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Like Wind on a Dry Branch

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Mareun Gaji-e Baram-cheoreom
Japanese: 마른 가지에 바람처럼
English: Like Wind on a Dry Branch
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Type: Manhwa
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 220
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 15, 2020 to Jun 10, 2025
Genres: Drama Drama, Fantasy Fantasy, Romance Romance
Serialization: Naver Webtoon
Authors: Dalsaeowl (Story), Hwaeum (Art)

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Score: 7.601 (scored by 17411,741 users)
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Ranked: #23862
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Popularity: #3986
Members: 6,080
Favorites: 64

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Synopsis

Vivisepulture—the practice of burying a living person to accompany the deceased as a sacrifice—awaited Rieta Tristi following the passing of Casarius, the Count of Cevitas. Her sacrificial burial to appease the gods comes amidst a plague that has claimed the lives of many, including her first husband. Rieta's daughter had been sold into the slave trade by the same person who is now asking her to be buried alongside him. While she accepts her death sentence, the ceremony is interrupted by the Archduke of Axias Manor.

The Archduke is an outcast of his empire, owing to widespread tales of bloodshed and merciless killing by his hands. He appears unannounced at Count Casarius' funeral to settle a debt, but he is disappointed when he is met with a wooden coffin instead. Seeing something intriguing in her gloomy demeanor, Archduke Axias requests for Rieta's life to be entrusted to him in exchange for debt forgiveness, which the late Count's son hastily accepts.

Now a consort for Archduke Axias, Rieta must find new purpose in the second chance she is given. Adept in magic, she utilizes her skills to cast blessings for the residents within the castle walls. While she carries out these tasks, Rieta strives to understand the Archduke—who showed her kindness when no one else would.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Like Wind on a Dry Branch is an adaptation of Dalsaeowl's Mareun Gaji-e Baram-cheoreom web novel series. It is originally a webtoon series which has been officially published in book format by Young Com (영컴) since March 10, 2021.

The series has been published digitally in English by LINE Webtoon since January 16, 2021.

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Sep 6, 2025
Written at the time of completion on Webtoon. This comic is utterly beautiful, sumptuous, and clearly has a lot of love poured into it. I do have my critiques of the early-middle portion of the story, but as soon as I realized the trajectory of the plot it fit into place. I do kind of wish that the other prominent female characters (other than the goat Saintess Tania) had more focus in the narrative, but the ones whose narratives intersected with Rieta's were well-executed.

The character art, storyboarding and blocking, writing, and designs are beautiful and feel convincingly hand-crafted.

They're excellent at conveying the delicate nature ...

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