![]() ![]() They say that “the Mother” wants her for some reason. Problems arise for this odd family unit when other, more terrifyingly inhuman Outsiders come for “the pure soul” that is Shiva. ![]() Sensei no longer needs to eat (actually, he doesn’t have a mouth any more?!?) but he very conscientiously feeds and cares for Shiva. Shiva is fond of tea parties and so she and Sensei have many of them. Sensei and Shiva have been living a quiet, unassuming life. But, as the story progresses, we find out that humans have become victims of a plague of sorts, transmitted by touch, that can turn them into these black-boned, hellish creatures, who are referred to as “Outsiders,” since the remaining human population (ala Attack on Titan) have locked themselves inside walls. Sensei looks like a creature out of Hell, and very well _may be_. The story follows a young soul, Shiva (who I think is quite intentionally named) and her erstwhile companion, known only as ‘sensei.’ The English-language versions are all translating his name to “teacher,” but I wonder at that, since there are hints that he might be (have been?) a medical doctor, as well as a professor. My library, which may in fact be magical, had the first two volumes of this gorgeously creepy manga: The Girl From the Other Side / Totsukuni no Shoujo by Nagabe ( Mangakalot has everything else scanlated to date…). ![]()
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