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An Impossible Marriage
Once upon a time, a man and a woman from two feuding villages fell in love. Forbidden to marry, they committed suicide, pledging to marry in the next life.
Various disasters began taking place as a result of their unfortunate fates, and the people in the two villages began offering a man and a woman for holy matrimony to comfort the souls of the sad couple. And, thus, they had continued to avoid calamities for generations...
Momoki Shirakawa is told about this unbelievable legend and becomes a bride, expected to marry Chikage Kurotaki from the neighboring village.
Both young men give in to their family pressure and have no choice but to start living together despite the awkwardness.
Will they never be a match!? Find out in this yaoi about an odd marriage that's sure to end up in divorce... or will it?
Various disasters began taking place as a result of their unfortunate fates, and the people in the two villages began offering a man and a woman for holy matrimony to comfort the souls of the sad couple. And, thus, they had continued to avoid calamities for generations...
Momoki Shirakawa is told about this unbelievable legend and becomes a bride, expected to marry Chikage Kurotaki from the neighboring village.
Both young men give in to their family pressure and have no choice but to start living together despite the awkwardness.
Will they never be a match!? Find out in this yaoi about an odd marriage that's sure to end up in divorce... or will it?
197 pages, ebook
First published February 19, 2021
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May 11, 2026
This was so silly, funny and sexy at the same time haha. I really didn’t expected to like it that much but here we are!
I do have to say the partners got on my nerves but well…
I do have to say the partners got on my nerves but well…
July 2, 2023
Steamy and funny!! I love the rough style of art. The premise and character dynamics are cute. I thought it was going to be a supernatural bl, and it turns out their parents are creating false beliefs to keep the tradition going. It was seriously hot, like, hot hot.
July 26, 2021
Pretty cute Yaoi story about two men who were suddenly arranged to be married and get to know each other even if they don’t get on well at first!
August 5, 2022
I liked this story so much!! It was sexy, cute and funny.
July 12, 2023
This was adorable. We have an arraigned marriage between two men, for the sake of their towns and families, ok?! They must consummate the marriage for their people! I cackled at the plot and got very invested with the leads. Momoki and Chikage were both precious. We have the classic stoic, grumpy, serious boy and the super sweet and a bit more sunshiney boy.
I really enjoyed how this felt slowburn in the sense of both leads taking things slow while also being so domesticated together in their apartment. Dinner on the table, vaccumming, just cute little chores and helping the other one out.
The epilogue(s) were SO CUTE. I would have taken another epilogue. And another!
I really enjoyed how this felt slowburn in the sense of both leads taking things slow while also being so domesticated together in their apartment. Dinner on the table, vaccumming, just cute little chores and helping the other one out.
The epilogue(s) were SO CUTE. I would have taken another epilogue. And another!
July 18, 2021
They are so cute together. I love the artstyle. Hope they confess soon. 💖
September 8, 2022
Short. Cute. This was so fun actually. Tabata's story pleasee
February 23, 2024
2.5
that was fun
that was fun
March 9, 2023
now gimme that tabata spinoff 💪
April 14, 2023
I think I'm into arranged marriage tropes 👀👉👈
January 27, 2023
5/5. Highlights may contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.
Content Warnings for book: N/A
Kink: Breeding kink
Alright, this is very cute. An old myth says two heads of a village must get married to prevent famine and ruin. Unfortunately there’s no single woman in one of the villages - so it’s a marriage between Momoki and Chikage.
At first they get off the wrong foot, and with a seven year age gap on top of it, they avoid each other. However, they begin to realize they grow sick when apart and it’s revealed that the marriage bestows a curse that if they’re apart, they’ll die. It’s also a push from their families to consummate the marriage to bring blessings to the village.
The conflict comes from the end of this marriage and them parting ways — and surprisingly, a friend interjecting.
Honestly? This was super adorable. Their domesticity and married life once they committed to trying their best was awesome, the art is good, and their exploration around sex was sweet too. I loved it. Chapter 5, 6, and the extras were so good - the tenderness, the love, the chemistry of a married couple. Ahhh!
Content Warnings for book: N/A
Kink: Breeding kink
Alright, this is very cute. An old myth says two heads of a village must get married to prevent famine and ruin. Unfortunately there’s no single woman in one of the villages - so it’s a marriage between Momoki and Chikage.
At first they get off the wrong foot, and with a seven year age gap on top of it, they avoid each other. However, they begin to realize they grow sick when apart and it’s revealed that the marriage bestows a curse that if they’re apart, they’ll die. It’s also a push from their families to consummate the marriage to bring blessings to the village.
The conflict comes from the end of this marriage and them parting ways — and surprisingly, a friend interjecting.
Honestly? This was super adorable. Their domesticity and married life once they committed to trying their best was awesome, the art is good, and their exploration around sex was sweet too. I loved it. Chapter 5, 6, and the extras were so good - the tenderness, the love, the chemistry of a married couple. Ahhh!
