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1. 51 刀 Those Strange Years of Corruption at Touken Ranbu's Honmaru 刀剑乱舞那些年奇葩的暗堕本丸 Coo Coo Coo the Pigeon鸽咕咕咕Female-Channel Fanfiction371k WordsCompleted Cosplay transmigration + no fixed CP, but with ambiguous pseudo-harem moments. The main focus is Touken Ranbu. Short Sword: I pray with all my heart that we can put an end to this tragic fate. ???: Hello... I’m a newly created tsukumogami from the Temporal Affairs Bureau. I can’t remember my past anymore. Now, I’ve come for you. This was the day the tormented swords met a kindhearted god. [2] Saniwa: You’re just a mass-produced shikigami. If you won’t obey, then disappear. Konnosuke: Is that so? 2.5kReads9.2Score172Shelves
2. 52 c I Cosplayed Tsurumaru and Became a Real Tsukumogami on Livestream cos鹤丸后我成真付丧神了直播 Xiaoxiao Is Writing筱筱在写文Anime Fanfiction255k WordsOngoing Click here to watch Tsurumaru get up to mischief every day One person plays an entire Honmaru. Centered on Tsurumaru. Livestreaming. No corruption. Characters may be OOC. Includes saving other dark Honmaru and giving lousy Saniwa a hard time. Includes the Genji blades and others. One day, Tsurumaru added clear chili water to Hasebe’s soup. Tsurumaru: “I bet you won’t notice.” Hasebe: “I bet you won’t try to hurt me in front of the Saniwa.” In the end, Hasebe shed two broad streams of tears 274Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 综 Crossover: I'm Just an Ordinary Cosplayer 综：在下只是一个普普通通的coser Words of the Night夜之言Anime Fanfiction362k WordsCompleted Have you transmigrated today? 8.5kReads9.4Score622Shelves
4. 54 我 I Don't Want to Fall to Corruption! 我并不想暗堕啊 An An Knows Zhi安桉知栀Anime Fanfiction288k WordsOngoing Xu You is a veteran of the cosplay scene. Recently, a close friend recommended a PPT game to him and suggested he cosplay one of its characters. That’s where the story begins. 2.8kReads6.5Score141Shelves
5. 55 鹤 The Tsurumaru Cosplayer Really Isn't Being Mistreated! 鹤丸COSER真的没被虐待！ Eight Wilds, Thousand Departures八荒千离Anime Fanfiction139k WordsCompleted I was a cosplayer, and one lovely afternoon, I transmigrated into the very Tsurumaru I was cosplaying in the Touken Ranbu PPT game. I guess if you cosplay too convincingly, you'll end up transmigrating? This is a story about someone who keeps transmigrating into one role after another. With so many little stories, surely you'll find one you like? Updates ongoing... (An older Saniwa writing the story I want to read myself. After all these years, I realized I'd never written Touken Ranbu fanfictio 1kReads6.4Score104Shelves
6. 56 综 Sword and Soul Crossover: They’re All My Best Friends, So How Did I Become a Casanova? 综刀剑：都是挚友我怎么就海王了 Mo Yubai墨淤白Anime Fanfiction487k WordsCompleted [Anime Crossover: Touken Ranbu, Detective Conan, Natsume, Fate, Hozuki's Coolheadedness | No Pairing in the Main Story | Overpowered, Irresistible Protagonist | Everyone Loves Him | Best-Friend Battle Royale] Yu Bai has lived through three lifetimes. He thought he could finally enjoy a peaceful retirement in this one, but underestimated his tendency to transmigrate. After a fox named Konnosuke dragged him into becoming a Saniwa, the swords at his citadel started making a habit of periodically re 4.7kReads9.4Score414Shelves
7. 57 c A Cosplayer’s Survival Guide cos穿的生存守则 Tracing the Years溯寻年Anime Fanfiction86k WordsCompleted How to avoid a bloody love triangle after cosplaying a corrupted sword boy (not really) Dear readers, I’m sensitive, so if you don’t like it, please just hit the back button in the top left. You can say whatever you want, but I won’t listen anyway. 352Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 刀 The Right Way for a Touken Ranbu Secret Identity to Dance in Jujutsu Kaisen 刀乱马甲在咒回舞的正确姿势 hikari Wowhikari哇Anime Fanfiction923k WordsCompleted [One person playing multiple roles + secret identity roleplay + identities never exposed / a few one-way crushes from the sword characters toward the original, no CP] [Volume One: Transition from the parallel world to the canon world] [Volume Two: Watching Volume One] [After consideration, Volume Three: Merged Worlds has been removed / note from 25.6.14] The protagonist’s true self is a Saniwa. They have few scenes, but make a spectacular entrance. Different grades at Hanamaru Academy hold inter 3.2kReads9.2Score315Shelves
