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

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Synonyms: Foreign Girl

Japanese: とつくにの少女

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 10, 2019

Producers: Production I.G, flying DOG, Sound Team Don Juan, Mag Garden

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Wit Studio

Source: Manga

Genre: Supernatural

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 10 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.55¹ (scored by 20,770 users)

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Ranked: #1706²

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Popularity: #2854

Members: 59,176

Favorites: 247

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Synopsis

Let not an Outsider touch thee,
Lest thou shalt be cursed forever.

Once upon a time, in a land far away that was divided into two realms...
The Outside was roamed by teratomorphic creatures who had the power to curse whoever they touched. Humans could live safely only in the Inside. But when a lost little girl from the Inside named Shiva, and a demonic beast-looking Outsider simply known as "Teacher" initiate a quiet coexistence on the same side of the forest, their bond seems to transcend their incompatible natures. It is the beginning of a folktale about two outcasts -one human, one inhuman- who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.

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Adaptation:	Totsukuni no Shoujo
Sequel:	Totsukuni no Shoujo (2022)

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Teacher

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Shiva

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Headless Outsider

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Ueda, Youko

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Kubo, Yuutarou

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Maiya, Satomi

Director, Script, Storyboard, Key Animation

Nagabe

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Sep 21, 2021

NextUniverse

Recommended

The light, and the dark. At one point in our universe, that was quite literally everything there was. The concept of the two elements, the duality they share, brings interesting stories to tell. One of which, happens to be "Totsukuni no Shoujo" or "The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún", a short OVA made by Wit Studio.

The story follows, the girl in white, the light, the man in black, the dark. They meet, with nothing to do with each other at first sight, but soon after, the two become acquaintanced with one, the dark figure offering a place for the girl to stay ... in. However, the drawback, the two elements clash, with the dark figure able to blacken that which he touches.

The anime is not exactly what I thought it would be, but it was pleasant nonetheless. The idea that was present here, and how it was gone around was intriguing, there isn't too much to comment on the narrative, it worked well in its time span, and the character ideas made total sense. Even for how small it is, you can still get that the idea/message of the story was conveyed to a substantial degree.

There's only one thing short anime as such focus on. Presentation. The presentation in this anime was amazing, the almost sketch-like drawing imposed across just a hint of the larger artistic piece was something I found myself enjoying a lot. It's not just that but the use of colours sure helped out a lot. The immaculate gritty scene of darkness or scenery was something to add to the style this anime had going for itself, allowing for it to embellish its nature of this fusion between light and darkness. To touch onto the piano played as well, with no dialogue, one could only use the melody to exact the emphasis on the scenes and the atmosphere created, it was simply majestic. It comes across as unique, everything does, although I don't have the library required to confirm this. It's good for what it is, elegant and concise.

I enjoyed this a lot, I have a love for simple and short anime, but if I had to impose my watch history to this anime to how I think people would like this, I'd say it is something of a good watch for all, to all tastes. It's generally inoffensive, and I don't really know of any negative opinions to it, other than it may bore one. I've also been meaning to read the manga for some time now, and this OVA is pretty much going to push me to do so sooner rather than later, with it having officially ended, chances I will write about it too. There's also the 2022 OVA that I will be waiting for as well. I suppose I don't have much to say now, but I would suggest to all to find time to watch this when possible.

Overall - 8.6 (9)
(Click "Overall Rating" for score breakdown)

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Jun 13, 2021

CrystalMountain

Recommended

So this will be a small review in which i'll also analyse some meaning that I gave to this episode

First of all it's a pretty easy to watch thing ,cause it's a 10 minute episode.
The art is fantastic honestly I cannot express how much I loved it.I might be wrong on that part ,but I feel that it was drawn like anime did back in the day ,which is sth I personally really enjoy.

I must say that I've not read the manga or anything so the thought I'm about to analyse might be completely wrong.

Some possible symbolism that I got, is that the pure white ...

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May 15, 2020

MidoriYosei

Recommended

I can say is a very relaxing Ova the sounds and aesthetics are very sounding. It is like reading a moving manga those are all the sounds I imagine while reading one is very short for such a good deep story the fact he wants to protect her and can touch her it hits hard. Is the struggle of a parent and good VS evil type of situation very beautiful.
The story is telling is very spot on and without dialogue is very impressive how much it can actually say without using words. I love the scene at the end because throw out the ova black ...

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Poll: Totsukuni no Shoujo Episode 1 Discussion Tsarko - Sep 14, 2019	43 replies	by Devonnius »» Feb 18, 5:24 PM
So this was underwhelming... sarazanmai - Sep 14, 2019	9 replies	by Phoenixfalconer »» Apr 25, 2022 2:24 PM
how much does it cover from manga? BEEKAT - Dec 16, 2021	1 replies	by UnbakedToast »» Dec 16, 2021 2:54 PM
Anime or manga Sorin-Skkkrrab - Aug 10, 2021	3 replies	by jessslyyyyy »» Aug 11, 2021 7:27 PM
Will they maintain the manga art style? GENDSAMA - Jul 10, 2019	10 replies	by removed-user »» Sep 18, 2019 8:23 PM

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