A Bride’s story volume 1

A Bride’s story volume 1 is just astounding. It’s outstanding that it’s so beautifully drawn as well as told by Kaoru Mori; that such strange subject matter — marriage customs among the nomadic tribes of Mongolia in the 19th century — might be so fascinating; that such ornately, beautifully comprehensive art can be manga; that such a handsome (hardcover, jacketed) volume might be created for the manga market, which is presumed to want cheap, teen-oriented stories.

Amir is 20 years old, thought about “over the hill” in her culture (despite her skills at riding as well as hunting), so she’s been provided away to one more tribe to marry a 12-year-old, Karluk. She concerns about fitting in with her new family, while her old one saw her as simply a bargaining piece, a method to make a treaty with one more tribe.

Her age is a issue since a younger other half can have much more children, while it’s clearly going to be a number of years (until Karluk matures) before these two have kids. He in some cases sees her as a wife, in some cases as a mom figure, provided her higher life experience. That’s especially the situation when he gets ill as well as she goes overboard nursing him. Yet their affection for every other is visible on the page as well.

Mori clearly likes her research, because she draws beautiful ceremonial garments as well as portrays the cultural rituals in a method that feels authentic. This is a story — as well as a world — to get lost in. especially during the outstanding wordless sequence when Amir hunts a rabbit from horseback.

The tribe values its textiles, with embellished tapestries serving as wedding event gifts, or fabric as well as thread traded as well as shared. one more chapter demonstrates the value of one more handcraft, that of decorative carving. A formerly nomadic culture needs members who understand woodworking (to develop messages as well as doors) as well as weaving (to produce rugs as well as tents), however it’s the charm as well as skill put into the practical aspects that make them valuable, even after the tribe has settled.

As the series progresses, I presume we’ll see much more about the strange (to us) politics, as Amir’s household concerns reclaim her as well as functions of others in the household ended up being clearer. A Bride’s story is well worth reading by anybody thinking about distinct female characters.

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