Firefly Wedding
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Firefly Wedding 01.png
| caption = First {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = ホタルの嫁入り
| ja_romaji = Hotaru no Yomeiri
| genre = Historical, romance
| creator =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Oreco Tachibana
| publisher = Shogakukan
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Comikey (digital)
Viz Media}}
| demographic = Shōjo
| imprint = Ura Sunday Comics
| magazine = {{ubl|MangaONE|Ura Sunday}}
| first = January 1, 2023
| last =
| volumes = 8
| volume_list =
}}
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{{Nihongo|Firefly Wedding|ホタルの嫁入り|Hotaru no Yomeiri}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Oreco Tachibana. It began serialization on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday manga website and MangaONE app in January 2023.
Characters
;{{Nihongo|Satoko Kirigaya|桐ケ谷紗都子|Kirigaya Satoko}}
:{{voiced by|Yui Ishikawa (CV)}}{{Cite AV media|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=wa9Q0Qj7cXo|script-title=ja:CV内山昂輝、石川由依【恋愛漫画】令嬢と殺し屋…死にたくなければ、結婚しかない。【ホタルの嫁入り・第1話】フラコミチャンネル|date=2024|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=April 29, 2025|via=YouTube}}
;{{Nihongo|Shinpei Goto|後藤進平|Goto Shinpei}}
:{{voiced by|Koki Uchiyama (CV)}}
Media
=Manga=
Written and illustrated by Oreco Tachibana, Firefly Wedding began serialization on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday manga website and MangaONE app on January 1, 2023.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Promise Cinderella's Oreco Tachibana Launches New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-20/promise-cinderella-oreco-tachibana-launches-new-manga/.193123|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 12, 2023|date=December 20, 2022|archive-date=December 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227080329/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-20/promise-cinderella-oreco-tachibana-launches-new-manga/.193123|url-status=live}} The series is licensed in English by Comikey.{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Comikey Adds Oreco Tachibana's Firefly Wedding Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-18/comikey-adds-oreco-tachibana-firefly-wedding-manga/.199332|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 12, 2023|date=June 18, 2023|archive-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714021532/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-18/comikey-adds-oreco-tachibana-firefly-wedding-manga/.199332|url-status=live}} Its chapters have been collected into eight {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes as of June 2025. In May 2024, Viz Media announced that they would release volumes of the series in Q2 2025.{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=VIZ Media Announces Vagabond Definitive Edition, One Piece: Heroines and More|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/5/31/viz-media-vagabond-definitive-edition-one-piece-heroines-spring-2025|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=June 1, 2024|date=May 31, 2024}}
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| Width = 72%
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{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = June 19, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り １|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09852147|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 12, 2023|lang=ja|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201110532/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09852147|url-status=live}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-852147-0
| LicensedRelDate = January 14, 2025{{cite web|title=Firefly Wedding, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/firefly-wedding-volume-1/product/8158|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=September 22, 2024}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-5151-8
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| RelDate = September 12, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ２|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09852825|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 12, 2023|lang=ja|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213104902/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09852825|url-status=live}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-852825-7
| LicensedRelDate = April 29, 2025{{cite web|title=Firefly Wedding, Vol. 2|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/firefly-wedding-volume-2/product/8267|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=December 28, 2024}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-5229-4
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 3
| RelDate = December 19, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ３|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09853064|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 12, 2023|lang=ja|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213104903/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09853064|url-status=live}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-853064-9
| LicensedRelDate = July 8, 2025{{cite web|title=Firefly Wedding, Vol. 3|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/firefly-wedding-volume-3/product/8400|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 6, 2025}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-5519-6
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 4
| RelDate = April 18, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ４|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09853211|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=April 1, 2024|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-853211-7
| LicensedRelDate = October 14, 2025{{cite web|title=Firefly Wedding, Vol. 4|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/firefly-wedding-volume-4/product/8532|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=July 1, 2025}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-5857-9
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 5
