[xoxoknlove]

my love goes to chire and everyone who made it possible for us XDDD

chap58 is sorta confusing, but i can't wait for 59 even more!!!

[In.tro}]

Even though this manga is really
confusing.... I really like it.

chapter 59! chapter 59! chapter 59!
chapter 59! chapter 59! chapter 59!

So is he gonna kill Soah
later on? OMG >.< Nooo!!
I hope hooye doesn't let
that happen.

[Valentin]

For the record, I don't think Mui/Habaek thinks that Soah might be a reincarnation of Nakbin; furthermore, I think it's even more unlikely that he would ever think about killing her, much less actually carry out the deed. Rather, I think the emperor is just toying with Soah's feelings, feeding her all of these lies in order to make sure that she can actually go through with his plan (which is to get Mui to reveal his true name, so that the emperor can destroy him). I have to say, it's rather disappointing to see Soah get manipulated so easily; I thought (or was hoping, rather) that she was stronger than that.

On a last note: I'm still not convinced that the last page of Chapter 58 purportedly shows Mui killing Soah. It looks much more like the reverse happened, that Soah somehow injured Mui, since he's seen clutching his (bloody) head. If you'll recall, there's a scene exactly like this one very early on in the story. It seems like a (recurrent) premonition that Soah might be having? I wonder if the emperor knows that she's been having these ominous premonitions, and hence is trying to twist them to suit his own needs, even though it looks to me like Soah is the one doing the "killing", and not the other way around.

[Teqq]

What's with the confusion?? Try to use spoiler tags, by the way.


That scene near the end of 58 is conjecture: a picture Mura and the emperor are trying to paint to convince Soah that Mui will try to kill her. They are trying to undermine her feelings and make her feel wounded, afraid, and vindictive.

[xoxoknlove]

^^OMG it makes sense now ;D thank you~~

[Drusilla]

Oh, so that's what that sad-looking panel in one of the early chapters was about!
But what confuses me is what exactly the earlier deaths of the brides of Habaek were for, if he really killed them. Was it just because (as stated by the Emperor) they weren't Nakbin, or because the Emperor tried to make them find out his true name and they failed and Habaek found out and killed them as punishment. And what's she doing with Hooye? I'm still very torn about whether her two red strings mean she'll love both Habaek and Hooye, or if it only refers to Habaek's two forms- as his child-self and Mui.

[Risu34is17x2]

Comes out of lurkdom to respond as well lol...

I'm still very torn about whether her two red strings mean she'll love both Habaek and Hooye, or if it only refers to Habaek's two forms- as his child-self and Mui.

This is something I was wondering about too, since they kind of are like two different persons...

I've been looking for it, but where does it say about Soah and that she had two red strings? I can't seem to find it...

[happy_star]

Comes out of lurkdom to respond as well lol...



This is something I was wondering about too, since they kind of are like two different persons...

I've been looking for it, but where does it say about Soah and that she had two red strings? I can't seem to find it...

If you read the first chapter, or one of the chapters in the very beginning of the manhwa (sorry I unfortunately don't remember in what exact chapter it is ^^)

There is a scene between a match-maker and a young Soah, where in which, the matchmaker tells Soah that she will be in love with not just one person, but two. Or something along those lines.

[brisingr123]

^ vol.1 ch1. pg1,2,3
well it's on pg.3
this is the start of the manhwa, you know those yellowish pages.

and now if I may speculate a bit, doesn't the old man resemble Yook Oh?
on page 1, middle row between Soah's parents
and
on page 3, the one who asks little Soah about the strings and also on the last row among those merchants...

that's just my impression.

[Risu34is17x2]

@happy_star: Thanks so much...I literally read the whole series again and skipped right over that part...

@brisingr123: Thank you for giving me the exact location of the event lol

And the idea of the matchmaker and Yook Oh resembling each other is kind of interesting...we'll see I suppose

[swt_decadent]

Did he Truly love Nakbin? It seems like they only been together for a small time before she dies. It looks more like he's in awe of her beauty. But if he really does love Nakbin will he give up Soah now that she's back? Technically he's marriage to Soah will be fraud since he's first wife is still alive and they didn't divorce before she dies. Although I'm not sure if this applies to God's marriage. I know that he's in love with Soah now, but he fall for her when Nakbin's not around. Now that Nakbin's back will they have a closure?

