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狼の娘 [Ōkami no Musume] #1
Wolf's Daughter: A Werewolf's Tale Vol. 1
In this coming-of-age josei story, a young girl is discovering herself after learning the secret of who--and what--she really is.Tsukina is an average high school girl with a supernatural secret--one that even she is unaware of. After an encounter with a man named Hayate, Tsukina begins to realize she's not entirely human. Her great athletic ability, her enhanced sight at night, even the reason she craves raw meat, all comes down to one She's a werewolf. But this reveal leads her to more questions. Who is she really? What does it mean to be a werewolf? Just where will Tsukina's journey of self discovery lead her?
170 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 9, 2023
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Yuki Kodama
49 books43 followersAssociated names : 小玉由起 (chinese)
Name (in native language) : 小玉ユキ
Zodiac : Libra
Blood type : A
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July 3, 2025
This is an interesting idea that doesn’t quite hit hard enough or, honestly, uniquely enough to earn a spot in my reading rotation. It has glimmers of ideas and lots of silly to go along with that.
Its cardinal sin, however, is spending as much time going on and on about wine and Japanese vineyards as it does being a werewolf. Let me assure you that these are absolutely not equivalent in how engaging they are to the reader.
Tsukina can jump real high and likes the idea of raw meat, the former trait being one that has forced her to throttle herself in high school sporting events and perform at a level that won’t draw attention to her. That’s interesting. Toss.
She meets her 24-year-old love interest (sigh) and he can smell the werewolf she carries in her genes. Second failure - this relationship is not - and never becomes - at all interesting during the entire book.
Tsukina starts to basically throw her entire life away in order to learn more about her people, which is actually a nice touch. She’s obsessed with her background that it begins to impact her life and her relationship with her very supportive adoptive parents.
Shame there’s nothing compelling about what she’s doing all this for. The werewolf lore is really half-baked and seems to just be a lazy way of setting up an ‘us versus them’ that also descends hastily into romantic rival shorthand.
And, my lord, the transformations in this story. No full moons for these wolves - instead they all somersault and transform. The art would have a hard time pulling this off at the best of times and it’s asking way too much of the art in this story in particular.
There are aspects of this that do make for something engaging, but the overall package is not where it needs to be for me personally. I can see some people finding it their jam.
3 stars - the weak side of three too, which is saying something since I’m usually all about found family stories. Not awful, but not compelling enough to warrant a second look.
Its cardinal sin, however, is spending as much time going on and on about wine and Japanese vineyards as it does being a werewolf. Let me assure you that these are absolutely not equivalent in how engaging they are to the reader.
Tsukina can jump real high and likes the idea of raw meat, the former trait being one that has forced her to throttle herself in high school sporting events and perform at a level that won’t draw attention to her. That’s interesting. Toss.
She meets her 24-year-old love interest (sigh) and he can smell the werewolf she carries in her genes. Second failure - this relationship is not - and never becomes - at all interesting during the entire book.
Tsukina starts to basically throw her entire life away in order to learn more about her people, which is actually a nice touch. She’s obsessed with her background that it begins to impact her life and her relationship with her very supportive adoptive parents.
Shame there’s nothing compelling about what she’s doing all this for. The werewolf lore is really half-baked and seems to just be a lazy way of setting up an ‘us versus them’ that also descends hastily into romantic rival shorthand.
And, my lord, the transformations in this story. No full moons for these wolves - instead they all somersault and transform. The art would have a hard time pulling this off at the best of times and it’s asking way too much of the art in this story in particular.
There are aspects of this that do make for something engaging, but the overall package is not where it needs to be for me personally. I can see some people finding it their jam.
3 stars - the weak side of three too, which is saying something since I’m usually all about found family stories. Not awful, but not compelling enough to warrant a second look.
August 9, 2025
Bland paranormal romance.
Tsukina finds out she has a secret heritage that puts her in a romantic triangle with two dudes from opposing werewolf packs.
I can take it or leave it. I might get the next volume if it catches my eye in the library catalog, but I won't care it if I never read it.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Chapters 1-5
Tsukina finds out she has a secret heritage that puts her in a romantic triangle with two dudes from opposing werewolf packs.
