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The Girl from the Other Side (manga, vol. 3) by Nagabe, translated by Adrienne Beck

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 3 - Nagabe

Shiva's aunt takes her back to the Insiders, leaving Teacher all alone. Things go badly very quickly -

Shiva's aunt succumbs to the curse, and so the soldiers raze the town. Shiva and Teacher find each other again, but Shiva is feverish, injured, and horrified at the possibility that she might have ultimately been responsible for all those deaths. Shiva's aunt, now an Outsider, arrives and tells Teacher that, yes, she abandoned Shiva, but she also once found Shiva abandoned and took her in. Extras: a couple full-color pages and some four-panel comics.

The suspense, as Shiva's aunt began to display signs of the curse, was great. The entire "razing of the town" scene made me think of Attack on Titan - dark and awful.

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Since I had theorized that the curse was actually just a disease and the Outsiders were just beings shunned by humans, the revelation that the curse was a real thing was a bit of a shock. I'm very intrigued by the beginning of Shiva's aunt's story. Where did Shiva come from? Is she

some kind of carrier of the curse? I also found it interesting that Shiva's aunt retained both her personality and her memories.

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(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)