9. 59 退 A Retired Honmaru's Journey to Another World 退休本丸的异世界旅行 Yan Er焉耳Anime Fanfiction278k WordsCompleted [Warning: This is my first time writing a Touken Ranbu crossover fanfic. The characters may be out of character, and my writing is terrible.] Jiang Xian is a Saniwa with a retired Honmaru. The Temporal Government promised that once her contract was fulfilled, she could travel to another world. So why are there Time Retrograde Army in some of these other worlds? Well, since she’s here, she might as well take care of them. Call it part of the travel experience. When Jiang Xian travels with her Ho 912Reads6.7Score—Shelves
10. 60 暗 The Geo Archon in a Corrupted Honmaru 暗堕本丸的岩王帝君 Jun Wan君畹Anime Fanfiction157k WordsOngoing A crossover, primarily featuring Genshin Impact and Touken Ranbu (along with some others in the background...). Zhongli, formerly the Geo Archon Rex Lapis of Liyue, is pulled into another world by a mysterious force. The force calls itself the “Will of the World” and admits it only sought him out by mistake. Did it get the wrong person by accident??? Well, since he's here already... he might as well treat it as a retirement trip. The easygoing old man decides to lend this world a little help. 430Reads6.4Score—Shelves
11. 61 刀 Touken Ranbu: The Handicraft Master Conquers the Government 刀剑乱舞：手工大佬征服时政 The Very Real Jin Yao真真实实的金瑶Anime Fanfiction698k WordsCompleted One day, a fox calling itself Konnosuke kicked down my door and said it had come to take me to become a Saniwa: a Honmaru that was practically a home invasion. No corruption setting. Female Saniwa. All swords adore the Saniwa. A sweet, casual slice-of-life story. Modern world + Touken Ranbu + Jujutsu Kaisen crossover. 8.4kReads9.2Score939Shelves
12. 62 我 [Touken Ranbu Focus] My Saniwa Is a Wolf 【主刀剑】我家审神者是狼 Little Jing Doesn't Eat Chocolate小井不吃巧克力Anime Fanfiction612k WordsCompleted (This story switches between second and third person. Enter at your own risk.) One day, you clicked on a game called “Sword Life Simulator.” You thought it was just an ordinary, no-frills mini-game, but the words “life simulator” still caught your attention. After dying again and again, you finally figured out why staying alive was so difficult: it was the world's fault. At last, after an enthusiastic spending spree, the gameplay experience leveled up. Congratulations, your little one stopped be 4.5kReads8.8Score480Shelves
13. 63 审 The Inspector Is Missing Again! 审神者又失踪了！ tree Little Peachtree小桃Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing [A crossover fic, mainly Touken Ranbu, with Jujutsu Kaisen as a secondary setting. She'll visit other worlds too. One Honmaru per Audition.] Hoshino transmigrates into another world, reborn as a five-year-old child. The good news: she gains immense power and finds a place to call home. The bad news: her starter village is a fallen Honmaru where four Saniwa have died, and her parents are unknown. What can she do? Keep her head down and grow stronger! Fortunately, the swords in the Honmaru are in 13.1kReads9.1Score912Shelves
14. 64 A A037 Honmaru Livestream Diary A037本丸直播日常 Misty Scenery in Spring兰时烟景Anime Fanfiction571k WordsCompleted [Main story complete; bonus chapters updating] (If Volume Three is too heartbreaking for you, you can skip straight to Chapter 165. Kisses!) (Character code-name submissions are now closed.) A livestreamed daily life with a half-human, half-god doll-like Spirit Binder and a group of disabled, corrupted, unhinged swords, along with the livestream chat getting its heart broken. Hehe. Male Spirit Binder, all pairings with the Spirit Binder, questionable kinks, and warnings for angst and out-of-char 2.9kReads8.8Score364Shelves
