#‘The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil a Rún’ by Nagabe

[koerinz]

Siúil, a Rún : ‘Walk on, my love’

[thetremblingroofbeam]

[snoooorkmaiden]

あっ。

- nagabe, mangaka of the girl from the other side: siúil a rún

[dg3zero]

[haruosaki]

[abybweisse]

The Girl from the Other Side is such a beautiful manga!

I'm on omnibus three right now....

[croholz]

Teacher and Shiva :)

Ngl these are some of my favorite pictures I’ve taken for buttons.

[grelleswife]

I am so normal about them.

[booksandboba]

"As I think on it...I find I do not care if this is all for naught. If there is even the tiniest speck of hope, I will cling to it with all my might. I swear that this time, I will protect you.

Shiva, if it is for your sake...I will become as monstrous as I must."

The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún, Volume 7 (Nagabe)

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[rye-views]

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún by Nagabe. とつくにの少女 by Nagabe. 7.6/10

I wouldn't recommend this manga to my friends. I wouldn't reread this manga.

Teacher is such a gentleman. I love this art style. I would want to read this with my kids. The illustration is too good to me. I love Teacher's love for Shiva. It's beautiful. The memories in the cottage at the end is beautiful.

I don't even really know what teacher looks like, but I believe he is tall, dark, and handsome.

Teacher is a real overthinker.

When auntie was like once you're cursed, you never die, i was like jaw drop, omg. My gasp at Shiva getting slashed.

Noo at the family that offered shelter to teacher but ended up dying.

Memorable Quotes: "That is heartening."

[asoftepiloguemylove]

I WANNA BE HAUNTED / I WANNA BE LOVED

Richard Siken Wishbone // とつくにの少女 The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún wr. Nagabe // Marina Tsvetaeva // Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House // Fatima Aamer Bilal being unwanted is a language // Angela Carter The Company of Wolves // pinterest // Fariha Róisín How to Cure a Ghost // Morrissey in an interview with David Thomas // pinterest // Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life

[manga-and-stuff]

Source: The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Totsukuni no Shoujo とつくにの少女

by Nagabe

[haveyoureadthismanga-poll]

[haruosaki]

[fishingfordreams]

manga recommendations pt. 3

memory, melancholy, and maturity

Totsukuni no Shoujo (The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún) by Nagabe

A harrowing and beautiful grim dark fairy tale set in a world populated with monstrous creatures that can curse people with a single touch. The story follows a young girl named Shiva and her otherworldly Teacher who live in a vacant village on the "outside." The story explores the dichotomy of light and darkness, good and evil, body and soul, and those who linger in the quiet spaces in between. Nagabe’s dreamy story book illustrations capture the fantastical and eerie world vividly, crafted together in fine lines and careful contrasts.

Dungeon Meshi (Dungeon in Delicious) by Ryoko Kui

A charming medieval fantasy story about, well, dungeons, dragons, and delicious food! The premise is simple: kill the magician of the dungeon and the golden kingdom shall be yours, or so the former king declared before fading to dust. And so, we follow a group of adventurers as they traverse the dungeon and, after losing their supplies and friend to a red-scaled dragon, meet a dwarf who teaches them how to prepare and cook monster ingredients. The story delights in monster designs and their anatomies and ecosystems, and boasts a diverse cast of characters that are as equally complex and well-developed.

MagMell Shinkai Suizokukan (Deep Sea Aquarium MagMell) by Kiyomi Sugishita

A gorgeously illustrated story following Koutarou Tenjou, a janitor and assistant keeper at a deep sea aquarium in Tokyo. The story quietly opens up a hidden, dreamlike world filled with strange and wonderful creatures that dwell in the dark depths of the sea. Sugishita beautifully captures the fleeting, tender moment of fondness and rumination that people experience while watching the majesty of the ocean and her inhabitants.

BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad by Harold Sakuishi

An absolute classic! A soul-stirring, coming of age story about music, brotherhood, and the angst of adolescence. It features a group of colorful teenagers who come together to form a rock band and the story focuses on their love, trials, and tribulations as they struggle to fame. The protagonist, Yukio “Koyuki” Tanaka, embodies the raw, honest, confronting, and liberating feeling of self-discovery and self-expression that young people often go through. His growth is slow and subtle, but so genuine and measured, and he becomes the force that eventually pulls the groups’ sound together.

Medalist by Tsurumaikada

A heartfelt story that explores the familial, social, and economical pressures of competitive sports, specifically figure skating. We follow Inori Yuitsuka, a fifth grader who is desperate to become a skater but has been constantly criticized by those around her and told that she’s too old to begin training competitively. All except for down-on-his-luck former figure skater Tsukasa Akeuraji who sees her potential and decides to coach her with the promise of winning a medal. Despite the somber premise, this is an incredibly uplifting story about building confidence, realizing your self-worth, and pursuing your dreams regardless of when you decide to start. The athleticism and elegance of figure skating is also portrayed beautifully through dynamic and expressive artwork and paneling.

Holyland by Kouji Mori

An intense, character-driven story following high school student Yuu Kamishiro who, after being driven to isolation by the abuse of his peers and with no place in society, ventures out into the night in search of his "holyland." He finds acceptance through violence and solace in the lawless brutality of the streets. The author meditates on human nature and explores the nature of one's emotions, particularly grief and hatred, and how they define us. Make no mistakes though, this is also very much a martial arts story and Mori balances both the technical and impassionate aspects of combat seamlessly.

(Includes depictions of self-harm, depression, bullying, violence).

[godzilla-reads]

🖤 The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún- Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 by Nagabe

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

There is the Inside and the Outside, the latter being a home of cursed monsters and the prior being a gated kingdom for the pure souls of people not cursed. In the Outside, a young girl is abandoned and finds herself living with a Cursed One.

I’m so sorry that I can’t fit a good synopsis together to describe this story, but it’s so good. I highly recommend it for those who like manga/graphic novels. Nagabe’s art is amazing and their story makes it hard to put the book down. Shiva and Teacher are so wholesome and there is so much mystery to what is going on. I desperately want to read further.

This deluxe edition included volumes 1-3 and I blew through that so fast. I need to know what happens next. The story is so mysterious, eerie, but lovable.