
A Bride's Story (乙嫁語り, Otoyomegatari) is a Japanese historical romance manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Mori. The story follows the daily lives of several young women and their respective fiancés and husbands during the Russian conquest of Central Asia in the late 19th century. A Bride's Story was first serialized in Enterbrain's seinen manga magazine Harta (formerly known as Fellows!) from 14 October 2008[1][2] to 13 November 2020.[3] It transferred to Kadokawa's manga magazine Aokishi on 18 June 2021.[4][5][6] The series' chapters have been collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa as of 20 October 2022.[7] The first nine volumes were published under Enterbrain's Beam Comix imprint;[8][9] subsequent volumes have been published under Kadokawa's Harta Comix imprint.[10][11] In addition to the tankōbon release, a wide-ban collector's edition of the manga has been issued by Kadokawa since 20 August 2021. The wide-ban features large pages, high-quality paper, fold-out color illustrations, and special boxes to store each volume in.[12][13] A Bride's Story is also available in digital e-book format in Japan.[14][15]
Yen Press licensed the series for an English-language release in North America.[16] The first volume was published on 31 May 2011; the thirteenth and most recent volume was published on 19 April 2022.[17][18] The series received a digital release in English starting on 25 September 2018.[19] A Bride's Story is also licensed for regional language releases by Ki-oon in France,[20] Tokyopop Germany in Germany,[21] J-Pop Manga in Italy,[22] Norma Editorial in Spain,[23] Studio JG in Poland,[24] Punainen jättiläinen in Finland,[25] Level Comics in Indonesia,[26] Daewon C.I. in Korea,[27] Kadokawa Taiwan in Taiwan,[28] Siam Inter Comics in Thailand,[29] and IPM in Vietnam.[30]
Volume list
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | 15 October 2009[8] | 978-4-04-726076-4 | 31 May 2011[17] | 978-0-316-18099-3 | |
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2 | 15 June 2010[31] | 978-4-04-726586-8 | 25 October 2011[32] | 978-0-316-19446-4 | |
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3 | 15 June 2011[33] | 978-4-04-727328-3 | 27 March 2012[34] | 978-0-316-21034-8 | |
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4 | 12 May 2012[35] | 978-4-04-728083-0 | 22 January 2013[36] | 978-0-316-23203-6 | |
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5 | 15 January 2013[37] | 978-4-04-728631-3 | 24 September 2013[38] | 978-0-316-24309-4 | |
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6 | 14 January 2014[39] | 978-4-04-729396-0 | 28 October 2014[40] | 978-0-316-33610-9 | |
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7 | 14 February 2015[41] | 978-4-04-730243-3 | 17 November 2015[42] | 978-0-316-34893-5 | |
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8 | 14 December 2015[43] | 978-4-04-730782-7 | 27 September 2016[44] | 978-0-316-31762-7 | |
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9 | 15 December 2016[9] | 978-4-04-734378-8 | 26 September 2017[45] | 978-0-316-56262-1 | |
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10 | 15 February 2018[10] | 978-4-04-734829-5 | 27 November 2018[46] | 978-1-9753-2798-9 | |
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11 | 15 December 2018[47] | 978-4-04-735343-5 | 27 August 2019[48] | 978-1-9753-8492-0 | |
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12 | 13 December 2019[49] | 978-4-04-735797-6 | 22 September 2020[50] | 978-1-9753-3319-5 | |
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13 | 15 March 2021[11] | 978-4-04-736265-9 | 19 April 2022[18] | 978-1-9753-4145-9 | |
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14 | 20 October 2022[51] | 978-4-04-737259-7 | 19 September 2023[52] | 978-1-9753-7393-1 | |
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
The following chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume:
References
- ↑ "Fellows! 2008-OCTOBER volume 1". Enterbrain (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ Loo, Egan (30 September 2008). "Emma's Kaoru Mori Launches Otoyome-Gatari Manga (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ "ハルタ 2020-NOVEMBER volume 79". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (15 December 2020). "Kadokawa Launches New Aokishi Manga Magazine on April 20". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ 青騎士第2号はA・B分冊、久慈光久の新連載や「乙嫁語り」移籍連載など始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 18 June 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ 青騎士 第2B号. Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ 【10月20日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 20 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- 1 2 乙嫁語り 1巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- 1 2 乙嫁語り 9巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- 1 2 乙嫁語り 10巻 (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- 1 2 乙嫁語り 13 (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ マンガを紙で味わう至福がここに!森薫「乙嫁語り」ワイド版、刊行スタート. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り:超豪華仕様のワイド版発売 森薫の肉筆再現 こだわりの紙、製本. Mantan Web (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers Co. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 1巻 (電子版) (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 13巻 (電子版) (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ Loo, Egan (23 July 2010). "Yen Press Adds Highschool of the Dead, UraBoku (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- 1 2 "A Bride's Story, Vol. 1". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- 1 2 "A Bride's Story, Vol. 13". Yen Press. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ↑ Madrigal, Brianna (21 September 2018). "Announcement: Kaoru Mori's series gets a digital release!". Yen Press. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Bride Stories T01 – Éditions Ki-oon" (in French). Ki-oon. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Young Bride's Story, Band 01" (in German). Tokyopop Germany. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "I Giorni della Sposa 001" (in Italian). J-Pop Manga. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ BRIDE STORIES 1 (in Spanish). Norma Editorial. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Opowieść Panny Młodej #1" (in Polish). Studio JG. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Aron morsiamet" (in Finnish). Tokio.fi. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ↑ Level Comics [@comic_lxlc] (September 7, 2016). "Komik yang akhirnya sampai di redaksi & sedang diurus lisensinya. Ada yang masih ingat judulnya? ;w; @elexmedia" (Tweet) (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via Twitter.
- ↑ 신부 이야기. 1. Kyobo (in Korean). Daewon C.I. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ 姊嫁物語 (1) (in Chinese). Kadokawa Taiwan. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ [แยกเล่ม] เจ้าสาวแห่งทางสายไหม เล่ม 1–11 (in Thai). Siam Inter Comics. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Cô Dâu Thảo Nguyên – The Bride's Stories 1". IPM (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 2巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 2". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 3巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 3". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 4巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 4". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 5巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 5". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 6巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 6". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 7巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 7". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 8巻 (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 8". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 9". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 10". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 11巻 (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 11". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 12 (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 12". Yen Press. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 乙嫁語り 14 (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ↑ "A Bride's Story, Vol. 14". Yen Press. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
External links
- A Bride's Story at Anime News Network's encyclopedia