Love on the Other Side - A Nagabe Short Story Collection
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Summary
A manga anthology of poignant short stories from Nagabe， the bestselling creator of The Girl From the Other Side。
Love comes in many forms。 A magnificent bird comforts a struggling girl; a vampire waltzes with a young lady at night; a blind girl lives with a "monster" of whom there is more than meets the eye。 This six-story manga collection by masterful manga creator Nagabe explores fascinating relationships that refuse to be confined。
Love comes in many forms。 A magnificent bird comforts a struggling girl; a vampire waltzes with a young lady at night; a blind girl lives with a "monster" of whom there is more than meets the eye。 This six-story manga collection by masterful manga creator Nagabe explores fascinating relationships that refuse to be confined。
Reviews
Vee
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I’m giving this two stars， one for the art and the other one for the one story that I liked in this book。 If it wasn’t for those two things I wouldn’t have given it any stars， giving it stars to begin with feels weird actually。 I really enjoyed Midnight Waltz， I loved the character design and the fact that it wasn’t a story about a relationship between an adult and a child :D The strange reoccurring power dynamics of a huge monster man and a small， weak， child were making me so uncomfortable。 Th I’m giving this two stars， one for the art and the other one for the one story that I liked in this book。 If it wasn’t for those two things I wouldn’t have given it any stars， giving it stars to begin with feels weird actually。 I really enjoyed Midnight Waltz， I loved the character design and the fact that it wasn’t a story about a relationship between an adult and a child :D The strange reoccurring power dynamics of a huge monster man and a small， weak， child were making me so uncomfortable。 These stories could have been the same and much better if the human characters were adults。 This whole book just felt way too focused on some weird fetish that I really don’t want to know more about。 I feel really weird about reading TGOTOS now since the story is another monster man and ‘helpless’ child。 I am so scared of it turning out like this book。It even feels wrong to own this book。 I can’t really believe it was able to be published in this day and age。 It just feels so predatory and I don’t think I’ll be reading it again。 I was actually trying to convince myself by the third story involving an adult and a child that they weren’t all about romance and that it could also be about friendship or family kind of love， but I was so wrong。 I really wish this book could have been about consenting adults and not children。 This could have been so much better and I’m so disappointed :（ 。。。more
Montse
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Una serie de aventuras en que humanos y bestias se cogen un profundo cariño más allá de las apariencias y lo prestablecido。
Nabeela
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some stories were cute， others made me uncomfortable with their use of power dynamics in the relationships， and some were right in between。rankings （best to worst） 1。 those without eyes 2。 midnight waltz 3。 the white king4。 see you tomorrow， daisy （was the most boring to me but it didn’t make me uncomfy）5。 emergency rations + bountiful feasts 6。 the wolf-man + the girl-wolf （i disliked this one lol） well， that concludes my Nagabe reading marathon。 at least until I get my hands on The girl from t some stories were cute， others made me uncomfortable with their use of power dynamics in the relationships， and some were right in between。rankings （best to worst） 1。 those without eyes 2。 midnight waltz 3。 the white king4。 see you tomorrow， daisy （was the most boring to me but it didn’t make me uncomfy）5。 emergency rations + bountiful feasts 6。 the wolf-man + the girl-wolf （i disliked this one lol） well， that concludes my Nagabe reading marathon。 at least until I get my hands on The girl from the other side vol。 10&11。 。。。more
Abbie
