Today's post is on The Water Dragon's Bride volume 2 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 each other. 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 book- After a ritual in the village leaves her hovering on the brink of death, Asahi is rescued by the power of the water dragon god! Has he awakened to feelings of compassion, or does Asahi need to flee this treacherous world before something even worse happens to her?
Review- The story picks up right the last volume left off with Asahi having been just healed by the Water Dragon God. Humans are not only confusing him but they are starting to anger him. So he summons a flood to destroy the humans that hurt her. In doing so he makes Asahi fear him even more. Her only friend Subaru is starting to hate the Water Dragon because of all the amoral things that he does. But the Water Dragon is starting to change because of his interactions with Asahi, Subaru, and even the other gods that are watching him and Asahi. The Water Dragon is not a good 'person' at the moment but the real problem is he has never interacted with humans or even really the other gods before. So he has so much to learn about how to not be scary to a human or even just not hated by one. The volume ends with a time skip and Asahi is at the youngest an older teenager maybe a young adult. So far a very sad manga with interesting characters and the plot is moving in an interesting way. I look forward to the next volume.
I give this volume Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
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