The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún, Vol. 10

とつくにの少女 / Totsukuni no shōjo #10

by Nagabe

Shiva has escaped, thanks to the agonizing decision made by the king of the Insiders to betray his kingdom. Now, with locket in hand, Shiva has returned to the cottage to rejoin Teacher. What she discovers there will bring her to tears as an unimaginable truth comes to light.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Horror, Fiction, Young Adult

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 10, 2020

About the author

Please also see ながべ.

He studied Fine Arts at Musashino University. At first, he was more interested in illustration, printmaking, and painting than in manga. However, when he considered the best way to make a living from his art, he decided to focus on the world of Japanese comics and trained himself, rather than the usual approach of working for several years as an apprentice to an experienced manga artist.

He was still a student when his first work, The Boss Is an Onee, was published. He soon attracted attention for his distinctive drawing style, his fantastical and melancholic plots, and his use of fantasy characters and anthropomorphic animals.

Reviews

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I learned my lesson that day. I learned what it truly meant to be an outsider. Once again, I'd lost the place I belonged. I'd rotted it. Stolen it. Destroyed it. It was my own fault. Finally. Painfully. I'd learned that was the curse."

This volume reunites Teacher and Shiva, and reveals some dark secrets about Teacher's past and the curse. Also some more information about Shiva, too. All those questions we had for so long, world lore we could only guess at, now better explained. Very sad turn of events in what has been a very.very slow burn tale. Interesting in that backstory in a series like this is very often shared in a second or third volume, but we wait here to get this information til the penultimate volume, the big reveal. We also see the true brutality of the insiders, real killers, what's at stake in all this. It is hard to see how this can be heading to a happy ending, but I like the twists, and look forward to the finish.

[Marquise · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, we finally learnt the backstory of Teacher, how he became an Outsider and how he came to find Shiva in the woods, and it's one so very tragic, tear-jerking backstory. However, there's also revelations about the nature of the souls and what Shiva really is that I'm not finding made sense but were rather strange and may confuse some, which also made me dread the direction the manga is headed, because if it does turn out to be what I'm suspecting the ending will be, I won't be happy.

But the artwork is still superb! It has never diminished in quality in all these 10 volumes, and has kept its well-crafted atmosphere, too. The manga has never been wordy, there's plenty of "silent" panels, which attest to Nagabe's ability to convey so much with so little to no words at all.

[Victoria ✮⋆˙ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh I am in p a i n. YOU CANT DO THAT TO ME NOOOOO! I need the final one to come out already I need to see how this ends ahhh

[gio]

feeling emotionally unstable, thanks for that Nagabe.

no really what was that ending? help.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so confused...

[delaram · Rating 4 out of 5]

انتهاش واقعاً متعجبم کرد، هر استدلال و پیش‌بینی که داشتم پرپر شد.‌ حتی فکرش رو نمی‌کردم یک همچین گذشته‌ای در انتظارِ آشکار شدن باشه.

[Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now, that's a fairytale series that is more than worthy of getting a decent live action movie adaptation!!!!!!

More to come.

[Brooke (Books are my Favorite!!) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Soul twisted 💜💜💜💜

[Bahar meow · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Tell me, do you remember the day we met?
- i do.
I know you might not believe me, but before that day, i was as a walking corpse. meeting you is what SAVED me.”

[Bogi Takács]

Continuing with this dark fantasy/horror manga; this is the penultimate volume. I'll try to keep my comments spoiler-free.

The previous few volumes weren't as successful for me (minus the ending of the previous volume, which blew me away), but this one really hit the spot. The previous round of "big reveals" really left me cold, but *this* round of reveals worked for me so well. They offered an intriguing reinterpretation of the events of the previous volumes and they were personally emotionally resonant too. I'm not going to say what was revealed :) but I will say that I haven't quite seen this type of mentor/mentee storyline take THIS turn, before. I liked it a lot, and I'm curious about the last volume, but also somewhat apprehensive...
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Source of the book: Lawrence Public Library

[Sundee Perkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 9 ended with such a shock, I wasn't sure how Volume 10 would go. The background information on Teacher's life was sad, but I feel like the whole series is turning into a series of tragedies. What Shiva reveals at the end has me anticipating that the final volume will be just as tragic as the last few, if not more so. And that actually really saddens me. I know there is a war, both religious and internal, and with wars and purges there is a lot of death. But there was also hope, and I feel like the series is loosing that, bit by bit.