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This was really cute！！！ The art style was so aesthetically pleasing and half of the stories were really cute。 The whole plot is it's an anthology of monsters/human romances。 Each story has their own plotlineNow like I said， half of the stories are cute like 'See You Tomorrow， Daisy'， 'Midnight Waltz'， and 'Those Without Eyes'。 They've got such a cute storyline， the artwork is fabulous， and the characters gel really good。But the other half of the stories are a bit dodge。'The Wolf-man and Girl-Wol This was really cute！！！ The art style was so aesthetically pleasing and half of the stories were really cute。 The whole plot is it's an anthology of monsters/human romances。 Each story has their own plotlineNow like I said， half of the stories are cute like 'See You Tomorrow， Daisy'， 'Midnight Waltz'， and 'Those Without Eyes'。 They've got such a cute storyline， the artwork is fabulous， and the characters gel really good。But the other half of the stories are a bit dodge。'The Wolf-man and Girl-Wolf' for one was my least favourite。 It follows this wolf guy who takes this little girl whose been raised by wolves in。 It doesn't sound bad but it gets dodgy at the endAnother one is 'Emergency Rations & Bountiful Feasts' where this bird man takes this abandoned girl in as his emergency rations。The last dodgy one is only semi-dodgy to me。 I found really cute 💕 'The White King' is about this white Lion and this Albino kid and they bond over both being unique to their kind。 It's sounds real weird but I actually really liked the storyline， the artwork was beautiful and the ending was poignant。Personally， my favourite story was 'Midnight Waltz' just because it was a Beauty and the Beast/Twilight/Shape Of Water mix and it was executed amazingly！！！ If any of the short stories were to be made into full manga， I want Midnight Waltz。 It follows this human girl and a vampire who spend their time waltzing， talking and enjoying their nights。Overall， Love On The Other Side was an aesthetically pleasing， beautifully made anthology with some amazing storylines。 Some stories are amazing and others miss the mark， but i would recommend this to anyone that is a monster lover and loves a quick read ❤️ 。。。more
Annie
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Love on the other side is really cute book You can love someone who different than youAnd love is just love
Victoria Fuller
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Some of these are。。。。 Questionable but I love them anyway。
Claire
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This。 Is。 Beautiful。 I loved this。 the stories are intrigued and not what you expect。 I think my favourites are the first and last stories。。。 no wait。。 the vampire story。。。 no。 Nevermind。 I love them all。
Kat
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Definitely wish I had read some reviews for this before buying it from the discount bookstore。。。now I know why I found it there。 The art was very cute， but the stories were WEIRD and some were downright disturbing。 Firstly， there is not a single female 'monster' in here。。。every monster was male， and usually an older， mature， often PARENTAL figure。 The love interests are humans， all but one are female， and nearly all are depicted as younger。。。some are literally children。 One of the monsters is a Definitely wish I had read some reviews for this before buying it from the discount bookstore。。。now I know why I found it there。 The art was very cute， but the stories were WEIRD and some were downright disturbing。 Firstly， there is not a single female 'monster' in here。。。every monster was male， and usually an older， mature， often PARENTAL figure。 The love interests are humans， all but one are female， and nearly all are depicted as younger。。。some are literally children。 One of the monsters is a regular lion （completely normal lion with all the normal lion traits， except he can also speak） who talks about mating/copulating with the young albino boy character。 Blech。 No。 I understand kinks， but between consenting adults。。。not this borderline pedophilia， definite child grooming， pretty much bestiality stuff。 This book is going straight in the bin， don't want anyone else unknowingly picking this up like I did。 。。。more
ReadingFrog
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1。5 stars。
Anna
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If you want to read a bunch of weird perverted pedophiliac fantasies then this book is for you。The love really is on the OTHER side and by that I mean I was SO uncomfortable reading this book。 A lot of them feature inappropriate relationships and feature a child/minor with an adult or some beast。 I'm all for different creatures， but if you bring a child into that that is a big NO。 There was one story that was nice， but the rest made me really uncomfortable and it was weird to continue。 I did fin If you want to read a bunch of weird perverted pedophiliac fantasies then this book is for you。The love really is on the OTHER side and by that I mean I was SO uncomfortable reading this book。 A lot of them feature inappropriate relationships and feature a child/minor with an adult or some beast。 I'm all for different creatures， but if you bring a child into that that is a big NO。 There was one story that was nice， but the rest made me really uncomfortable and it was weird to continue。 I did finish the book， but I felt like I just read a weird pervert's pedophiliac fantasy。