sangoku

    2021, Manga, ongoing, 80%

    Both have War, Tragedy.

  18. Cover of Ishigami Senki
    Ishigami Senki

    2023, Manga, ongoing, 67%

    Recommended by 5 The Elusive Samurai fans on AniList. Both have War.

  19. Cover of Gin Tama
    Gin Tama

    2003, Manga, 709 ch, 87%

    Both have Found Family, Tragedy, Swordplay.

  20. Cover of Sengoku Youko
    Sengoku Youko

    2007, Manga, 100 ch, 81%

    Demons, Samurai, Shounen

  21. Cover of Fullmetal Alchemist
    Fullmetal Alchemist

    2001, Manga, 116 ch, 89%

    Both have War, Tragedy.

  22. Cover of InuYasha
    InuYasha

    1996, Manga, 558 ch, 77%

    Both have Found Family.

  23. Cover of Red River
    Red River

    1995, Manga, 99 ch, 77%

    Both have War, Swordplay.

Anime for fans of The Elusive Samurai

NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun2026, ONA, 12 eps, 84% Dororo2019, TV, 24 eps, 81% The World Is Dancing2026, ONA, 13 eps, 72% The Heike Story2021, ONA, 11 eps, 77% Rurouni Kenshin (2023)2023, TV, 24 eps, 75% Golden Kamuy2018, TV, 12 eps, 77% Hell’s Paradise2023, TV, 13 eps, 80% Samurai Champloo2004, TV, 26 eps, 84%

About The Elusive Samurai

2021, Manga, 239 ch, 67%

Set in feudal Japan in between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, our hero Houjou Tokiyuki is a boy on the run that history all but forgot! When the Kamakura shogunate is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki's family and standing are viciously taken away from him, and he must flee to the far reaches of the land to survive and seek out his revenge!

(Source: MANGA Plus)

Note: Includes the one-shot "The Elusive Samurai: PRESENT DAY"

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