“Victorian maid Emma and aristocrat William defy class barriers in a forbidden, heartfelt romance.”
Emma
エマ
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Synopsis
Victorian maid Emma and aristocrat William defy class barriers in a forbidden, heartfelt romance.
It's the turn of the 20th century, and Victorian era England plays host to a poignant and emotional saga of love between two individuals of thoroughly different societal standing. Working class maid Emma and wealthy aristocrat William Jones find themselves falling for one another despite their allotted positions in life, and it is their persistent efforts to traverse the dangerous minefields of wealth, power, and staunch tradition, that provides the gripping emotional drama of Kaoru Mori's Emma. The rigid social structures of the time and the disapproving elite, including but not limited to William's own family, seek to keep the lovestruck pair apart due to their heavy condemnation of this breach of proper conduct. But despite their best attempts to resist one another, William and Emma's relationship deepens, and their feelings for one another prove to be stronger than the harshest of judgments. From the author of the acclaimed series Otoyomegatari, comes this impassioned tour de force of two individuals who strive to never give up on their love. But will William and Emma's relationship fall prey to the slew of unforeseen ordeals that rise up to challenge it, or will they get their happy ending after all?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
What 12 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.31 · some divergence
3.8 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 5.0
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Jun 2008 → Jun 2025
- 9 “Emma's story is very good, with the story of a maid from late Victorian era. I found it interesting because usually I read school romance genre, so try to read this one. I like the historical...”
- 9 “Emma is a beautiful manga. That's the only way to describe it. It makes you feel things. It melts your heart giving you a warm, fuzzy, and wholesome feeling. It also has this strange wistfulness to...”
- 9 “Emma was an amazing romance manga!!!! I really liked the slowburning of emma's novel and how natural everything was, not forced. Everything was slow, deep and romantic. My favorite moments were the...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 72 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 36m approx
- Published Dec 2001 – Feb 2008
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0681 catalog