The Ancient Magus' Bride Vol. 4 Paperback – April 12, 2016

It's been a very long time since I have been so into a manga I literally count the days to the release of new chapters. This series is stunning, both for it's delightful artistry, but also for it's storytelling. The world is immersive, expansive, and feels limitless. The characters are captivating, compelling, and each chapter just leaves you wanting more. Hand's down one of the most thorough world's I've had the pleasure to get sucked into, the lore is just so wonderful and deeply integrated into the storytelling process it's a true gem and work of art. If you haven't given this series a try I urge you to do so, the anime is also wonderful and follows the manga to a T. Don't miss out on this on this one, you wont regret it!

This latest volume was a great read, interesting, exciting, and poignant. The author is a gifted world-builder, and it is fun to see the different magical creatures (I WANT A WOOLY BUG they are so cute :P )The fox plot seemed a bit sudden, but I like how it affects the relationship between Chise and Elias. Too often, in these sorts of stories, the characters will have a moment like that and then it'll be back to the status quo, but not here. Excellent story and I can't wait for the next one.

I absolutely adore The Ancient Magus Bride! The story is very engaging, the artwork is beautifully drawn and overall just a great manga! I recommend it to anyone that will listen to me! I wholeheartedly encourage anyone with a love of the fantasy genre to give this manga a read!!

I can not get over how expressive Ellias is, For a being with a bone head.he is drawn so well. I keep finding myself reading a page than going back to take a good look at the art.

I love this series because the art,characters,storyline is so damn amazing. It keeps getting better with each volume as well since we see Chise actually developing and caring more about the magical world and herself

Great series. This volume was crazy

I have read manga before and I was hesitant to read this based on the stated storyline. The idea of a young girl sold in a slave market to be both an apprentice and a bride to a supernatural being might turn one off at first but the way it is handled here removed any doubts I had about the material. Chise has a special power that makes her teacher/future husband very protective of her as he tries to show her the wider world. The growing sense of empowerment she feels and the fact that he stresses that whatever happens to her will be her choice has become a very good story and I can't wait to read more.

We learn more about Elias’ back story in this volume.I don’t know if it is the genre or the artist, but the characters are androgynously drawn. This makes it slightly difficult to differentiate gender, especially the male characters.