I can take it or leave it. I might get the next volume if it catches my eye in the library catalog, but I won't care it if I never read it.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Chapters 1-5
July 25, 2025
Well that’s not what I wanted this to be at all…
December 26, 2023
Aiii per favorrr aquesta història promet moltíssim!!! ♥ Un slice-of-life amb un element fantàstic ben interessant: una noia de 18 anys, estudiant de darrer any d'institut, descobreix que és en realitat una dona llop gràcies a un jove viticultor de 24 anys guapíssim :3 El rerefons és que existeixen els homes llop descendents dels primers missatgers dels déus i estan dividits en la tribu dels blancs, que viuen aïllats a la muntanya, i els negres, que s'integren entre els humans i són agricultors. El Hayate, el jove misteriós, li presenta la família d'homes llops negre perquè no se senti sola i pugui descobrir qui és, ja que és adoptada i no sap qui són els seus pares biològics. La sorpresa, però, arriba quan el pelatge de la noia no és ni blanc ni negre, sinó gris. El primer volum s'acaba amb un emocionant cliffhanger en què la noia s'ensopega sense voler en un enfrontament tens entre un misteriós home llop blanc i el Hayate. M'ha semblat interessantíssima i molt original la premissa de barrejar costumisme amb licantropia, l'origen de la noia és un misteri i els personatges són adorables i carismàtics. Amb ganes de més!!! ♥♥♥ Recordem, mateixa mangaka que Kids on the slope, tome 1 (Yuki Kodama)
July 16, 2025
Interesting start to the series! I hope we learn more about the different wolf clans and Tsukina's birth parents. The story hints that Tsukina's adoptive mom and Hayate's mom know more than they're saying.
It can be so fulfilling to finally find a place for yourself, especially when you're at a formative age, so I'm glad that seems to be happening for Tsukina with Hayate's family and vineyard. I also thought the wolf kiddos were so cute 🥹
I'm disappointed that Tsukina's high school friends are barely in the picture, though, and when they are, they're low-key haters who only seem to drag her down. What happened to the power of friendship in shoujo manga? 😢
I wish that when Hayate told Tsukina that he feels the need to reach out to lone (were)wolves, she would've asked about the wolves he's done this for previously! Does he have a secret ragtag group of friends? I'd love to know!
It's kind of implied that Hayate is supposed to be a love interest, but he's very respectful in the text and doesn't creep at all. He even recognizes when he is making Tsukina uncomfortable (by talking about her wolfy heritage), backs off, and tells her that he is open to talk if she wants to. He doesn't act offended or anything. Rare for a man so I appreciate it.
It can be so fulfilling to finally find a place for yourself, especially when you're at a formative age, so I'm glad that seems to be happening for Tsukina with Hayate's family and vineyard. I also thought the wolf kiddos were so cute 🥹
I'm disappointed that Tsukina's high school friends are barely in the picture, though, and when they are, they're low-key haters who only seem to drag her down. What happened to the power of friendship in shoujo manga? 😢
I wish that when Hayate told Tsukina that he feels the need to reach out to lone (were)wolves, she would've asked about the wolves he's done this for previously! Does he have a secret ragtag group of friends? I'd love to know!
It's kind of implied that Hayate is supposed to be a love interest, but he's very respectful in the text and doesn't creep at all. He even recognizes when he is making Tsukina uncomfortable (by talking about her wolfy heritage), backs off, and tells her that he is open to talk if she wants to. He doesn't act offended or anything. Rare for a man so I appreciate it.
June 27, 2025
Great start to a new series!
February 15, 2026
I'm giving this two stars cause it's okay. Merely okay.
As a werewolf story it's acceptable but the author was determined to stay on the path of well worn tropes and not veer into anything different or unique.
The main character is named Tsukina. Fans of Sailor Moon will recognize that as meaning "of the moon". Tsukina is a high school girl who has good night vision, loves undercooked meat and can jump hella high. And she's adopted.
She meets a young man, Hayate, who reveals he's a werewolf and she's one too. Clearly obvious, wolves and werewolves are known for their ability to jump hella high. No wait, that's cats that jump hella high.
Hayate invites her to his family's vineyard where he and his mom info dump a lot of werewolf lore on her.
You know how in a lot of manga, there's the one thing that the artists draws near photorealistically, and you know that's the artist's hobby or fan interest? Usually it's cars, but here it's wine. Vineyards and grapes and bottles drawn so detailed.
