Alice in the Country of Hearts 1
Posted: April 18, 2010 Filed under: Alice in the Country of Hearts Leave a comment »Soumei Hoshino / QuinRose – Tokyopop – 2009 – 4+ volumes
I’m reading this for Manga Recon and am preparing a review for the first two volumes, so my notes here are going to be short.
In my mind, all Alice in Wonderland manga are tainted by Miyuki-chan in Wonderland. This one was, too, and to be fair, the main character is Alice and she falls into a Wonderland populated by hot guys that fall in love with her. But it quickly turns into more than that.
It is WEIRD. So weird. I wanted to hate it, but I had to give up halfway through, because I was just drawn into the weirdness. Lots of weird takes on the traditional Alice in Wonderland characters, and its got an unusual plot to go with it. Alice is in some game? There are people with purpose, and others who are faceless and disposable? It’s a dream, but not a dream? Some characters bear a resemblance to people Alice knows? Time plays some role, possibly?
There are lots and lots of good things going for it by the end of the volume. Think Alice in Wonderland, but a little cracked. I’ll have more in my full review.
