Otoyomegatari - Ch. 112 - Marriage - Part 1 -

[crazyace18]

Mori-sensei remains unmatched in crafting tsundere, I commend Madina, absolutely chefs_kiss.

Thanks for the scanlation!! Wishing all the best of luck to Mori-sensei as she finds a new publisher

 

[Avasuule]

MADINA! ROOTING FOR YOU!

 

[Bearylazypaws]

Ali is love. And if got married to this girl, then it would be lovelier.
Thanks for the chapter.

 

[krossite]

Masterful negotiation, ma'am.
Also, I pop in to check the non-english next chapter

Spoiler

as expected, that "gifts for my wife and children"-type of gift he bought in ch96 seems be be worth quite a fortune

 

[kuShiNe]

Unrealistic situation for modern times

 

[Baelgun]

Unrealistic situation for modern times

Thank god parents don't sell their daughters into slavery (essentially an arranged marriage) for financial gain anymore, i'm not that must against arranged marriage since some parents usually want their kids to find a partner to be happy and all that jazz, but the second the parents start worrying about shit like dowries you know that shit isn't about finding a good partner for your daughter anymore but about how much you personally can get out of it.

 

[mikatuki]

Deku loser would never

 

[Northern]

Thank god parents don't sell their daughters into slavery (essentially an arranged marriage) for financial gain anymore, i'm not that must against arranged marriage since some parents usually want their kids to find a partner to be happy and all that jazz, but the second the parents start worrying about shit like dowries you know that shit isn't about finding a good partner for your daughter anymore but about how much you personally can get out of it.

You're confusing a dowery with the concepts of bride price and dower.
It was paid to the father but it went to the bride. The dowery was then administered by her husband as part of the family assets. He had no say, however, in its ultimate disposal; and legally, the dowry had to be kept separate because it was intended to support the wife and her children if the husband died. There was no life insurance available, and that's essentially what the dowery was.
So the wife was entitled to her dowry at her husband's death. If she died childless, her dowry reverted to her family, first to her father if he was alive, otherwise her brothers. If she had sons, they would share it equally. Her dowry was inheritable only by her own children, not by her husband's other children or by other women.
Many married women often wore their dowery like you would jewelry with the coins attached to chains or cloth as a way to show off how much their husbands had paid for them.

 

[Techhead]

Welcome back TBSP! Otoyomegatari is one of my favorite manga, thank you for your hard work in translating it

 

[RyoSaeba]

Thanks for the chapter!

Are the brothers twins or they just resemble each other way too much? It has probably been mentioned in the previous chapter when they showed Ali looking for marriage prospects but it's been such a long time that I completely forgot...

So in case anyone missed it https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...ove-their-manga-from-aokishi-magazine/.221561

Edit: Since the URL got munched, the tl;dr is:

and no new magazine announced for either yet.

Worst news of the year, I can't believe such a gem hasn't been picked up instantly by another magazine.
Is there any way to know how this manga is faring in sales? Often I'm under the impression that something I believe is really popular may not really be so, especially in Japan.

 

[IronMace1990]

No Chubar this chapter...

 

[noyeka]

I'm conflicted. I wanted to see more of Smith and his wife Talas, but this is good too.

 

[tamarakko]

So Mori is really marrying everyone in a checklist kind of way. It's understandable given the necessity of the times and the theme of the manga but also a shame that we don't see anyone behaving differently from the status quo after these many years of run. I can already tell she's going with the most boring and rushed direction possible for this bride just to be done with.

Anyway I digress, I just want the focus back on Pariya because she's the best girl.

 

[Tds-PdV]

I’m quite curious to know what is in Ali’s mind at this point of the story.
Hope we get to know a bit more as this pairing progresses.

 

[Tds-PdV]

So Mori is really marrying everyone in a checklist kind of way. It's understandable given the necessity of the times and the theme of the manga but also a shame that we don't see anyone behaving differently from the status quo after these many years of run. I can already tell she's going with the most boring and rushed direction possible for this bride just to be done with.

Anyway I digress, I just want the focus back on Pariya because she's the best girl.

Perhaps because Smith is already fulfilling the “eccentric” quota, he is anything but status quo and that sent his family (esp. his mother) nuts; not by modern standards of course, but by the settings of the story.

Though I kind of get what you mean as well, for instance no one decided to be unmarried, which tbf may be against the theme (and title) of the series.

 

[riflow]

Madina knows what she wants and I can only admire her for running up to Ali to get it.

What a sweetheart I hope they end up happy.

 

[LordCate]

I bet my ass that Ali still has something else that will make him rich. Mr. Smith must have left him a small fortune.

Prepare your ass then, of by any chance that's all Ali left, I'm going in dry & raw

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[REDRED]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[Baelgun]

You're confusing a dowery with the concepts of bride price and dower.
It was paid to the father but it went to the bride. The dowery was then administered by her husband as part of the family assets. He had no say, however, in its ultimate disposal; and legally, the dowry had to be kept separate because it was intended to support the wife and her children if the husband died. There was no life insurance available, and that's essentially what the dowery was.
So the wife was entitled to her dowry at her husband's death. If she died childless, her dowry reverted to her family, first to her father if he was alive, otherwise her brothers. If she had sons, they would share it equally. Her dowry was inheritable only by her own children, not by her husband's other children or by other women.
Many married women often wore their dowery like you would jewelry with the coins attached to chains or cloth as a way to show off how much their husbands had paid for them.

My bad then.