Mahou Tsukai no Yome

Description

From Seven Seas:
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her.
When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise’s life will never be the same again. The man is a “magus,” a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice and his bride.

Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award.

Type

Manga

Related Series

Kanwa Mahou Tsukai no Yome (Spin-Off)

Mahou Tsukai no Yome Shihen.75 - Inazuma Jack to Yousei Jiken (Spin-Off)

Mahou Tsukai no Yome Shihen.108 - Majutsushi no Ao (Spin-Off)

Mahou Tsukai no Yome (Novel) (Side Story)

Mahou Tsukai no Yome: Fragment (Side Story)

Associated Names

Ang Asawa ng Mago

Cô Dâu Pháp Sư

Die Braut des Magiers

Mahoutsukai no Yome

Mahō Tsukai no Yome

Mahōtsukai no Yome

Oblubienica czarnoksiężnika (Polish)

Sahirin Gelini

The Ancient Magus' Bride

Velhon morsian

Čarodějova nevěsta

Наречена чаклуна

Невеста чародея

כלת המגוס העתיק

عروس الساحر

जादुगरको बेहुली

เจ้าสาวผมแดงกับจอมเวทอสูร

魔法使いの嫁

魔法使的新娘

마법사의 신부

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Latest Release(s)

c.96 by Ibara Scans 1 year ago

v.19 c.94.5 by Ibara Scans 1 year ago

v.19 c.95.5 by Ibara Scans 2 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

22 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 10, Chap 46 (S2P1)

Ends at Vol 9, Ch 45 (S1) / Vol 19, Chap 95 (S2P2)

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User Rating

Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (685 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.7 / 10.0

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Last Updated

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Genre

Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance Shounen Slice of Life
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Author(s)

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Year

Original Publisher

Bushiroad (vol 20-current)

Mag Garden (vols 1-19)

Serialized In (magazine)

Comic Blade (Mag Garden; Nov 2013-July 2014)

Comic Garden (Mag Garden; September 2014-March 2023)

Comic Bushiroad Web (Bushiroad; December 2023-present)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Seven Seas (19 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #424

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Monthly Pos #926

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3 Month Pos #1275

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6 Month Pos #1445

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Year Pos #1316

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List Stats

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On 1684 wish lists

On 86 completed lists

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Well this just sucks.

by Alex the Wonder Boy
5 months ago

Rating: N/A

After 11 years since it made its debut to the world, this series has lost its appeal, and the author could have done and should have known better. The series is called "The Ancient Magus' Bride", and I was expecting this series to be fully romance driven. But the no, the story is getting side-tracked by story arcs that others basically don't even care for. And what was the point of the main female lead's condition of her lifespan being shortened. It was addressed in the being of the series, but due to unexpected events the issue was resolved in the wrong way: Immortality. Look I don't understand what the author is doing with this series, but I think it's very disappointing that the author didn't keep the story simple and straightforward. I mean look at Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, including The Girl from the Other Side. These two were compared to this manga series, because of similar traits but managed to keep their stories simple and to the point. But this series has not, and I think that's a real shame that this series would be forgotten over time because of that.

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A Well-Decorated Mind-numbling Snoozefest

by Lokin
1 year ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

When I saw the cover, title, tags: "WOAH!!! LOOKS LIKE THIS IS IN MY BALLPARK! THE CHARACTERS APPEAR ON THE COVER ARE SO COOL LOOKING! AND THE PROTAG'S DESIGN LOOKS TO BE MY THING! "

However...

After getting through the 10-chapter mark, I couldn't be any further off my initial expectations (set by the glazing reviews most people here gave):

Here's my evaluation (My rating are based on how fun and intriguing I find reading it is):

VIBES: 7/10
ART: 10/10
FUN: 3/10

Recommended?

