This is a very simple and sweet Manga with very cute character design that teachers the reader a lot about traditional Tibetan remedies and herbs, since he main character is an apprentice doctor. Very simple little slice of life with an easy feel.

The art style of this book was really beautiful and I found the story to be sweet. It was also very interesting to learn about Tibetan cultures as it is not something I am super familiar with.

This was such a sweet charming read. Not a page-turner by any means, but still pleasantly nice.
There are those sorts of slice of life cute books that don't need intrigue to be interesting and Blissful Land is from that category. Very cute!

It’s a light hearted book for me and quite interesting. I enjoy reading it especially during my reading slump!

Blissful Land by Ichimon Izumi was a delightfully funny and interesting middle grade manga that I can't wait to read more of very soon.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC.

So, keeping in mind that this is geared toward middle school kids....well, I just didn't care for it. It was extremely slow. Nothing really happens. It is a historical romance, but very PG rated. Rati comes to live with Zhipa and they start to awkwardly adjust to each other. We learn a bit about 18th century Tibetan medicine and way of life.

Blissful Land is a sweet and interesting manga, by Ichimon Izumi. It was really enjoyable! There are some good conflicts, characters, and humor in the manga. I will definitely be keeping up with the volumes. The art style is nice too.

Thank you to NetGalley for sending me this ARC. It’s my first graphic novel since I was a kid!
It was so charming and cute. I love the artwork! I want a hard copy now and colour in everything haha. The story was simple but lovely. A kid from Tibet is a doctor in training and is obsessed with gathering herbs to make his medicines for his patients. One day a girl arrives at his house and he finds out this is his arranged bride to be!
I definitely feel this is a good little book for younger readers, however I do want to read the next volume! It’s so endearing!

Blissful land tell us an amazing story settled in Tibet. It reminded me a lot of "A Bride's story" by the mangaka Kaoru Mori. Blissful land it's about a young doctor who loves to take care of his patients. Loves to pick up herbs and create medicine to heal pain. His life will change as soon as he will be married. I loved how everything is explained and that at the end there are historical notes about typical food, names and Tibetan culture. Looking forward to read the second volume!

A charming manga set in the 18th Century. Primarily focusing on Khang Zhipa, an apprentice healer, and his fiance, it's very much a slice-of-life style manga. It's artwork is lovely. The only real gripe I have is that the other characters definitely need some fleshing out. Either way, it's only the first volume and I'm interested enough to check out other volumes.

<em>Blissful Land</em> reminds me a little of <em>Bride’s Story</em>; the settings are very different (18th century Tibet versus [x]th century Mongolia), but they have a similar premise of a young bride being brought to her fiance’s home and introduced to a life that she’s not necessarily familiar with, and adopted into her new husband's family and his community. (If you haven’t read <em>Bride’s Story</em> I can recommend at least the first three volumes – the art is beautifully intricate and detailed, especially when it comes to clothes or woodwork, and the afterwords about the creator's research are really cool.)

But yes, returning to the book I'm supposed to be reviewing; I thought <em>Blissful Land</em> was really sweet! I liked the little details worked into the story of how the characters made medicine or dyed wool, and Khang Zipa's relationship with his family and his fiancé worked quite well. Both of them are shy and awkward around each other, but determined to help! It's nice! And all of the drama is low-stakes and resolved through people talking to each other properly! Yes, this is content I'm here for, whether it's a family making medicine and crafting materials, or trying to resolve a fight between children.

Honestly the only complaint I really have about <em>Blissful Land</em> is that I don’t like the way that the artist sometimes draws the faces like they’ve got googly eyes stuck on, because it’s REALLY DISTRACTING! Especially when they do it in serious scenes! Apart from that one thing, the art is fine, good at the animals and details of the village, the differences between communities clearly shown through the characters' clothes – but I keep turning the page and finding the googly eyes waiting for me and it throws me off!

So yes, I liked Blissful Land. I don't know what the plot is going to turn out to be, or if it's going to be following two teenagers getting used to and having crushes on each other until the day of their wedding, but it's peaceful and I think I really needed a book like that.

[This review is based on an ARC from Netgalley.]

