とつくにの少女 (2022)

TOTSUKUNI NO SHOUJO (2022)

OVA

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
1
RELEASE
March 10, 2022
LENGTH
70 min

DESCRIPTION

The official Twitter account for Nagabe's The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún manga revealed on Friday that the manga will get a "longform anime" project. The anime will ship as an original anime DVD (OAD) bundled with a bonus volume of the manga that will ship on March 10, 2022.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Note: Originally released as a movie-length OVA. As streaming on Crunchyroll, it is split into 3 'normal' length episodes.

CAST

Sensei
Jun Fukuyama
Shiva
Rie Takahashi
Soto no Mono
Hiroki Gotou
Ryoushi
Tadashi Miyazawa
Heichou
Kouichi Sakaguchi

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

Benkei
75/100
Outstanding art and soundtrack with almost no story whatsoever.
════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Considerations ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ ● I would like to start by saying that this is a __spoiler-free review__. I've read the manga and watched the 2019 OVA. The manga holds a dear spot in my heart, and I would like to say the same about this animation. ● Although this animation is considered a "longform anime" project that was bundled with an extra volume. I really doubt that many people will consider this when they just see this movie online, and for those people, I will consider the point of view of someone that hasn't read the source work. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The Setting ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The story covers Sensei and Shiva. An Outsider and An Insider trying to survive together while he can't touch her to not spread the curse. That's the same thing proposed before in both the manga and the first OVA. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The Story ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Now covering the story of this specific animation, I can say that it is very weak. There's a real lack of context. Many important scenes and even arcs are totally ripped apart in this animation. Which is totally understandable given the fact that they're trying to cover a very dense 53-chapter work in basically 1 hour of screen-time. But the lack of facts takes away any trail of thought about what is actually happening while the story moves forward. There's no explanation of what is happening in the world, no real indication of background unless you consider the first minute and half of the movie (which you will only understand if you read the manga). ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The Art Style ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ That is without a doubt the peak of this animation. The art style is absurdly good. It feels like you're watching an oil painting at times, with some charcoal sketches at others. It's very different from the first OVA and very different from any kind of work that I can remember from the top of my head. I won't be using a lot of images on this as it could spoil the little story that the animation has. ‎The scenes are literally breathtaking and, combined with the amazing soundtrack focused on classical piano to set up an emotional background, it just fits exactly as it should. If you consider the manga, it lacks a few aspects of a thriller, but it is undeniably beautiful. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The Characters ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ As I said, the story isn't very well developed and you can't grasp the mentality or ideas of the characters very well. Particularly of Shiva, as it lacks a major arc. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Conclusion ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ If you're like me, you skip everything and read only the conclusion because you don't want to get spoiled with other themes. So I will try to be brief on this point: __If you're planning to grasp the idea of the manga by watching this OVA, don't. If you've already finished reading the manga, then you can definitely watch it and enjoy Shiva and Sensei.__ It's unfortunate to think that there's maybe a good number of people that got hooked by the first OVA and went to read the manga so they could fully understand (my case). But I feel that if a clueless person watches this work, they will just get a feeling of nonsense and probably not consider the possibility of reading an amazing manga. __If you watched and didn't understand anything, don't worry. You're definitely not alone. Read the manga.__
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Juliko25
85/100
Deviates from the manga a lot, but is still a magnificent piece of art if you see it as its own separate entity.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. So you can imagine my excitement when this finally came out. But then I saw reviews coming in saying that it deviated a lot from the manga, and arguably not for the better. I wanted to withhold my judgment until after I saw the OVA, and now that I've seen it...they're right. However, just because it deviates from the manga a lot doesn't mean the short film doesn't have any redeeming value.

At 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. 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. So yeah, it's true that the OVA really starts deviating from the manga. Like, a lot. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. Shiva doesn't act too cutesy moe or overly saintly like some anime children tend to act, and her voice actress honors that characterization. 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. Other minor characters appear, but they're barely given much in the way of significance. The voice acting is fairly well done too. Not much else to say there.

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. And really, the animation alone does the OVA justice, not only to the manga itself, but Nagabe's art style. The OVA retains the shaky lines from the 10-minute short, making them more polished, the backgrounds are beautifully painted with loving detail, and a lot of the effects that this film uses—water filters, the muted color palette, jittering shading and outlines, ink blots, manipulating light, and others I don't have names for—are all used to great effect, conveying both the desolate environment they live in, and the two characters' emotional and mental states, all with a kind of ethereal beauty that only The Girl From The Other Side can convey. The soundtrack is also much more muted and ambient, doing its job impeccably, only playing when needed, and mainly restricted to just piano pieces.

In terms of which adaptation of the original manga is the best, I'd say I recommend the 10-minute silent OVA, as that one does its own thing without deviating too far from the manga, is true to the heart of the story, and narrows its focus to just showing a day in Shiva and Teacher's life. That being said, that's not to say the 2022 OVA doesn't have redeeming value. Significant deviations from the manga aside, I think the 2022 OVA is better seen as either an alternate continuity or a separate entity from the manga, similar to how the 1997 Ie Naki Ko Remi anime deviates significantly from the original Sans Famille novel and the 1977 Ie Naki Ko anime to the point of being its own entity. Plus, even The Girl From The Other Side's original manga has some issues, particularly as it gets closer to the end. The best way to watch this 1-hour OVA is to not have your expectations too high in regards to faithfulness to the manga, because it's clearly trying to be its own self-contained story, though it makes some missteps in doing so. Or, on the other hand, you can use it as a way to get people who aren't familiar with anime into it for the first time.

