History Manga / ABridesStory

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In volume three, [[spoiler:Mr. Smith and Talas's]] sudden engagement seems to be going along the usual romantic rails, until chapter seventeen. The entire chapter makes it abundantly clear how unrealistic it actually was due to the cultural differences and family ties. [[spoiler:This turns out to be something of a [[SubvertedTrope subverted trope]] in chapter seventy-two, thanks to Talas's determination and the unexpected help from her sixth husband]].

* EroticEating: There's something really sexy about the way that Sherine eats her food, especially watermellons. Other characters tend to watch in fascination.

As with all of [[Creator/KaoruMori Mori's]] works, the art and attention to detail is extensive, although [[Creator/KaoruMori Mori]] can put more effort into this particular work with less pressure, since it is a bimonthly publication.

** In Ankara, it turns out that Ali does not know any English while Mr. Hawking does not know Persian or Turkic, so they do not understand each other... They [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] it when they get into an argument, somehow picking up what the other means anyway.

** [[spoiler:Talas]] experiences this when she and Mr. Smith arrive in Persia, as it turns out that her Persian is rudimentary, at best. This makes it more difficult for Anis and Sherine to communicate with her, though all three of them do manage.

* NonActionGuy: Henry Smith is a nineteenth century British scholar, so it is to be expected. Due to physical limitations from age, this is also true of many older men in in permanent settlements, including Karluk's grandfather, Mahatbek.

* AnAesop:
** Anis feels lonely despite having a loving husband and a comfortable life, because she's cooped up at home all the time and has no friendships with other women outside her household. It turns out that befriending the neighborhood women at the public baths and becoming best friends (at the very least) with Sherine was what she needed to feel emotionally complete.
** The secondary lesson of Anis's arc is that a person shouldn't feel insecure or jealous that their spouse needs people other than them in their lives to be happy. It had never occured to Anis's husband that she should go outside the house and meet new people from time to time, because he always thought of her as a delicate flower who needed to be protected. Despite not quite understanding or being comfortable with what Anis is doing, he trusts her and cares about her enough to let her spread her wings, and everyone ends up happier as a result.

* MistakenForSpies: Mr.Smith was thrown into a prison once for this reason and only released a few days latter after Ali vouched for him. It remains a concern for him during his travel in Turkestan afterward, as his obvious European look means he will always be suspected as a Russian spy thanks to the then political tension. This is why Smith sometime assumes fake identity when he's on the road, such as a doctor or a Tatar.

* AnachronismStew: Anis owns a Persian cat which [[SubvertedTrope appears to have]] the ultra-typed flat face created by American breeders since the 1950s, rather than the short-muzzled look of traditional Persians. However, closer inspection reveals that this appearance is only true in panels where its face is foreshortened; any time the cat's head is seen in profile, it shows the Traditional Persian facial features.