A Bride’s Story

It was first serialized in Enterbrain’s Harta (formerly known as Fellows!) magazine from October 2008 to November 2020, after which it transferred to Kadokawa’s Aokishi magazine in June 2021.

Set in a rural town near the Caspian Sea during the Russian conquest of Central Asia in the late 19th century, the manga revolves around a woman, Amir, who travels from a distant village across the mountains to marry Karluk, a young man eight years younger than her. 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.