Blissful Land

A sweet calming story. Not at the level of Otoyomegatari though to be fair not many can.

The series is about a 13 year old doctor in training, who has 1 day gotten a new bride. She and he are both living under 1 roof. and need to learn to cope with what is going to be there married life as they aren't officially married yet. Set in 18th century Tibet you have beautifully and incredibly well drawn culture of the Tibet people.

The manga is quite beautiful and i don't think i can really explain it any other way. Its quite similar to Otoyomegatari in terms of the theme and setting. The whole marriage concept and accepting new cultures and languages as well as moving to an entire different regions. Making new friends.

The MMC is that kind of boy that doesn't really care about girls. All he cares about is herbs and everyone knows this. I personally found this dynamic to be hilarious and heartwarming. As being an olden type of culture he has a big family. Everyone respects and loves the MMC but also understands that he's a freak when it comes to herbs and plants and shit.

The relationship between the FMC and MMC was actually quite good as well. Lots of blushing and cute moments. But i think it could've have worked better in the romance angle. Again i don't want to do this. But Otoyomegatari just did it better. I understand i shouldn't keep comparing a series to Otoyomegatari much less something that is as good as Otoyomegatari. To those who haven't read this series, It's like if i compared a battle shounen to One piece. But again Otoyomegatari did the whole understanding a new culture better and i think a lot of this related to the fact that we saw it from a girls perspective. In Blissful Land the MMC is more of a main character rather than the FMC and honestly i thought that was a bit determinatel.

Though we did see some of the Learning to accept new culture from the FMC's side its mostly the male lead that was taking the show. Who himself did have a lot of charm but i would've liked to see more on her side rather than his.

The FMC and MMC are both shy characters. Which in manga means that they are both chad-tier flirts. They say stuff that really embarrassing without realizing it and making each other blush. This happens not on many occasions so it has a good impact. Makes me giddy instead.

Like i said i did complain about the lack of physical intimacy between the main couple but to be fair they weren't wed yet, but maybe saying that i wanted some 1 to 1 action between two 13 year olds probably wouldn't work well either.

Anyway.

I enjoyed Blissful land. Its not winning any awards but the side characters are fun and exciting. No one is really an asshole, the parents are responsible and exist unlike many other shounen protagonists.