Erotic Fairy Tales: Bluebeard Opinion

Erotic Fairy Tales: Bluebeard Manga Opinion Review

This is a short 3 chapter story from Erotic Fairy Tales. I enjoyed it for the most part. It wasn't my favorite however, it is a interesting way of changing a previously known Fairy Tale. Bluebeard was short and written well. However, I think the thing I liked best about it was how they drew the characters. The characters both men and women in this manga were drawn really beautifully. The artist's work is what really put this manga over for me into one of the ones that were memorable enough to review. 

Now I will tell you the things I found a tiny bit annoying though understandable given its name and what I assume they are trying to do with the manga. The story was written pretty well and the art was really good despite them changing the story a lot, however, the ending was random for 2 reasons. 1 is that there is a page that seems to not belong but doesn't fit elsewhere at the very end. The bigger issue is the Sex at the end... I have no issue with smut in fact put in tastefully or distastefully it doesn't matter to me so long as it flows correctly with the story. However, the sex between Kain (Bluebeard/ruler) and his wife at the end seemed like a side thought added only because it is part of the "Erotic Fairy Tales" Collection of stories. It seemed to have no rhyme or reason and for those unfamiliar with the Bluebeard folktale and its historical similarities they would not even get why it was put in at all.

For those who do not know The Bluebeard Folktale was supposed to be about a ugly guy who tried to get permission to marry 1 of 2 sisters. However, neither wanted to because of rumors and his looks, both tried to push it off on the other but eventually after a lot of persuasion the younger got married. When Bluebeard was leaving his house for some days he gave some keys to his wife and told her she could open what she wanted except for one room. She was explicitly told not to open. She got too curious and opened the door to the room and found his previous wives dead there and lots of blood she was scared and told her sister. They were going to flee but he came home early. He was trying to kill them and then the girls brothers came and killed him before he could kill them. Having no children the wife ended up with all his money. I looked it up the historical similarities to the folktale and one was to a serial killer called Gilles De Rais. Another was in a biography of  St. Gildas about a woman who was warned by the ghosts of her husbands past wives that he killed them when they became pregnant. If you want to know more about these I suggest Wikipedia. Anyways, this man in the manga was by no means ugly in any way. Also they said nothing about pregnancy or past wives, it seemed in the manga he was her savior.

It is a good story if you are looking for a short smutty story with good art that is not too close to the original Bluebeard Folktale or lore. Children should not be reading this but given the title I assume that would be obvious to most. It is not a dark manga at all which is surprising given the nature of the original tale. Check it out if it sounds like something interesting to you.