A spinoff manga based on the Kizumono no Hanayome (The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride/傷モノの花嫁) novel series by Yuuma Midori and its manga adaptation starts today, January 26th, 2026, in the March 2026 issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Series magazine. The spinoff manga, titled Sumekuni no Souheki Kizumono no Hanayome Gaiden, is created by Kamijyou Akimine, and the story is set 15 years before the main story.
Kodansha published Yuuma’s first Kizumono no Hanayome novel in October 2023 and the second novel in August 2024.
The novel series was adapted into a manga by the same name by manga artist Fujimaru Mamenosuke in 2023. The manga is currently serialised in Kodansha’s ARTIMIS by Sirius digital manga magazine. Kodansha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in October 2023, and the manga’s 10th volume will be released on January 30th, 2026.
Kodansha USA Publishing publishes the manga adaptation of the novel in English under the name The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride, and it released the sixth volume on January 20th, 2026. Kodansha USA describes the manga story below:
“Young, cheerful Nanao can’t wait to marry her betrothed, Reito, the young lord of the Byakurenji family. But that changes one night when she is attacked by a vengeful yokai spirit—an ayakashi—leaving her scarred with the mark of a demonic curse. Her cousin Akemi seizes the chance to steal away her fiance, but it doesn’t matter. Reito now finds her repulsive, and Nanao is forced to wear a monkey mask to hide her scar and live the life of an outcast.
Years later, she meets Yako, the willful young scion of another noble family. When Nanao’s mask shatters after an accident, Yako sees her face and is drawn to her beauty and great spiritual power. But there’s more to the handsome young lord than meets the eye, and when Yako offers Nanao a way out of her torturous life, the new life that awaits her is filled with more mystery and intrigue that she could ever imagine…”
