A Bride's Story
A Bride's Story is a Japanese historical romance manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Mori. It was first serialized in Enterbrain's Harta magazine from October 2008 to November 2020, after which it transferred to Kadokawa's magazine in June 2021. Its serial chapters have been collected into fifteen bound volumes as of November 2024. Yen Press licensed the series for an English-language release in North America. As of December 2025, fifteen volumes have been published in English.
A Bride's Story won the Prix Intergénérations at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012, as well as the 7th Manga Taishō Award in 2014.
Synopsis
Set in a rural town near the Caspian Sea during the Russian conquest of Central Asia in the late 19th century, A Bride's Story revolves around a young woman, Amir, who travels from a distant village across the mountains to marry Karluk, a young man eight years her junior. The series follows their relationship as it develops, while introducing storylines about other young women and their daily lives with their respective fiancés and husbands along the Silk Road, and their struggle to keep on their livinghood amidst the advance of the Russian Empire's army.Characters
Eihon family
The Eihon family descended from nomads, but have lived in a village for several generations. The family is largely patrilocal, but Yusuf, a son-in-law, married into the family.;Amir Halgal
;Karluk Eihon
;Mahatbek
;Balkirsh
;Akunbek
;Sanira
;Seleke
;Yusuf
;Tileke
;Torkcan, Chalg, and Rostem
;Henry Smith
Residents of the town
;Pariya;Chagap
;Kamola
Halgal family
Amir's family. They are nomadic during the summer. Introduced in chapter 4.;Azel
;Joruk
;Baimat
;Berkhrat
Jandiq clan
A nomadic clan of the steppe, who agree to join an alliance of steppe clans and town dwellers against the Russian encroachment. They are introduced in chapter 96.;Jahan
;Jahan Bique
;Ryazat
;Aigul
Other characters
;Numaji;Talas
;Talas's mother-in-law
;Talas's uncle
;Ali
;Laila and Leyli
;Laila and Leyli's family
;Sarmaan and Farsami
;Anis
;Sherine
;Umar
;Mr. Hawking
;Nikolovsky
Publication
A Bride's Story is written and illustrated by Kaoru Mori. It was first serialized in Enterbrain's manga magazine Harta from 14 October 2008 to 13 November 2020. It transferred to Kadokawa's manga magazine on 18 June 2021. The series' chapters have been collected into fifteen volumes by Kadokawa as of 20 November 2024. The first nine volumes were published under Enterbrain's Beam Comix imprint; subsequent volumes have been published under Kadokawa's Harta Comix imprint. In addition to the 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. A Bride's Story is also available in digital e-book format in Japan.Yen Press licensed the series for an English-language release in North America. The first volume was published on 31 May 2011; the fifteenth and most recent volume was published on 16 December 2025. The series received a digital release starting on 25 September 2018.
A Bride's Story is also licensed for regional language releases by Ki-oon in France, Tokyopop Germany in Germany, J-Pop Manga in Italy, Norma Editorial in Spain, Studio JG in Poland, Punainen jättiläinen in Finland, Level Comics in Indonesia, Daewon C.I. in Korea, Kadokawa Taiwan in Taiwan, Siam Inter Comics in Thailand, and IPM in Vietnam.