History Manga / Sidooh

''Sidooh'' is a historical fiction seinen manga written by Creator/TsutomuTakahashi from 2005 to 2010, consisting of 25 volumes.

* ObliviousToLove: Mozu asks Shotaru if he wants to join her in a hotspring, but he refuses, not recognizing she's fallen for him. When Gen teases them by saying that Mozu is his sister-in-law-to-be, Shotaru is incredulous. [[spoiler:This changes towards the end of the manga, as he and Mozu have a child together.]]

* TheSquad: Shotaro and Gentaru are assigned to a quad called the White Lotus, alongside Kiyozo Asakura, Inō Kennosuke, Samejima Tasuke, Yukimura Shōtarō, and Mozu. Following the attack on the Black Ships and Rugi's betrayal of the Byakushinsō, only the Yukimura brothers, Inō, and Mozu are left.

* TheyDo: After over 100 chapters of Sho being oblivious to Mozu's feelings for him, they consummate their relationship in Chapter 160 and the following day Sho announces they're getting married, which happens in Chapter 162.

* SanitySlippage: Shogun Yoshinobu's mental wellness takes a nosedive as the Tokugawa's position grown worse. By the time the main cast meet him, he barely even remembers his allies while rambling nonsensical orders.

* NobleBigot: Ever since he was a child, Gen hates Westerners with a passion and wants to kill them all. The manga's portrayal of Americans is extremely unflattering, with them perpetuating horrific crimes on the Japanese with nigh-impunity due to their superior firepower and influence over the Shogunate.
* OneManArmy: Shotaro and Gen regularly defeat dozens of armed soldiers by themselves ever since they were kids. Other skilled warriors like Asakura and Hijikata among others have also shown mowing down dozens.
* {{Ninja}}: Mozu is a ''kunoichi'' assigned to the White Lotus during their mission to destroy the black ships, and is one of the four surviving members alongside Sho, Gen, and Inō. After the fall of the Byakushinsō, she starts earning money as a fortune teller in between missions for the Aizu ''shishi''.

* NobleBigot: Ever since he was a child, Gen hates Westerners with a passion and wants to KillEmAll. The manga's portrayal of Americans is extremely unflattering, with them perpetuating horrific crimes on the Japanese with nigh-impunity due to their superior firepower and influence over the Shogunate.

* DuringTheWar: The bulk of the series takes place during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War Boshin War, with the main characters affiliating themselves with the Aizu Domain.

''Sidooh'' is a historical fiction seinan manga written by Creator/TsutomuTakahashi from 2005 to 2010, consisting of 25 volumes.

* HappilyMarried: Chapter 151 reveals that Shotaro and Mozu have gotten married, and Kanbee teases them by asking when they'll have kids.

** Mozu falls in love with Shotaro after [[RescueRomance he saves her from burning to death]] during their attack on the Black Ship. [[spoiler:By Volume 21, they hook up and have a child.]]

** Gen falls in love with a deaf girl living in Aizu, and starts questioning his desire for revenge.

** When Mozu is captured after assassinating , she's tied up and suspended, and was about to be raped by Johnson when the others set the Black Ship on fire.

* OfficialCouple: Mozu falls in love with Shotaro after [[RescueRomance he saves her from burning to death]] during their attack on the Black Ship. [[spoiler:By Volume 21, they hook up and have a child.]]

* ObliviousToRomance: Mozu asks Shotaru if he wants to join her in a hotspring, but he refuses, not recognizing she's fallen for him. When Gen teases them by saying that Mozu is his sister-in-law-to-be, Shotaru is incredulous. [[spoiler:This changes towards the end of the manga, as he and Mozu have a child together.]]

In 1858, during the chaos of the Bakumatsu Era of Japan, young brothers Shotaro Yukimura and Gentaru Yukimura are orphaned when their mother succumbs to cholera. Coming across a ronin named Kiyozo Asakura, they are tricked and sold to the Byakushinsō, a secluded village led by the enigmatic Rugi. Intended to be sacrificed, Shotaro instead defeats Rugi's chosen warrior and takes his place as the Byakushinsō's champion, and he and Gen are adopted as Rugi's sons. Two years later, the Byakushinsō allies itself with the anti-Shogunate, anti-foreigner ''shishi'' and Shotaro and Gentaru are assigned to the White Lotus squad alongside the young samurai Inō Kennosuke and ''kunoichi'' Mozu. They are sent on a mission to destroy the Black Ships and overthrow the Shogunate, but Rugi betrays the Byakushinsō to the Shogunate's forces and Shotaro, Gentaru, Inō, and Mozu are the sole survivors. Spending a year in hiding, the surviving members of the White Lotus ally themselves with the ''shishi'' of Aizu to seek revenge for their fallen comrades and bring stability to Japan by purging it of the American foreigners.

