Today's post is on The Water Dragon's Bride Volume 1 by Rei Toma. It is the first in her Suijin no Hanayome series. It is 192 pages long and is published by Shojo Beat. The cover has two of the main characters on it looking at the reader. The intended reader is someone who likes shojo and historical fantasy. There is no foul language, no sex, and violence in this book. The story is told from third person god with characters thoughts added in for character and plot development. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- A modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god!
In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! What plans are in store for her, and what will happen when she comes face to face with this god?
A young boy named Subaru comes to Asahi’s aid, but despite his help, Asahi must endure a test of survival! Will she be able to make it out alive or will she end up being sacrificed?
Review- There is so much going on in this start that it is hard for me to easily write about, but in a good way. Asahi is not only from present day, she is a foreigner in Japan. So she has red hair and grey eyes and that causes all the trouble for her in the story. Feudal Japan is not a good place for a red haired girl. That is why she is sacrificed to the water dragon. The water dragon has not had anything to do with humans ever and that causes even more trouble for her, almost to her death. All the characters are interesting if a little wooden for this first volume. This volume is more about getting the setting down with some character development on the side. I look forward to seeing where the story is going to go; it is going to be more sadness or if Toma is going to do something else.
I give this volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
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