15. 65 时 Anime Crossover: The Government's Villainous Kitty 【综漫】时政的反派喵 Who Doesn't Want to Get Rich?谁不想发财Anime Fanfiction261k WordsOngoing "No CP" "Mainly Sword Art Online, with The Prince of Tennis, Detective Conan, Crayon Shin-chan, Doraemon, Wolf Children, and more…" "OOC warning! If you don't like it, you can just exit using the top-left corner." Ta Xue is a newly born cat demon in an age when magic is fading. One ordinary day of mooching around, Ta Xue meets a so-called system that promises to help save people from tragic fates. Unable to resist its tempting offer, Ta Xue embarks on a path to change other people's destinies. 158Reads—Score—Shelves

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16. 66 我 I’m the Ancestor of Honmaru 我在本丸当祖宗 Spring Breeze Pear春风木梨子Anime Fanfiction227k WordsOngoing A crossover of various anime and manga, no romance, OOC, no outline, writing whatever comes to mind Kongqing, younger sister of the great demon Daji, became a Saniwa. Honmaru A608 was cursed. After twenty years without a Saniwa, the Honmaru finally welcomed a new one! On her first day at work, the Saniwa said, “Kids should just enjoy themselves. Why worry about so much?” Seven Stars Sword, Heishorin Sword, and Kogarasumaru: “Kids? Who? Us?” On her second day, the Saniwa caught a toad spirit stea 655Reads—Score101Shelves
17. 67 刀 Touken Ranbu: Did I Make It in Time for the Flow of Time? 刀乱：我也赶上时流了？ Hehe Is So Mischievous鹤鹤超皮Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing [Touken Ranbu focus + everyday life + lighthearted, no angst + no romance pairing] There are original worlds as well as worlds from other anime, though they make up a smaller portion. The story mainly follows the girl's everyday life with the sword boys, with crossover anime and original worlds in supporting roles. There are occasional short side stories for variety. Please forgive any out-of-character moments due to the author's writing. [Here's the blurb. Feel free to skim.] The girl is reborn 2.6kReads8.4Score178Shelves
18. 68 综 Crossover: A Hard-Luck Honmaru, Fishing for Saniwa Every Day 综：命苦本丸，每天都在捞审神者 Mo Yubai墨淤白Anime Fanfiction310k WordsOngoing [Crossover Anime - The Second Novel in Yu Bai Bai's Series - No CP in the Main Story - Overpowered Protagonist - Everyone Loves Him - Best Friend Love Rivalry - A World-Bending Crossover] Yu Bai has lived through three lifetimes. He thought he could finally settle down and enjoy his old age in this one, but he underestimated his knack for transmigrating. After a fox named Konnosuke dragged him into becoming a saniwa, the swords at his citadel started spending their days rescuing their master whe 1.1kReads7.4Score112Shelves
19. 69 综 After Entering a Dark Honmaru in an Anime Crossover, They Could Read My Mind 综漫进入黑暗本丸后，我被读心了 Gong Ke, Who Loves Mustard-Dressed Cold Dishes爱吃芥末凉拌菜的宫可Anime Fanfiction387k WordsCompleted (No CP, mainly Touken Ranbu and Jujutsu Kaisen, with a little PriPara, Bungo Stray Dogs, and Detective Conan) I thought this was going to start like a sweet shoujo manga, but it turned out to be a hellish dungeon with a kill waiting right at the door! Before: Who's ever in a normal state of mind at work? I got invited to become a Saniwa. Who could resist the temptation of easy work and great pay? I certainly couldn't. I'll be the Saniwa first and ask questions later! After: A word of advice to a 2.3kReads8.4Score181Shelves