** When Mozu is captured after assassinating , she's tied up and suspended, and was about to be raped by Johnson when the others set the black ships on fire.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Shotaro's team is responsible for the destruction of the Black Ships, and participated in many other important conflicts during the Bakumatsu Era.
* BigBad: Rugi is a charismatic, eccentric [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who inducts the main characters into his cult and then betrays them to obtain favour with the Shogunate.

* ObliviousToRomance: Mozu asks Shotaru if he wants to join her in a hotspring, but he refuses, not recognizing she's fallen for him. When Gen teases them by saying that Mozu is his sister-in-law-to-be, Shotaru is incredulous.
* OfficialCouple: Mozu falls in love with Shotaro after [[RescueRomance he saves her from burning to death]] during their attack on the Black Ships.

* {{Ninja}}: Mozu is a ''kunoichi'' who accompanies Shotaro and Gen on their missions to attack the Shogunate's forces, earning money as a fortune teller in between missions.

** Gentaro is molested by and almost raped by a group of female prisoners.

* {{Revenge}}: Gen wants revenge against Rugi for betraying them.

* WouldHurtAChild: The women imprisoned at the White Heart compound try to rape Gen,

''Sidooh'' is a historical fiction seinan manga written by Tsutomu Takahashi from 2005 to 2010, consisting of 25 volumes.

In 1858, during the chaos of the Bakumatsu Era of Japan, young brothers Shotaro Yukimura and Gentaru Yukimura are orphaned when their mother succumbs to cholera. Coming across a ronin named Kiyozo Asakura, they are tricked and sold to the Byakushinsō, a secluded village led by the enigmatic Rugi. Intended to be sacrificed, Shotaro instead defeats Rugi's chosen warrior and takes his place as the Byakushinsō's champion, and he and Gen are adopted as Rugi's sons. Two years later, the Byakushinsō allies itself with the anti-Shogunate, anti-foreigner ''shishi'' and Shotaro and Gentaru are assigned to the White Lotus squad alongside the young samurai Inō Kennosuke and ''kunoichi'' Mozu and sent on a mission to destroy the Black Ships and overthrow the Shogunate.

However, Rugi betrays the Byakushinsō to the Shogunate's forces, and Shotaro, Gentaru, Inō, and Mozu are the sole survivors. Allying themselves with the ''shishi'' of Aizu to seek revenge for their fallen comrades and bring stability to Japan by purging it of the American foreigners.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Shotaro's team is responsible for the destruction of the Black Ships.

In 1858, during the chaos of the Bakumatsu Era of Japan, young brothers Shotaro Yukimura and Gentaru Yukimura are orphaned when their mother succumbs to cholera.

* NobleBigot: Ever since he was a child, Gen hates Westerners with a passion and wants to KillEmAll. The manga's portrayal of Americans is extremely unflattering, with them perpetuating horrific crimes on the Japanese with nigh-impunity.
* {{Ninja}}: Mozu is a ''kunoichi'' who accompanies Shotaro and Gen on their missions to attack the .
* RedOniBlueOni: Shotaro is level-headed in comparison to Gen's rash hotheadedness.

** In the second chapter Shotaro and Gen come across a woman named Hana tied to a rock, but before they can help her a samurai arrives and rapes her. Shotaro kills him, but the woman is killed seconds later by [[TheDragon Kiyozo Asakura]].

* {{Revenge}}: Shotaro and Gen want revenge against Rugi for betraying them.

* TricksterMentor: Kiyozo Asakura is an enigmatic ronin who initially sells Shotaro and Gen to Rugi's cult and steals their sword, then returns to help Shotaro win the Byakushinsō's TrialByCombat. He seeks revenge against Rugi after he betrays the Byakushinsō, but is killed.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When Gen lashes out at Shotaro for seemingly forgetting their vow of revenge against Rugi, Mozu breaks up the fight warns Gen that if he injures Shotaro she'll kill him.
* WouldHurtAChild: The women imprisoned at the White Heart compound try to rape Gen,