[butterball]

Did he Truly love Nakbin? It seems like they only been together for a small time before she dies. It looks more like he's in awe of her beauty. But if he really does love Nakbin will he give up Soah now that she's back? Technically he's marriage to Soah will be fraud since he's first wife is still alive and they didn't divorce before she dies. Although I'm not sure if this applies to God's marriage. I know that he's in love with Soah now, but he fall for her when Nakbin's not around. Now that Nakbin's back will they have a closure?

I actually believe that in the setting of the story, he can have several wives. But yes, the question is whether he loves Soah or Nakbin. But really, a man can love two women at once .

Anyway, I think the story is getting better - a lot of complex relationships and hidden past are coming into the light.

[Drusilla]

I think Habaek can actually have only one wife at a time, or that's how the Emperor made it sound anyway when he told him to bring his bride along (except for situations where the humans sacrifice lots of people at once).

But how is Nakbin- the real one- alive, anyway? She's human, and dead, so shouldn't she stay dead? Or did she not actually die? Aaargh......confusing story.... But chire is still awesome for sharing .

[Hakuren]

I think he was in awe of her beauty, but considering that was his first time seeing a human too in the human world, and i hate to admit it but Nakbin looked pretty and had an interesting attitude, I mean considering Mui [the Water god] -- a god is standing in your presense and she goes right into not believing him instead criticizing him-- that's probably what caught his attention and interest in her... BUT she grew pure ugly in heart and mind after becoming his "official bride"..

I think it is possible to have 2 wives but c'mon what women would wanna share Mui, lolz and i think Drusilla was right when she mentioned that the Emperor kinda made him pick 1 wife, the "real one"...

In my opinion, he probably did love Nakbin for that time, but that's the past... and nakbin had been replaced by Soah (current). However, his weakness towards her still hasnt changed...sadly Henceforth, the current situation, where before it was fake Nakbin, but this time when the true THING is before his eyes.. he's a little hesitate . however, Im curious as to does he know ab. her hidden motive... Tho the good thing is he hasn't forgotten Soah, right...? the marriage b/w him and Soah might be voided if Nakbin is "truly alive". God damn why'd she have to be a halfa human and god.. that makes it harder to believe if she really died or not. Cuz for any story any person who's a half.. is usually under special circumstances when you think about it. Though there are a few other unanswered questions, we dunno even the "real" relationship b/w nakbin and hooye, or if she ever "really" loved him, like a man/god.

However, I do have a bit of a question that just came up.. did he meet Soah b4 Nakbin? Cuz in chap 36.5 I believe it was [that side story]... he had rescued Soah when she was a kid, but returned her to land cuz well she was too little to be considered as a bride for him at the time..(probably 7-8 yrs. old) and it was sorta a one-sided meet, since Soah was unconscious and too little, BUT she remembered vaguely it wasn't a mortal, obviously. When he met Nakbin well she was already at that mature age.. if you know what I mean [the guy even watched her grow-up, for goodness sake-- hate that part..]


Anyways, it kinda comes down to it how much Mui and Soah trust each other , I mean now she has obtained a valuable info. about Mui that the damn witch nakbin couldn't... muhaha. Then for Mui, well his situation is probably even more complicated now since his dead- wife is back from the ashes.. and Soah is hesitate on who Mui will/has chosen... if you think about it in a way.. mui's decision on that is the catalyst, if he chooses her, she wont have to do the unthinkable, but if he chooses Nakbin... then there'll be a lott of disappointments..

[narcissus_hime]

However, I do have a bit of a question that just came up.. did he meet Soah b4 Nakbin? Cuz in chap 36.5 I believe it was [that side story]... he had rescued Soah when she was a kid, but returned her to land cuz well she was too little to be considered as a bride for him at the time..(probably 7-8 yrs. old) and it was sorta a one-sided meet, since Soah was unconscious and too little, BUT she remembered vaguely it wasn't a mortal, obviously. When he met Nakbin well she was already at that mature age.. if you know what I mean [the guy even watched her grow-up, for goodness sake-- hate that part..]

hm i dont think so Here are the reasons:
1. When he met Nakbin, he looked younger.
2. The reason why he wants to take a human bride is to replace Nakbin, his 1st wife.
3. Nakbin might not be of the same age as Soah. I think she was born decades before Soah. She met an early death so she now looks as young as Soah. [Or she is a halfblood so...?]

[Hakuren]

hm i dont think so Here are the reasons:
1. When he met Nakbin, he looked younger.
2. The reason why he wants to take a human bride is to replace Nakbin, his 1st wife.
3. Nakbin might not be of the same age as Soah. I think she was born decades before Soah. She met an early death so she now looks as young as Soah. [Or she is a halfblood so...?]

