Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Vol. 10

黄泉のツガイ [Yomi no Tsugai] #10

by Hiromu Arakawa

Japanese edition

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Japanese Literature, Shonen

Kindle Edition

First published July 11, 2025

About the author

Hiromu Arakawa (author: 荒川弘) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師 Hagane no renkinjutsushi).
Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (荒川弘美).

Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm in Hokkaidō.
She thought of being a manga artist since she was little. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes while working on her family's farm. During that time, she also created dōjinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine. After eight years she moved to Tōkyō and started out as assistant writer for Hiroyuki Etō.
Her debut as manga artist is in 1999 with STRAY DOG. In 2001 she started working on her famous and award winning series Fullmetal Alchemist, that soon gets a successful anime adaptation.
Other works include Silver Spoon (銀の匙 Silver Spoon, Gin no saji Silver Spoon).

Reviews

[DianaRose · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really need to sit down and reread vol 1-9 in order because i fear i forget the plot until half way through the whatever current volume is released lol 😬

anyways, another great volume despite my forgetfulness, and i’m very excited that the anime has been well received so far! i need to watch it🙂‍↕️

[Maz Castillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gusta hacia dónde va esto 🥹

[Philip McCarty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was eye opening and did some great work giving at least more backup and a somewhat straightforward origin story about the corrupting ways of power and lack thereof. So to start things off, the party lines have been drawn and we have Higashi Village (as represented by Hana) and the Kagemori Clan (turns out they're a clan who left the village way back when) teaming up to deal with the threat of Nishino Village (?) or maybe more like a group of outcasts from that village. The two villages existed mainly to create a pair of twins, Higashi was failing and asked to have a priestess sent their way and thus Yamaha was sent to the village. Her twin (the middle aged villain woman) had awakened Seal (uh oh, now there are two seals in the story,) and was running the show in Nishino Village (which is at the bottom of a reservoir in the present.) Yamaha had her lifespan sealed by her sister, but only when old. So with this all in place, we know more clearly the history of everything going on. The adults of Higashi Village are actually pretty terrible though, they all are asking when Yuru will die to see if he has the power. At the end of the volume, Yuru goes to the modern ruins of Higashi and yells angrily about the adults and how terrible they are. It was a fun and cathartic ending. The 4 panels at the end are always a treat. I feel like stepping away from the larger cast and just focusing on a few people this volume helped it be an easier read.

[Marianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one got darkkkkkkk at times but I loved it! We finally get some answers too!

Also, a more general series observation: This is way more of an ensemble cast story than Fullmetal Alchemist, in that while FMA is also an ensemble cast story, Ed and Al are very clearly the main characters and we're following them for like, 60-70% of the story. Yuru is probably *technically* the main character in this series but not in such an intimate way as Ed and Al - he gets about 40% of the story, if that, even though all the plotlines revolve around him and Asa (who gets even less page time - I hope she gets more soon!). So it was actually really nice in this volume that he gets a big emotional moment after visiting the village. I love the big and sprawling cast though - so many great characters! Also, the author's note at the end ('This is a story about people who've been ousted from "normal" society. What's considered "normal", anyway?') makes me really excited about where the story is going thematically.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 Wow volume 10 is a huge lore dump. Yuru goes back to Higashi Village to learn what grandma Yamaha knows about the western group from Nagishi Village. We learn about the origin of the village and the fate of the last set of Break/Seal twins 400 years ago. So not a lot of action in this volume outside of flashbacks but it’s still all good stuff. However both of these villages can go fuck themselves.

Natsuki with Naughty Child & Cry Baby on the cover of volume 10.

Read 5/13/2026

[Ilaria Massariol · Rating 5 out of 5]

FANTASTICO! BELLISSIMO HO I BRIVIDI 🔥

[Arianna Mancini · Rating 2 out of 5]

io ancora non cap dove vuole andare a parare sta serie...

[Els · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the different plotlines are slowly starting to converge, I love it. But also, what a brutal example of power corrupts in this volume.

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

(4.75 ⭐️)

f*ck higashi village

[Sheypski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still absolutely love this series. It was nice to have background info again that answered some questions I had.

[nobody · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3,5)

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

hiromu arakawa crafts lore so well~

[Katheryn Haskell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ooooh, this volume is getting into the good stuff! It feels like this is the first major plot point since the twins finding each other, and I am excited for it.

[ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

fascinant comment tout est super développé, jtm arakawa

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐s

[Adri Ruzkor · Rating 5 out of 5]

CUANTO LORE. Se está poniendo muy interesante! Me gusta mucho que cada volumen es en plan "te doy unas pocas respuestas, pero te dejo más preguntas"