The Wolf story appalled me the most。 It made me so disgusted by what I was reading I think I even made a disgusted face the whole time I was reading that one。 I picked this book up because I love the manga The Girl From the Other Side and the art is really cool。 And while the art is awesome in this book， I am not a fan of the stores at all。 If I could put zero stars I would。 Disgusting。 And like many others， I now question how the manga The Girl From the other Side is going to end。 If it's going to be like anything from the "love" of this book， oh my god， I am going to be SO disappointed and disgusted。 I thought this book would feature different relationships on different kinds of love like family love， friend love， boyfriend/girlfriend， or LGBTQ+ love， but nope。 It instead was like let's bring on the adults and children love。 Gross。 。。。more
Audrey Arnold
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So， I ordered this book from the library without reading the reviews first。 I wish I had， because then I would've known how creepy this book is。 I love Nagabe's Girl From the Other Side series， and I've always loved the art。 So， I picked this book up hoping to read more of Nagabe's work。 I wish I hadn't。 I couldn't even get past the first short story。 It was too disgusting （view spoiler）[（i。e。 child grooming） （hide spoiler）]。 I wish I had never picked this up， because it gives me a different per So， I ordered this book from the library without reading the reviews first。 I wish I had， because then I would've known how creepy this book is。 I love Nagabe's Girl From the Other Side series， and I've always loved the art。 So， I picked this book up hoping to read more of Nagabe's work。 I wish I hadn't。 I couldn't even get past the first short story。 It was too disgusting （view spoiler）[（i。e。 child grooming） （hide spoiler）]。 I wish I had never picked this up， because it gives me a different perspective on Nagabe's other work， and I just hope the relationship in Girl From the Other Side stays wholesome and doesn't make this turn。 。。。more
Red
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 He leído reseñas que realmente dejan a esta obra por los suelos。 Conozco a gente a quien no le ha gustado nada， y otras personas que simplemente creen que es una buena obra porque tan sólo han conocido a Nagabe a través de "La pequeña forastera"Este caso es distinto， ya que se trata de una antología de cuentos cortos y que por lo tanto， me resulta sumamente difícil hacer una reseña conjunta de todos ellos。 Por eso， a continuación dejaré una pequeña reseña para cada uno de los cuentos。Es cierto q He leído reseñas que realmente dejan a esta obra por los suelos。 Conozco a gente a quien no le ha gustado nada， y otras personas que simplemente creen que es una buena obra porque tan sólo han conocido a Nagabe a través de "La pequeña forastera"Este caso es distinto， ya que se trata de una antología de cuentos cortos y que por lo tanto， me resulta sumamente difícil hacer una reseña conjunta de todos ellos。 Por eso， a continuación dejaré una pequeña reseña para cada uno de los cuentos。Es cierto que se nos presenta esta obra como "seis historias de amor entre niños y criaturas no humanas que construyen relaciones profundas y diversas" A lo que podemos pensar que nos presentará diferentes formas de amor。。。 Familiar， en forma de amistad， amor platónico o romántico/sexual。 Por desgracia la mayoría de cuentos se nos muestran en esta última faceta。También cabe destacar el estilo de dibujo， tan propio de autor y de como logra dotar de expresividad a personajes con facciones animales， así como del significado y la moraleja tan profunda que pueden lograr algunas de las fábulas que aquí se exponen。 Considero que la gracia de esta recopilación reside precisamente en no quedarse en la superficie y ahondar en el sentido metafórico de la misma。 Abarca temas como las relaciones tóxicas， el matrimonio de menores en algunas partes del mundo， la censura del colectivo LGTB o la forma en la que algunas personas deben abrazar sus defectos pues es importante quererse a uno mismo antes de abrirse a una relación con los demás。1。 Hasta mañana DaisyEn esta historia una joven y un cuervo gigante se ven cada día en una pradera de margaritas。 Partiendo de esta simple premisa， ha conseguido transmitir una sensación muy jovial y enternecedora que no se prolonga más de 20 páginasUna de mis favoritas。⭐⭐⭐⭐2。El hombre lobo y la lobezna humanaTengo sensaciones encontradas con este relato y creo que es una de esas historias que hace que la gente no tenga buenas opiniones del libro。Comienza presentándonos un intercambio de roles en el que aparentemente el lobo es el dueño responsable， y la humana la cachorrita adoptada。 