And the lore, the source of werewolves. Once, long ago, a God took a black wolf and a white wolf and gave them the ability to turn human, for reasons that aren't explained well, and don't matter. Except the two idiots decided they didn't want to work together and the black werewolves hung out near the human cities and the white werewolves left for the forests and mountains.
If you're thinking "that sounds like the set up for a lame love triangle," Ding, ding, ding.
the end of the first book ends on a cliffhanger of Tsukina meeting a young white werewolf who we all know is going to be a romantic interest.
Oh, and Tsukina is the young girl who is told she's a special snowflake because she's not like other humans, she's a werewolf.
Well, turns out she's an extra special snowflake cause she's not like other werewolves, she's a gray wolf!
And the shapeshifting is done by...jumping in the air, spinning in a circle like Sonic the Hedgehog, and landing as either a wolf, or back to human, fully dressed.
So there's no meat to this story. Tsukina is "female protagonist in an urban fantasy who has no real personality" who meets two different young men who are polar opposites and clearly interested in her romantically.
While I appreciate that the werewolves aren't cliched monsters who rage and go mindlessly feral, it'd be nice if being a werewolf mattered.
I don't get the feeling Tsukina cares. She never tries transforming at home, doesn't explore her new abilities or senses. There's no scenes where she's at risk of being seen or inconveniently naked. No chasing neighborhood pets.
I was a bit disappointed by the title. From it I assumed Tsukina would meet her father and there'd be conflict and angst and questions of identity. Nope. Her parentage never even comes up. You'd think that would have been of slightly more importance.
I may have said this for another review, but it feels like the author was turning in the bare minimum for a class assignment. It'll give you a passing grade, but you can feel the teacher's soul ebb away.
Cause all I could think about was how other stories in a similar vane did it better. Added some details of interest, added some flavor to the story.
The one I kept comparing it to was the webcomic "How to be a Werewolf."
The main character (Malaya) is a young woman who is secretly a werewolf who encounters a young man who says "I know you're a werewolf cause I'm one too" and helps introduce her to the wider werewolf world.
Only in that one, she was turned into a werewolf from a bite and the young man wasn't romantically interested in her, but in her brother.
That and Malaya has personality. And the comic has a larger story, and conflict and well drawn transformations and half transformations.
There's another volume that's come out in English, so I'll give Wolf's Daughter a little more time to impress me.
As a werewolf story it's acceptable but the author was determined to stay on the path of well worn tropes and not veer into anything different or unique.
The main character is named Tsukina. Fans of Sailor Moon will recognize that as meaning "of the moon". Tsukina is a high school girl who has good night vision, loves undercooked meat and can jump hella high. And she's adopted.
She meets a young man, Hayate, who reveals he's a werewolf and she's one too. Clearly obvious, wolves and werewolves are known for their ability to jump hella high. No wait, that's cats that jump hella high.
Hayate invites her to his family's vineyard where he and his mom info dump a lot of werewolf lore on her.
You know how in a lot of manga, there's the one thing that the artists draws near photorealistically, and you know that's the artist's hobby or fan interest? Usually it's cars, but here it's wine. Vineyards and grapes and bottles drawn so detailed.
And the lore, the source of werewolves. Once, long ago, a God took a black wolf and a white wolf and gave them the ability to turn human, for reasons that aren't explained well, and don't matter. Except the two idiots decided they didn't want to work together and the black werewolves hung out near the human cities and the white werewolves left for the forests and mountains.
If you're thinking "that sounds like the set up for a lame love triangle," Ding, ding, ding.
the end of the first book ends on a cliffhanger of Tsukina meeting a young white werewolf who we all know is going to be a romantic interest.
Oh, and Tsukina is the young girl who is told she's a special snowflake because she's not like other humans, she's a werewolf.
Well, turns out she's an extra special snowflake cause she's not like other werewolves, she's a gray wolf!
And the shapeshifting is done by...jumping in the air, spinning in a circle like Sonic the Hedgehog, and landing as either a wolf, or back to human, fully dressed.
So there's no meat to this story. Tsukina is "female protagonist in an urban fantasy who has no real personality" who meets two different young men who are polar opposites and clearly interested in her romantically.
While I appreciate that the werewolves aren't cliched monsters who rage and go mindlessly feral, it'd be nice if being a werewolf mattered.
