Tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual-historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional.
Examples:
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| Vagabond - Inoue Takehiko and Yoshikawa Eiji |
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| Rurouni Kenshin - Nobuhiro Watsuki |
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| Basilisk - Fuutaro Yamada and Misaki Segawa |
