Nightingales Sing
The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride, volume 1
By Midori Yuma & Mamenosuke Fujimaru
21 Jan, 2026
Translation
2023’s The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride Volume One is the first tankōbon for Midori Yūma and Mamenosuke Fujimaru’s The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride fantasy manga series. The Sarah Kellis English translation came out in 2025.
Fourteen-year-old Nanao is beautiful, hails from a powerful clan, and is engaged to the handsome and charming Reito. When she misplaces the hairpin Reito gave her, Nanao is distraught. Happily, with the help of her conniving, jealous cousin Akemi, Nanao finds it again… out in the open, just beyond the household’s mystical protections.
Still, how risky could it possibly be to step beyond the barrier, pick up the hairpin and return?