Manga Review: The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run, Volume 5, by Nagabe

Rating (Out of 5): ~4.5

Publisher: Seven Seas

Release Date: September 2018

Volumes: 9+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 4. 6.

Goodreads Synopsis:

The Accursed Child

What Teacher feared most if true - the child Shiva has been afflicted with the curse of the Outsiders. Yet somehow, even touched by that blight, she remains human. How can it be possible? And what of the Insiders, and the revelation from their Holy Father? His divine words portend trouble for Shiva and Teacher alike...

Review:

There was a time when things seemed calm and relaxed—not any more, oh no no.

Shiva learns about her aunt rather quickly, which means that Teacher has to confess some things to her, like how he's been holding things back from her. Even for a little girl, she's very upset about this.

This is honestly one of the first true moments they feel like father and daughter. Shiva throws a fit, but understandably, and Teacher has to try to reason with her while in a crises, try to be reasonable but also firm, even when she starts to get to him. When they're yelling at each other and Shiva's locked him out of her room—one of my absolute favorite moments of this series so far. I laughed, it was adorable, but also so sweet, and real.

Near the end of the volume, they're off to a new place, somewhere they'll hopefully be hidden for a while, as we're learning more about what's different about Shiva.

This was a solid volume, and this series only gets better the more I read.