Niji-iro Tōgarashi
Niji-iro Tōgarashi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 1990 to April 1992, with its chapters collected in 11 volumes. The story is set in a place very similar in appearance to Earth in the Edo period; however, Adachi regularly reminds the reader all throughout the series that the setting is another planet in the distant future which just happens to look like Earth.
After the death of his mother, Shichimi sets out to join his half-brothers and -sister who live together in Karakuri Tenement, a place provided by the father they have never met. He finds out that each of them had different mothers, but were fathered by the same man. Not long after Shichimi's arrival, the siblings decide to journey to visit the graves of each of their mothers. On this journey, they encounter many dangers.
The names are puns on Japanese spices, each one being an ingredient in, also known since the Edo period as, a seasoning made of seven ingredients including chili powder.
Characters
Seven siblings
;Shichimi;Goma
;Asajirō
;Keshi
;Natane
;Chinpi
;Sanshō
;Furon
The Shogunate
;Okugawa Akimitsu;Princess Koto
;Hikoroku
;Hanzō
Other characters
;Captain Ban;Okugawa Takamitsu
;Shōgo
;Akamaru
;Billy