I'd promised to explain about me reading girly shoujo manga, which really isn't my normal fare -- normally I'm much happier with violence-ridden, blood-soaked, cussing-filled, series like Jin Ha Yoo's Aegis [don't be fooled by the cover art: it's vicious and brutal on both a physical and emotional level], Naked Ape's Dolls, or Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal (although my violent streak is satisfied equally by SF-driven, distopic fare like Dolls, as much as quasi-historic violence of Blade). I'd seen several gorgeous images from Bride of the Water God used as wallpaper, icons, etc, but it took a boring rainy day to prompt me to download and at least take a look. The teaser per Dark Horse, which licensed the English-language version:
It's a far more satisfactory storyline than any I've read in a long time -- and I'm including a lot of the Western novels I've read recently in that, too. Certainly it's satisfying enough that I've got the English-language volume one already, planning on the rest, and will probably hurt someone badly if I don't see at least a summary of what's going on in the raws coming out of Korea. Damn it! Knowing simplified Mandarin only gets you so far in this world, because the Korean raws are all Greek to me.
Out so far:
Bride of the Water God, vol 1
Bride of the Water God, vol 2
No indication on Dark Horse's pages when the next volume will be released, and no pre-orders available yet, but Dark Horse is usually pretty consistent/reliable about these things. I'd expect vol3 to probably be available possibly in the next month or two.
When Soah's impoverished, desperate village decides to sacrifice her to the Water God Habaek to end a long drought, they believe that drowning one beautiful girl will save their entire community and bring much-needed rain. Not only is Soah surprised to be rescued by the Water God -- instead of killed -- she never imagined she'd be a welcomed guest in Habaek's magical kingdom, where an exciting new life awaits her! Most surprising, however, is the Water God himself... and how very different he is from the monster Soah imagined.( Let's start with a look-see of the first two pages in the story, as example. )
It's a far more satisfactory storyline than any I've read in a long time -- and I'm including a lot of the Western novels I've read recently in that, too. Certainly it's satisfying enough that I've got the English-language volume one already, planning on the rest, and will probably hurt someone badly if I don't see at least a summary of what's going on in the raws coming out of Korea. Damn it! Knowing simplified Mandarin only gets you so far in this world, because the Korean raws are all Greek to me.
Out so far:
Bride of the Water God, vol 1
Bride of the Water God, vol 2
No indication on Dark Horse's pages when the next volume will be released, and no pre-orders available yet, but Dark Horse is usually pretty consistent/reliable about these things. I'd expect vol3 to probably be available possibly in the next month or two.