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“Living Doll Emilico serves soot-oozing Shadow Kate in a mysterious mansion where pairs are judged by unseen administrators.”
Shadows House
シャドーハウス
8.37
272 rank · 50,368 readers · 1,948 favorites
Seinen
Fantasy
Mystery
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Synopsis
Living Doll Emilico serves soot-oozing Shadow Kate in a mysterious mansion where pairs are judged by unseen administrators.
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?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
9.3
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 0.75
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.75 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.27
Running avg · Mar 2020 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This manga took me by storm. I'm a huge fan of the ones that start out innocent, even possibly mistaken as a kids show, only to get incredibly dark. In that sense, this manga hits the spot...”
- 9 “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...”
- 9 “"Shadows house" is a mistery, slice of life manga which shows the day by day of Emiliko (the face) and Kate (her's shadow) through the house, as well as their intereactions with the other shadows...”
Verbosity
Short · 27%
Medium · 36%
Long · 36%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Sep 2018 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M48980 catalog