Imaginé que trataría de transmitir el concepto de "la familia encontrada" o como no todas las familias deben de ser siempre iguales pero me dejó un sabor agridulce al ver que tras haber criado a la muchacha y con apenas unos 13-15 años， el lobo le pide matrimonio excusándose en "es una costumbre humana" Tal vez ese intercambio de roles no sea cierto en absoluto y la tradición esté más presente de lo que nos imaginamos o tal vez el lobo tampoco tenga idea de costumbres humanas y no es tan humano como él creía ser。Aun así， desmonta la relación paterno-filial tan bonita que estaba estipulada desde un inicio y acaba convirtiéndose en una relación romántica muy poco acorde。⭐3。 Ración de emergencia y festín。Esta es otra de las historias que pueden impactar más al lector。En este cuento， un quebrantahuesos adopta a una niña abandonada。 La alimenta y le ofrece un hogar con tal de que crezca sana y fuerte pero。。。 Lo único que busca en ella no es más que tener una ración de emergencia una vez se le acaben las provisiones de la despensa。 Establece una relación cordial con ella para que no trate de escapar， （dejando patente una situación de poder） pero a su vez， poco a poco va creciendo la necesidad del quebrantahuesos por devorarla， llegando a considerarla como un festín y no como una simple ración de emergencia， donde el "festín"en cuestión puede estar hablándonos de abusos y pederastia por parte de esa figura paternaNos deja un final abierto en el que no sabemos si realmente el quebrantahuesos reconsidera su rol inicial o si él también le ha tomado cariño a la niña。 En algunas traducciones deja patente como la niña está enamorada de esa figura "paterna" a pesar de que para él no es más que una mascota， en una interpretación agridulce que no deja a nadie indiferente。Me ha recordado mucho al cuento de la Caperucita roja y me ha recalcado todavía más el mensaje de "No todo aquel que es amable contigo te hace bien"⭐⭐⭐⭐4。El vals de medianocheUn vampiro。 Una chica。 Ambos se encuentran cada noche para bailar hasta el amanecer en una gran mansión。Es una alegoría al amor propio y a aprender a aceptar nuestras diferencias。 Nos recuerda， al igual que en "el hombre lobo y la lobezna humana" o "el rey blanco" que aquello que nos hace diferentes， no nos convierte en bichos raros o en marginados， si no que nos convierte en individuos únicos y por ello， debería darnos igual lo que digan los demás。Nuestros defectos pueden ser una virtud para otros。⭐⭐⭐5。 El rey blancoUn león blanco que vive enjaulado en un zoológico y un muchacho albino se encuentran cada noche。 El león le explica al niño sus hazañas en la naturaleza pero al igual que con la película "Big fish" no sabemos realmente cuanto de verdad hay en las palabras del rey。Tal vez ambos son unos marginados encontrados， unos incomprendidos que "se gustan"He de admitir que el amor romántico que pretende establecer el autor en esta historia lo he notado algo forzado。⭐⭐6。 Aquellos a los que no veoUna chica ciega está atrapada en una cabaña en medio del bosque por un monstruo aterrador que quiere devorarla。Cada noche se oyen aullidos y los cadáveres que se amontonan por la esquinas desprendiendo un hedor insoportable。No hay manera de escapar， a no ser que no merezca la pena hacerlo porque el destino que nos aguarda fuera puede ser mucho peor。Esta historia nos dice que las apariencias engañan y siguiendo el estilo de "la bella y la bestia" se ha convertido en una de mis favoritas de esta recopilación。⭐⭐⭐⭐ 。。。more
Darlene Garcia
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Picked this up because I love Nagabe’s whimsical style in both artwork and story telling。 Putting it kindly， this was very very weird。 Based on the title， I thought maybe this would be about lost loved ones giving us signs of them from the other side。 I was very wrong。 If you have read Nagabe’s other series， The Girl From the Other Side， this fits into that world。 Human’s are the “good” side， and beasts / personified animals are the “dark” side。 In this collection of short stories said to show l Picked this up because I love Nagabe’s whimsical style in both artwork and story telling。 Putting it kindly， this was very very weird。 Based on the title， I thought maybe this would be about lost loved ones giving us signs of them from the other side。 I was very wrong。 If you have read Nagabe’s other series， The Girl From the Other Side， this fits into that world。 Human’s are the “good” side， and beasts / personified animals are the “dark” side。 In this collection of short stories said to show love in many forms， we see pedophilia， child grooming， and beastiality。 It made me very uncomfortable。 I only gave it 2 stars because of the art。 。。。more
Katja
