Bride of the Water God

Description

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.

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

A esposa do deus da água

A vízisten menyasszonya

Bride of Habaek

Cô dâu thủy thần

Habaegui Sinbu

Habaek

Habaek-eui Shinbu

Habaekui Shinboo

L'épouse du dieu de l'eau

La sposa di Habaek

The Bride of the Water God

Невеста речного бога

زوجة إله الماء

水神的新娘

河伯的新娘

河神的新娘

하백의 신부

하백의 신부 외전

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

v.22 c.157 by Shojo Manhwa Scans 5 years ago

v.22 c.156 by Shojo Manhwa Scans 5 years ago

v.22 c.154-155 by Shojo Manhwa Scans 6 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

24 Volumes (Complete)
176 Chapters

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

The Bride of the Water God by JJLi14

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User Rating

Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (1115 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.15 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 12th, 2025 3:19pm PDT - 4 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Fantasy Historical Romance Shoujo Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Seoul Cultural Publishers

Seoul Media Comics

Serialized In (magazine)

Wink (Seoul Cultural Publishers)

Mcomics (Seoul Media Comics)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Dark Horse (17 Volumes - Last release 2015)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1596 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2078

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6 Month Pos #3301

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Year Pos #3532

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OH THE PAIN ::spoilers::

8 years ago

This manga... -_-

12 years ago

Does anyone know why Soah is fated to love 2 people?

14 years ago

who do you think is Habaek's fated person?

14 years ago

The reason

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

HUMM

by Charis
14 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Interesting story plot, but about ch30 or so, it just gets soo silly and the character relationship gets so crazy!
I don't know if its just me (maybe it is) but sometimes the story just skips to the past so suddenly that I takes me a while to realise going on about the past. Maybe its becuase i'm use to jap manga but anyways i'm just glad that the author drew some pupils into the characters eye when she draws the face turning to one side. Probably why i continued reading the story.. lol

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boring

by polomovolo
14 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

I don't like the characters. Soah suspects that Mui and Habaek are (is?) one person - why won't she ask directly? And well, if she thinks they aren't, isn't she supposed to, choose one and stick to it? If she's that devoted to Habaek, isn't clinging to Mui cheating? And well, if Mui really loves her that much is it hard to tell her that he has two forms? Well, I know that if it weren't for that there would be no plot whatsoever, but I just can't stand it. Not that it's rare, most mangas have wishy-washy idiots as "main character", so what can I expect.

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Beautiful but complicated

by mashimaro12345
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

the artwork is absolutely beautiful, the scenery, the gods, everything. however, the thing about Nakbin has dragged on for too long, and storyline is slow moving. hope to see more on hooye and soah, and habaek is quite annoying for not being able to let go of nakbin. very complicated, especially about the part on the war, the emperor thingy.

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beautiful..

by otakuness
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

but boring!!!

yeah.. sometimes it can get so boring that you just want to flip a page and then sleep..
but for some reason you cant because you want to know what will happen next.. i really have mixed feelings for this manwha.. i really do.. its like.. its been undisturbed in my reading list for quite a while now and up until now i havent been able to finish the available chapters.. but everytime i read this it just drags me in all over again and i cant sleep i just have to read and read but for some reason after some disturbance happens i wouldnt put it down but.. i wouldnt find the reason after that to continue reading this..

so anyway to the story..
it isnt as confusing as people here say.. sure they all look the same, sure they have weird names that all sound the same, sure they all look like theyre about to do something evil, sure there are about a dozen of characters.. but is that a reason to be confused? yesss? oh! how could you!
but seriously i wanst really confused.. i just thought that the plot is a bit twisty and its like really slow.. its like watching a mexican soap opera in oriental form..

okay the characters..
Soah- i personally think that she is somehow like Bella <yeah.. her from twilight> but less annoying.. i really think that shes nicely drawn and all but wheres her personality? i just think that for some reason she is so boring.. why is that? i mean.. 70+ chapters and she does nothing.. its already a given that she is the pawn of the emperor but why does she have to act like it? i mean.. get some attitude girl! seriously!
Habeak- oh man.. everybody just loves a tormented emo boy.. well im not a fan of his.. but its just that.. well he has his moments.. but sometimes i just dont get him! i mean he loves her.. but he leaves her.. and then he does things that gives away confusing signals.. i mean i, as the reader should know what he means because IM THE READER! gawd! but overall i think that compared to those dominant shoujo guys.. Habaek is rather cool.. 🙂
The Other Gods- oh cmon.. get a life.. its like they all want to get into habaek's pants or kill him.. and the emperor? we need more badassness!!! its like the war isnt really happening.. and the other characters are just way too bland!!

so the art..
the characters are all fantastic looking.. but they all look the same! except for the hair.. but the redeeming point is that the backgrounds are gorgeous!! but sometimes.. i cant explain it but when they are saying somethings it gets really weird because its gets confusing as to where they are on the moment they are speaking and sometimes when they are talking about this person's evil plot and he was like originally drawn in front of them and then i as the reader would be like WTF?! but then the person would be gone.. weird.. am i just imagining this??

so overall.. i think that its really a nice manwha.. justa bit overrated but for some reason its addicting.. and since im a sucker for GodXHuman romances.. i will give it a higher score than planned! 🙂

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Art is okay

by MangomyTango
15 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

Everyone says the art is gorgeous, but I beg to differ. It looks like the usual Korean art that you would see in a manhwa. After I took a look back at the artwork it wasn't anything special or especially 'pretty'
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I'll stop picking on the artwork and talk about the story line...
it's okay and kind of twisty all over the place xD I couldn't keep up with it. I dropped it halfway through and I hope the series end soon...it's getting a bit too draggy.
Soah is a so-so heroine. Everybody seems to have a ulterior motive...

