An exorcist saves who was meant to be his sacrificial bride, only for her to get possessed by the demon that would have eaten her! Can they save her before the world discovers her new affliction?
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Info about this series (ongoing)
There are currently five volumes in Japanese, and one in English.
What’s this series about? Official Synopsis (Square Enix)
Plagued by a demonic curse, a young couple ventures across treacherous lands in search of a cure!
For a thousand years, the exorcists of the Kyogane clan have dedicated their lives to eradicating the demonic specters that haunt Japan. Kuro Kyogane, the current clan head, has no interest in getting married and producing an heir at his age. But once his family arranges a suitable bride in the bright and optimistic Fuyu, he agrees to fulfill his obligations. What Kuro doesn’t know yet is that his wedding ceremony conceals a dark secret—and once Fuyu is declared his wife, she may never be safe from harm again…
My thoughts on this volume (Slight Spoilers!)
While I typically have a very difficult time getting into shounen romances, I genuinely enjoyed this volume! While there was one female character design I couldn’t get into—I hate the gauze-bra-shirt design—I was able to forgive it.
This series follows the young exorcist, Kuro, who is determined to exterminate every last demon, and the women who suddenly becomes his bride one day. As Kuro spends every waking moment hunting down demons, he has been unable to find a bride. While he doesn’t care at all about finding a wife, his servant acts as though the world would end should he not find someone to marry.
At first I found this setup to bit a tad boring, thinking from here they will find someone inexplicably in love with him, and he will go on being uninterested in his new wife while she admires him despite a lack of affection. While my assumption ended up being half-right, I actually enjoyed the reasoning behind why his new wife loved him so much—he saved her life when they were younger!
This backstory explains exactly why she was so ready to marry him despite the secretly dark implications that marrying him comes with, and I was happy with how the story was playing out. I wasn’t expecting Kuro to come around to developing feelings for her so quickly, but it’s clear he genuinely cares for his bride!
Fuyu, the bride, is an interesting character. Although she’s been through a tragedy, she’s mentally strong and is able to put up with some of Kuro’s stranger personality traits. Kuro, despite claiming to have no interest in getting married, quickly comes around to having Fuyu has his bride. Despite this being an action shounen series, I found their dynamic to be very cute!
Like, when Fuyu seemingly left Kuro, trying to cure herself without any help, the poor boy clearly thought she had abandoned him. This lead to him having to find and eventually save her, and them having a talk about how “trusting someone means not being afraid of causing trouble for them”. For someone who claimed to have no interest in getting married, he sure makes for a good husband~.
The only thing I’m slightly worried about going forward is the character of Mikuriya, the scorned girl who wanted to marry Kuro despite never having met him. He’s happily married now, and verbally accosting his new wife won’t win her any points with him. She feels a little too childish of a character to be thinking about marriage, so here’s hoping she disappears from the story soon.
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