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A Bride's Story (manga)

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©KAORU MORI

Alternative title:
Bride Stories
I Giorni della Sposa (Italian)
Opowieść Panny Młodej (Polish)
Otoyome-Gatari (Japanese)
Young Bride's Story
The Bride's Stories
乙嫁語り (Japanese)
姊嫁物語 (Chinese (Taiwan))
신부 이야기 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Set along the Silk Road that connected Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe, in the 19th century. The story of Amir, a woman skilled in archery and horsemanship, sent to marry Karluk, a boy from another village who is 8 years younger than her. But all is not well, as her village decides to take her back...
User Ratings: 74 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (Eng:18, sub:2, others:1
1 Spanish
)
 Excellent: 31 votes (Eng:28, sub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 english & indonesian
)
 Very good: 15 votes (Eng:13, others:2
1 French
1 Spanish
)
 Good: 6 votes (Eng:6)
 Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 177 users, rank: #495 (of 6865)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.878 (Excellent), std. dev.: 0.9579, rank: #261 (of 7714)
Weighted mean: 8.791 (Excellent−), rank: #320 (of 7714) (seen all: 9.21 / seen some: 8.68 / won't finish: 7.15)
Bayesian estimate: 8.734 (Excellent−), rank: #25 (of 3518)
Chapter titles: We have 107
Vintage:
2008-10-14 (serialized in Fellows!)
2013-02-15 to 2020-12-15 (serialized in Harta)
2021-06-18 (serialized in Aokishi)
Release dates: We have 42
Reviews:
A Bride's Story - Volume 10 (Mar 3, 2019)
A Bride's Story GN 9 (Nov 1, 2017)
A Bride's Story GN 8 (Jul 8, 2017)
A Bride's Story GN 7 (Oct 5, 2016)
A Bride's Story GN 6 (Dec 2, 2015)
A Bride's Story GN 5 (Sep 11, 2015)
A Bride's Story GN 4 (Aug 4, 2015)
A Bride's Story GN 3 (Apr 28, 2012)
A Bride's Story GN 2 (Nov 27, 2011)
A Bride's Story GN 1 (Jun 10, 2011)
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eBook
    A Bride's Story (eBook 1) 2018-09-25
    A Bride's Story (eBook 2) 2018-09-25
    A Bride's Story (eBook 3) 2018-09-25
    A Bride's Story (eBook 4) 2018-09-25
    A Bride's Story (eBook 5) 2018-09-25
    A Bride's Story (eBook 6) 2018-10-30
    A Bride's Story (eBook 7) 2018-10-30
    A Bride's Story (eBook 8) 2018-10-30
    A Bride's Story (eBook 9) 2018-10-30
    A Bride's Story (eBook 10) 2018-11-27
    A Bride's Story (eBook 11) 2019-08-27 (from $9.99)
    A Bride's Story (eBook 12) 2020-09-22 (from $9.99)
Graphic novel
    A Bride's Story (GN 1) 2011-05-31 (from $13.04)
    A Bride's Story (GN 2) 2011-10-25 (from $13.60)
    A Bride's Story (GN 3) 2012-03-27 (from $13.27)
    A Bride's Story (GN 4) 2013-01-22 (from $12.47)
    A Bride's Story (GN 5) 2013-09-24 (from $14.22)
    A Bride's Story (GN 6) 2014-10-28 (from $11.93)
    A Bride's Story (GN 7) 2015-11-17 (from $14.66)
    A Bride's Story (GN 8) 2016-09-27 (from $13.82)
    A Bride's Story (GN 9) 2017-09-26 (from $13.82)
    A Bride's Story (GN 10) 2018-11-13 (from $15.81)
    A Bride's Story (GN 11) 2019-08-20 (from $17.00)
    A Bride's Story (GN 12) 2020-09-22 (from $15.55)
    A Bride's Story (GN 13) 2022-04-19 (from $15.81)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Kaoru Mori
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Enterbrain
English staff
English cast
Translation: William Flanagan

Lettering: Abigail Blackman
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Yen Press
French staff
French cast
Translation: Yohan Leclerc
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Éditions Ki-oon
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Norma Editorial (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation:
Massimo Soumaré (vol. 1-3, 5)
Roberta Tiberi (vol. 6+)
Sandro Cecchi (vol. 4)

Adaptation:
Matteo De Marzo (vol. 1-2, 5)
Verena Leonardini (vol. 3-4)
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: J-Pop
Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Paulina Ślusarczyk
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Studio JG
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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