![]() What I did see was amazing! But that is coming from someone who already knows what is going on. I wish I could but the series needs to be much longer and more willing to set up the mystery of what is going on a bit better. I can't recommend this manga series if you wanted this to be your first introduction to these amazing characters. I have played SINoALICE since launch so I know these characters, I know their desires, and their story as "humans in the real world", not just their fairy tale counterparts. I can't.īy no means is it bad! It has only a 3 star because the story is written in a way that makes it very hard for newcomers to understand what is going on in the story and enjoy it. Sadly, as much as I would want to give this a higher rating. I am absolutely in love with these characters and could gush about my girl Cinderella for hours. I honestly mostly skipped them, they weren't that interesting anyway.Īpart from that, the story was also somewhat confusing and I only managed to grasp it a little better after researching the game this manga is based on. The fight scenes were terribly confusing which probably had to do with the overabundance of details and high contrast. The other characters not so much - Red Riding Hood was an annoying "iNsAnE pS圜hO" brat and Snow White already seems like she's gonna be a stuck-up, self-righteous pain in the ass. I kind of liked Alice for her apathy because I could relate to it and because it seemed like an interesting basis for a protagonist. But I suppose that's on me because I love fairytale reimageinings so goddamn much and am very picky about them, especially if they barely have anything in common with the original. It's just the character design that personally irks me because the characters have, as is often the case, very little to do with their fairytale counterparts. It doesn't really stand out to me storywise but I don't mind terribly. I didn't know that this manga is based on a mobile game but apparently that doesn't matter all that much - apparently the creator said that this story isn't connected to the one in the game? Which makes a limited amount of sense to me, but I can see why they did it. There was a lot that I didn't like, but I may still be curious enough to give it one more attempt. ![]() I don't know if I'll read the next volume. It was only there that I began to get some answers. It's odd, but I think my favorite part of this was actually the bonus prose short story at the end. There was a subplot about a high school teacher sleeping with several of his students that made me uncomfortable, as well as multiple scenes of "upskirting" that were completely gratuitous. ![]() There were also a few things that really didn't sit well with me. Part of this is intentional, I believe, and is meant to be a reflection of Alice's mindset, but if I had read this without reading the synopsis, I would still have no idea of the plot by the end of the volume. I'm not sure it did that very well, at least not in this volume, because it was extremely confusing. I realize this was originally a video game, but supposedly the story is intended to stand alone. The execution, however, left a lot to be desired. The premise for this is fantastic-a fairy tale, Alice in Wonderland inspired battle royale. ![]()
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