The Ogre's Bride
鬼の花嫁
A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! "You're the bride I've been searching for all this time." The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their "bride". The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn't take things anymore, a man appears before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen... and he's calling her his wife?! "Just be quiet and let me hold you." The most powerful, "cold-hearted" ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?! (Source: MangaPlaza)
The Ogre's Bride is a tv with 12 episodes, from Summer 2026, produced by Colored Pencil Animation Japan, rated 7.1/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! "You're the bride I've been searching for all this time." The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their "bride". The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn't take things anymore, a man appears before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen... and he's calling her his wife?! "Just be quiet and let me hold you." The most powerful, "cold-hearted" ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?! (Source: MangaPlaza)
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Tags
- Shoujo — Target demographic is teenage and young adult females.
- Heterosexual — Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Demons — Prominently features malevolent otherworldly creatures.
- Youkai — Prominently features supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore.
- Fairy Tale — This work tells a fairy tale, centers around fairy tales, or is based on a classic fairy tale.
- Urban Fantasy — Set in a world similar to the real world, but with the existence of magic or other supernatural elements.
- Arranged Marriage — Features two characters made to marry each other, usually by their family.
- Historical — Partly or completely set during a real period of world history.