The Great Snake's Bride

The Great Snake's Bride
First tankōbon volume cover
大蛇に嫁いだ娘
(Daija ni Totsuida Musume)
Genre
Manga
Written byFushiashikumo
Published byEnterbrain
English publisher
ImprintBeam Comics
MagazineComic Marche
Original runFebruary 12, 2021 – present
Volumes8

The Great Snake's Bride (大蛇に嫁いだ娘, Daija ni Totsuida Musume) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fushiashikumo. It began serialization on the Comic Marche section of the Pixiv Comic website in February 2021.

Synopsis

Miyo, a village girl with a scar on her forehead, is offered as a wedding offering to a giant snake. At first, she is frightened of the snake due to her initial belief that it would eat her, but she soon opens up to it as she is touched by its kindness.

Characters

Daija (大蛇)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (voice comic)[2]
Daija is a giant white snake roughly 500 years old. He is revered as the god of the mountain by the local village. Despite his age, size, and immortality, he claims he is not a god as he cannot cannot control the weather nor crop yields. He absolutely despises monks and would have killed any that enter his mountain if not for the intervention of Miyo.
Prior to the events of the story, Daija reincarnated multiple times as different species of snakes. In his most previous incarnation, he was a giant black snake also revered as a god. However he was eventually betrayed by his village when he failed to stop a drought, causing them to send a priest to try to kill him. Many years past in seclusion, Daija slowly reopened his heart to humanity when he befriended a prostitute named Kinu. Kinu, who initially stayed with the same priest, was betrayed when he fell in love her and raped her. Honoring her wish for suicide, Daija ate Kinu. Despite the old priest's efforts to curse Daija into vomiting her, he managed to digest Kinu days later. Daija tells the priest that Kinu chose death by a snake than to be with the priest. As Daija left the village, he was struck by lightning and reincarnated into the white snake of the current story.
Miyo (ミヨ)
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori (voice comic)[2]
Miyo is a single woman in her early 30's, offered to Daija to be his wife (although the village thought it meant she was a human sacrifice). Years ago, her father was accused of murder and died escaping execution. The grief broke her mother's mind, leaving her and her brother orphaned. Because of her reputation of the being the daughter of a murderer and the scar on her head, she was considered disposable and thus chosen to be the sacrifice to Daija.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Fushiashikumo, The Great Snake's Bride began serialization on the Comic Marche section of the Pixiv Comic website on February 12, 2021.[3] Enterbrain has collected the series' chapters into eight tankōbon volumes as of May 2026.[4] The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.[5]

No. Original release date Original ISBN North American release date North American ISBN
1November 12, 2021[6]978-4-04-736844-6July 18, 2023[7]978-1-68579-655-6
  1. "To Become an Unusual Wife"
  2. "The First Night"
  3. "Change"
  4. "New Friends"
  1. "The Spousal Relationship"
  2. "Premonition"
  3. "A Winter of Missed Connections"
  4. "Overcoming the Cold Winter"
2April 12, 2022[8]978-4-04-737004-3October 31, 2023[9]979-8-88843-046-0
  1. "The Couple's Child"
  2. "A Place For Me"
  3. "Plum Blossoms and Wanted Persons"
  4. "Old Wounds"
  5. "Snake"
3October 12, 2022[10]978-4-04-737244-3April 30, 2024[11]979-8-88843-391-1
  1. "Kinu"
  2. "A Black Snake's Love"
  3. "Things Like That"
  4. "Let's Go Home"
  5. "Gently Tenderize"
4May 12, 2023[12]978-4-04-737437-9October 1, 2024[13]979-8-89160-058-4
  1. "We're Okay Now"
  2. "The Beginning"
  3. "Giving Birth"
  4. "As a Parent"
  5. "Returning Home in the Winter"
5January 12, 2024[14]978-4-04-737818-6April 1, 2025[15]979-8-89160-917-4
  1. "A Little Grand Adventure"
  2. "Friends"
  3. "My Favorite Things"
  4. "Man and Woman"
  5. "Ankel's Past"
6August 9, 2024[16]978-4-04-738038-7October 7, 2025[17]979-8-89373-915-2
  1. "In the Rain"
  2. "The Beast"
  3. "Nine Years Later"
  4. "The Ocean Youth"
  5. "Love and Fear"
7September 12, 2025[18]978-4-04-738634-1July 28, 2026[19]979-8-89765-368-3
  1. "The Land of the Sun - Part 1"
  2. "The Land of the Sun - Part 2"
  3. "The Land of the Sun - Part 3"
  4. "Promise"
  5. "Miyo's Hesitation"
8May 12, 2026[4]978-4-04-500092-8January 26, 2027[20]979-8-89863-246-5

Other

In commemoration of the release of the series' third volume, a voice comic adaptation was uploaded to the Kadokawa YouTube channel on the same day. The voice comic features the voices of Takehito Koyasu and Yumiri Hanamori. It also had an illustration collaboration with Hachi Inaba's The Tiger Won't Eat the Dragon Yet manga series.[2]

In commemoration of the release of the series' fourth volume, the series had a collaboration with Haruomi Tomotsuka's Dara-san of Reiwa manga series.[21]

Reception

The series was nominated for the eighth Next Manga Awards in the web category in 2022.[22] The series, along with Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked won the Men's Comic Prize at Comic Solmare's Electronic Manga Award in 2023.[23] The series, alongside the manga adaptation of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman and When Marriages Fracture won the 2023 Piccoma Award in the manga category.[24]

References

  1. 1 2 "Series: The Great Snake's Bride". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 人外×少女の異類婚姻譚「大蛇に嫁いだ娘」子安武人と花守ゆみりがボイスコミック化. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 12, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ フシアシクモ「大蛇に嫁いだ娘」が商業連載化、“山の主”と人間の娘の異類婚姻譚. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 12, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  4. 1 2 【5月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 12, 2026. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
  5. ↑ Mateo, Alex (October 12, 2022). "Seven Seas Licenses A Story of Seven Lives, The Great Snake's Bride, Last Game Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ 見た目は恐ろしいけど妻思い、人外×少女の異類婚姻譚「大蛇に嫁いだ娘」1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 12, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 1". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  8. ↑ 【4月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 12, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  9. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 2". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  10. ↑ 【10月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 12, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  11. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 3". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ 【5月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 12, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  13. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 4". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ 【1月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 12, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  15. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 5". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  16. ↑ 【8月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 9, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  17. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 6". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  18. ↑ 【9月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 12, 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  19. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 7". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
  20. ↑ "The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 8". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  21. ↑ 「大蛇に嫁いだ娘」と「令和のダラさん」がコラボ蛇（じゃ）!!! 互いの作品をオススメ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 12, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  22. ↑ Morrissy, Kim (June 23, 2022). "Voting Opens for Next Manga Awards 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  23. ↑ Morrissy, Kim (January 26, 2023). "Comic Solmare's Grand Prize 2023 Announces Winners". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  24. ↑ 「ピッコマAWARD 2023」今年の受賞作は？「片田舎のおっさん、剣聖になる」など9作品. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 26, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
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