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 2 years 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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Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (689 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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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 (20 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1064

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3 Month Pos #1324

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6 Month Pos #1325

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Year Pos #1424

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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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Captivated from the 1st chapter

by Blood_Wolf
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

[Review after reading 3 chapters. Will update again after ~20 chapters for a better review]

I didn't think too much of this series until I actually started reading it. From the first chapter I was quite engrossed. The female lead (Chise) is a person who's got nothing to live for. She was at a point where she didn't care for life or death. The male lead (Ellias) is a bit of a mystery. Not a whole lot is said, other than that he is a sorceror, and that he seems to be quite well respected (This is partially an inferrence).

In the past 3 chapters, the author has been unveiling a fascinating world which co-exists with the one we all know. It's introduced a few different species of creatures (won't spoil what), and a couple of characters who may play large roles in the story once it begins to unfurl in earnest.

Characters

Can't comment on the characters, since I don't expect much depth in 3 chapters (but I feel from what I've read that the mangaka has the ability and the desire to give some real depth to the characters. A little was given to Chise already.)

Art

Art so far has been good. It's not as good as I've seen in some manga (Shingeki no Kyoujin) but is well above average in my experience. It does well to give life to the characters and the environment, but I do feel a little something is missing at the same time.

Story

Main plot of the story has been set, so we know what this is headed towards. Chapter 3 laid down some of the roadworks for the future. The main story of chapter 3 made me feel like this should be a seinen instead of shounen, but oh well. There's plenty of series that I'm surprised with being shounen already so I won't dwell on that. Won't comment too much, since I've only read 3 chapters, and it would be premature (and impossible) to say much about how well the story is being done. There are comedic moments in the story, which I think are done well.

Hmm.. Did I miss something..? Oh that's right! Ellias is a demon/spirit/monster thing?? Now I've read plenty of shounen-romance manga, so I'm pretty confident when I say, not many have one of the main characters being some kind of beastly demon looking thing. Sure there's one monstergirl haremy type manga, ones with vampires, demons/demon lords, etc etc. But they all still have some semblence of looking human (except the monstergirls I guess..). I find it refreshing to see this beauty and the beast style characterization. And since chapter 2 killed off my whole "This is gonna be a guy in a mask, isn't it?" fear, I'm enjoying the fresh coupling (Even if it's a fake sense of freshness, I'll take it).

To be edited in the future [Assuming it doesn't get dropped for some unfathomable reason]

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Awesome but shonen?

by kujika
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Fascinating art, characters and plot. I definitely recommend this to anyone who likes magical beings and otherworldly characters.

Though it is beyond me why this is shounen. There is some complex feelings and text no common kid would be willing to contemplate and I think if anything it should be seinen or josei. Probably the art? Oh well the world of manga went a long way from shonen like Dragon Ball to today's shonen I guess.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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I am surprised !!!

by dremondtanic
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

i am really amazed of how well this story is written. It is different, appealing, and has a interest aspect of a story. I do not see any reason to give this anything below a 10 until the story start being bad.

The chapters take time to release but not worth down grading the score. I recommend this to any audience that love fantasy story with a little twist of everything else exempt sci-fi

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Amazing

by Localjrw
10 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

It has been a long time since I have gone WOW this is amazing for a manga.

Beautiful artwork, engaging story, all rolled into a dark fantasy world. I seem to be attracted to stories that explore the idea of what "family" truly means. I would recommend this to anyone who likes something beyond the norm in manga.

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An Amazing Series Slowly Declining

by mdqp
2 years 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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Very interesting!

by M3la
5 years ago

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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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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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In truth my rating is an 11/10

by Commissariat
9 years ago

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This series is great. I haven't read something that moved me so much, had intrigued me so much, in years. I'm a cheapskate but I'll buy all the volumes from this manga and the OVA when it comes out so I can properly support the author of this magnificent work.

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Quite charming

by devnamae
10 years ago

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Its been a while since I was so taken by a fantasy manga by the first chapter, especially something so shoujo-ish. Despite the shounen tag, the story seems to lean more to josei or a more mature shoujo- main female lead Chise isn't weepy and tsundere depsite her background (for now? lol), characters don't turn overly dramatic for no reason etc . The setting and plot leans heavily towards 'old world' magic and there's lots of folklore refs that fans of ye olde grimm tales would love. Also the male lead has a goat skull/wendigo appearance with a three piece suit. If that doesn't bring all the mori girls to the yard....

The artwork reminds me strongly of Emma/Bride Story/Gisele Alain. Seriously though, every chapter is a page turner and the story told so nicely that I just could not stop reading til the latest chapter (13 atm). Definitely recommend for fans of magical/fantasy work who are looking for a fresh look at the usual fairytale genre.

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