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Akuma no Hanayome #1
Bride of Deimos Vol. 1
Long ago, a brother and sister, lived happily on Mount Olympus until they fell in love. The gods were so angry about their forbidden love that they exiled them from the mountain, turned the brother into a demon, and imprisoned the sister in the deep ocean. As her body rotted under the waves, she asked her demon brother to find a girl that looked like her so that she could possess a new body. In the modern world, the demon finally finds the correct match: a high school girl who looks exactly like his beloved sister. Instead of offering her up for possession, however, the demon falls in love with her.
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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March 2, 2024
I have been watching you for a long time, my bride.
You have always belonged to me.
You will remember everything ...
Japanese DARK FAE manga
I'm here for it
You have always belonged to me.
You will remember everything ...
Japanese DARK FAE manga
I'm here for it
February 23, 2016
Deimos and Venus was a pair of siblings living happily in Olympus when they fell in love and was punished for their sin. Deimos was turned into a demon and Venus was trapped in an abyss and left to rot. Hoping to acquire a human body for his beloved (ick) sister ,Deimos went to the human world to find it.
He found Minako a young girl who was the spitting image of Venus and told her would take her away as his "bride" and that she would one day come willingly. (from what I can remember)
So now Minakos peaceful days as are over as she continually is exposed to the sinister antics of Deimos and other supernatural events.
Not to mention the hidden evil that dwells in the heart of humans.
During my convalescence (a cold) in bed I took the time to catch up on this horror manga and write a small review.
The first thing about this manga is the character of Deimos true he might be demonic and imoral.
But he sure makes it look good while hes being evil ;)
Its a pity Minako is hardly a worthy opponent as our bigeyed heroine is pretty useless...she does admittedly sometimes makes an halfhearted effort to save the victim of Deimos/other supernatural horror but most of the time she is oblivious or doesnt really seem all that bothered.
At least Deimos has an excuse for being horrible-he is a demon after all.
The chapters doesnt form a contiuous arch in fact if not for the presence of Deimos and Minako they could just as well have been one-shots.
What usually starts off a story is that Minako makes a new friend of love interest and they usually die in horrific murders accidents or by their own hand.You would think people would take a hint but..meh
So why keep on reading?
Well it is undemanding and the art apart from the blood and horror bits is pretty to look at. The art is very 70s with long flowing hair and legs that go on for forever...and thats just the male characters!
He found Minako a young girl who was the spitting image of Venus and told her would take her away as his "bride" and that she would one day come willingly. (from what I can remember)
So now Minakos peaceful days as are over as she continually is exposed to the sinister antics of Deimos and other supernatural events.
Not to mention the hidden evil that dwells in the heart of humans.
During my convalescence (a cold) in bed I took the time to catch up on this horror manga and write a small review.
The first thing about this manga is the character of Deimos true he might be demonic and imoral.
But he sure makes it look good while hes being evil ;)
Its a pity Minako is hardly a worthy opponent as our bigeyed heroine is pretty useless...she does admittedly sometimes makes an halfhearted effort to save the victim of Deimos/other supernatural horror but most of the time she is oblivious or doesnt really seem all that bothered.
At least Deimos has an excuse for being horrible-he is a demon after all.
The chapters doesnt form a contiuous arch in fact if not for the presence of Deimos and Minako they could just as well have been one-shots.
What usually starts off a story is that Minako makes a new friend of love interest and they usually die in horrific murders accidents or by their own hand.You would think people would take a hint but..meh
So why keep on reading?
Well it is undemanding and the art apart from the blood and horror bits is pretty to look at. The art is very 70s with long flowing hair and legs that go on for forever...and thats just the male characters!
May 12, 2020
I really like this manga, but because it's old i can't find a lot of the later scanlations (if they were made) after volume 8. Gutted, since it's been completed for years and i love the old style of manga like this.
July 30, 2022
“Don’t be stupid.. there’s no such thing as eternal love when it comes to humans.”
This was as dramatic and somewhat silly as you could expect from a 70s shojo manga. With that being said, I enjoyed this first volume. The art style is gorgeous and the story is kind of fun, even if parts of the plot don’t entirely add up.
Deimos is problematic but most dramas targeted toward teens these days are even more problematic, so who cares? Not I.
I’m biased because I adore vintage shojo horror romance stories, but this was a great read and I’m really glad I got all 7 English volumes.
This was as dramatic and somewhat silly as you could expect from a 70s shojo manga. With that being said, I enjoyed this first volume. The art style is gorgeous and the story is kind of fun, even if parts of the plot don’t entirely add up.
