Inuyasha and The Story of Saiunkoku. You could also try Samurai Gun.
Some good samurai manga would be, Samurai Champloo rurouni kenshin Inuyasha(not so much about a samurai but has basically the same feel to it)
If you are looking for an anime character that is a nurse, in Pokemon, the name of the (anime/manga) nurse is Nurse Melanie. :)
You might find Basara a good read, it's a romantic, historical manga with a similar war back drop.
Just choose your favorite character from your favorite manga. I recommend Yotsuba&! It's hilarious.
As a character in the manga/anime? No. In the video game? Depends what moves you teach it, the stats, etc.
Sugar Sugar Rune is a good one. The main character, Chocolat, falls in love with the villain, Pierre, who even tried to kill her.
a really good manga
1/2 Prince has a Elf main character, and it's a good adventure/fantasy/sci-fi manga
It is impossible to follow the old ways of the samurai. Samurai means to serve. You would serve the emperor or the shogun or daiymo, depending when in time you were living. Samurai followed bushido, or way of the warrior, devoting to life and death everything to follow a good path through service. The closet to this in a modern day way would be a Buddhist, serving in the army during the a time of war. Samurai were a class of person in Japan, when the samurai class was disbanded, so was its way of life.
These steps are what you should do to start a manga/comic in my opinion. Step 1: you should first come up with the main idea of the manga. You know...description of the manga. remember first come up with the MAIN CHARACTERS (OR MAIN CHARACTER) Step 2: draw the manga. you can also come up with some of the other characters of the manga besides the main character. Then you also have to come up with the different environments, areas, zones, and islands. Oh and also if you'd like, you could even make a rival for your main character like GokuVegeta and NarutoSasuke. Step 3: find someone to publish it or edit it like a manga-publishing company. Sorry, if they turn you down. Big time companies are TOKYOPOP and SHONENJump and can bring in a good amount of income, if the manga is very good. Step 4: Practice Practice Practice! Being a Manga Artist is very challenging and it takes patient, many big name mangas that were turned into Anime (Naruto, Inuyasha etc.) took alot of hardwork. Step 5: have fun making your manga! You should also be a good artist, too. Note: Being a mangaka isn't easy. You don't get much money when they are being sold. And do remember, if you draw a character, building, background, etc that has lots of details, it will be hard to repeat drawing the same thing, but really, you can get use to it after practicing. But who cares, manga is the best stuff ever and everyone can be mangakas!! ^^
Gaia Online has some pretty good manga avatars
manga for the beginner by christopher heart