| RelDate = August 19, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ５|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09853526|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=August 6, 2024|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-853526-2
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| VolumeNumber = 6
| RelDate = December 19, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ６|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09853762|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 3, 2024|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-853762-4
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| VolumeNumber = 7
| RelDate = March 18, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ７|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09854039|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=February 22, 2025|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-854039-6
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{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 8
| RelDate = June 18, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ８|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09854111|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=May 25, 2025|lang=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ホタルの嫁入り ８ ジオラマアクリルスタンド付き特装版|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09943201|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=May 25, 2025|lang=ja}}
| ISBN = 978-4-09-854111-9
| ISBN_note =
{{ISBNT|978-4-09-943201-0}} ({{abbr|SE|Special edition}})
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| LicensedISBN =
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=Other media=
A voice comic commemorating the release of the first volume was released on Flower Comics' YouTube channel on June 19, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:橘オレコ「ホタルの嫁入り」1巻発売、石川由依＆内山昂輝のボイスコミック公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/529396|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=December 12, 2023|date=June 19, 2023|lang=ja|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907170907/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/529396|url-status=live}} A television commercial and promotional video commemorating the release of the second volume was released on MangaONE{{'}}s YouTube channel on September 12, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ホタルの嫁入り」2巻発売 内山昂輝が愛が重い殺し屋演じるテレビCMとPV公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/540665|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=December 12, 2023|date=September 12, 2023|lang=ja|archive-date=October 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016131140/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/540665|url-status=live}} The voice comic features the performances of Yui Ishikawa as Satoko Kirigaya and Koki Uchiyama as Shinpei Goto, while the promotional video and commercial features only Uchiyama reprising his role as Shinpei.
Reception
The series had 2.7 million copies in circulation by June 2025.
The series was ranked fifth for the Tsutaya Comic Award.{{cite web|script-title=ja:荒川弘「黄泉のツガイ」が「みんなが選ぶTSUTAYAコミック大賞」の大賞に|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/542753|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 12, 2023|date=September 27, 2023|lang=ja|archive-date=September 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927205335/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/542753|url-status=live}} The series also ranked ninth in the 2024 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for the best manga for female readers.{{cite web|last1=Cayanan|first1=Joanna|last2=Pineda|first2=Rafael Antonio|title=Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2024 Rankings|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2024-rankings/.205367|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 12, 2023|date=December 11, 2023|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213100334/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2024-rankings/.205367|url-status=live}} The series won the grand prize at NTT Solmare's "Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2024" competition in 2024.{{cite web|script-title=ja:橘オレコ「ホタルの嫁入り」が電子コミック大賞2024の大賞に|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/558417|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 25, 2024|date=January 25, 2024|lang=ja}} The series was ranked first in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2024.{{cite web|script-title=ja:橘オレコ「ホタルの嫁入り」が全国書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2024の第1位に|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/559379|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 4, 2024|date=February 1, 2024|lang=ja}} The series was also nominated for the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-08/48th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-nominees-announced/.209646|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 8, 2024|date=April 8, 2024}} The series was ranked tenth in the web category for the 2024 Next Manga Awards.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Kagurabachi Tops Print Category, Girl Meets Rock! Wins in Web Category of Next Manga Awards 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-08-28/kagurabachi-tops-print-category-girl-meets-rock-wins-in-web-category-of-next-manga-awards-2024/.214760|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 31, 2024|date=August 28, 2024}} The series was ranked third in AnimeJapan's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll in 2025.{{cite web|last=Iikura-Gross|first=Ken|title=Nue's Exorcist Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want to See Animated' Poll|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-03-13/nue-exorcist-tops-animejapan-manga-we-want-to-see-animated-poll/.222313|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 13, 2025|date=March 13, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://urasunday.com/title/2169|Official manga website at Ura Sunday}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{ANN|manga|28658}}
{{Ura Sunday}}
{{Digital Comic Awards}}
Category:Historical anime and manga