I don't get the feeling Tsukina cares. She never tries transforming at home, doesn't explore her new abilities or senses. There's no scenes where she's at risk of being seen or inconveniently naked. No chasing neighborhood pets.
I was a bit disappointed by the title. From it I assumed Tsukina would meet her father and there'd be conflict and angst and questions of identity. Nope. Her parentage never even comes up. You'd think that would have been of slightly more importance.
I may have said this for another review, but it feels like the author was turning in the bare minimum for a class assignment. It'll give you a passing grade, but you can feel the teacher's soul ebb away.
Cause all I could think about was how other stories in a similar vane did it better. Added some details of interest, added some flavor to the story.
The one I kept comparing it to was the webcomic "How to be a Werewolf."
The main character (Malaya) is a young woman who is secretly a werewolf who encounters a young man who says "I know you're a werewolf cause I'm one too" and helps introduce her to the wider werewolf world.
Only in that one, she was turned into a werewolf from a bite and the young man wasn't romantically interested in her, but in her brother.
That and Malaya has personality. And the comic has a larger story, and conflict and well drawn transformations and half transformations.
There's another volume that's come out in English, so I'll give Wolf's Daughter a little more time to impress me.
June 29, 2025
Gradevole. Ha gli elementi per piacermi: una storia non troppo violenta, alcuni momenti di tenerezza con i nipotini di Hayate, il ragazzo che fa scoprire a Tsukina (la protagonista) la sua vera natura e le permette di sentirsi parte di un branco ma senza che i due si innamorino, un'ambientazione rurale inusuale (la viticoltura), una protagonista non troppo depressa, che però non è soddisfatta della sua vita e scopre che potrebbe intraprendere un percorso completamente diverso da quello che fino a quel momento pensava sarebbe stato il suo futuro. Allo stesso tempo gli stessi elementi che mi fanno piacere questo manga sembrano troppo perfetti, come se derivassero da scelte di sceneggiatura fatte per attirare un certo tipo di pubblico. C'è qualcosa che mi ha disturbata ogni volta che prevedevo che qualcosa sarebbe successo: vedere Tsukina giocare con i bambini era tenero ma mi ha fatto sospettare che presto qualcosa avrebbe infranto quell'idillio e così è stato. Sentendo la storia dei lupi bianchi e neri sapevo che presto il conflitto sarebbe iniziato. Spero che non diventi un banale trialgolo amoroso. Vedrò come si evolverà la vicenda nel prossimo volume.
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September 23, 2025
Tsukina is an average high school student except for she has a secret - she has a few special abilities that she knows are above average for other students, so she keeps them under wraps. She has no idea how special these abilities are until she meets Hayate, who recognizes what she is even when she doesn't know herself. There's a lot of focus on living an ordinary life and working the vineyard, with small snippets of playing with the kids in the fields and her grades slipping as she focuses more time on discovering what she is than on her future. Her father seems supportive, but her mother seems to have more than a few concerns when it comes to Tsukina's safety and independence. Just what does this white wolf mean when he shows back up though, and what will happen when he faces off against Hayate?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 15, 2026
I had very high hopes for this series, but I was somewhat let down by this volume. I had assumed it would be a coming of age story, with Tsukina discovering herself as the story went on.
I did enjoy learning about Tsukina’s family life, and her mom being deathly afraid to give her any independence was a rather nice touch. As Tsukina is at the age where she’ll soon go off to college, it makes sense that her mom doesn’t want to let her go. I found her relationship with her parents to be the most touching part of this volume.
It’s when Hayate is introduce that things start to go sideways for me. He’s 6 years older than Tsukina, and a complete stranger. While Tsukina is technically old enough to go out on her own and do as she pleases, I didn’t love the fact that she was so ready to hang out with this strange man as soon as she met him. He teaches her about herself, and then quickly convinces her to let him bring her to his family home. Again, she hasn’t known him for long at all by the time she’s going to his family home. His being a wolf is all the confirmation she needs that he can be trusted, it seems.
Once we meet his family, I was able to enjoy the story a little more. It’s here that Tsukina clearly is able to be “free” for the first time, not having to hold back any of her strength in fear that someone may see. It really started to feel like she found a second family within Hayate’s family, and even though there was a little bit of prejudice from his mom, Tsukina was eventually accepted. I am still unsure of how I feel about the added “white wolf vs black wolf” drama. As Tsukina is a grey wolf—a sign that there can be peace between the two—she is still kind of an outsider, even within the wolf community.
