And really, the animation alone does the OVA justice, not only to the manga itself, but Nagabe's art style. Similarly to the first OVA, The Girl From The Other Side thrives on the experimental nature of its animation and the desolate atmosphere it conveys. The voice acting is fairly well done too. Other minor characters appear, but they're barely given much in the way of significance. But Shiva herself doesn't really have much to her here other than liking Teacher and her surface-level trauma, and Teacher gets much more spotlight here, though a lot of it is spent on angsting about the curse.

Shiva doesn't act too cutesy moe or overly saintly like some anime children tend to act, and her voice actress honors that characterization. That being said, the characters themselves are fine, and they're mostly true to their characterization from the manga, save for Teacher suddenly wanting to send Shiva to a human village. Plus, the OVA depicts some events happening very differently than in the manga, to the point of causing confusion about how they happened and why, and even has some original content that doesn't exist in the manga at all. I don't want to spoil anything, but having read the original manga, nowhere in the manga does Teacher ever consider abandoning Shiva in any way, not even out of concern for her safety. But I really do have to question a lot of the OVA's adaptational choices in regards to a lot of Teacher's decisions, even if the reasons for said decisions are understandable. They say less is more, after all, if stuff like the first OVA or even The Chronicles of Rebecca have anything to say about it. On one hand, this is somewhat understandable, as it'd be impossible to adapt an 11-volume manga into a one-hour-long OVA, so I can respect Wit Studio's wish to not bite off more than they can chew. So yeah, it's true that the OVA really starts deviating from the manga. After the thirty minute mark, the OVA becomes about Teacher trying to either find a human settlement where Shiva can live in peace, or trying to save her from the curse. However, just because it deviates from the manga a lot doesn't mean the short film doesn't have any redeeming value.ДЄt first, the OVA tells how Shiva and Teacher first met and how they come to live together as a little family before the latter starts getting concerned about Shiva's overall safety, should she continue to stay with him. I wanted to withhold my judgment until after I saw the OVA, and now that I've seen it.they're right. But then I saw reviews coming in saying that it deviated a lot from the manga, and arguably not for the better.

So you can imagine my excitement when this finally came out. While it was released in March, only in April was it more available outside of Japan, and Crunchyroll even announced they're going to stream it later. It took a long time for it to come out, as the blu-ray containing it was bundled with one of the manga volumes in Japan. So when it was revealed a second OVA was going to be made, a much longer one and with voice acting, I was hyped as hell, as were many others. With its rich, intentionally messy artwork, compelling storyline, intriguing characters, and solid worldbuilding, the manga resonated with a lot of people, enough for it to get a short 10-minute OVA, which anyone who's read my review of that will know I absolutely love.

It's no surprise by now that Siuil a Run: The Girl From The Other Side, I feel, is one of the best manga to come out in recent years.

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