Shadows House

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Japanese: シャドーハウス

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Sep 6, 2018 to ?

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Jump

Authors: Soumatou (Story & Art)

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Emilico is just one of many "Living Dolls" serving in the Shadows House, residents of which are pitch black from head to toe and constantly leak soot that stains the house black. Each "Shadow" is partnered with a Doll, which strangely resembles the other. As a Living Doll, Emilico must keep the house sparkling clean as well as act as the face for her master, Kate. In turn, Kate supports Emilico and treats her as her confidant.

As far as either of them can remember, this has always been the way their world works. However, the bond between a Shadow and a Doll isn't quite clear. Administrators watch over the young pairs from the higher levels of the mansion and judge them—but for what purpose?

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Shadows House has been published in English by Yen Press since July 12, 2022.

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Shadows House 2nd Season, Shadows House

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Kate

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Emilico

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John

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Shaun

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Barbie

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Lou

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Patrick

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Rum

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Maryrose

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Ricky

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Mar 24, 2020

MaxtotheMinimum

Recommended

Preliminary (46/? chp)

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 ...

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Oct 2, 2020

cecito

Recommended

Preliminary (50/? chp)

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 ...

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Oct 17, 2020

Grusomhed

Recommended

Preliminary (79/? chp)

It is so easy to control people; just give them a false hope. Even if it is something that is highly disliked, a small lie will turn any hated activity in something that will be blindly followed without any questions. ‘Just keep on doing it and eventually your life will be better and you will be able to join the elite.’ It is too good to be true; however, a small part of your heart will still show a grain of hope.

In a nutshell
In a certain place, in a certain castle, there live people playing noblemen. If you want to know why, it is because ... they do not have faces. No one knows their faces. There, the 'shadow family,' who are served by their living doll 'faces,' reside.

Story
From the synopsis alone, Shadows House does sound like a first class horror manga. It just screams: ‘creepy!’ The story of the manga revolves around Emilyko, the 'living doll' that serves the shadow called Kate. The problem is, the servant is unable to see the face of the master, hence she does not know how Kate feels and if she is pleased. It is only natural, since no one is able to see the faces of the shadows, which makes their servants, the dolls, the only possibility to distinguish between the members of their clan. Little to no is known about the dolls, their creator, the shadows, the castle, they live in, and about a number of rules, both the shadows and the dolls follow alike. However, the castle does not look like something that opens opportunities; it looks more like a jail than anything else.

The initial feeling that you might get, when reading this manga, is that it is somewhat similar to Rozen Maiden. I am not going to give you any more details, since I might end up spoiling you both manga, but this is not that important for you to think about. Shadows House is quite an amazing read. While it does have a very slow, cliché and boring start that might be the reason for you to even start thinking about dropping the manga, but when you find out more about the shadows’ house, calling the manga boring would be quite an unforgivable mistake. Of course, it is not simply a slice of life with some drama, the main genre of the manga is supernatural. This manga has many supernatural elements and the best thing about it is that it is near impossible to guess anything correctly in this manga. There are just so many mysteries that come out of nowhere, making the world of Shadows House shadowy and dark. It is simply so enjoyable to read!

Characters
Just like with the story, it is near impossible to find them interesting at first. However, with time, more characters are introduced, who become a catalyst for the development of the manga’s protagonists. What is more, while many manga tend to focus only on the protagonists, Shadows House equally pays attention to both the supporting and the main characters of the manga. And it helps you enjoy the manga a lot!

Criticism/Enjoyment
There are no flaws for me to mention. So far, there are still many important details that are to be touched upon. I do not know, it might become even better, it might become boring, time will tell. But for now, it is a very enjoyable dark mystery that does have somewhat of a boring start, but then, chances are, you will not be able to stop reading; you will want to know more and more.

Overall
All in all, what a read, what a read! I do hope they will not fail with the upcoming anime adaptation. Shadows House is worth every single second of your free time, do give it a try!

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