Otoyomegatari (10 books in series)
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review 1: Last read-April 27 2013
review 2: Absolutely beautiful artwork and an interesting look into Central Asian village life circa 1800s.
review 2: Absolutely beautiful artwork and an interesting look into Central Asian village life circa 1800s.
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review 1: Só pelo trabalho gráfico já vale a pena. Excelente.
review 2: Interesting story about nomads, cultural differences, and a love story.
review 2: Interesting story about nomads, cultural differences, and a love story.
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review 1: A Bride’s Story is a lush, historical graphic novel with beautiful, detailed art. I admit, when I first read the synopsis, I thought, “Oh no, this might be awkward,” regarding the ages of Amir and Karluk, but they both have a sense of maturity to their characters –especially Kar...
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review 1: A shift in the plot, as Mori turns from the young couple that was the focus of the first two books to Mr. Smith --- a European who has been staying with the family and now moves on. I was a little disappointed in the change, but we get more interesting glimpses into Silk Road li...
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review 1: Historical manga, romance, volume 3, with a new bride introduced, and they are all young, married at 12-13, but the one introduced in this volume is a young widow, Talas, who opens her home to the British researcher Mr. Smith, who gets in the middle of negotiations for a groom fo...
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review 1: The story continues! The main source of drama here is that the girl Amira's tribe of origin sent to another rival tribe to seal an alliance has died (under suspicious circumstances, as it turns out) and her brother and uncle are sent to fetch her away from Karluk's tribe and diss...
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review 1: This volume continues where volume 1 ends. The focus is still on Amir (the 20 year old titular bride - at least for the first two volumes) and Karluk her younger husband by 12 years. Again as I said in my review for one: the setting is rare to see in manga, the art esp. in the ...
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review 1: Another well-researched and fascinating glimpse into the lives of young brides in Turkmenistan. This volume is a continuation of the story from the first volume, featuring the same bride, Amir. She meets a new friend Pariya, a younger girl whose parents are having trouble marryin...
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review 1: I'm so glad that I continued reading this series! I love how Amir's character is adjusting to her new life and connecting with those around her. In this volume, tensions with Amir's former clan increase greatly, cultural elements and activities are highlighted, and Mr. Smith's ...
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review 1: Of all the things I did not expect from a Mori story, this volume has a fight scene. Several fight scenes, in fact, as the family of the young bride tries to reclaim her. Mori does a good job building the tension, although I found some transitions in the action a bit muddled.Th...