January 30, 2026
La verdad que sí estoy un poco decepcionada porque quería mi enemy to lovers slow burn. Se enamoraron tan rápido que no pude disfrutar casi nada de su relación; en un momento se "odiaban" y al otro ya estaban teniendo sexo. A pesar de que tienen una linda relación, todo fue muy apresurado; hubiera deseado que se desarrollara con más profundidad la relación de ambos. Aun así, es disfrutable, supongo. (─‿‿─)
January 7, 2024
CUTEEEEEEEE
September 26, 2025
GAYS
3.5/5⭐️
Forgot their names so let’s go with nicknames!
White hair ball (wife)
Black haired ball*(husband)
Cutie patootie*(white hair ball friend)
Arranged marriage with a guy who wanted to put it inside you the moment you met how awesome…
Your supposed to do it as part of a ritual but took you long enough that I thought you wouldn’t do it lmao
Did it fell I love with each other married(again!?) and had a happy life 💗💍
Poor cutie patootie Bros literally the 3 wheel
I MEAN THEY CONFESSED AND KISSES IN HIS APARTMENT
If I was him I would’ve kicked them out seriously
Story cute but would I read volume 2?
NO!
Volume 1 was good enough on its own but if you want more interactions between the, ig you would read it!!!!
Charecters are gorg man
ALSO LETS NOT IGNORE THE FACT THE PUBLISHER PUBLISHED THIS ON MY BIRTHDAY!?????🎂
3.5/5⭐️
Forgot their names so let’s go with nicknames!
White hair ball (wife)
Black haired ball*(husband)
Cutie patootie*(white hair ball friend)
Arranged marriage with a guy who wanted to put it inside you the moment you met how awesome…
Your supposed to do it as part of a ritual but took you long enough that I thought you wouldn’t do it lmao
Did it fell I love with each other married(again!?) and had a happy life 💗💍
Poor cutie patootie Bros literally the 3 wheel
I MEAN THEY CONFESSED AND KISSES IN HIS APARTMENT
If I was him I would’ve kicked them out seriously
Story cute but would I read volume 2?
NO!
Volume 1 was good enough on its own but if you want more interactions between the, ig you would read it!!!!
Charecters are gorg man
ALSO LETS NOT IGNORE THE FACT THE PUBLISHER PUBLISHED THIS ON MY BIRTHDAY!?????🎂
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 20, 2025
3.5 stars
This was a pretty interesting premise, but also like 80% porn. The set up of the arranged marriage was a cute idea. I liked the chemistry between the 2 characters. There's a reasonable adjustment period at the start that makes sense for 2 guys forced to get married before knowing literally anything about the other. The art is pretty cute.
This leans pretty heavily into the idea of one guy being the "wife" in a way that feels a tad outdated, but I still enjoyed the story overall. I wished for more scenes of them really getting to know each other outside of boning, though.
This was a pretty interesting premise, but also like 80% porn. The set up of the arranged marriage was a cute idea. I liked the chemistry between the 2 characters. There's a reasonable adjustment period at the start that makes sense for 2 guys forced to get married before knowing literally anything about the other. The art is pretty cute.
This leans pretty heavily into the idea of one guy being the "wife" in a way that feels a tad outdated, but I still enjoyed the story overall. I wished for more scenes of them really getting to know each other outside of boning, though.
January 5, 2026
I liked the plot for this manga, but there was just so much smut that it was overwhelming it. The forced marriage because there is a curse/blessing was intruding, definitely a trope I would like to read again. The story also started off with only mild smut here and there, and then it got out of hand. The sexual moments were also extremely explicit in their erotic depictions compared to other manga I read. The drawings and character design were good. I could clearly differentiate between them.
January 30, 2026
Estuvo entretenida, me sacó varias risas que era lo importante 🤣✨️ no tiene nada del otro mundo es un matrimonio por conveniencia y poco a poco se van enamorando mientras van conviviendo como "pareja recién casados".
January 31, 2022
Una boda el día en que se conocen, muchas cosas pasan, se mudan y conviven. Amé las revelaciones del primer día que se vieron desde la perspectiva de Chikage
August 7, 2022
I really liked this manga. It was a bit too short wish they add more. There was a really good love story with development. There a bit of slice of life and also some comedy.
August 8, 2022
Once again a manga that blurs the lines of consent and there were some misogynistic comments made but I didn’t really read this book for the plot line
August 13, 2022
Aww… this was such an adorable arranged marriage story with just the right mixture of tension and romance.
October 14, 2022
This is way too adorable💞💞
June 4, 2023
Cute
December 30, 2024
『 ★★★,8 』
November 25, 2025
Very cute
February 7, 2025
Este volumen fue muy cute (pero el volumen 2 para mi esta incluso mejorrr 5☆ para ese)
February 18, 2023
3.5 - 4
This was fun.
This was fun.
October 13, 2021
Summary
Momoki goes back to his hometown at his mother’s behest only to be asked to participate in a ritualistic wedding with someone from the neighboring village. This someone turns out to be a tall, strapping young man called Chikage. They go through the wedding ... only to find out that they’re expected to go through the first night as well, and that includes sexy times.
They’re allowed to go back to their lives in Tokyo on one condition — that they have to Do The Deed at some point. And as part of that they also move in together ... and that’s basically the beginning of the end for Momoki’s heterosexuality.
