Shadows House

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This will be a short review since I highly recommend you go into this blind.

Where do I start?

Shadows House is quite a peculiar manga with an abnormal setting. It follows the relationship between Emilyko, a living doll, and her shadow master Kate. Emilyko has a duty to clean the room of her master who continues to emit soot that dirties her living space.

And we'll stop there for introductions.

Shadows House is still in publishing but what's nice are the fully-colored chapters in tandem with Soumatou's cutesy art that work well in creating a mysterious atmosphere.

As the manga goes on, you might pick up ... on various points of world-building and character, and it might do you well to keep these in mind as you read through. Like another certain Shounen Jump series, Shadows House has its own way of storytelling that's sure to keep fans of the mystery genre hooked. And maybe you can find out what it is before they tell you.

I might have said too much already so I'll leave the detective work to you.

Did I already say to go in blind?

This is a GREAT manga full of mysteries and EXCELLENT art + storytelling.
It follows the story of Emilyko, the living doll, and her shadow, Kate. Emilyko has to clean every single day all the soot that comes out of Kate, but why is it? What's soot? Just what is a living doll? What does it mean to be "a face"? What even are shadows?

They live in a mansion owned by the Shadow family. Little by little you (and them) learn about their surroundings and context. What is that mansion, though? What on earth is the Shadow family anyway?

Chapter by chapter you gather ... new questions while finding new answers, it keeps you hooked. The more you read, the more new and interesting characters are presented and more questions arise.

At first it may seem very light and wrote only for the aesthetic, but the plot so far is very interesting and gets deeper by the chapter (and it is also consistent! which is not actually quite easy to find). It has a nice pace, good characters, great story and, mostly, it's beautiful. I love it, I absolutely recommend this manga to anyone, really.
UPDATE: it seems a Shadows House anime has been confirmed. I recommend reading the manga anyway, because it is just exquisite, don't miss it.

Shadows House sadly belongs to one of the most underrated pieces of fiction I've witnessed so far, simply because the premise is not appealing enough for most people, and therefore it is ignored by the mainstream. But what people miss out on through this is easily one of the best told and most unique mystery stories you can find. If you already liked TPN, then this is even better.

Going into this, one might think that it's a simple slice of life just in a very obscure scenario whose plot only goes further for the sake of some self-contained storylines. But the truth is, once you ... get more and more involved, you realize that things are much more connected and play together in a way that you didn't even consider first. The plan for the plot and setting seems to have been certain from the beginning on.

Starting relatively simple with only the two main characters who merely get to know each other at the beginning, more and more characters and plot points get introduced after time, simultaneously with new arising questions while also getting a continuous darker tone.
While other mystery stories often fail to execute its own resolutions to their plot by lazily adding more and more elements to its own lore (making it seem like a forced scenario by the author), Shadows House meanwhile manages to keep a systematical vibe throughout the story which characterizes through having tons of details and foreshadowings from the beginning on that help to point out to much later plot points in a great logical way.
As you progress, you repeatedly get tiny bits of information that slowly make you realize the thoughtful concept behind the shadows house and its mysteries. And in the middle of nowhere you occasionally get to witness some bigger reveal that turns the whole plot into another direction. Overall the whole story is very intelligently written.

Thanks to the very unique concept, you also get confronted with topics that usually don't get addressed in other fictional works. The unusual scenarios and their philosophical background make a particular basis for deeper thoughts.
Another point are the various characters that all play their own part in the shadows house. Having the main focus on children might turn off some people, but it is indeed an important part of the plot that makes certain things possible in the first place. Also because of its concept, it again opens new ways for unique character traits and interactions. Each character has its own quirks, but they are all still very likeable (or at least understandable) to some degree, and each has their own development process. Especially Kate is an incredibly good character.

Lastly I want to point out the very enjoyable art style of the manga which also happens to be colored as the standard. Speaking from an anime view point, I only got to read the manga after chapter 80, but I think besides one little arc being changed, there is not much difference. Also while writing this, Shadows House is still far away from being finished, so there is still a lot of potential in the air for waaaaay more twists and turns.
Summarized I can highly recommend to read this manga or at least watch the anime first.