SHADOWS HOUSE

CloverWorks' 2021 mystery pairs faceless noble Kate with living-doll servant Emilico inside a cliffside mansion covered in soot and rigid roles.

Synopsis

The Anime Lad

Shadows House sits high on a cliff and shelters a faceless clan living as nobles. They rely on living dolls to express emotion and endlessly clean the soot filling the mansion. Emilico is one such servant, assigned to her master Kate. Their daily work becomes the starting point for questions about themselves and the house around them.

Super Eyepatch Fox

Enter a cliffside mansion ruled by faceless nobles. Give each one a living doll to show expressions and clean away soot. Emilico serves Kate inside this strict arrangement. SHADOWS HOUSE begins with their paired roles, then lets simple questions about servant, master, and home make the elegant building feel less settled.

Gigguku

Faceless nobles use living dolls as their expressions, and the dolls also clean the endless soot. What a beautifully unsettling premise. Emilico serves Kate, but the two are also learning about themselves inside a house that has already assigned their roles. I want to follow every question they ask before the mansion can answer for them.

Father's Basement

A mansion of faceless nobles and expressive servants could survive on gothic imagery alone, but the premise gives it a stronger pair. Emilico and Kate occupy different roles inside the same strange system. As they learn about themselves and the house, the mystery can grow from their relationship instead of relying on withheld lore as decoration.