20. 70 审 Diary of a Spirit Caretaker 审神者观察日记 OrqueAnime Fanfiction985k WordsCompleted [Content warning: mild lesbian undertones (?). I didn't flag this before because I was sure the two characters weren't actually in a romantic relationship, but after readers pointed it out, I looked back and realized that from their perspective, the two chapters in question may have already confirmed it. OTZ In any case, readers, please be warned. It's in Chapters 12 and 13 of Volume Two. You can skip them without affecting your understanding of the rest of the story. I'm truly sorry to anyone w 1kReads6.7Score122Shelves
21. 71 不 The Nonexistent Toushirou 不存在的藤四郎 Tracing the Years溯寻年Anime Fanfiction117k WordsCompleted The Unwritten Toushirou I am Hoshitsuki Toushirou, forged by Awataguchi Yoshimitsu. I am a child blessed by the stars, and a Toushirou lost to time. Have you seen my brothers? (Female short blade, original character, may be OOC. Please don’t scrutinize the details.) 341Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 在 Struggling to Survive in Yokohama 在横滨艰难求生 Guang Liao廣翏Anime Fanfiction184k WordsOngoing [Crossover + Bungo Stray Dogs + Touken Ranbu + No Pairings] Someone inexplicably transmigrates from home to another world, landing in Yokohama. Seeing so many people milling about nearby, Tsukino Hayami feels like she’s about to lose it. Survival: -1 Thank the heavens that I got a summoning ability when I arrived. It lets me draw a weapon from another world every month. Survival: +1 It seems like people here get into fights and shootouts every day. I feel like I could die if I let my guard down 54Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 综 Crossover: What's Wrong with the Swordsmith? 综：刀匠先生哪里不对 Yan Sheng宴晟Anime Fanfiction340k WordsOngoing [Content warning: Set in Touken Ranbu; the master is male; no romance; slow-paced; focuses on history in the early part, with anime plots appearing later; not a typical crossover story.] Reborn as a mini swordsmith, Suzuki Tokiyuki was desperate. But he had no choice. To survive, he had to keep working diligently while looking for a way to return to normal. What he never expected was that things would be far more complicated than he'd imagined. Looking at the swords in the citadel, Tokiyuki, now 16Reads7.2Score—Shelves
24. 74 救 Help, the Saniwa's Having Another Episode! 救命婶婶又犯病啦 Chestnut Who Eats Potatoes吃土豆的栗子Anime Fanfiction260k WordsCompleted Multiverse crossover + otome game, dual female leads, featuring Bungo Stray Dogs, Jujutsu Kaisen, Touken Ranbu, Naruto, and more. A new Saniwa arrives at a dark Honmaru. At their first meeting, the Saniwa falls down, gets a nosebleed, and even pretends to faint... The swords are definitely stunned by this performance. They originally planned to just muddle through together. What else could they do, leave? But who knew their Saniwa would transmigrate over and over again? The Honmaru’s tsukumogami 111Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 综 Anime Crossover: The Soul Reaper's Training Plan 综漫：审神者培育计划 Xun Yin荨音Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing A sweet, adorable Master has become everyone's beloved. What could turn the darling of the whole group into a black-sesame tangyuan? Join us as we step into the Honmaru and uncover the truth Uesugi Yuzu was born in a laboratory. From the moment she was born, she was surrounded by cold white lab coats and nutrient fluids, and then came endless experiments... Little Yuzu had no idea how big the outside world was. But every now and then, she'd see a kind young woman who told her that the world outs 621Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 饮 Touken Ranbu: A Poisonous Cure 【刀剑乱舞】饮鸩止渴 Drunk at Dawn, Sheng醉朝笙Anime Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted This is an archived early work. The writing is immature, and the characters are imperfect. Read at your own risk!! A masterless citadel on the brink of corruption finally welcomed its second master just as winter was about to arrive. On one side were the swords, still attached to their former master and reluctant to accept anyone new. On the other was a young girl, burdened by severe psychological struggles and desperate to escape. Guided by fate, they found salvation in one another in the darkn 739Reads8.7Score103Shelves