I really wanted to love this but it was just okay. I appreciated the setting and characters but something just didn't click with me.

If you enjoyed Kaoru Mori's Bride Story you will love this! Rich and detailed artwork, cute and authentic characters (both main and sub) this story is a delight to read.

Set in 18th century Tibet, Blissful Land recounts the story of Khang Zhipa, a young doctor apprentice, and Rati, a bride-to-be who is sent to his house in anticipation of meeting her future husband. Although the plot doesn't progress very much in this first volume, the manga does a wonderful job portraying everyday life and Tibetan customs, allowing the readers to enjoy snipets of this foreign yet fascinating culture.

The art is absolutely mesmerising, containing highly detailed sceneries and clothes, thus enhancing the immersion in Tibetan culture that readers experience. Reading this manga made me feel cosy and calm, and it makes for an excellent relaxing and fun read. I'll definitely seek out the rest of the volumes once they are released.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Very cute comic. I highly recommend this book.

2.5 stars

Blissful Land is a manga about a Tibetan family of doctors. Khang Zhipa is a 13-year-old doctor in training who is a bit of a goofball, obsessed with herbs and kind to everyone. One day a foreign party comes to visit his village, and with them a beautiful and sweet Moshi Rati who will stay with Khang Zhipa much longer than he could have ever anticipated.

Blissful Land is a delightful celebration of Tibetan culture, rich in nature, clothing and food details. I absolutely loved this part of the manga!
Also the characters are all sweet and kind, they care about each other and the village has a strong sense of community.

In mangas, the illustration style is very important for the story. Blissful lands is mostly drawn spectacularly with a lot of little details and beautiful textures everywhere. However, I was slightly frustrated how often Khang Zhipa's face was left unfinished. Having read a bunch of manga, I know well that usually having goggly eyes is a way to transmit emotion, but in Blissful Land I felt that it was a bit too usual. I started to feel like Khang Zhipa just was a goggly eyed person, and the 'normal' illustrations of him started to look odd. This was a bit confusing for me as a reader. And those goggly eyes kind of haunt me.

Although I liked the idea of Blissful Land, it had a huge problem: nothing happened. It was cute and nice to look at, but there is virtually no plot whatsoever. The characters barely communicate with each other and mostly we just look at Rati and Khang Zhipa picking herbs or see Khang Zhipa's little sister fight. I know it is pretty and has loads of great cultural elements, but dang I was bored. It took me a long time to finish this just because I kept spacing out while reading. Although I find the art intriguing, I don't see myself continuing this series.

Blissful Land is a delightful read with beautiful artwork. In the first volume, set in 18th-century Tibet, a young doctor meets his intended bride and they start to get to know each other. It is not overly dramatic but instead focuses on the connections between people. There is a lot of detail within the artwork that is not always typical of many manga. Additionally, there are notes in the back to educate readers on aspects of the time and place they may not be familiar. The lack of conflict is refreshing when one is used to typical notions of how stories should be told. Overall, this book left me with a good feeling and eager to read more.

I really enjoyed this story, it's quiet and sweet, about family and love. A young man learning to be a doctor meets his wife-to-be, who has come to stay with his family before the wedding. In this first volume, we see them starting to get to know each other, learning about each other, and developing a friendship. They each have something they love- he loves all things herbs, she loves dyeing and weaving, and they discover their loves are complimentary to each other, which was really adorable, I thought. The artwork is gorgeous, and adds so much to the story. I look forward to continuing this series!

A fun and insightful story about the then years about customs and cultures. This was a short story and it was just that to it. I didn't feel like there was much of characters' development or any of that. It was just like following their journey as they weave through the day one at a time.

A little slow paced for me. Overall, a nice, sweet story. But not a lot really happens.
The story is about a doctor in training who lives in a Tibetan mountain village in the late 18th century. Khang Zipa finds out he is planned to get married to a beauty named Moshi Rati. The story is about them getting to know each other and through this interaction, the reader learns more about the culture at that time.
Interesting but not something I would generally pick up or recommend broadly to others.
Thank you NetGalley and publisher, Kodansha Comics, for the opportunity to read this ARC.