>>365253Otoyomegatari
A sweet and comfy Slice-of-Life Romance in Central Asia during the 1860-70s. Award-winning and exquisitely illustrated.
Because of the period in which it is set, the 19th Century Central Asia, the shadows of the Great Game between Imperial Tsardom of Russia and Great Britain looms over them all. The talks of "The Russians are coming" are whispered between clan elders. Western scholars and explorers might be intels, guns channelled clandestinely to the warring tribes.
Also because of the culture of the region it is set, it presents the feels of cultural dissonance to most readers: How the main pair have such age disparity (12 to 20yo), how honour killings is a possibility, how tribal wars for grazing land or honour occurs, how touching an uncovered female hair be used as a surefire marriage trick, how lonely the life of a sheltered' noble wife, how woman in 19th century Iran have to wear the burka, how the life of a widow in the steppes, and many more such things. Even so, the story keep itself cute and sweet, and funny at parts.