Hmm you're probably right -- he did look younger and probably a tad shorter when he met Nakbin, so he probably met her first. Was it really? That the only reason he wanted a mortal bride was to replace Nakbin? That's a little controversial, isn't it? I mean Soah's sacrifice was due to the town incompetence, and she was prophesied to be the sacrifice for them to survive, isnt' that why she was given up...? Im not sure if he ever saw Soah as nakbin's replacement, perhaps in the beginning... But the two of them have completely different personalities. Then again the replacement theory seems to be kinda common sense to a god, I mean if you're first wife dead, immortals usually get new ones, but in Mui's case; all of them disappeared, so Soah's no exception to that. However, we dunno if Mui cared about his previous wives like he does with Soah, Anyways, to sum it up I think he probably thought Soah was just another sacrifice bride to him, but instead ended up taking a liking to her and ended up in the current situation. It's mentioned thru out the that Soah is essentially his current weakness by that doc and the Emperor himself, he even noticed it early on.

However, does he remember the little girl he saved in the past is Soah, now?

Ohh makes sense ab. the age difference b/w Soah and nakbin. I wonder how does nakbin even age, like a mortal or immortal, come to think of it... Though, the part she met an early death and now looks the same as she did then, comparable to Soah's age is kinda scary... for some reason... Doesn't that kind of imply she came back from the dead...? But we don't know for sure about her circumstances as a person and such. -.-''

Eh, to me Nakbin just looks old.. either shes same age as soah or older, she looks like she's 200 years old or something, don't know why.. Looking back at scenes where the fake nakbin stands side by side to Soah, nakbin just looks like some kinda wicked witch. while soah looks calm and young,lol. An interesting feature I noticed while reading korean mythical manhwas, is that the women who's always in black and wavy hair, always ends up being the villain of the story and the straight-haired girl is the heroine/protagonist, lol.

[Wtf.Ciindy]

About "Mui killing his wives" thing...I remember at the beginning of the story, something was shown just like at the end of chapter 58.

Let me find it...

http://m4.mangatoshokan.com/brideofthewate...01_ch05_003.png
http://m4.mangatoshokan.com/brideofthewate...01_ch05_004.png
http://m4.mangatoshokan.com/brideofthewate...01_ch05_005.png

I hope it's not true that Mui tried to kill Soah T_T Why the frick would he do something stupid like that (if that happens to be true)??
And the doctor did read her palm and judging from his expression, it seems that there was something wrong. Perhaps it was this?

Oh yah and about Nakin still being alive...isn't she a shaman? Half human, half god? Or am I getting mixed up in something o.O

[brisingr123]

^well...
first Nakbin isn't a shaman, that was MokRang/ChunHoo.
A shaman as Habaek said is a person who can cross over, see beyond our world.
Nakbin is a semigod(dess), like ummm.. sory for the comparison.... Hercules... half human, half god.

so she won't die that easily. she resembles the most her father, so he must have taken a liking towards her, thus saving her or at least giving her an extention.

Habaek was young when he met Nakbin and so was her. Given the fact that he had a few more wives.... I think that some or a lot of time has passed, also he must have hated humans a lot after the Nakbin incident. Just like him, she must be older now.
The Yeohwa girl in my opinion resembles the past Nakbin, the young one that drove Habaek insane..... this sounds so "One thousand and one nights"-ish

About the pics from vol2 and ch58 that resemble... well I still think he's going to kill Nakbin and not Soah. And again, Soah cannot be Nakbin's reincarnation. Right?! If you pick one, that's gotta be Yeohwa. Not Soah... it even rhymes
Habaek..well Mui said to Soah that she isn't just a reincarnation of Nakbin for him. Nor a replacement for that witch.
so let's hope for a happy ending!!!

[Teqq]

As a reminder... Yeowha was never Nakbin's reincarnation.

[Drusilla]

Habaek was young when he met Nakbin and so was her. Given the fact that he had a few more wives.... I think that some or a lot of time has passed, also he must have hated humans a lot after the Nakbin incident. Just like him, she must be older now.

The age thing is kind of irrelevant, he's a god, itsn't he? He might have been younger when he met Nakbin, but even if hundreds of years have passed since she died, no matter how many wives he's taken and killed in that time, he's going to remain young and hot forever, pretty much. So it's not creepy for me, really.

But I have to ask: did Mok-rang/Chun-hoo appear in the story anywhere before we see her at the Emperor's Court/ as a kid with her dad the fisherman? It's just a bit odd to have a significant character sprung out of nowhere on her- I keep getting the feeling we should have seen her somewhere early in the story but she doesn't seem to be there.