A Bride's Story
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A Bride's Story volume one cover.
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乙嫁語り (Otoyomegatari) |
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| Genre | Drama, Historical, Romance |
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| Written by | Kaoru Mori |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Harta |
| Original run | 14 October 2008 – present |
| Volumes | 8 |
A Bride's Story (Japanese: 乙嫁語り Hepburn: Otoyomegatari?) is a historical romance manga by Kaoru Mori. It is published by Enterbrain in the magazine Harta (previously called Fellows!), and is so far collected in 8 tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in English in North America by Yen Press and was first released in May 2011, with volumes in a hardcover format.
Set in Turkic Central Asia in a rural town near the Caspian Sea during the late 19th century, the story revolves around a young woman, Amir, who arrives from a distant village across the mountains to marry Karluk, a boy eight years younger than her. The story unfolds among details of every-day family and community life, with wonderful visuals and excellent portrayals of life during the 19th century in Central Asia.
Descended from nomads, but for several generations have lived in a village. But they still follow their culture of a patrilocal society, which mean when a man marries, his wife joins him in his father's home or compound, where they raise their children.
They continue to live a nomadic lifestyle.
The family Amir was born into. They are nomadic during the summer. Introduced in chapter 4.
The series launched in Fellows! on 14 October 2008.
A Bride's Story placed second in the annual Japanese manga award "Manga Taishō" 2011. It was surpassed by Chika Umino's 3 Gatsu no Lion by only 20 points.YALSA nominated the first volume for its 2012 "Great Graphic Novels For Teens" list. It also won the intergénérations prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.
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