Matt Schley
June 9, 2025 
The Ogre’s Bride (Oni no Hamayome) is a series of light novels about an alternate universe Japan in which ogres and humans co-exist, and in which the woman protagonist becomes engaged to a handsome ogre.
The light novels, which have shipped over 5.8 million copies (including the manga adaptation), are now getting a TV anime.
The novels, which are written by Kureha with illustrations by Yu Shiroya, kicked off online in 2019 and in print in 2020, and there are currently nine volumes. The manga, also by Kureha with illustrations by Jun Togashi, currently has seven volumes. It’s published in English by MangaPlaza.
Here’s MangaPlaza’s description of The Ogre’s Bride:
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?!
Illustration by Jun Togashi
Illustration by Yu Shiroya
Source: ANN