27. 77 什 What? This Isn't My Honmaru?! 什么？这不是我的本丸？！ Tang Cuyu唐醋于Anime Fanfiction350k WordsCompleted A Touken Ranbu fanfic with no romantic pairing. At its heart, this is a story of mutual salvation and two people finding their way to each other. It's fine if you aren't familiar with the series. You can go straight to the final chapter and check the author's note for the anime episodes. I love them so much, and I hope you'll come to love them too. Mwah. OOC warning! The characters are from the anime (check the author's note in the final chapter) and the game (download it yourself). There are or 1.9kReads9.2Score249Shelves
28. 78 审 Starting My Life as a Master of Swords at Three 审神者从三岁开始当起 Substitute Amoxicillin替莫西林Anime Fanfiction690k WordsCompleted [Please read the previous book, "After Retirement, I Was Spoiled Every Day by My Sword-Wielding Divine Spirits", first. This is an alternate timeline, and some things may be hard to understand if you haven't read the previous book.] [The protagonist is the one being pursued; romance included, slow burn, sweet and fluffy feel-good wish fulfillment (?).] The nightmares that haunted Ji Gong Taona felt as if they had once truly happened. They only began to fade after he became a guardian spirit mast 2.1kReads7.5Score180Shelves
29. 79 审 [Anime Crossover] The Love Story of a Saniwa 【综漫】审神者恋爱物语 Your Little Sweetheart Yaoyan-chan你的小甜心妖颜酱Anime Fanfiction929k WordsCompleted In a neon-lit world where superpowered ability users, jujutsu sorcerers, and a schoolboy shinigami are all at war, Morikawa Ryo, a Saniwa who brought her Honmaru along to escape political infighting, found herself from the start inside a pitch-black box. The first man she saw in this world when she opened her eyes completely filled her vision with his pectoral muscles. “...They're huge.” The scarred man smiled, then without hesitation stuffed her back into the box. And that was how Morikawa Ryo' 3.4kReads8.6Score370Shelves
30. 80 C [Swords] Cosplay Through a Wild Script 【刀剑】COS穿的花样剧本 Miemie Loves Coffee咩咩爱喝咖啡Anime Fanfiction40k WordsOngoing [Touken Ranbu + no romance + secret identities + lots of headcanons + some misunderstandings] One day, [Starving Is the Worst] and her roommates transmigrated together, then embarked on all kinds of cosplay transmigration scripts and different ways to play. A few things to know before reading: 1. All the main characters are girls. 2. The main characters have no romantic pairings, but they may act out all kinds of pairings in the scripts. 3. There are some misunderstandings, and all kinds of clas 368Reads—Score—Shelves

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31. 81 穿 [Touken Ranbu] Put On My Sword Guy Secret Identity 【综刀剑】穿好我的刀男马甲 Miemie Loves Coffee咩咩爱喝咖啡Anime Fanfiction71k WordsOngoing [Touken Ranbu crossover + no romance + secret identities] Shimu is a platinum player of “Touken Ranbu: Cloud Chapter.” It’s an open-world game where you can choose your sword characters and take part in farming, management, romance, combat, and puzzle-solving. Nicknamed “Blade Life Simulator,” it offers endless ways to play. The level cap is maxed-out Extreme 99, and even after seven years, the developers are still releasing free DLC instead of slacking off. The forums are full of fan works, too 687Reads—Score—Shelves

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32. 82 髭 Higekiri Is Still Searching for His Younger Brother 髭切今天也在寻找弟弟的路上 No Longer a Disgrace to Humanity人间不失格Two Male Leads88k WordsCompleted I just went to a convention with my roommate, nothing more. It was a small convention, but who knew it would be full of hidden talents? Two people transmigrated in a row. I was caught up in it by accident, but after transmigrating, I got a little brother like Hiza-maru. Who wouldn't love that? Sadly, it didn't last. Hiza-maru was sent away, and the two of them were separated for a long time because of war. Once he realized that simply waiting was pointless, Higekiri decided to run away from home 208Reads6.4Score—Shelves
