Changes: Otoyomegatari

Latest revision as of 16:56, 27 August 2010

Chinese Title	少女新娘物语
Japanese Title	乙嫁語り (Otoyomegatari)
English Title	The Bride's Stories
Character Set	Simplified, except for chapters 7 and 8, which are in Traditional
Genre	Historical Fiction Slice-of-Life
Country of Origin	Japan
Year of First Publication	2008
Series Info	http://www.mangafox.com/manga/otoyomegatari/
Read Online	http://www.dm5.com/Type.aspx?id=5787 Jump to first page: http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH57/Comics-57290_6f35d65a_page-1.htm
Read Online (English)	http://www.mangafox.com/manga/otoyomegatari/
Difficulty	Medium. Starts out relatively easy, but gets harder in later chapters. Quite a bit of cloth and sewing vocabulary.
Legibility	Generally good, but the characters are sometimes vertically spaced too closely together. However, chapter 7 is problematic. Not only is it in traditional, they use a thin, stylized font that is not very legible at that resolution.
Summary	Newlywed couple Amira and Karluk begin their new life together in a bustling town situated along the Silk Road of the 19th century.
Page Counts	As of August 22, 2010, there are 12 chapters, averaging 33 pages per chapter. This is an ongoing series.
CBZ File	N/A
Word List	N/A
Discussion	N/A

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-Simplified, except for chapters 7 and 8, which are in Traditional
+Simplified, except for chapters [http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH75/Comics-75648_489aa03a_page-2.htm 7] and [http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH75/Comics-75649_49ac859f_page-2.htm 8], which are in Traditional
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-Generally good, but the characters are sometimes spaced too closely together.
+Generally good, but the characters are sometimes vertically spaced too closely together.
-However, chapter 7 is a hot mess. Not only is it in traditional, they use a thin, stylized font that looks awful at that resolution.
+However, chapter 7 is problematic. Not only is it in traditional, they use a thin, stylized font that is not very legible at that resolution.
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-| style="vertical-align: top;"|Newlywed couple Amira and Karluk begin their new life together in a small town situated along the Silk Road of the 19th century.
+| style="vertical-align: top;"|Newlywed couple Amira and Karluk begin their new life together in a bustling town situated along the Silk Road of the 19th century.
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