Deimos is problematic but most dramas targeted toward teens these days are even more problematic, so who cares? Not I.
I’m biased because I adore vintage shojo horror romance stories, but this was a great read and I’m really glad I got all 7 English volumes.
June 25, 2019
Minako...
August 16, 2019
Paranormal horror romance, drawn in classic sparkle-eyed shojo style!
October 31, 2022
After wanting to read this for a few years... it was not what I expected! I was originally introduced to this series from watching Rintarō's adaptation and it seemed much more of a horror thriller with supernatural elements... rather than a more Greek tragedy with contemporary horror elements. The writing reminded me a lot of "Saint Seiya"... but if the target demographic were girls instead of young men.
Something that I kind of miss, that would be considered bad character writing now, is how unaffected characters were by witnessing death in old series; the heroine is just unaffected and resilient, and that's weirdly refreshing. It's kind of strange that she is inhabited by a proto-Sailor Moon-like alter-ego that is Deimos's ex-lover/sister?? My favorite arc in the first volume is the short where it is revealed that Princess Kaguya was actually a werewolf, that was an interesting twist on the legend. Overall, "Deimos no Hanayome" seems to have been a big influence on other series, like the ever-iconic "Glass no Kamen".
Something that I kind of miss, that would be considered bad character writing now, is how unaffected characters were by witnessing death in old series; the heroine is just unaffected and resilient, and that's weirdly refreshing. It's kind of strange that she is inhabited by a proto-Sailor Moon-like alter-ego that is Deimos's ex-lover/sister?? My favorite arc in the first volume is the short where it is revealed that Princess Kaguya was actually a werewolf, that was an interesting twist on the legend. Overall, "Deimos no Hanayome" seems to have been a big influence on other series, like the ever-iconic "Glass no Kamen".
December 3, 2018
Re-reading dozens of times.
This series are my most my most beloved manga. I can read it again and again never ending :)
I read them since I was about 19....time flies....30 years later, this series are still not completed..lol
This series are my most my most beloved manga. I can read it again and again never ending :)
I read them since I was about 19....time flies....30 years later, this series are still not completed..lol
February 4, 2020
The art is pretty good, but the story is kind of pointless and incomprehensible. A demon follows a girl around tormenting her friends because that will convince her to marry him?
It's not bad for practicing my Japanese reading skills though, and has full furigana.
It's not bad for practicing my Japanese reading skills though, and has full furigana.
March 30, 2026
The art and magical mysterious vibe are great, but the vignettes often resolve in ways that seem unsatisfactory and too fast. It can be a bit disorienting, and take away from the main overarching story, but it's very fun for what it is, if you just want vibes and can accept the slight nonsense.
January 31, 2018
3.5 stars
July 27, 2020
Read this as a teenager and now coming back to it. Dark anthology is one of my favorite type of stories and bride of Deimosnsurely deliver
September 2, 2021
Good
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October 19, 2023Oh Please how to read this
April 19, 2026
I enjoyed the art style of this manga a lot !
It’s gothic dark setting which I love
It’s gothic dark setting which I love
February 2, 2015
I was allowed to borrow this book from a friend and she made me want to read it. However, even knowing the main plot of the story, when I first started reading I was confused. It starts with no back story and gives you no indication of the relationships that the main characters have. Once I got to the second chapter I was resolved to just enjoy the mini doomed love stories presented within. I do have to say that I like those stories very much. There are so morbid and beautiful at the same time. Finally in the fifth chapter the 'main' plot unfolds and the back story is revealed. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I knew right away what was really happening. However, I like the characters, I love the art (which has held up very well over time), and I want to read more. Which is the main goal after all, right?
August 3, 2011
Okay, so I've read (or looked at) better. I would've preferred more focus on the Deimos-Minako-Venus relationship rather than a series of viginettes but I enjoyed the tales of doomed love affairs pretty well and I guess that might be rectified as the series goes on (hopefully within the existing translated volumes). There's something endearing about it to me, the 70s art style and occasional wobbly translation perhaps. So I will continue to read those volumes I can while I still enjoy it.
January 2, 2024
I'm so mad we never got more of these. I need to know how it ends!!!
January 19, 2008
sampe sekarang aku masih nunggu lanjutannya...hiks...
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May 19, 2012im cant read this but i wacth ova 1 and this is perfect
June 17, 2013
ceritanya bagus bikin penasaran terus
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May 25, 2017good book
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