33. 83 关 Those Years I Cosplayed and Transmigrated 关于我cos穿的那些年 Yi Ming Zi一鸣子Two Male Leads97k WordsOngoing A little bit of everything, with an OOC warning! Currently planned: Bungou Stray Dogs x Jujutsu Kaisen x Detective Conan... more to come As a cosplayer, Jiang Yan had heard all the stories about how cosplayers always end up transmigrating. So when it happened to him, he figured it wasn't so bad. Besides, the things he'd learned were his to keep. Intelligence, strategy, combat skills, firearms, volleyball techniques... He might as well treat it as a fantastical journey. Using his own abilities to 371Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 刀 Touken Ranbu: A Journey Through the Ages 刀剑乱舞：循世行动 mrtoAnime Fanfiction209k WordsOngoing [All for the Sword-Wielders] As the power of the Saniwa to protect history grows stronger, the traces of the History Retrogrades fade from the depths of the past. A new crisis emerges. High-ranking Saniwa are sent to different anime worlds to eliminate the History Retrogrades and preserve each world’s original storyline. Akabane is headed to the world of Detective Conan. What will she encounter there? And when will the truth about her and the swords finally come to light? Faced with a new crisis 279Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended books! It's all related to knife chaos! There is a lot of interaction with the men with swords, so you are welcome to watch it!

35. 85 综 Anime Crossover: Auntie, You’re So Bad at This, I’ll Rescue Every Blade 综漫：婶婶菜菜，刀刀捞捞 Purple Sweet Potato Cat Cake紫薯猫饼Anime Fanfiction935k WordsCompleted [Crossover anime, no CP, some romantic tension, OOC] (The second volume gets angsty) Life is life. We’re born to work. Tao Tao is 24 years old. She’s a rookie teacher who has spent half a year struggling through the early childhood education industry, and she’s already come to understand its charms all too well. Especially the preschool teaching profession, where you earn cabbage money but worry yourself sick. Then, by a twist of fate, she took up a side job. Not as a wedding planner, and not as 1.3kReads6.5Score146Shelves
36. 86 刀 A Sickly Swordsman’s Life as a Saniwa in Touken Ranbu 刀乱之病弱修士的审神者生活 Han Huhu, Who Loves Eating Flower-Petal Pastries爱吃花瓣酥的寒虎虎Anime Fanfiction169k WordsOngoing [Severe OOC + unclear whether there will be a pairing + no corruption] An abandoned Honmaru. A naturally frail Saniwa. What sparks will fly when they meet? “I’m only trying to stay alive…” The moment Weisheng says this, the sword boys erupt in protest. “Sorry, I’m so used to pretending that I forgot. I really am fine!” (If you really don’t like my protagonist, please don’t read this. I started writing it on a whim, and I love every character I write.) 1.1kReads6.9Score105Shelves
37. 87 血 Blood Moon Blade: The Nameless Lord’s Eternal Night Pact 血月刃鸣：无名之主的永夜契约 Ruan Ji Clear Sky阮籍晴空Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted A crossover between Vampire Knight, Black Butler, and Touken Ranbu. The worlds of each series are respected. [Beware: original headcanons] Forgetfulness was her last shield. Awakening was her predestined fate. Once an ordinary student at Cross Academy, Kurosu Ai struggled with her blank memories, her rare white hair and violet eyes setting her apart. One day, she was chosen by the Time Government to become a Saniwa tasked with protecting history. She gained companions known as “Touken Danshi” an 86Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    It's a Touken Ranbu manga. It contains stories about Japanese history and swords. Check it out.

