Why the 'Scarlet'?

I wouldn't say scarlet's my favorite colour but it is a beautiful colour, and it has a nice ring to it..

You may not be a fan of Japanese manga, but they all have a story to it, like a comic book but a thousand times better and without the sonic language 'BOOM' 'CRASH' 'SMACK'. I don't know about you, but I find that ANNOYING.

Anyway back to the 'scarlet' and the 'manga', I noticed that all mangas subtly represent the character of the mangaka (author). You know when their stories are amazing because they are well thought-out, like the manga 'Apothecary Argentum' Such a historical and interesting manga, never in my life have I learned more about the birth of medicine than in this manga. Now I'm  not saying that I lack knowledge in medicine, but that mangas are like movies, so entertaining.

The 3 scarlets have pretty much influenced me: see if any pique your interests:=)

 'Scarlet Palace'

war-torn kingdoms struggle for power in Ancient China, a deadly yet beautiful struggle also emerges in the seraglio of the King of Ding (King Xun)! In order to gain the terrifying King Xun's favor, Ninghu's family is determined to make her the future Queen, but King Xun is not interested in his other concubines at all. Not willing to become just another neglected concubine, Ninghu disguises herself as an eunuch servant to her brother Yuanren, the second most powerful eunuch and adviser in the kingdom. However, the moment that she enters the Scarlet Palace, Lingyu, the most influential and favored eunuch, suspects that she is a girl and begins to investigate her (read more: mangahere.com)

'The Scarlet Chair'

Setsu is a tomboy who lives in the small village Niolz and she's been participating in various Martial Arts Comepetitions in order to earn enough prize money to travel to the capital Bazen where King Lucaria resides... Luca, her childhood friend who left in order to ascend the "Scarlet chair" as the last rightful heir of the royal line. However when she finally arrives there and gets a glimpse of the King she's shocked to find a stranger in his place (Read more: mangafox.com)

 'The Scarlet Kimono'

 An amazing book I have read on the unexpected adventure of a 17 year old English girl Hannah during the 17th Century. Who rebels against her arranged marriage to a middle-aged man  by setting sail to the culturally different Japan. She does this by acting as a stowaway on her brother's exportation ship.