If you are in to look for an amazing, critically acclaimed plot. You won't find it here.
If you get intrigued in mysterious and well-researched world buildings, you might enjoy it 7-10.
If you are an ART FIRST, STORY SECOND, I think that it'll be to your liking (essentially, the opposite of those who enjoy mangas like One Punch Man (not the one illustrated by Murata but the scribble-ish 'nemu' storyboard version by ONE)).

Personally, I'm the type of reading that looks for fun first. And it wasn't engaging enough for me. I thought I could find an interesting story, but was met with a pseudo DnD world building book. Allow me to elaborate:

Author has the same problem as J.R. R. Tolkien and Jules Vernes who focus 90% on the world building: Hence, there's barely any tension or stakes or threads of a high-stake plot brewing. OK, I get it, guys, you have this cool world in your head that you want to introduce us to! Essentially, you guys are making a very sophisticated sandbox template for everyone to build their own headcannon, which is very cool for board games and stuffs. But for a manga who mostly relies on the narrative to thrive, is that really the best medium?

When I face 'manga where nothing seems to happen in the beginning'. I always give it the benefit of doubt. I try to find what the author intend to be the 'highlight' of the series. For some manga, it seems to be a cozy Slice of Life experience. For some mangas, there's a hidden, thrilling conspiracy brewing beyond all the iceberg. For some manga, the characters' drama seems to be the bread and butter. WITH THIS MANGA, my problem with it is that doesn't go for any of the above mentioned archetype, but instead, rely on its WORLD BUILDING solely to carry it. If you do things this way as an author, then you don't seem to be someone with a story to tell, but a world to share. Then I ask this of you, wouldn't this have been better as ANYTHING BUT A MANGA? (e.g. Video game backdrop, board game setting, DnD session)

Now enough of the ranting, let's go and check how it does things:

Story-wise, it opens up like the typical slow burn series... but lacks some critical elements that make it enjoyable to read. I think it's the way that it does it: Boring info dump, uninteresting interactions that doesn't provide much value.

The problem is that the plot(?) or the things it tries to build towards is done in such a way where it can't grab my interest (believe me, I manage to crawl through Houseki no Kuni and Beastars with a similar slow lead but even so they managed to hold my interest---with subtle mystery, foreshadowing, intrigue, hints, and some light comedy---while this one lacks any redeeming elements that can retain my attention). Like c'mon, show me something interesting, crazy, cool, anything!! Well, for this manga author's language, it seems to be: "OH HERE"S SOME PRETTY ART AND MYSTICAL CREATURES, HOPE THAT'LL SATISFY YOUR FOMO."

It's not a bad "read" if you just enjoy some pretty nice eye candy, the author should go do set designs, costume designs to maximize the value of their skillset. Or world building like G R R Martin did for Elden Ring. That seems to be their strong suit after all.

I also don't mind reading through guidebooks or lore books if I find the "main narrative" interesting. I do that all the times with franchises with multiple lore spanning across multiple entries like Nier, Xenogears, etc. The reason why it won't work here with this series is that the main narrative DOES NOT EXIST WELL AS A STANDALONE.

As such, this whole thing might be better as an artbook only release if the author doesn't have energy to retool this series into something else. I swear, if this is novel-form or has stickman-level drawing care... it would receive this level of reverence. It speaks how much the art carries this series (lots of flair, and induces a really nice ambience).

So if you are looking for a "story" that can hold strong on their own, you won't be able to find it here. (Kuroshitsuji which has a similar aesthetics is more enjoyable 'plot-wise' even though I gave it shit for its weird direction; just because it feels like things are progressing...)

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An Amazing Series Slowly Declining

by mdqp
1 year ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The Ancient Magus Bride starts very strong, quickly establishing a fairly novel "Beauty and the Beast" relationship, with an intriguing, magical twist. In the early chapters, you'll join Chise into exploring this new magical world, trying to get better after her horribly rough past, while Elias tries to learn how to be more human (to an extent). You get immersed into the interesting lore and rules of this world...