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Every story is basically a repeat of the same， with little variations that make some a bit more better than the others。 There's a young girl （or boy in one case） and a beast and some kind of relationship， there are a couple of sweet stories， the others really are not。 But it's still kinda meh。Nagabe's works swing wildly from one end to the other for me。 I love Girl From the Other Side but I can't stand Nivawa。 Every story is basically a repeat of the same， with little variations that make some a bit more better than the others。 There's a young girl （or boy in one case） and a beast and some kind of relationship， there are a couple of sweet stories， the others really are not。 But it's still kinda meh。Nagabe's works swing wildly from one end to the other for me。 I love Girl From the Other Side but I can't stand Nivawa。 。。。more
Stephanie Hinsley
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As a lover of monsters， I hoped that this would show， as hinted in the title， several different forms love could take between a human and their monster friend。 After the first story， I had high hopes， and when the second started I thought， "Oh， how lovely， a more friendly， perhaps father-son dynamic"。 I was very wrong。 There were a few stories in the book that were nice， but， really， when Nagabe means by forms they mean physically， because every story in this book seems to end on a romantic note As a lover of monsters， I hoped that this would show， as hinted in the title， several different forms love could take between a human and their monster friend。 After the first story， I had high hopes， and when the second started I thought， "Oh， how lovely， a more friendly， perhaps father-son dynamic"。 I was very wrong。 There were a few stories in the book that were nice， but， really， when Nagabe means by forms they mean physically， because every story in this book seems to end on a romantic note， and more then once， it's shown to be between an adult monster， and a human child。 Read the reviews， all the ones that mention child-grooming， bestilaity， it's all true。 I'm really disappointed， because the art is lovely， and I've been wanting to get into "The Girl from the Other Side"， and， now， I'm scared to。 。。。more
Milo
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I love the artwork thats why i put 5 stars but？？？？ Idk， some of the stories are kinda weird （i mean， the animals are supposed to be adults and their partners are almost always children）。 Anyway， I enjoyed it， i dont think about that manga as problematic as many people said。
Laia Pérez （laiaisreading）
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Youtube|Instagram|Twitter Como en todos los recopilatorio hay historias que gustan más y otras que menos。 La verdad es que no han ido por donde yo me esperaba （Creía que sería algo más mundano y realista） pero aun así， con los toquecitos de fantasía ha habido varias muy bonitas。Hasta mañana， Daisy Se puede decir que esta era el tipo de historia que estaba buscando， algo un poco más mundano con animales。 La verdad es que ha sido una historia sencilla muy buena para empezar。El hombre lobo y la lob Youtube|Instagram|Twitter Como en todos los recopilatorio hay historias que gustan más y otras que menos。 La verdad es que no han ido por donde yo me esperaba （Creía que sería algo más mundano y realista） pero aun así， con los toquecitos de fantasía ha habido varias muy bonitas。Hasta mañana， Daisy Se puede decir que esta era el tipo de historia que estaba buscando， algo un poco más mundano con animales。 La verdad es que ha sido una historia sencilla muy buena para empezar。El hombre lobo y la lobezna humanaMe ha gustado que est historia jugara un poco con el concepto de hombre lobo y aun que al inicio la idea de la lobezna me ha gustado， después la historia ha tomado un rollo romántico que no me ha acabado de convencer。 Ración de emergencia y festínEsta ha sido justo los que prometía， una historia paternal sobre un depredador y una chiquilla。 Vals de medianoche Otra que ha sido justo el toque necesario。 Con un vampiro y una humana que disfrutan bailando， los comentarios de los animales， el hecho de que sea de la familia Drácula y toda la reflexión que hay junto a la historia de amor， super dulce y preciosa。El rey blancoAun que en esta historia hay una reflexión muy bonita sobre ser diferente， el final semi-romántico no me ha convencido nada。 Hubiera encontrado más plausible una bonita historia de found-family o amistad。Aquellos a los que no veoY para terminar， otra de las que me ha gustado。 Una historia que parece inspirada por La bella y la bestia， con alguna escénica que se le parece。 Una protagonista de diez y un final precioso。Youtube|Instagram|Twitter 。。。more
Neil R。 Coulter
