A Bride’s Story has gradually worked its way into becoming one of my favourite manga. It’s so…

A Bride&rsquo;s Story has gradually worked its way into becoming one of my favourite manga. It&rsquo;s so adoringly detailed – such a true labour of animal- and history-nerd love – that its naive romanticism becomes its most endearing strength. Set in 19th-century Central Asia (modern-day Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, etc), it starts out as the story of a bright-eyed 20-year-old Steppe woman named Amir…