Marriage Black

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In an attempt to broker peace, two feuding families of assassins arrange a marriage between the daughter of one family and the son of the other. The bride-to-be, Lilithia, throws both families into turmoil when she rejects the marriage in favor of pursuing her fiancé’s sister, Lu Die. Lilithia is willing to throw away everything for love, while Lu Die is torn between her feelings and her loyalty to her family.

This is a one-volume manga, which means that there’s not a lot of room to expand on the story. The central story of Lilithia and Lu Die is handled well, but the supporting characters are ... underdeveloped, and the background context is largely unknown, for example why the families are enemies, or what the culture of the world is like. All we know about that is that same-gender marriages don’t appear to be recognized, or else that would provide a simple solution to the drama. There’s certainly a potential for tragedy in this setup. Lu Die and Lilithia don’t expect to get a happy ending, and another character compares their relationship to Romeo and Juliet, but our two leads find a solution that works for them. Some readers may find the ending too ambiguous for comfort, but i believe our heroines were happy.

Overall, i don’t think Marriage Black had much of an impact on me. It wasn’t a bad story, but i’m not sure it will prove to be particularly memorable. The art was the same way, neither especially beautiful or spectacularly bad. If you’re looking for a way to spend the time, or a yuri manga that doesn’t take place at a school, this is worth a shot.