Shakespeare & His Works
He's said to be the greatest playwright and poet in history, the author of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth, but just who was William Shakespeare? (Source: Kodansha USA)
"Our stage, sixteenth century London, is bubbling with unprecedented passion for theater!" Young Lance (W. Shakespeare), uneducated and raised in a rural town, brings together a group of unique comrades with various talents to begin to write play scripts. It will be a revolution armed with nothing but the pen! (Source: Kodansha USA)
One stormy night in Neo Verona, the Montagues begin a mutiny against the ruling Capulets and murder Juliet's family. Before they manage to kill her, Juliet is rescued by her father's servants, thus becoming the sole survivor of the Capulet family. Fourteen years later, she encounters the son of the Montague family, Romeo, by chance and the two fall in love. However, only a cruel fate awaits them... (Source: MU)
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.
O Romeo, Romeo! Where art thou, Romeo? Seriously, where the heck is he?! Secluded in his mansion, Romeo and his brilliant mind tug at the strings of power, unraveling the city's plots and mysteries. His loyal servants have guarded his secrets closely, but when someone new enters the household, they begin to question this self-inflicted isolation. Meanwhile, a wicked web looms large, beckoning Romeo to it. Will these threats thrust him back onto the public stage and bring dark truths to light? (Source: Tapas Media)
Manga version of the novel Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Manga adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear play.
“WE ARE SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON,” Prospero tells his spellbound captives. Prospero, robbed of his dukedom, has been marooned for many years on a wild island with his daughter Miranda. Now, finally, he applies his magic skills to contrive a shipwreck and take revenge on his usurping brother and the faction who exiled him. Prospero summons spirits to bewitch and torment the castaways, but it is the greater power of love which triumphs in a happy ending.
Ano Ko to Juliet (That Boy and Juliet) Ryousuke Ijuuin and Mitsuru Yamada are just like Romeo and Juliet. They fell in love at first sight, knowing since their youth that they would one day be married. However, their fathers, the two greatest landowners in town, are constantly at odds with each other, and they expect their sons to also take part in their feud. When Ryousuke and Mitsuru realize they cannot suppress their feelings any longer, the two elope in the middle of the night. In Tsuchiura, en route to Tokyo, their plan is waylaid by the sudden sickness of a guest who had joined them. Dramatic Boyfriend/Melancholic Boyfriend Rokuta Tadokoro and Hina Sakurada have been friends since childhood, when Rokuta was the only one of their peers to not make fun of Hina's uncommon appearance. When Hina's mother entered him into a national young male idol competition, he won in part due to Rokuta encouraging him not to skip the audition. As Rokuta and Hina grow up and the latter becomes more popular as an idol, the two are not able to spend as much time together, which causes them both more pain than they would have expected. Love Letter no Osoushiki Ever since Yuusuke Takayama was told that he was disgusting for liking men, his opinion of human beings soured. Now, he much prefers the company of written words and aspires to be a writer in the future. He is in the practice of writing love letters on behalf of his schoolmates after a letter he wrote previously helped another student get a boyfriend. One day, Yuusuke drops a love letter that he does not remember writing into the school locker of Suzu Aizawa, whose girlfriend Michiru Sonoda was brutally murdered a year ago. Aizawa sees Yuusuke do this, and he demands an explanation for why the handwriting and writing style of the letter are identical to those of Michiru. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
A series of light novel versions of various Shakespearean romances.