In the end, the 2022 The Girl From The Other Side OVA, while very ambitious and experimental with its animation, deviates a lot from the original source and doesn't make the best decisions in doing so. But at its heart, its still a nice way to kill an hour, especially if you want to watch it as just an experimental art film or take it as just a long advertisement for the manga. Plus, I'd still take this over all the shitty ecchi and light novel isekai anime any day of the week. I kind of hope some company like GKids or Eleven Arts dubs it into English and puts it out on DVD/Blu-Ray, along with the 10-minute OVA as well. That would be great!
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Ceuipsolon
90/100
Totsukuni no Shoujo (2022): A humanidade transbordada em um texto simples e belo.
Totsukuni no Shoujo é um OVA de 1h10 produzido pela WitStudio (Ousama Ranking, Vinland Saga, Mahoutsukai no Yome) e dirigido por Yuutarou Kubo e Satomi Maiya. Este filme utiliza elementos do mangá de mesmo nome, como personagens, estética, mas não é uma adaptação, pode ser visto como uma história à parte.

Capa do mangá de Totsukuni no Shoujo

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Sinopse:

Após o descarte de corpos amaldiçoados do ‘mundo interno’, resta uma sobrevivente, Shiva, uma criança.

Encontrada por um morador do ‘mundo externo’ que recebe o nome de professor, dado por Shiva, já que o mesmo não se recorda dele.

O professor é um amaldiçoado que tem uma visão muito deturpada sobre seu grupo, recusando-se a aceitar que faz parte do mesmo. Por achar que a função deles é espalhar a maldição, negligenciando tanto esta sua característica (evitando o toque para justamente não a transmitir) quanto a sua forma, convencendo a si mesmo que ainda é um humano.
O professor e Shiva compartilham uma vida de pai e filha, enquanto caminhavam ao ‘mundo interno’, com o objetivo de retorná-la a sua moradia.
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Formato da análise:

- Animação
- Interpretações e mensagens
- Conclusão

Um comentário que farei aqui é, esta review busca explorar principalmente o roteiro desta história, pois acredito ter pouquíssimos comentários sobre, principalmente no Brasil.

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Animação:

Em valores estéticos visuais este filme é simplesmente impecável.
Possui um traço próprio que mescla muito bem seja os personagens, cenário, todos seus os elementos, sombras, luzes, paleta de cor.

Uma das formas que ele dá vida por meio de valores visuais é o uso do constante movimento das sombras, luzes. Um exemplo natural deste recurso são as velas, lampiões, ou quaisquer formas que transmitem luz, simulando como ela realmente se comporta. Ou mesmo nos contornos, seja dos personagens, objetos etc.

A escolha de pintura e estrutura de alguns cenários também são bastante semelhantes a livros infantis.

Outro destaque que vale ser mencionado é a deformação simulando lentes olho de peixe plana, sendo uma ótima escolha incomum de ângulo para cenas, como

Mas não apenas esta, quando se assiste o filme é possível abstrair diversas vezes a utilização do ponto de vista de lugares incomuns, de fora da casa por uma janela, atrás de uma prateleira, pov etc.

Interpretações e mensagens e afins:

Posso estar equivocado, mas o filme aparenta ter como público-alvo as crianças, e por isso muitas vezes é redundante ou até recorre a textos expositivos a fim de transmitir suas mensagens, mas no geral a construção para elas é bem feita.
Vou citar algumas coisas que pensei ao longo da história em tópico.

- Shiva como um personagem impersonalizado visualmente

Personagem 'EC' de Lift Off

Acredito que ela não chegue ao ponto do “EC” de Lift Off que é completamente despersonalizado, mas acredito que ainda flerte com esta ideia.

- A diferença do tratar pela forma entre o Professor e Shiva

Enquanto Shiva trata todos os demais, mesmo com um ‘chifre’ ou um ‘rabo’ o professor não, mesmo querendo ser visto ainda como um ser humano, um hipócrita que julga os demais sem conhecê-los.

Shiva, você não tem medo de mim?
-Professor

A tal ponto que ele acaba recorrendo à ajuda dos ‘outros’ posteriormente, que tanto abominava. A ignorância pode levar ao medo, e os humanos demonstram muito isso.

Não julgue pela capa, principalmente se não quer ser tratado da mesma maneira, professor.

Eu não espalho a maldição como os outros
-Professor

- O que define um ser humano?

Os humanos possuem pavor de quem é diferente? Ou é apenas pela maldição? Você já foi um ‘ser humano’, mas teve sua forma mudada com a maldição, seu coração humano basta para defini-lo como tal? O nome é só um dos argumentos que são levantados para abordar esta discussão. Mas posteriormente há um ótimo diálogo com Shiva sobre memórias, tornando ela aberta.

- A influência do papel de filha e pai

Assim como o professor a trata como filha (muito provavelmente se lembrando da sua), Shiva se apoia em uma figura de apoio, contando medos, alegrias, histórias etc, a compaixão entre os personagens.

Estas foram algumas ideias que pensei durante o filme, com certeza devem ter passado algumas ideias que eu não notei, mas tentei fazer o meu melhor.

Conclusão:

É uma história bem simples em formato seu formato a priori, consegue transmitir sentimentos, humanidade, a qualquer diálogo que acontece, é tudo natural, que consegue não só transmitir beleza com seu visual impecável, como também em seu texto. Dou destaque também as incríveis trilhas sonoras (principalmente a da ending).

“Obrigado, Shiva”
- Professor
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