The Girl from the Other Side 1
2017
Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side is a manga series about a little girl named Shiva and a monster called the Teacher.
The art is really lovely. Instead of just being outlines against a white background, it's full of dark shading and texture. There's probably more black space than white. It's some of the prettiest manga art I've see (though my experience is somewhat limited), on par with Witch Hat Atelier. The closest comparison I can think of are John Bauer's paintings of children meeting trolls in the Swedish forest.
Shiva looks maybe 5 or 6, and is really the picture of innocence. She has been abandoned in the forest, because her aunt wanted to save her life. Shiva's people think she might have been cursed by an Outsider, and are prepared to kill her to prevent the curse from spreading. The Teacher is an Outsider, and even as he takes care of Shiva, is careful to never touch her so that he won't curse her. He looks like a man in a black cloak with a bird head.
Shiva thinks she's staying with the Teacher for a few days until her aunt comes to get her. The Teacher doesn't yet have the heart to tell Shiva that her aunt is probably dead, and she'll never be allowed back inside the village walls.
In part 1, we learn all that, we see the Teacher protect Shiva from a group of soldiers from the village who are hunting for anyone outside the walls, and we see them meet another Outsider, who does touch Shiva, making her officially cursed. I'm curious what will happen next.
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