The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn, Volume 1 (The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn #1-5)

First published in the 1980s and 90s, Waki Yamato’s renowned adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu’s 11th-century literary masterpiece is still gorgeous to behold and is considered one of the greatest novel-to-manga adaptations of all time. Prince Genji falls in love with his stepmother, and so begins a forbidden love that will make him suffer his whole life. Genji's love story involves him falling for many women and begins with his love for Princess Fujitsubo - his father's wife, and his stepmother. And Genji will cross that line which he should never cross.