Recently, after reading manga and only manga for a fairly long time (actually, for my whole weeb career), I've finally started my Manhua Arc. Today I want to tell you about the first Manhua I've stumbled upon, and why you should also give it a try and read it yourself.
Wo Jia Laopo Lai Zi Yiqian Nian Qian, which, for simplicity purposes, I'll simply call My Wife Is From a Thousand Years Ago is a story about a female martial warrior from the chinese Tang Dynasty, Jiang He, who suddendly finds herself in transported in a city in China in modern times. Alone and clueless on how to navigate this new world she's found herself in, Jiang He finds her way to Xu Quing's apartment building, and eventually to his door, where he, after figuring out her true identity, takes her in to teach her about the modern time's world and how to live in it on her own.
That's the premise for this manhua. A fairly unique one too, if I can say so myself, as usually it's the modern day person that gets transported into another world in this type of story, not the other way around. I would know, I've seen my fair bunch of isekais ;)
The drawing style for this manhua is really good too, with really well detailed, large shots of characters in poetic scenes and chibi, cute drawings of facial expressions in comedic scenes both. Overall, the style the artist went for is on point and really well executed.
The chapters are fairly long, averaging around 15 pages per chapter. What's better is, because the manhua is drawn in a webtoon, vertical format, you won't even notice the pages changing. You'll just keep on scrolling, getting more and more invested in this cute, yet at times deep, story of these two polar opposite characters.
When I say deep it's not just a random adjective, I really do mean it. The author really makes you think about Jiang He's perspective a lot. She lost everyone she knew and loved in an instant and is now in a world that she knows nothing about. This way of seeing the story really makes you feel bad for her, and helps you get more invested in this new life that she's found herself in.
Personally, I find this manhua really enjoyable. It's not a masterpiece or anything, actually it's far from it, but I still get a big ol' smile on my face when a new chapter comes out, which is actually fairly ofteb. The best way I could describe this manhua is exactly Really Enjoyable.
Other than that, I also found the genre choice interesting. It's, if you'll allow me the term, a Reverse Isekai, a genre I had never explored before, as I think it's fairly niche.
All in all, this manhua is really good in my book, and I'd give it a solid 8.5 out of 10.
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