This manga is the elegant horror tale. The atmosphere of the manga, with its slowly developing hothouse tensions and erotic undertones. Deimos is a pale, black-haired demon with pointy ears. The girl who attracts his attention is interested in flowers. She photographs a beautiful white flower at a show and after a discussion with a young man at a cafe she goes off in search of information - to a secluded house where people disappear. The house has a conservatory, a furnace in the garden, and a mad archer in a wheelchair. Watch it and go figure. . The artwork is attractive and it looks like an interesting story aimed, guessing by the age of the characters, at older teenagers and young adults. The manga title in Japan is called Akuma no Hayanome. The author is Yuho Ashibe. The Bride of Deimos is classified into H (Horror)
© Shirley Sutantio and Joyce Yu, 31 October 1999
