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The Titan’s Bride (Ch. 01-42) — A BL Manga Review

Calw Walker by Calw Walker
4 years ago
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Ever wanted to get whisked out of reality and into a medieval fantasy world of elves, goblins, furries, and giants? How about being roped into marrying an 8-foot tall prince to prevent prophesied world-destruction? What if the foundation of his kingdom was built on the foundation of sexual desire? We’re talking about ITKZ’s The Titan’s Bride.

Interest in this series began when the anime was announced back in May. Admittedly, I had never heard of it. With the cover art and plot premise intriguing, 40+ chapters have been read for this review. So let’s take a look at the boy’s love fantasy isekai, The Titan’s Bride.

Titan's bride kouichi meets caius
Why can’t that be me?

The plot couldn’t be better described than that. After his high-school graduation, the manga’s protagonist, Kouichi, is summoned from his reality across space-time into another world and greeted by an 8-foot tall giant who immediately proclaims him to be his new bride. Why? The prince, Caius, has to prevent a prophecy of great destruction from befalling his kingdom, which required summoning his “bride” from another dimension. However, the ritual doesn’t exactly allow him to choose anyone he wants. It summons someone at random. You’d think that upon seeing he’d summoned a boy Caius and the nation would be upset, but instead everyone rejoices that the ritual was a success, to begin with, and are openly ready to accept Kouichi.

The Titan's Bride Ciaus Steals Kouichi
And they lived happily ever after.

Although panicked and frightened by Caius at first, Kouichi comes to understand the situation this new world is facing. He refuses to marry Caius, but out of concern and decency, he does agree to play the part of his fiance for one month, on the grounds that Caius must send him back home if Kouichi no longer wishes to stay.

In The Titan’s Bride, Caius’s kingdom is built on prosperity and sexual desire, which means he’s a man of lustful intentions at every available opportunity. However, unlike most yaoi series being filled with tragedy-porn and creepy rape tropes, The Titan’s Bride does the opposite. When Kouichi shows embarrassment, fear, and refusal, Caius responds with restraint, gentleness, and apology. After he learns that Kouichi’s home-worldviews on sex are very different than his own, Caius adapts and eases him into his world’s customs, slowly.

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How could he not choose him?

The story of the first 43 chapters of The Titan’s Bride can be divided into three story arcs: Introduction, The Raisa Fruit, and Kouichi’s Return Home. Each chapter during the introduction arc starts with short and sweet sentiments between Kouichi and Caius before concluding with sexual content. During this time is when Caius explains to Kouichi (and the reader) how his entire universe functions, and in return learns some of Kouichi’s own home-world customs such as basketball. Subtle occurrences lead the two lovebirds directly into the Raisa Fruit arc, taking them outside the titan’s nation and into beastmen territory. Everything Caius explained to Kouichi in the first story arc comes to play as they grow closer together. Their relationship doesn’t feel completely forced for the sake of sexual content and starts to seem natural halfway through. Finally, upon their return, the one month grace period is almost up, and it is time for Kouichi to make the critical decision on returning to his homeworld, or stay in Caius’s world forever. What he chooses, his reasoning, and the consequences of his choice sets up the story to go right into the 4th story arc, currently in the works!

The Titan's Bride Kouichi And Caius Walking
I’m waiting for the next chapter and I’m becoming impatient.

After reading so many other series, yaoi can really drag on because their stories don’t present anything except personal relations (and occasionally work-life). The Titan’s Bride gives us what we expect from boy’s love manga in addition to everything else any normal isekai series would. It throws readers into a fictional world alongside Kouichi and lets us explore it with him. ITKZ lets the story slow down when needed to flesh out more than just a castle and a village. The political climate, racial tension, and even different religions pertaining to all races are explained, making the universe of The Titan’s Bride feel complete. While not everything is shown in fine detail (at least not by the end of chapter 42), the narrative and settings boil down to what most long-running BL manga lack: effort.

Ciaus Holding Kouichi
The series has a lot of tender and wholesome moments that really tug at the heartstrings.

Older yaoi fans might read it and draw a slight comparison to The Crimson Spell (2005), described by other reviewers as “a really good fantasy manga with a lot of sex.” The Titian’s Bride essentially fits the same bill. ITKZ cared about creating a decent story, and by the time you’re 40 chapters in, all the sexual content feels like a satisfying artistic garnish instead of being the main dish. Striking art, a lovable main couple, and a detailed world: The Titan’s Bride has it all! We’ll be anticipating every chapter to come, and until then…enjoy the previews we get from ITKZ’s official Twitter.

https://twitter.com/itoudesuyo_v/status/1280785677647400963

The Titan’s Bride is available now in English via CoolMic.

Tags: boy's loveITKZmangareviewThe Titan's Brideyaoi

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