Shy, Vol. 10

シャイ [Shy] #10

by Bukimi Miki, Ajani Oloye (translator)

After a call from Spirit brings Shy to the spaceship, Shy equips the ring that Mai left behind for her. Just then, she is enveloped in a gust of wind and her appearance…changes?!

Genres: Manga

Kindle Edition

Published May 27, 2025

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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ten volumes of Shy later and we actually arrive at what I would consider the high point for the series to date. It’s a surprise as welcome as it is unexpected.

And it achieves this by having remarkably little to do with the superheroics that have defined most of the series’ tenure. Instead, there are some interesting vignettes and smaller stories plus the usual stuff that’s okay.

The flat-out best chapter, both here and in the series’ entire history, concerns Teru at school studying during a rainy day. I’m a sucker for any ‘seven school mysteries’ story and this one is a home run.

Combining Teru with a chunibyo girl from the literature club, eyepatch and all, it doesn’t seem like much until a very good-natured climax leads to a predictably creepy end. And then delivers a punchline so funny it had me in stitches.

There’s another warm hearted chapter about Teru helping somebody just by being honest about her own insecurities, which shows precisely why she’s a true hero. No surprise ending, but good sentiment.

Teru also goes on a date with France’s hero, who is very gender fluid, which contributes to Shy’s ongoing potential queer coding and is also a bit of a love letter to cosplay (minus awkwardly calling a lot of them misfits). It’s a sweet chapter either way.

Then a girl from the villain side falls in love with Teru and gets a little possessive, forming the end of the volume, where Teru gets in over her head because she didn’t remember her bracelets that let her change into Shy.

This is still kind of fun, just because we get to see Teru squealing over a zombie dog. I don’t recall if this horror movie love of Teru’s is new or not, but it really works with her character and is a neat little development.

There’s nothing here that’s a total showstopper, and the balance is all wrong if you want to see things get punched or all the usual vague powers doing vague things. For me, it was unbalanced in all the right ways and I had a great time with it.

4 stars - I’m almost tempted to give it 4.5 or higher, but it’s not quite that great. It’s really strong though, showing how heroism works in this universe and in ordinary people and also just being a lot of fun.

[R. Archer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Someone PLEASE organize these books on Goodreads I’m begging. Each edition is listed as its own book and there’s no English edition even listed 😭 I work in a library I wonder if I even have qualifications to make these changes myself because it is a nightmare logging this series

[Nekop · Rating 3 out of 5]

Petit tome de transition avec deux petites histoires pour montrer les répercussions de la popularité de Shy qui permet de remplir le temps de l'arrivée du nouvel arc.

[DoctorFeddy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Inaspettatamente Shy riesce ad indossare l'anello lasciatogli da Mai apparendo con un nuovo vestito, Uhuh non capisce perché Shy riesca a percepire i sentimenti degli Amararilk e inizia a attaccare gli eroi pero viene fermata subito da Lavoir, eroe della Francia, qui Pesha fa una riflessione, come fa un eroe a tendere la mano a una persona che non accetta aiuto? Teru ritorna a casa e si gode il meritato riposo dopo una missione e senza però dimenticare i suoi doveri, tra cui Salvare un'attrice che ha paura di rincontrare le sue compagne Idol quando formavano un gruppo, incontrare Lavoir in una fiera cosplay a Parigi, o aiutare una strana ragazza con un libro legato al club di letteratura, le giornate di Teru proseguono incessantemente pero con sempre le ombre che incombe sugli eroi, gli Amararilk tengono d'occhio Shy siccome Stigma ha intuito che la stessa potrebbe mettergli i bastoni tra le ruote. Questo volume è molto transitorio, rispetto al precedente che è la conclusione di una saga, questi volumi servano per far respirare la storia senza stancare il lettore e presentare nuovi personaggi o approfondire un personaggio arrivato in precedenza, il capitolo del cosplay a Parigi mi è sembrato carino soprattutto per lo stupore di Shy, e per il fatto che passione per qualcosa, in questo capitolo il cosplay faccia uscire dal proprio guscio chi ha paura del mondo. Per adesso l'autore non vuole svelarci perché Shy riesce a mettersi l'anello senza farsi del male, è solo una comprensione del sentimento o c'è dell'altro? Tutti e tre i capitoli parlano sempre del coraggio che bisogna sprigionare anche se la timidezza è forte; molto interessante i post scriptum d'autore/autrice dove esprime tutti i suoi pensieri sul manga, che sul lavoro che c'è dietro alla serializzazione di Shy

VOTO: 7.4/10