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When I heard about this collection by Nagabe， I was eager to check it out as I await the next volume of his brilliant Girl from the Other Side。 The stories here are not related to that series， though they all bear the same visual style and whimsical pacing。 Each of the six stories in this volume takes a ridiculously mismatched pair of outcasts and， through them， explores different facets of friendship and love。 Like some scenes in The Girl from the Other Side， there are moments of odd， unsettlin When I heard about this collection by Nagabe， I was eager to check it out as I await the next volume of his brilliant Girl from the Other Side。 The stories here are not related to that series， though they all bear the same visual style and whimsical pacing。 Each of the six stories in this volume takes a ridiculously mismatched pair of outcasts and， through them， explores different facets of friendship and love。 Like some scenes in The Girl from the Other Side， there are moments of odd， unsettling tension， but a foundation of innocence and striving to do what’s best for someone else。 The “side” of love in focus in the stories is mostly not romantic; this is more a contemplation of the many ways two people （creatures） might interact， and the complexities and uncertainties of negotiating any friendship。 The interactions we see tend toward the mundane and everyday， which is part of what makes some scenes unsettling， as it seems like the two characters we’re watching should be in a huge， epic story， not a calmly awkward dinner scene。 It’s also unsettling because I don’t believe Nagabe intends these stories to be a statement on ideal love—just meditations on the good and strange ways love works itself out in an imperfect world。As with The Girl from the Other Side， so here I felt obvious echoes of “beauty and the beast”—and then the final story， “Those Without Eyes，” actually is a grim retelling of the beauty and the beast story。 Parts of it are very grim， in fact， and it’s immediately followed by the final page in the book， where Nagabe cheerily tells us， “Thank you for reading！” :） This author is an enigma， and I am intrigued by any story he tells。 。。。more
John
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The creep factor is strong in this one。。。 not recommended。
Kateri
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Wasn’t a huge fan of this one。 The stories were interesting and different but man， that Wolf one was just not okay。 Wolf-man raises girl-wolf， when she becomes an adult asks her to marry him？？？？ Uh。 No thanks。
Konstantin R。
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[rating = A-]These were short little snatches of life and of lives colliding in interesting and fantastic ways。 Always mixing the animal world （talking usually） with the human realm， each story is about finding friendship， companionship in odd places， odd circumstances。 Hunter/prey relationships are changed and illusions are toppled。 I really enjoyed the art style （as I liked his previous series） and the stories fit surpassingly well。 I only wish they could have been longer， so the joy of readin [rating = A-]These were short little snatches of life and of lives colliding in interesting and fantastic ways。 Always mixing the animal world （talking usually） with the human realm， each story is about finding friendship， companionship in odd places， odd circumstances。 Hunter/prey relationships are changed and illusions are toppled。 I really enjoyed the art style （as I liked his previous series） and the stories fit surpassingly well。 I only wish they could have been longer， so the joy of reading them could have continued。 。。。more
Lectojss ☁️✨
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Este manga es bastante extraño en varias formas pero me gustado， no como había esperado pero esta muy bien para pasar el rato y salir de lo normal。
Offline Kay
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Only liked 3 stories out of 6。 Nice art， but over all gave me a weird vibe。
Ankara
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3，75⭐️Qué dibujo más precioso; me lo quedaría mirando durante horas。 Mis historias favoritas han sido «Aquellos a los que no veo» y «Ración de emergencia y festín»。Hay algunas historias que tienen un tufillo un poco turbio， sobre todo «El hombre lobo y la lobezna humana»。 Una pena。
Aaron
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Great art but rather。。。squicky？
Nicole
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I enjoyed this odd collection of short stories。 It's not something I would recommend to everyone because these stories are odd and could make many people uncomfortable。。。but I really enjoyed them。 I enjoyed this odd collection of short stories。 It's not something I would recommend to everyone because these stories are odd and could make many people uncomfortable。。。but I really enjoyed them。 。。。more