38. 88 早 Waseda University History of Japan, Volumes 1–12 早稻田大学日本史(1-12卷) Kume Kunitake久米邦武Historical3.0M WordsCompleted Waseda University History of Japan, Volume One: The Yayoi and Kofun Periods covers Japanese history from prehistoric society through the reign of Emperor Tenmu. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including the Kojiki, the Nihon Shoki, Chinese historical records, relevant materials preserved at the Shosoin Repository, and research by Japanese and European historians of the Meiji period, Professor Kume Kunitake places Japanese history within the broader history of ancient Asia, centered on China. He 169Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    I wrote the reference list of Touken Ranbu OC. I hope it will be helpful to you. It would be better if you could recommend a few more books to me.

39. 89 日 An Introduction to the History of Japan's Warring States Period 日本战国史入门 Sakura Snowball樱雪丸Historical137k WordsCompleted Sakura Yukimaru's bestselling work! The history of Japan's Warring States period, told in the voices of dozens of figures, including Ikkyu, Hojo Soun, and Saito Dosan! A Japanese historical novel so gripping you'll read it until dawn! During Japan's Warring States period, rival powers fought for dominion over the country for more than 150 years. Countless battles were fought, and the era produced many heroes, including Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Takeda Shingen, and Uesugi Kenshin. Yet peo 223Reads9.5Score—Shelves
40. 90 简 A Simple Guide to Japanese History 简读日本史 Zhang Hongjie张宏杰Historical318k WordsCompleted Japan is a particularly unusual country. Its cultural core is remarkably stable, while its outward appearance changes with ease, leaving the world unable to pin it down. Only by understanding the unique nature of Japanese history and the Japanese spirit can we grasp Japan’s influence on the course of East Asian and even world history. This book presents readers with a rich, multidimensional history of Japan through four lenses. Part One begins with the distinctive Japanese view of sex, analyzing 1.8kReads9.4Score364Shelves
41. 91 日 A History of Japan 日本史 James L. McLean詹姆斯·L.麦克莱恩Historical442k WordsCompleted This book covers four hundred years of history, from the Tokugawa shogunate's appointment by the emperor to rule at Fushimi Castle to Japan's New Year celebrations in 2000. It is divided into five parts: “Japan in the Traditional Era,” “Japan in the Age of Revolution,” “Japan in the New Century,” “Japan at War,” and “Contemporary Japan.” From political upheavals to the rise of the merchant class, from proletarian labor movements to changing ideas about gender and evolving family and marriage cus 166Reads8.8Score—Shelves
42. 92 新 Record of the Shinsengumi's Blood-Stained Winds 新选组血风录 Shiba Ryotaro司马辽太郎Historical239k WordsCompleted They were the strongest swordsmen of the Bakumatsu, known as the Wolves of Mibu. Their rules were brutally strict, and any violation meant committing seppuku. They remained devoted to their duty, yet became a conservative force defending the shogunate and were ultimately swept away. Still, their samurai spirit endured in the cracks between the changing tides of time. On the night of June 5, 1864, during the first year of Genji, Shinsengumi Commander Kondo Isami led just four men into the Ikedaya 19Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    It's not available on Tomato. If you're interested, you can buy the book "Japanese Swords", which covers the history, shape, and production process of Japanese swords, but it's a bit expensive. The book recommended below has nothing to do with Japanese swords, but it is about the historical story of Yamato Mamoru Yasuda and Master Kiyomitsu.

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