manga: A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori
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meganbmooreA Bride's Story is set on the Silk Road in the 19th century, and tells the story of Amir, a 20-year-old woman from a semi-nomadic tribe who enters into a political marriage with Karluk, a boy 8 years her junior. It's somewhat slice-of-life in a setting that isn't often explored, and with a decidely different approach than most of what's out there, focusing on Amir's getting used to her new life and the local customs, while her family plots to get her back so they can send her off to a more advantageous political marriage.
I read the first few volumes of Mori's Emma (meant to get back to it, still hope to get around to reading it someday) several years ago, and my general impression is pretty much what I recall of my impression of Emma: characters are likable but a little too perfect to be overly involving (their "flaws" are the kind that are meant to make them more likable and charming), the plot is pretty decent and straightforward, and it's greatest strength is the amazing detail given to the background and the clothes. Especially the clothes. There's more detail in some of the costumes than you can get in the entirety of some other manga volumes.
This is very very much worth reading if you want something decidely unique but also relaxing and easy going in your manga, or just want to ogle amazing scenery and clothing pr0n. That said, the chapter in which 4 generations of the women in Harluk's family get together and cover roughly a century-and-a-half of the family's history and the women of the family, via a huge embroidered cloth that they've all contributed to over the decades. Seriously, it's amazing and if you just want to read it to see what my fuss is, it's chapter 10 and can largely be read without having read the rest of the series.
I read the first few volumes of Mori's Emma (meant to get back to it, still hope to get around to reading it someday) several years ago, and my general impression is pretty much what I recall of my impression of Emma: characters are likable but a little too perfect to be overly involving (their "flaws" are the kind that are meant to make them more likable and charming), the plot is pretty decent and straightforward, and it's greatest strength is the amazing detail given to the background and the clothes. Especially the clothes. There's more detail in some of the costumes than you can get in the entirety of some other manga volumes.
This is very very much worth reading if you want something decidely unique but also relaxing and easy going in your manga, or just want to ogle amazing scenery and clothing pr0n. That said, the chapter in which 4 generations of the women in Harluk's family get together and cover roughly a century-and-a-half of the family's history and the women of the family, via a huge embroidered cloth that they've all contributed to over the decades. Seriously, it's amazing and if you just want to read it to see what my fuss is, it's chapter 10 and can largely be read without having read the rest of the series.
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Date: 2013-03-01 03:49 pm (UTC)