...But then the story slowly devolves into a series of "contrive drama/contrive solution to drama" scenarios. Magic rules are introduced and broken terribly often. This wouldn't be a problem, if they often weren't critical to the circumstances of the story arc (and eventually, of the the main characters' arcs as well).

Everyone, and I mean, EVERYONE, has an over the top, tearjerker story, to the point you have to conclude this world is only populated by cursed beings. The delicate equilibrium between a wounded young girl and the alien creature that gave her a home is battered or mended in the blink of an eye, for cynical, maximum emotional manipulation of the audience, with little care for coherence or believability.

The characters slowly lose their moral compass over the chapters (only to find it again if it's necessary for drama), and with the exception of Chise being (perhaps overly) willing to get hurt to help others, everyone seems a manipulative crazy person, everyone always speaks in quarter-truths (not even half-truths), and mysteries are mantained and built only thanks to this (which is beyond trite after 50+ chapters, which is where I stopped).

If you can ignore the inconsistencies, the world is certainly fascinating, the art is gorgeous and captures a unique look, and the two protagonists are charming, but I don't really feel like recommending this, despite how I really liked it in the beginning.

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One of the Best

by LazyReviewer
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The characters, world building, and plot, individually, are well done. The art is fantastic. But when put together, there isn't much that can compete with it.

It's mysterious, charming, happy, sad, etc. And there's a certain, old-world atmosphere that sucks you in when reading it.

It's like discovering the manga form of Studio Ghibli but targeted at young adults. A master class in soft magic systems (from a writer's perspective) to boot.

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Very interesting!

by M3la
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

I've followed this manga since 2016 and all I can say is it's amazing, it still keeps me intrigued evertime a new chapter is updated and I just have had so much fun reading it, one thing that I hate about mangas is that they often get boring over time and loose their meaning, this manga seems to be still one of my favorites and is really worth your time!

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Lovely read

by Paraph
7 years ago

Rating: N/A

A relation we rarely see portrayed this well. Plenty of tropes but the jewel of this series is the relation. Between two people learning to trust and have faith and rely on one another. It is very lovely to read. 🙂

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Amazing!! Shounen?!?!

by bribri0775
7 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Wow amazing....a completely different kind of manga...but shounen? Seriously?!?! You think a little boy or even to teenager will read this?!?! No no...maybe 18+ males and young to older females...It is very deep, character detail is below sea level...definitely shoujo...maybe seinen....I understand Shoujo carries a bad connotation for most...(easier for the author to sell shounen) but this isn't shounen. Remarkable work though.

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Stunning.

by Krinya
8 years ago

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easily in my top 5. The character development going on in both Chise and Elias is like nothing I've ever encountered before in a manga. The whole setting is intriguing and delightful, and there never fails to be at least one scene PER CHAPTER that takes my breath away.
I'm a cheap person who likes my manga free, but Mahou Tsukai no Yome is one of the very, very few works that i've ever purchased. And you'd better believe i bought every volume i could get my grubby little hands on.

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Holy Crap! 11/10

by ImmortalMuffins
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Wow, just wow.

Don't let the fluff and slow start fool you, this is by far one of the best mangas I have ever read. The sheer amount of character depth, lore, and beautiful artwork just sucks you in. The plot is becoming increasingly complex and very tightly woven, and the most recent chapters have ended on cliffhangers that come out of nowhere and leave you begging for more. Or rather, in my case, gasping and screaming in outrage that you have to wait another month to find out what happens. I can't believe this is Yamazaki Kore's first series. It has an excellent balance of action, drama, and character development that few other stories manage to achieve. Seriously, read this thing, it's amazing.

They had better make a full anime series out of this or else I will be so angry.

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GOOD!

by willnira
9 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

the first chapters are kind of slow, but then it gets just artistic. The story is kind of shoujish with some darkish but it's catching.

The characters show up when they have to, you get to learn a little about them and thats okay, they give a nostalgic feeling.

Give it a try, i hope they don't mess up into making this story so popular and making no sense chapters!

so yeah read it and give it a try!

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