The Water Dragon's Bride

The Water Dragon's Bride (水神の生贄 (はなよめ), Suijin no Hanayome)[lower-alpha 1] is a shōjo manga by Rei Tōma which was serialized in Shogakukan's Cheese! and is licensed in North America by Viz Media.[1]

The Water Dragon's Bride
Cover of the first Manga volume
水神の生贄〈はなよめ〉
(Suijin no Hanayome)
GenreFantasy, Romance
Manga
Written byRei Tōma
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineCheese!
DemographicShōjo
Original runFebruary 24, 2015 – January 25, 2019
Volumes11

Plot

Asahi, a modern-day girl, is whisked away to a strange land. She then befriends a boy named Subaru, who helps Asahi grow accustomed to this other land. But despite Subaru's efforts, Asahi gets in trouble when she's offered as a sacrifice to a water dragon god! Surprisingly, the god takes a liking to Asahi and decided to make her his bride once she grows older.

Characters
Asahi Arisa (朝日 アリサ)
Asahi is described to be beautiful, with curly red hair and strangely-colored eyes. Asahi becomes the water-priestess, when she is supposedly under the "protection" of the water dragon god. She also wins the affection of a boy named Subaru.
Water God (水の神, Mizu no Kami)
Subaru (スバル)
Subaru is Asahi's aid and is in love with Asahi after Book 1.
Tsukihiko (月彦)
Kogahiko
Subaru's Mother
Shiina (紫衣那)
Shiina is sister of Subaru.

Media

Manga

Tōma began the manga in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazine, Cheese! on February 24, 2015.[2] Viz Media announced during their Anime Expo 2016 panel that they have licensed the manga.[3]

Volumes
No. Original release date Original ISBN North America release date North America ISBN
1 November 26, 2015[4]978-4-09-137727-2April 4, 2017[5]978-1-4215-9255-8
2 December 25, 2015[6]978-4-09-138046-3July 4, 2017[7]978-1-4215-9256-5
3 April 26, 2016[8]978-4-09-138452-2October 3, 2017[9]978-1-4215-9257-2
4 September 26, 2016[10]978-4-09-138579-6January 2, 2018[11]978-1-4215-9507-8
5 January 26, 2017[12]978-4-09-139130-8April 3, 2018[13]978-1-4215-9655-6
6 May 26, 2017[14]978-4-09-139179-7July 3, 2018[15]978-1-4215-9858-1
7 September 26, 2017[16]978-4-09-139499-6October 2, 2018[17]978-1-9747-0187-2
8 January 26, 2018[18]978-4-09-139873-4January 1, 2019[19]978-1-9747-0228-2
9 May 25, 2018[20]978-4-09-870077-6April 2, 2019[21]978-1-9747-0562-7
10 September 26, 2018[22]978-4-09-870157-5July 2, 2019[23]978-1-9747-0503-0
11 January 25, 2019[24]978-4-09-870256-5November 5, 2019[25]978-1-9747-0958-8

Notes
  1. The kanji used in the title mean "The Water Dragon's Sacrifice", with the kanji for "sacrifice", ikenie (生贄) made to be read as "bride", hanayome (花嫁), instead using furigana.

References
  1. "VIZ | The Water Dragon's Bride Manga". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  2. Ressler, Karen (January 24, 2015). "Rei Tōma's New Manga Series is 'Bride of the Water God'". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. Ressler, Karen (July 1, 2016). "Viz Manga Adds Dragon Ball Super, Gundam Thunderbolt, Rei Tōma's The Water Dragon's Bride". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  4. "水神の生贄 １". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  5. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 1". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  6. "水神の生贄 ２". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  7. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 2". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  8. "水神の生贄 ３". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  9. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 3". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  10. "水神の生贄 ４". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  11. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 4". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  12. "水神の生贄 ５". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  13. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 5". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  14. "水神の生贄 ６". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  15. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 6". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  16. "水神の生贄 ７". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  17. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 7". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  18. "水神の生贄 ８". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  19. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 8". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  20. "水神の生贄 ９". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  21. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 9". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  22. "水神の生贄 １０". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  23. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 10". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  24. "水神の生贄 １１（完）". Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  25. "The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 11". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28.


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