Read on Renta!:
The Alpha’s Bride -Love’s Resonance-
by Kaoru Iwamoto & Kanae Yukimura

Japanese:
Alpha no Hanayome -Kyoumei Renjo-
αの花嫁　共鳴恋情

Links:
Kaoru Iwamoto Twitter
Kanae Yukimura Twitter
Taiyoh Tosho Twitter
Taiyoh Tosho Official Site

Content Warning: non-con, dub-con

Sometimes you want something new—a new fusion on an old dish, a new coffee house rather than the usual stop, a change in routine, a new twist on old tropes. But there’s also the opposite: sometimes you yearn for the old, tried and true thing you’ve always loved. You long for comfort. You long for home. That’s what I think of when I read The Alpha’s Bride. As a BL “fandom old” (is that what the kids are calling us these days?) sometimes I yearn for the tropes that originally drew me to BL manga back in the early 2000s.

Authored by Kaoru Iwamoto and illustrated by Kanae Yukimura, The Alpha’s Bride is a four-volume series (with a spin-off currently on volume two) that brings in many of the traditional BL and omegaverse tropes and cradles them lovingly in its arms. Kaoru Iwamoto—a powerhouse author who originally debuted in the late 90s, having written many hit novels and manga—wrote in their volume one author’s note “I wanted to write an age gap story” and they hit the ball out of the park. It’s also incredibly clear why Kanae Yukimura was chosen to visually bring these characters to life, their intricate, elegant art style suiting the theme of high society and passionate yearning perfectly.

Continue reading “The Alpha’s Bride: Returning Home” →