Spoilers: (as if you haven’t already guessed)
Thoughts
1. I had fun. I enjoyed it! This manga is actually quite funny, and thankfully there were very few frustrating tropes that are common in BL.
2. That said this is so trope-heavy... but so few bl manga are without. Momoki turns into the usual uwu housewifey uke and one side character was like uwu, ... he’s more erotique. LE SIGH.
** But, housewifey Momoki is hilarious because he’s like I WILL TAKE THIS WIFEY THING TO 100%
3. But I did like that Chikage was younger (by 7 years — younger seme is my jam), and also shown in the omake to have been the first one to go, ‘oh no he’s hot.’ The extra from Chikage’s POV is hilar. He goes from ‘I must escape,’ to ‘you know what I’ll hear this out,’ in 0.341928 seconds when he catches sight of Momoki, I loved it. I love secretly devoted semes who are Stunned by their ukes and trying to Conceal it. Seriously, Chikage in that extra is hilarious.
I mean, in genuine conclusion, I had fun and that’s what matters. On the other hand I had fun reading tropey stuff, so that just tells you my taste level.
Momoki goes back to his hometown at his mother’s behest only to be asked to participate in a ritualistic wedding with someone from the neighboring village. This someone turns out to be a tall, strapping young man called Chikage. They go through the wedding ... only to find out that they’re expected to go through the first night as well, and that includes sexy times.
They’re allowed to go back to their lives in Tokyo on one condition — that they have to Do The Deed at some point. And as part of that they also move in together ... and that’s basically the beginning of the end for Momoki’s heterosexuality.
Spoilers: (as if you haven’t already guessed)
Thoughts
1. I had fun. I enjoyed it! This manga is actually quite funny, and thankfully there were very few frustrating tropes that are common in BL.
2. That said this is so trope-heavy... but so few bl manga are without. Momoki turns into the usual uwu housewifey uke and one side character was like uwu, ... he’s more erotique. LE SIGH.
** But, housewifey Momoki is hilarious because he’s like I WILL TAKE THIS WIFEY THING TO 100%
3. But I did like that Chikage was younger (by 7 years — younger seme is my jam), and also shown in the omake to have been the first one to go, ‘oh no he’s hot.’ The extra from Chikage’s POV is hilar. He goes from ‘I must escape,’ to ‘you know what I’ll hear this out,’ in 0.341928 seconds when he catches sight of Momoki, I loved it. I love secretly devoted semes who are Stunned by their ukes and trying to Conceal it. Seriously, Chikage in that extra is hilarious.
I mean, in genuine conclusion, I had fun and that’s what matters. On the other hand I had fun reading tropey stuff, so that just tells you my taste level.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 29, 2024
Actualització: llegida segona part i m'he endut un bon desengany... Ha estat una continuació poc necessària i massa previsible que m'ha deixat força indiferent. Dues estrelles màxim.
Típic BL en què en una zona rural del Japó hi ha una tradició de casar dos joves de dos pobles veïns per una antiga promesa amb els déus i evitar així qualsevol càstig diví... En aquest cas no tenim cap element fantàstic, sinó que s'aborda des d'una perspectiva realista, cosa que m'ha semblat refrescant, però que fa que l'inici sigui d'allò més incòmode. Com si el tema del matrimoni forçat i per conveniència no fos ja prou horrorós, a sobre s'emparellen dos nois a priori heteros amb una pressió familiar demolidora perquè completin un ritual que inclou la consumació física de la unió... si obviem aquest "petit" detall, l'evolució d'enemics a amants és versemblant i alhora entranyable. La manera com la convivència els atansa i fa que es preocupin l'un per l'altre m'ha semblat molt tendre i acabem tenint una parella que es respecta i comunica d'una manera saludable. Les il·lustracions, a més, són superexpressives i m'han encaixat moltíssim amb la narració. Hi ha una segona part, que no està disponible encara en anglès que crec que encara serà més agradable de llegir, ja veurem.
Típic BL en què en una zona rural del Japó hi ha una tradició de casar dos joves de dos pobles veïns per una antiga promesa amb els déus i evitar així qualsevol càstig diví... En aquest cas no tenim cap element fantàstic, sinó que s'aborda des d'una perspectiva realista, cosa que m'ha semblat refrescant, però que fa que l'inici sigui d'allò més incòmode. Com si el tema del matrimoni forçat i per conveniència no fos ja prou horrorós, a sobre s'emparellen dos nois a priori heteros amb una pressió familiar demolidora perquè completin un ritual que inclou la consumació física de la unió... si obviem aquest "petit" detall, l'evolució d'enemics a amants és versemblant i alhora entranyable. La manera com la convivència els atansa i fa que es preocupin l'un per l'altre m'ha semblat molt tendre i acabem tenint una parella que es respecta i comunica d'una manera saludable. Les il·lustracions, a més, són superexpressives i m'han encaixat moltíssim amb la narració. Hi ha una segona part, que no està disponible encara en anglès que crec que encara serà més agradable de llegir, ja veurem.
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