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The Bride`s Stories Vol. 4 (2013)

by Kaoru Mori(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Level Comics

series

乙嫁語り / Otoyomegatari / A Bride's Story

review 1: Bride's Story v.4 is incredibly cute! While Smith (a linguist?) is detained pretending to be a doctor for the inhabitants of an entire region of Asia, the story focuses on the twins, Laila and Leily, as they go about looking for husbands. In a seaside town, these adorable twins girls hatch a half dozen impossible schemes to find rich, handsome husbands before their family eventually pairs them up with some boys they grew up with. After the four go on cute, if less than romantic dates they eventually pair off and decide the boys aren't as worthless as they thought. However, as opposed to the other brides' stories from this series, Laila and Leily, who are flighty as nymphs and have only been apart for two days in their entires lives have a rather rude awakening in store for... more them in the form of some grueling married woman bootcamp training courtesy of a very worried mother. It made me so jealous I almost cried! There's definitely more manga-like slapsticky content than in past Bride's Story volumes, but the girlhood was just adorable and the seaside culture was a welcome switch.Oh! And there is a really cute chapter on how some of the local women met their husbands that had me "aww"ing.
review 2: 3.5 stars I guess. Englishman gets temporarily booted out of the story in favor of two twins on the shores of the Aral Sea, which is IMO a good decision (see my previous review). Finally the characters wear everyday clothing. The relentless focus on marriage grinds me down, though; I know this is a series explicitly about marriage, but as it is also set in cultures distant from most of the readers in space and time, it kind of makes the association that these people's lives were ALL about marriage. This bothers me (especially as a descendant of steppe nomads!). Certainly, marriage is extremely important, but this is a rather skewed portrayal.It reminds me of a quote I can't locate online any longer, so I'm trying to quote from memory (I sadly also don't remember who said it) - "My conrace is totally military - this is like saying my conlang is totally ejectives". By analogy, this series makes it look like Central Asia is totally marriage. less

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