The Girl from the Other Side 11

 
The Girl from the Other Side 11
Siuil, a Run

by Nagabe
Seven Seas

2021

 

 

Volume 11 is the final collection of The Girl from the Other Side. It acts almost as an epilogue to a story that already had its ending.

 
Teacher is confronted by the Outsider who used to be Shiva. Teacher has his human memories back, and his body is no longer invulnerable. He feels cold in the snow. And his body and soul are both dying. The Outsider who used to be Shiva is probably dying too.

 
The Outsider suggests that Teacher return his soul to it, and says this might result in it turning back into Shiva. This might not work, and might result in both of them dying faster. Teacher is initially angry at the Outsider. They fight, separate, then he comes after it, and finally agrees. 

 
In the long last chapter, we see Teacher return to his cabin, accompanied by Shiva's voice. We see him revisit his memories of the place. We don't know if the voice is Shiva restored, the Outsider still in its monstrous form, or perhaps just a memory. After a lingering tour, Teacher and the unseen remnant of Shiva go to lie down in the grass, apparently to die of the Curse together.

 
It's a bittersweet ending, although since it previously seemed we'd get an end that was purely sad, it feels like the nicest we could hope for.

 
I think the next manga series I dive into might be Witch Hat Atelier. One of my coworkers also wants to get me into 7th Time Loop, which is still coming out.