Manga: Bride of the water god

The bride of the water god
Genre: Historical, shoujo, fantasy
Type: manhwa
Synopsis: Soah is a girl from a small village. The Water God is upset and so a long drought has been devastating the village people. In order to appease the god, they marry Soah off to him by sacrificing her to the Water God in exchange for rain. The Water God rescues her to his Water Kingdom, where her new life begins. For Soah, this is a story of her faith ... her life ... her love... (from mangahere)

I've not been a fan of manhwa's because their shoujo manhwas are always almost the same but there are a few that I am a great fan of : Goong, Model, Bride of the Water God, Noblesse, Captive Hearts (omfg this is BL but the best BL ever!!!!!!!)

I can't remember how I first encountered Bride of the Water God, but all I remember was when I first read the story, there were no english scans online so I must've bought the chinese manga to read. What made me reach for this book is the beauty of how the characters are drawn. Although most manhwa has their characters with large round eyes and narrow body and face, this artist drew all the characters like dolls. If you read one of the 4koma somewhere in between, the mangaka mentioned that she likes to draw her characters beautiful and made sure they have elegance, even if the scenes were killing.

The drawings inside are by far the most beautiful and serene I've ever seen and if you want to take a look at some scenery of the water kingdom, you can go tumblr and search for the tag. The thing about historical manga, it is important for a manga to draw their dressing well and she made hers so simple and elegant, just too beautiful. Oh yes, her drawings resemble clamp. Long bodies, long dresses, long hair. Everything is elongated!

Story wise... it revolves around the human girl Soah and how she's an important character in the celestial world. The gods are at war with mainly two sides, shin nong or the emperor (they are both brothers). I really like how the mangaka incorporates chinese tales into the story (i've listened to it since i was young) so i'm not unfamiliar with the stories. Her style of writing seems to focus more on relationships between people, something really classic and full of grace(?????) i know i dont make much sense loll!

When you read Bride of the Water God, you will not feel much violence, everything is quite pretty and peacemaking... basically your heart won't go crazy and make you turn into some violent reader but at times i did go crazy with the stupidity of the characters. There is not much depth into the storyline so you don't have to think so much and just go with the flow. There are fun moments inside but other than that, i think you can expect cliche lines and scenes.

An advice, just enjoy the 2d bxw scenery!!!!

I will re-read the manhwa again because the scanslators are terrible with their translations (sorry!!) and i got so confused with the names and because different people translate it, the story becomes choppy and sometimes it doesnt make sense. So if you are a fan of the manhwa, please buy the original or translated whatever you see in your country and read it again.