Heavenly Bride
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Heavenly Bride is an OEL web-manga produced by Katrina Joyner of the Writers of the Apocalypse. The script was begun in 2008 while actual production began in January 2009. Unlike most Japanese manga, it is read left to right. It updates every Friday, and sometimes on a following Wednesday depending on reader support and contribution.
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[edit] Style and genre
Heavenly Bride is one of the rare josei (redikomi, or ladies comics), : it takes a more realistic storytelling view even though it is a science fiction fantasy romance. Like all OEL manga, Heavenly Bride's art is directly inspired and influenced by Japanese manga, particularly of the bishōjo variety.
[edit] Plot
Lhung stumbles across a lonely planet while swimming through space with another celestial being. Imagining that he feels something calling to him, he descends to the planet surface. There he takes human form and begins his life at the Hall of Shells, where empty bodies are stored for such situations.
At first things are peaceful for him as he adjusts to his new life. He befriends a lonely girl named Taus and secretly falls in love with her. Then he learns that he has become a vampire and comes close to harming his friend. Filled with guilt and shame over what he has become, he struggles silently while loving his best friend from afar.
[edit] Main characters
Lhung - Lhung is the protagonist; a former Eastern dragon spirit who possesses a body on an Earth-like planet. Although he came from a noble family, he humbly chooses to pursue life as a healer. At the beginning of the story he feels out of place while he learns to adjust to his new environment. "Lhung" is similar to the word that means "dragon" in Chinese. His pale appearance and astral form reflect his "other" state of being.[1]
Taus - Taus is a supporting main character and Lhung's love interest. She becomes Lhung's best friend and helps him learn his world and cope with himself as a new creature. She is described as a "shy girl with secretive eyes" but appears to have a mischievous streak about her.[2] So far the two have spent most of their time exploring and picnicking.
Jiu Liu - Taus's fiance, this character seems to be slightly abusive to his future wife. The dislike between himself and Lhung are clear from the start, but Jiu Liu has not made many appearances in the story yet.
'Na Mei - One of Lhung's co-workers. She first appears when Lhung is hired as a teacher in the Academy of Mercy and comes to him for administrative help when some students are murdered.
Information regarding other main characters has not been released at this time.
Heavenly Bride has a sister manga entitled Akashik which features Taus as the main character in an entirely different storyline. Both are also offered in what the creators call "bad Spanish" on their website.
[edit] Websites
Heavenly Bride can be found through the following sources:
- Akashik Online - http://www.akashikonline.com [3]
- Heavenly Bride website - http://heavenlybride.apocalypsewriters.com [4]
- Apocalypse Writers Website - http://apocalypsewriters.com
[edit] References
- ^ 龙 [long2] /dragon/imperial/Long (a surname) / - http://www.tigernt.com/cgi-bin/cedict.cgi
- ^ http://topwebcomics.com/?searchterm=heavenly+bride
- ^ http://www.akashikonline.com
- ^ http://heavenlybride.apocalypsewriters.com
