Thermae Romae

A manga about an ancient Roman bathhouse architect Lucius, who time travels to modern Japan and gets inspired by their bathing customs and advancements.

We’ve discussed this on an old episode.

Here it is! Mari Yamazaki‘s hit comedy that led her to do other historical Roman and Greek manga like PLINIVS and Olympia Kyklos. The premise is so zany but fun, it’s an intersection between historical edutainment and a reverse isekai. I revisited this after Yamazaki teased Lucius’ return in Olympia Kyklos and it’s still as hilarious as ever.

You can buy digital English language omnibuses from Yen Press.

~dakazu