Bride Stories

Amir's life, at the age of 20, is turned upside down when she is sent to a neighboring clan to be married. There, she meets Karluk, her future husband... a boy eight years her junior! Different village, different customs... The young girl, a skilled huntress, discovers a different existence, amidst the cantankerous matriarch, a horde of children, and Smith, the English explorer who has come to study their traditions. But even before the young couple has a chance to settle into their new life, the axe falls: to secure a more advantageous alliance with a powerful neighbor, Amir's clan decides to reclaim the young woman at all costs... Bride Stories is an exceptional manga, in which Kaoru Mori portrays the everyday nuances with rare precision and attention to detail. Set against the backdrop of the Silk Road, she delivers an epic, human, and tender fresco that leaves you moved and filled with energy.