If the story had just been about the fact that she’s an outsider in both the human and werewolf communities, I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more. There is a lot that can be said about a girl having to discover herself , and the comparison to the struggles that biracial people face could have been made. I would have loved to see the story focus on this! Instead, the 6 years older, brotherly figure Hayate is turned into a love interest. Why oh why is he turned into a love interest? One in a triangle, at that. He could have been such a good mentor for her, and he could have helped her navigate this new world she’s found herself living in. I feel like the added romantic subplot between them almost cheepens their relationship, sadly.
I did enjoy learning about Tsukina’s family life, and her mom being deathly afraid to give her any independence was a rather nice touch. As Tsukina is at the age where she’ll soon go off to college, it makes sense that her mom doesn’t want to let her go. I found her relationship with her parents to be the most touching part of this volume.
It’s when Hayate is introduce that things start to go sideways for me. He’s 6 years older than Tsukina, and a complete stranger. While Tsukina is technically old enough to go out on her own and do as she pleases, I didn’t love the fact that she was so ready to hang out with this strange man as soon as she met him. He teaches her about herself, and then quickly convinces her to let him bring her to his family home. Again, she hasn’t known him for long at all by the time she’s going to his family home. His being a wolf is all the confirmation she needs that he can be trusted, it seems.
Once we meet his family, I was able to enjoy the story a little more. It’s here that Tsukina clearly is able to be “free” for the first time, not having to hold back any of her strength in fear that someone may see. It really started to feel like she found a second family within Hayate’s family, and even though there was a little bit of prejudice from his mom, Tsukina was eventually accepted. I am still unsure of how I feel about the added “white wolf vs black wolf” drama. As Tsukina is a grey wolf—a sign that there can be peace between the two—she is still kind of an outsider, even within the wolf community.
If the story had just been about the fact that she’s an outsider in both the human and werewolf communities, I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more. There is a lot that can be said about a girl having to discover herself , and the comparison to the struggles that biracial people face could have been made. I would have loved to see the story focus on this! Instead, the 6 years older, brotherly figure Hayate is turned into a love interest. Why oh why is he turned into a love interest? One in a triangle, at that. He could have been such a good mentor for her, and he could have helped her navigate this new world she’s found herself living in. I feel like the added romantic subplot between them almost cheepens their relationship, sadly.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 7, 2026
Another one of my fave new manga’s!! There is an age gap (she’s 18 he’s 24) however they are just friends in the first book. (Haven’t read the others tho but will!) it’s a very sweet clean read and it’s just so cute and fun!!! I used to be into werewolf’s for YEARS so this was a nice little trip down memory lane! The cliff hanger was INSANE!!! I’m definitely reading book 2 asap!!! Highly recommend this series thus far!!
August 27, 2024
Very interesting concept. I thought this would be a romance right of the bat with some fantasy sprinkled in but it turned out to be the opposite. There's very interesting lore and the story starts as a coming of age, new found family type, which was very sweet, I almost wonder if adding the romance is a good choice. Also, art is beautiful!
December 5, 2025
Extremely weak Twillight copy. Badly executed love triangle with convenient secondary character who explains everything and serves as the only point on how to move the story. Also creepy, the love interest is much older. The girl is ready to throw away her future for the crush. Dialogues feel fake. Should I continue?
February 8, 2026
I wanted to love this manga but it’s just okay. I would have liked more werewolf lore. And was it just me or does the MMC give you the ick? I kept wondering if he was gaslighting our FMC or if he’s really a nice guy. I’ll try to next volume but if it doesn’t improve I probably won’t continue on with the series.
July 1, 2025
Different than most other werewolf stories I've read. I liked it, until the very end, which might take it into a sort of Twilight direction. I hope it won't be that.
August 12, 2025
A high school athlete learns she's a werewolf, and...starts working at a winery? Honestly, that part was kind of fun. Also, she meets a family with a bunch of playful cubs!
August 17, 2025
It gave me some serious stranger danger at times, but it was still ever so enjoyable. Super wholesome and cozy. I can't wait to read the rest!
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September 19, 2025Did not like this anywhere near as much as I expected to
October 22, 2025
The storytelling is a bit stilted, but the world is fascinating.
November 26, 2025
Actual Rating: 3.5
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