Brian Hendricks
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After finishing this book I’m in agreement with some of the lower rated reviews here。 On the level of storytelling and artwork， this is more of the great work I’ve come to expect from Nagabe。 However， the implications of child-grooming in stories that wax romantic in their depiction of relationships between young children and much older “beasts” read almost as thinly-veiled allegories for pedophilia。 The trappings of innocence， both of the human children and their animal counterparts， nearly neg After finishing this book I’m in agreement with some of the lower rated reviews here。 On the level of storytelling and artwork， this is more of the great work I’ve come to expect from Nagabe。 However， the implications of child-grooming in stories that wax romantic in their depiction of relationships between young children and much older “beasts” read almost as thinly-veiled allegories for pedophilia。 The trappings of innocence， both of the human children and their animal counterparts， nearly negate this but the stories “The Wolf-Man and the Girl-Wolf” and “The White King” take the conversation between characters a step beyond what is comfortable in discussing physical intimacy and “becoming mates。” Certainly there’s an innocence implied here as well （I think of my baby nephew telling his mother how he wishes he could marry her when he’s grown-up）， and there is certainly a cultural difference here that I don’t feel significantly apprised of to make a firm judgement， but it still made me uncomfortable enough that I took the book back home rather than leaving it with my niece to read as I had done with The Girl from the Other Side series。 。。。more
Marilee
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What did I just read？！？ I have been working my way through Nagabe's "The Girl From the Other Side" series and have really enjoyed it。 The artwork is beautiful and the story fascinating。In "Love on the Other Side" the artwork is still beautiful， but all （except 2） of the stories left me feeling a little hinky （ok， a lot hinky）。 The first line of the description on the back of the book says "love comes in many forms" and I guess I just assumed it would be cute stories about parental love， family l What did I just read？！？ I have been working my way through Nagabe's "The Girl From the Other Side" series and have really enjoyed it。 The artwork is beautiful and the story fascinating。In "Love on the Other Side" the artwork is still beautiful， but all （except 2） of the stories left me feeling a little hinky （ok， a lot hinky）。 The first line of the description on the back of the book says "love comes in many forms" and I guess I just assumed it would be cute stories about parental love， family love， friendship， loving your pet animal， etc。 But what I ended up reading left me completely uncomfortable because almost every story deals with romantic love - and the romantic love that is portrayed is between an adult and a child。 I don't have any issue with there being monsters vs。 humans。 To me， at least， that is just part of the fantasy story， but I do take issue with the dynamic between an older adult who has all the power and a young innocent child being romantically involved。 There should definitely never ever be romantic love in that situation。Just。。。no。 This book makes me question the relationship （which I have always taken to be a loving parent child one） between Teacher and Shiva in "The Girl From the Other Side"， and that makes me really sad。 。。。more
Kia Boyd
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I really love the Girl from the Other Side， and it never made me uncomfortable with the dynamic between teacher and the girl。 And I still really love this art。 But there is so much suggestion of child grooming and gross power dynamics in this book！ The wolf man and girl wolf particularly had child grooming， and then the albino lion had scenes that were reminiscent of yaoi。 But instead of two appropriately aged males， it was a lion and a little boy。 The collection just doesn't make a cohesive the I really love the Girl from the Other Side， and it never made me uncomfortable with the dynamic between teacher and the girl。 And I still really love this art。 But there is so much suggestion of child grooming and gross power dynamics in this book！ The wolf man and girl wolf particularly had child grooming， and then the albino lion had scenes that were reminiscent of yaoi。 But instead of two appropriately aged males， it was a lion and a little boy。 The collection just doesn't make a cohesive theme for me， and instead just kinda made me。。。 uncomfortable？ 。。。more
Kyle Berk
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