[April Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Video Review: https://youtu.be/zLfs_Zop7FQ

[Francesca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Non sentivo tutta questa confusione riguardo a corpi e anime dai tempi di Gideon la nona

[yel ᰔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Volume 10 rating: ★★★★☆]

Jan. 18, 2023

**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 1
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 2
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 3
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 4
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 5
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 6
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 7
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 8
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 9
**The Girl from the Other Side Volume 11

My overall thoughts will be posted at the final volume

Possible spoilers ahead, you've been warned...

Chapters 46-49

This has got to be the greatest revelation in this series. This volume is mostly Teacher's flashback on his perspective before he met Shiva. It was confirmed that he was the doctor Albert before the Great Purge happened and he somehow lost his identity along the wauy for the past six years, forgetting it and all about himself. We also got to see Teacher and Shiva's first encounter when he found her abandoned in the forest.

But that revelation about Teacher and Shiva's connection, about how he was turned and where Shiva really came from. I was expecting something like Shiva being Teacher's biological daughter, but the truth is much more surprising than that possibility. I don't know how I feel about the truth, but for Teacher, I don't know how he's able to handle the truth. And the last part at the edge of the cliff, woohh!

One last volume left!


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[ParisaM · Rating 5 out of 5]

"i forgot something
i think i had something?
i did. i know it.
i wasn't to forget? why?
but, what was it?
i couldn't remember."




And with the next volume it comes to an end? I'm not ready. every thing is all over the place😭😭😭

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

As beautiful and heartbreaking as ever, The Girl from the Other Side continues to deliver shocking twists to the saga of Shiva and Teacher. With Vol. 9, forgotten secrets are revealed and nothing will ever be the same.

[Tayjah]

I hate you Nagabe 😢

[buket · Rating 4 out of 5]

whaaaat

[Penny -Thecatladybooknook · Rating 4 out of 5]

We learn about Teacher's background in this volume.

One more volume to go and I'll have completed this series. Really good!

[Ignacio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me está dejando un poco frío el camino por el que está yendo el tebeo en su trayecto hacia el final.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a fan of the twist...

[Δανάη Ιμπραχήμ · Rating 5 out of 5]

We got the truth but at what cost?!

[kristyn ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ · Rating 5 out of 5]

“after all my loneliness, i basked in their kindness. i felt like a migratory bird who’d finally found a perch.” 😭

how about just hit me with a bus because it would hurt less than this

[Pattrain · Rating 5 out of 5]

i refuse to accept this NO NO NO

[streuselschnecka · Rating 4 out of 5]

My heart is officially in shambles. All those questions that have been swirling around in my head about Teacher and Shiva's past are finally answered, and I'll admit I was a little confused by them at first. They are still somewhat unclear to me, already knowing the forces of the universe. How could that be? I'm grabbing the next and final volume excitedly, however, with the thought that the ending could be even more devastating than I imagine.

[L.G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series. I read each volume slowly and then start at the beginning and study the artist's skill at depicting each scene.

This volume reveals a backstory for Teacher (Albert) and for Shiva! To understand what has been revealed in this volume it is necessary to have read all of the prior volumes. Even then, I still have so many unanswered questions.

This volume made me cry. I would be truly sad if I weren't aware that there is one last volume available.

[Marieta · Rating 4 out of 5]

teraz muszę czekać w napięciu do momentu aż ktoś odda ostatnią część do biblioteki…

[Jan Agaton · Rating 3 out of 5]

im rapidly losing interest lol

[Met · Rating 4 out of 5]

Passato qualche mese dall'altro volume, mi accorgo di quanto questo manga sia differente da tutto il resto che leggo. Non è sicuramente la storia della vita ma è ugualmente una delle cose più interessanti che ho letto di recente. Questo penultimo volume lo conferma.

[Federica · Rating 5 out of 5]

"così come tu mi hai accettato, senza curarti di ciò che sono... anch'io ti accetterò. non importa quale sia la tua natura."

io ho pianto ininterrottamente per tutto il volume. io non piangevo così tanto per una storia da anni e dico ANNI (forse avevo 12 anni e stavo leggendo storia di una ladra di libri).
della fine non c'ho capito niente, niente a dir poco, ma il pianto vale 6 stelle