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whut

by the jabberwocky
15 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The artwork in this is absolutely gorgeous, for the first bit reading this that was the main draw for me as it is really stunning. However now that I'm on chapter 52 I'm finding the plot dragging a bit. It gets quite complex and somewhat confusing, but at the same time feels as though everything is being dragged on forever and there is no resolution.

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good pick

by naczyls
15 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I love the way the plot goes - the characters were revealed slowly unlike some other manga/manhwa where the main characters started making out at the end of first 100pages. The slow but detailed storyline allows us to understand the characters deeply (and i realized that i dont hate any of the characters so far because all of them have their reasons to be who they are - after 77chapters)..
Though i must admit that there are some plots where i got annoyed because of the slow moving flashbacks and the lack of emotional expressions at critical times (especially when a character seems to be shouting but her facial expression doesn't show that at all). However, all these can be forgiven because the author is pretty inexperienced.

Overall, this is a good manhwa to read especially if you love pretty drawings (and very much detailed) and the main characters don't fall in love at first sight with no reason at all.

New edit:
I decided to drop this manga after the continuous dragging and repetition of ZERO plots.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Boring plot with great art skills

by LUEser
15 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

I started this one up again after a long hiatus. I remember the great artistic skills but not so much on the plot. Once I started rereading this, I realized how utterly confusing the plot was despite the fantastic artistic skills. Lets be honest, this manga is really just a poor excuse to showcase artwork. In which case, I feel I would have appreciated this more if it was just an artwork book instead.

The plot gets sidetracked a lot, most of it stemming from introducing too many characters all at once. They seem relevant for maybe 2-4 chapters and then we rarely see them again; it's a pain to have to memorize characters when you don't know if how long they will be relevant for. Not to mention, they mostly look the same. There's rarely any various combinations of looks. At one point, I was confused because I didn't know which character was being addressed (this girl looks like Mui's mother...but wait, she's in love with Mui... HUH?!!!) And then there are characters who were never as important in the beginning but now all of a sudden plays such a large role so now I'm stuck having to research who they were at the beginning of the series.

Character development is generally fine but I am rather disgusted by Soah's character portrayal. She is an insecure and pathetic woman who does not think in the long run. She is often easily persuaded by others who are obviously against her and creates such unnecessarily large drama (i.e. Mui turning into a human) that even she can't solve. She is entirely too dependent and doesn't really have a brain of her own, like a dimwitted puppy that needs saving all the time. Also, I am not a big fan of the Emperor's character portrayal. From my point of view as a reader, he really doesn't have any power that would really threaten people yet people manage to let him screw them all over the place. So far and this late in the series, he has never once proven himself to be a terrifying and all powerful Emperor...just some piece of sh!t who just...well, manipulates people and is a petty brat idiot.

At the beginning of the series, you'll love the artworks. It's amazing, so unique, so detailed and the details of fabric just seem so realistic and majestic that they are drawn with a lot love. Then once you move past that stage, you start to notice that actions such as "sword fighting, physical altercations" and so forth is rare...there are panels of splashes of blood instead to portray injury. Even things like limbs, the way they should be moving, is limited and looks very awkward when they are portraying a fight scene. Then you notice that facial emotions are very limited and sometimes, so stiff, that they are incorrectly portraying emotions. All of these details really add up and pretty soon, you're really just looking at an artwork book full of bubble captions.

This series was given 4* only because I feel that some plots worked better than others and because I really can't deny that this manga truly is a work of art (especially when it is digitally colored). I would probably recommend this only if you're a romantic sap looking for a damsel-in-distress, great but stiff artworks, "I guess I don't care too much about what I'm reading today" type of manga.

... Last updated 6 years ago

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not so bad

by turnip head
15 years ago

Rating: 8.4 / 10.0

exciting it isn't, but the artistry is lush and lovely (despite the facial features being a little [a lot] cold) and the plots and intrigue expected at a royal court are dramatic without being eye-rollingly so. it's soap-opera-ish but taken down several notches. i don't think Mui is a two-timer and i don't hold too much sympathy for Soah. Soah isn't pitiful, and i like that. the male lead has weakness- i like that as well.

it actually felt like i floated through the first few chapters and i couldn't quite catch the plotline that floated right above my head, vague and indirect. i get that a lot with manhwas. but things are thickening- the plot does move. and i'm definitely interested in knowing what will happen next. i thought the flashbacks pretty much scrapped any ideas of a wicked mother-in-law. and the only outright evil character so far has been the one pulling the strings.

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Just Complicated

by redjami0
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Thhis is a very complicated manwha, in the middle I was getting annoyed, but I continued to read it because there were so many twist in it and the twist just keep coming. What I really like about it even though it's mainly serious there are some good funny parts in there. Yeah there are alot of flashbacks, but they are just feeling the story we don't know and they are informational. The art work is simply beatiful.

I have been in a mix as to who I want Soah to end up with, Habaek is a two-timer and I feel bad for Hooye who is always getting the short end.

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